sprites: Actually, I once completed it when the target nation converted to Protestantism.
tuore: Exactly!
Bob Ilyani: Thank you! Yeah, the map is blobby, and gets worse. Austria is on a roll, and is allied with Burgundy.
JDMS & Gummi: The patch has been good so far.
Malurous: I did back up my saves.
Enewald: Without cores, it's slow going.
morningSIDEr: Of course they will! Sales of the Encyclopedia Hanseatica will tell them the whole story, for only infinite monthly payments of $9.95...
Cohacq: Not sure yet. I won't form Prussia, but I might form Germany.
lordkestrel: About 25% core.
blsteen: Africa is a stepping stone to India. Conquering is OK, since I don't have to pay the giant up front costs for colonization.
Malurous: True.
PrawnStar: At least it's all fixed now.
sbr: Thank you!
In completely unrelated news, the AARland Choice AwAARds for Q1 2010 is open for voting. The thread is great for finding other nifty AARs to follow (including in games where you don't always check the AAR list).
Go vote!