Originally posted by Steve5304
I notice with the AI there is a bit of a Snowballing effect. When things are good, there good for another 40 years. When things are bad, There bad for 40 years. The AI have really good Coping and Damage Control abilitys.
i play on very hard/agressive but never occured something like that. nice you did, maybe i´ll get a chance in one of my games as well. i would enjoy seeing papal states or switzerland as a major power in europe. the netherlands once grew to the 3rd mightiest power in europe (though i was at war with them almost all the time), but they have a better position then tuscany.
the snowballing effect is a historic fact: if a country sucks it needs it´s time to regain strenght. some 3rd world countries even nowadays seem to be caught in their bad situation. things changed much slower in EU´s period, nothing to worry about, as it is a historic simulation.