Armenia, played in 1.9.2
Released as a 2 (3?) province minor from Qara Qoyunlu, day 1, no shenanigans, just straight up independence war when I had the opportunity.
Messy borders, Siberia not colonized because Novgorod + Sweden killed Muscovy. For their efforts Sweden formed Scandinavia and Novgorod formed Russia. Then Scandinavia started eating the new Russia, for good measure.
I love the new player map mode, this looks a lot nicer:
I was aiming for 2 achievements, one of the was the Silk Road - which I got, so you can get achievements as vassals released in Ironman mode, yay! (but it's a good idea to check that they're not blocked, a few of them are)
I stayed Coptic and with my 5 missionaries Asia was soon enlightened:
End game screenshot:
Oh, and I said something about a second achievement. A while ago I was asking on the forum about advice for doing something naughty. Let's just say that my kind of "naughty" is a bit different from everyone else's:
:ninja:
Real men release from Georgia.