Want to do a german based imperial

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I would like to play a game where I can form Germany or Prissia AND be a colonial power. I know it dosnt make a lot of sense but I am just bored with the traditional colonial powers of france, england, portugal, and spain. Which german state would be the best to start out with?
I need to rush colonial range and hit greenland fast and swing down into canada. I will also have to simultaneously conquer/annex my german neighbors.
I will also be doing this in a coop game with my friend who is a noob and will most likely play France.
 

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Pomerania is probably the best option. Out of all the German states it starts with the best navy (with Lubeck but Lubeck is a Republic). It has a nice powerbase and can hope to expand in Denmark relatively early to get colonial range. They have a nice army at start and can form Prussia easily. They are a slightly weaker version of Brandenburg on the mainland, but start with a navy.
 

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Lubeck or any other North German Republic. Republic is goof initially, and later you can just tank republican tradition till you`re a monarchy.

You can`t form Prussia till admin 10 anyway, and let`s be hones, Prussian ideas are horrible for colonies, so you may want to delay forming Prussia till you actually get your colonies in good enough shape.

Also, Dutch states are interesting, if you include them as possible choice.