Ok, if we can stop all the bragging.
Memnon is right. Prussia is a very attractive nation to start with for history buffs (which just about IS the Victoria crowd). And Prussia has distinct problems for someone brand-new to the game.
For one thing, as has been mentioned, Prussia has no from-the-ground-up industry. Doesn't produce enough timber, nor iron, nor of course cotton, etc. Every industry involves an import. Can be overcome, of course, but it just makes the country a tad less easy to play than, say, Russia or the U.S.
Then there's the political situation. A newbie is probably struggling so hard to get his economy going that he doesn't notice when Denmark allies with Russia, and then in 1847 he suddenly has a two-front war on his hands. Probably hasn't been increasing his mobilization pool, either.
Stop stroking your egos, fellas.
I would under no circumstances recommend Prussia for a rank newbie.
