My danish empire. First time playing as Denmark.
I decided to focus on crippling Muscovy early on and estabilish my power in the Baltic before going over to colonize the new world. It was surprisingly easier than i first thought to pull off thanks to my alliance chain of Poland, Lithuania (for a bit, they broke alliance once i got Osel from Livonian Order and rivaled me but they did their job of keeping Muscovy contained), Brandenburg, Bohemia and later Hungary and Hesse once they inherited the low lands and became Emperor.
Is it sad that my hardest time in the game was when the reformation took off and rebels crippled my economy and manpower? My fights with Muscovy and even the France/Papal State alliance war i got dragged into was easier compared to the rebels i had to fight.
Saxony becoming emperor for a few years before Hesse took over helped me get rid of the annoying green HRE lands in my empire. They still hate my guts for doing it. :laugh:
Rest of the world:
This game is far from over, but it is just going to be easier from here. Future plan is to snipe colonies from France, England and Spain to get into the new world (my diplo tech is still a bit too low to reach north america. Diplo-annexing Norway, Sweden and minor vassals in the HRE/eastern europe took more monarch points than i expected. If i had known that, i would have gone expansion instead of exploration as my second idea group.)
Still, it has been a fun learning experience.
