So what's easiest opm to become a world power?
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Most of them don't seem that hard honestly. Any of the myriad of OPMs in the HRE are pretty easy to turn into regional powers, and from there getting onto the world stage is just a couple of conquests away.
Considering the world belongs to france, by law of the strongest, france is but 1 province. 
Probably Utrecht or Friesland. Much as Burgundy's a major threat, Dutch ideas and events are pretty awesome and you start in the easiest rich node (AND in the HRE). Otherwise Magdeburg or so, which has a nice high BTV too.
Become frances best friend forever and join in all their wars for the +trust and they will help you take everything in your own constant wars.... stay our of stuff they want until the time is right to backstab them.
Oh, it's plenty doable. It takes some experience about how to play an OPM, but it isn't in the top ten of the hardest starts.
1.Ferrara
2.Friesland
3.Frankfurt
These three are quite easy due to the early trade money, rich and weak neighbours, being in HRE, having F as the first letter.
2.Friesland
3.Frankfurt
These three are quite easy due to the early trade money, rich and weak neighbours, being in HRE, having F as the first letter.
The Administrative Republics in the HRE (Ulm, Siena, and... Friesland?) are probably the easiest, since they start with a government type that is far, far better than any other one in the game at the time.
Frankfurt is an adminrepublic too.
Though Siena may be harder for an inexperienced player, since Siena does not have opm pray nearby. Hve to rely on allies in the first war.
On the other hand, Siena is at the edge of the HRE, and so doesn't have to worry about the emperor getting in your business all the time if you expand south, nor deal with the immense AE gain for taking provinces.
But nothing is south (big "I like to ally to France" pope and "wait till I get out of PU" Naples). Ferrara have the same south neighbours and also is in the edge of HRE.
Tuscany is actually really easy rofl. u can immediately grab 3 of the richest provinces in the game without the double ae of FRE expansion (Rome and ancona). Of course u get that pesky occupy rome malus.