Smell the Inertia!
ok, here's the state of the world circa 1504. I have a biiit of storyline to cover to get here, but since you guys want screenshots, you're gonna get em! hope you guys enjoy stasis. If it's not mentioned, assume borders are as per 1453. Well there's one neat thing: Tripoli went TO TOWN on the Mamluks, they added like 4 provinces. GO tripoli! Austria is HRE emperor, Curia Controller has usually been Castille.
The Big Picture in Europe:
The Frozen North: Somewhat rare to see the borders of Denmark / Norway / Sweden stable, but as you can see, Sweden's made some gains in Russia. Russia has formed and is in a chaotic state. Silly Livonians and Teutonics at war. England / Scotland / Ireland borders are unchanged, save for Brittany's ownership of Meath.
The Balkans: Some interesting back-and-forth here, the Big Surprise is Catholic Bosnia. No wonder I was getting all those marriage offers. Wallachia's stable, been around a while.
The Low Countries: Oh, the humanity! I control three provinces, and am around 40? years from having Core on Holland... hopefully that will make me accept Dutch as a equal culture and make things a little more lucrative. Oldenburg is free/ Most HRE minors seem tranquil. Breda and Brabant are perhaps the most turbulent provinces in the game, having variously been owned by Burgundy, 'The Netherlands', Utrecht, Bretagne (occupation), France and now Austria. We'll see how well the Emperor can profit from his demense... or if he can hold onto it at all.
Here's a few looks 'behind the curtain...' note the totally hypocritical lack of Naval Investment despite the wonderful early successes (I had a 83% Tradition that I let rot without creating an admiral, wisely as it turns out!)
Sorry for the censorship, gotta protect a few facts for the moment! On a wonky gameplay note, here are the meaning of the status icons, right to left, most of these are unique to Magna Mundi...
Imperial Agents: Temporary, mostly spy and reputation effects.
Imperial Sanctions: Temporary, the most minor HRE hate i think.
Major Power: WOOT! Didn't start with this, I assure you! Prestige!
CoT Owner: Helps me Compete in Vlaanderen, triggers some events...
Imperial Censure: THE BIG ONE. Open-ended, and really nasty.... mostly due to the -25% Trade Efficiency and the +200% Advisor Costs.
Horrendous HRE Relations: =.5 Prestige / Year
Mixed Arms Specialty: The Best, Totally, for the later game, so i am pleased.
Large Smuggling Op: A one-time expense gives you +2.5% Trade Eff, Compete Chance, something else indefinitely, though bad events can come up in the long run.
Just a couple oddities to mention that i've seen: Granada owns Navarre! Genoa lost her Crimean holdings, to Crimea, which sounds strong by all accounts. Livonia and Teutonics fought a big naval battle off Finistere. That is all.