I finished my Greece -> Byzantine Empire campaign recently, and thought I would share the end result with you guys. Greece started out as a somewhat poor nation, but under my noble and wise leadership I put Greece once again atop of the world. I decided early on that the Ottomans must suffer for the oppression of the Greek people, so after around a dozen wars the last Ottoman state finally fell in the early 1900s. It wasn’t cheap though, as I’ve been constantly burning off infamy, and I couldn’t therefore take the infamy for some of the juicy regions in Asia. I formed the Byzantine Empire reasonable early, and got a place among the great powers around 1870s I believe. Yugoslavia and Romania have been my faithful spherelings ever since they was formed.
Notice the nice land bridge to Africa, they say that every road in the Byzantine Empire leads to Rome. In this case Railroads, and they lead rather to Constantinople than Rome.
In case you are wondering what happened to the former nr. 1 nation, the United Kingdom. After losing WWII badly, the UK lost Ireland, Australia and Canada to rebels. And all of British India is occupied by rebels. Oh, how the mighty have rightfully fallen.
In the end, the Roman Empire "rules" the world again. As it always should. (That Italy exist doesn’t matter, as they live by my whip of the ERE)
Industry wise, I couldn't beat the industrial powerhouses of Germany and USA; but they all fear the Romans Legions. Vivat Imperium Romanum!
Edit: The pictures became a lower quality then I wanted, does anybody know a better free image upload site they recommend?