Here are some pictures from a few games I played.
Gelre, 1612
Vanilla, 1.0: My first EU3 game ever! I loaded it in my current IN 3.1 to make the screenie, that's why there are unexplored areas in Europe.
Number of provinces: 220
Income: 291 ducats / month
Standing army: 281.000 man,
Support Limit: 447.000 man
Navy: 10 ships,
Support Limit: 68 ships
Austria, 1726
Vanilla, 1.3: another Vanilla game. What you don't see, is that I actually have occupied the rest of the world at this moment. I lost interest and didn't finish the world conquest.
Number of provinces: 692
Income: 1.893 ducats / month (yes, it is!)
Standing army: 911.000 man,
Support Limit: 1.652.000 man
Navy: 138 ships,
Support Limit: 386 ships
Brandenburg, 1820
NA 2.2. I played as Brandenburg, formed Germany and went Blitzkrieging all over the world!
Number of provinces: 1.208
Income: 3.528 ducats / month (Yes, unbelievable ain't it?)
Standing army: 983.000 man,
Support Limit: 3.058.000 man
Navy: 165 ships,
Support Limit: 397 ships
Brandenburg, 1821
NA 2.2. After my world conquest, I released as many vassals as I could. Even after this break-down, I still got quite some provinces!
Number of provinces: 494
Income: 1.555 ducats / month
Standing army: 983.000 man,
Support Limit: 1.099.000 man
Navy: 165 ships,
Support Limit: 100 ships
Granada, 1630
IN, 3.1. I actually formed Spain as Granada. Yes, all my provinces are Sunni, so Western Europe ís Muslim. You can read all over
here. In my AAR I had tweaked the colour of Spain to become Soviet Red, but after I stopped I had a re-install and I don't bother to change the colour now
.
Number of provinces: 424
Income: 778 ducats / month
Standing army: 148.000 man,
Support Limit: 647.000 man
Navy: 232 ships,
Support Limit: 254 ships
Westphalia, 1821
IN 3.1. Westphalia is formed in 1807, so just before the end of the game. I played this for the
First Short AAR Contest. now for the first time some worldmaps
.
Number of provinces: 39
Income: 100 ducats / month
Standing army: 45.000 man,
Support Limit: 59.000 man
Navy: 6 ships,
Support Limit: 22 ships
Lüneburg, 1823
IN 3.1. During almost the entire game I stayed a one province minor. Only one hundred years ago I conquered Bremen, because I needed a port to sail to far off trade centres. My goal was just to become rich and technological advanced. I had deleted my army the first day I played and never got any. Well, only one time, when I conquered Bremen, but I disbanded it afterwards.
My technologies:
Land: 51, which is 47 years ahead of it's time (Next best is France with 40)
Naval: 31, which is a little behind since I didn't invest (Best are France and Milan with 37)
Trade: 51, which is 47 years ahead of it's time (Next best is France with 39)
Production: 32, which is a little behind since I didn't invest (Best is France with 39)
Government: 51, which is 47 years ahead of it's time (Next best is France with 40)
It costs me between 1.5 and 2 years to gain a level in land, trade or government. I costs me 5 months to gain a level in naval or production. If I would continue like this, I might be able to test some nuclear weapons while the rest of the world tries to invent steam engines
.
Number of provinces: 2
Income: 612 ducats / month
Standing army: 0 man,
Support Limit: 5.000 man
Navy: 0 ships,
Support Limit: 5 ships
(Indeed, I haven't got an army or a navy, and I'm still alive after 424 years!)
(No people, Lüneburg is not going to be the one I will write my next AAR about)