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ElGranCapitan

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So I was thinking about getting this one, current strategy that I have in mind:

Restart until Austria rivals Denmark to get support for independence, Austria should be enough to win this one. At least in my Sweden game Austria was enough
I won't ally Sweden as I want their copper mine to finance me, the rest of Scandinavia is dirt poor
In the first war I'd take the copper mine + some province with a sea border to the HRE from Denmark
Then join the HRE and work on becoming Emperor, meanwhile expanding into Scotland and Russia
Marry Burgundy if possible and pray for the inheritance (or fight after I'm Emperor and get the force limit to actually do something vs them)
Idea groups:
Diplo (always first in the HRE) -> Religious (killing the Reformation) -> Admin/Influence/Quantity/Offensive? not sure about that, but probably Admin
Shouldn't be much more difficult than Austria after the Revoke. Any additional ideas?
 

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Why invest so much in becoming emperor? Europe will just slow you down. Chew away at Denmark/Sweden if you want but avoid the HRE. Focus on colonies and trade companies.