1.01 VH/Furious.
Texas starts out with 7 weak divisions and a war with a mean Mexico.
Step 1: Total mobilization. 100% POP to soldiers. Including clergy. Reinforce troops.
Step 2: Trade the only colonial claim you have to USA for money. A week later ask them to ally you. They won't come help you, but it's nice to have your back covered.
Step 3: Reinforce troops, merge, get a leader, charge. Do a couple of sweeps across the plains to ensure Mexicans are either too busy reorganizing or retaking their own land.
Step 4: Charge to the capital. Take it.
Step 5: Wait for the peace to be offered. In my case it was 2 provinces to Texas, 2 to USA (they did finally come out to grab Albuquerque and Santa Fe).

By the end I was 5th on the prestige scale and 216th (Dead last) on the industrial.
Texas starts out with 7 weak divisions and a war with a mean Mexico.
Step 1: Total mobilization. 100% POP to soldiers. Including clergy. Reinforce troops.
Step 2: Trade the only colonial claim you have to USA for money. A week later ask them to ally you. They won't come help you, but it's nice to have your back covered.
Step 3: Reinforce troops, merge, get a leader, charge. Do a couple of sweeps across the plains to ensure Mexicans are either too busy reorganizing or retaking their own land.
Step 4: Charge to the capital. Take it.
Step 5: Wait for the peace to be offered. In my case it was 2 provinces to Texas, 2 to USA (they did finally come out to grab Albuquerque and Santa Fe).
By the end I was 5th on the prestige scale and 216th (Dead last) on the industrial.