List of countries you want to play

[Praetorian44]

Having just recently posted on the "what countries have you played thread", I started thinking about the long list of countries I would still like to play as (or in some cases, play again). So do you have a list of countries that you want to play as? And if so, who are they and why would like to play as them?

Here is my list-

Brandenburg > Prussia > and maybe to Germany (Reason: Prussia was one of my favorite countries to play as in Empire: Total War and Pride of Nations and I've yet to play them in EU III)
Holland > Netherlands (Reason: I've played as a trading empire when I played Venice, but I would like to this with a country that isn't a merchant republic. I would also like to try out other republican forms of government)
Ottoman Empire (Reason: I would like to see them actually be successful for once)
Byzantine Empire (Reason: With the fact that the period of Roman domination over Europe is probably my favorite era to study it is only natural for me to want to rebuild the Roman Empire)
Muscowy > Russia (Reason: Already played this once but haven't played them in my mod yet)
England > GB (Reason: same reason for why I want to play Muscowy)
Maybe somewhere in Asia (Reason: I've never played in Asia yet)

So what's your list look like?

 

[Ranger900]

Moscowy>Russia: Haven't touched Eastern Europe to be honest and I kinda want to see what its like
Golden Horde: A few friends told me hordes are fun, GH seems like a good place to start
Aztec: More specifically an Aztec game where I actually do well, I can do pretty good as the Inca or Huron/Iroquois but the Aztec/Zapotec/Mayan group I can never seem to do well in
Japanese Dynamo: Haven't tried before but want to attempt to unify Japan
Indian Minor: India always seems to just tick along in my games, want to see what actually happens there while the Europeans are still at tech 3
Ottoman Empire: Want to both see them not explode to Castille and also want to test out Muslim nations.

 

[Mailman9]

I want to try and get a HRE OPM to emperor for fun. Other than that, my short list includes,
Mali or Kongo > Never played as W Africa, would love to try and westernize from Castille,
Japan > Never played, but unification looks fun
Muscowy > I am never drawn to the Oriental/ E European states for some reason, would love to battle the horde
India > Same reasons as ranger900, I wonder what happens before portugal gets their colonies

 

[yequr]

Achaea - While I only played another crusader state, the Knights, recently, this one is looking much tougher. It will probably be frustrating, but I can't help to want to play them. Also, Achaea is a rare case of a pleasant-looking yellow.

Some french minor - People say they have good sliders...

Deccan - I want to see why they always lose against Vij, and if there's a way to beat them.

Scotland - never tried, I've always invaded England by sea so far. Will be interesting to see if the highlander magic works as well as it seems to (sometimes... pretty rarely in my games actually ) in the hands of the AI.

Riga - a very crappy but, it seems, unique country. Tried them once, but TO's starting mission was "save the Prussian people"...

Salzburg/Augsburg - those two theocracies caught between Bavaria and Austria. Salzburg is a bit richer, but AUgsburg only borders Bavaria. No safely getting into Bavarian Conquest of Franken to grab some vassals and form a power base... Wonder how to get anywhere with these

Daimyo that isn't Minamoto

Muscovy and Naples - I've played Muscovy once and failed hard and Naples three times and failed hard twice of that and failed somewhat once. I consider myself much stronger than back then (although I probably still will fail, just for that arrogant assumption), and want revenge

No pagans though, I'm not nearly masochistic enough for that.

 

[Lennart Stek]

Finland - To threat Russia and attacking them. Making me known as the finnish lion.
Denmark - To attack europe and becomming the threat of the north (Might forming scandinavia right there)
United States of America - To conquer all of america and becomming United America instead of United states (dreams).

So yeah, this is what countries i want to play and what to do while i play with them.

 

[UniversalWolf]

Naples. I'm always planning to play a Naples game but for some reason I never do it. The history of Naples leading up to the start of the EU3 timeline is also interesting, because that area missed out on a lot of the misery and decay that the rest of Europe experienced.

 

[Lord Dakier]

Byzantium so I can form the Roman Empire (currently in progress)
England as it is my homeland (Currently in progress in MP)
Shimazu because I want to unify Japan and I like the Shimazu clan
Papal States so I can conquer all in the name of the pope

 

[calvinhobbeslik]

So many countries:
Castille (again in EU4, where I don't bankrupt myself colonizing)
England (again in EU4, as a naval country instead of WC)
Portugal(again in EU4)
France(in EU4)
Burgundy->France->HRE: European conquest
Milan->Italy
Papal State->Kingdom of God
Venice->Italy (In EU4, new trade system)
Hansa->Germany (also EU4, with new trade system)
Aragon->Spain
Sweden->Scandinavia (probably in EU4)
Ottoman WC(in EU3)
Byzantinum(In EU3)
Novgorod->Russia(EU4)
Poland
Bohemia?
Timurids->Mughals
Golden Horde WC (In EU3)
Viyjblahblah->Hindustan
Ming(probably in EU4 where faction system is hopefully improved)
Mamluks?
Navarra->Move to New World?
Japan?
Brunei->Malacca?
Hungary?

That should be all the moderately strong countries (and a few others) I don't know if I'm patient/skilled enough to play Native American/African/Asian minors. For EU3, I want to at least finish my Holland/English WC games, in addition to a Burgundy, Byzantium, and Ottoman/Golden Horde WC games, if I have time with HOD coming out.