Just ran some numbers, and the results are interesting...
So you know the Austria/Byzantine Turkish "collusion"?
It could arguably be the two of them competing to expand...
While Austria+Bohemia+Papal States are superior to Byzantine Turks in terms of income, tech, max manpower, fleet size, and size of standing army (although I'm gonna need more numbers for treasury size and force limits), Hungary makes up for the difference in all but fleet size and tech.
In other words: Hungary has an AMAZING position as the tipping point between Austria and the Byzantine Turks, where each side has to keep placating Hungary in order to keep good relations with them.
So kudos to Sidestep for rocking his awesome but underrated position.
So you know the Austria/Byzantine Turkish "collusion"?
It could arguably be the two of them competing to expand...
While Austria+Bohemia+Papal States are superior to Byzantine Turks in terms of income, tech, max manpower, fleet size, and size of standing army (although I'm gonna need more numbers for treasury size and force limits), Hungary makes up for the difference in all but fleet size and tech.
In other words: Hungary has an AMAZING position as the tipping point between Austria and the Byzantine Turks, where each side has to keep placating Hungary in order to keep good relations with them.
So kudos to Sidestep for rocking his awesome but underrated position.