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So, this is going to be a bit different than most of the AARs you'll see in this forum. I apologize for that, I just didn't find that it fit anywhere else.

What I am planning for this to be is for me to do as many observer games as I find reasonable to do, and post the 1821 maps and statistics here. Maybe I'll stop at 30. Maybe I'll stop at 50. I may do more than that. Who knows?

What I do know is that I want a sufficient sample such as we can start seeing patterns in how the AI acts and how the game plays. Also, if I decide to keep doing this for long enough, how the AI and patterns change with each new DLC and patch. I've seen from quite a few threads how people generalize and say that such and such country is too strong, or how a certain historical event never seems to happen in game. This thread is meant to put some numbers to that, even if the thread stops short of being truly statistical.

I will say this much, I have had about 15 observer games already run from my computer, so I can at least post those. I hope to do more, but we'll see how productive in this I end up being. It doesn't take super long for an observer game to run on my computer, so the use of my computer isn't really going to be the issue here.

I will ask that others do not post their own observer games in this thread, as I want to ensure as many variables can be controlled as possible. Feel free though to comment and criticize as needed.

My current plan is to post about 15 screenshots per game, as below:
Europe - Political
North America - Political
Central America - Political
South America - Political
North Africa - Political
South Africa - Political
Asia - Political
East Asia - Poltical
South Asia - Political
Indonesia and Oceania - Political
Europe - Religious
World - Religious
Great Power List
Country List, Sorted by Income
Military List, Sorted by Army Size

If you believe that others are needed to get a true scope of what happened during the game, I can certainly do so. That being said, keep in mind the image posting limit, as I would rather not have to post more than once per game.

To end off on another note, I'm not really sure why I chose to name it the Xenophon project. I know he was studying the Spartan way of life for awhile, similar to how I'm studying the strange and unknowable EU4 AI, but this connection is really not all that strong, but the name stuck. It is what it is.
 
Stats for Nerds
Below is a list of all the countries, sorted by how often they are on the great power list, with only those ending up on a great power list 10% or more listed. An example is below:

Example country - % on great power list (times on great power list/40) (average ranking on great power list)

Ottomans - 95.0% (38/40) (1.79)
Ming - 92.5% (37/40) (5.14)
Great Britain - 90% (36/40) (3.28)
France - 72.5% (29/40) (3.93)
Spain - 70% (28/40) (2.32)
Russia - 50% (20/40) (4.30)
Portugal - 47.5% (19/40) (5.53)
Austria - 35.0% (14/40) (4.71)
Mughals - 25% (10/40) (4.30)
Deccan - 20% (8/40) (5.75)
Bohemia - 20% (8/40) (6.50)
Brandenburg - 17.5% (7/40) (6.43)
Delhi - 17.5% (7/40) (7.28)
Prussia - 15.0% (6/40) (6.00)
Persia - 15.0% (6/40) (7.17)
Castile - 10.0% (4/40) (4.50)
 
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<These will have the relevant maps from EU4 1821 start date, but haven't been posted yet.>
 
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That Prussia - and Mughals.
 
Should note in case it wasn't obvious that that green splotch in the west of France is Mughals.
 
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Nice to see Russia actually be Russia. Ottomans remain strong. Austria excels.

Game 3
Way to go Lithuania. Ottomans again remain strong. And Andalusia - that is rather cool to see.
 
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Also, in case is isn't already obvious, strong Ottomans is going to be something of a trend.
 
Very nice Oirat in this one.

I have seen the Ottomans humbled, but you are right it is rarer.
 
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Never seen Yan like that before
 
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