The USA superpower status is softcoded. Statue of Liberty, homestead act and immigration bonus for being in North America more ore less kill any competition for immigrants by other countries.
The UK has by far the best starting position and is more or less immune to any invasion attempts (not to mention that the AI fails miserably at naval invasions
). But they can fail. I had a game where they suffered from several revolutions and fell to rank #6.
In general, the thing with V2 is that GPs have a huge advantage on the world marked, esp. the #1, so they tend to stay in the GP club because of better access to ressources.
The UK has by far the best starting position and is more or less immune to any invasion attempts (not to mention that the AI fails miserably at naval invasions
). But they can fail. I had a game where they suffered from several revolutions and fell to rank #6.In general, the thing with V2 is that GPs have a huge advantage on the world marked, esp. the #1, so they tend to stay in the GP club because of better access to ressources.