What country will you start as?

[whelan]

france, lots of room to head into continental europe and get some footholds in the new world as it funds the colonial conquests from home.

 

[Ruwaard]

First Burgundy*, second Austria*, and after that, well I haven't decided that yet.

(*= my natural first choice Brabant isn't available, otherwise it would have been Brabant first, Burgundy second and Austria third....)

 

[SLB1981]

Portugal

 

[The Boss]

I’m hoping Denmark will be more fun and exciting to play with the improved naval aspect of warfare and trading. It’s one of the nations that have had a major overhaul with 4 new provinces. I think Denmark have one of the strongest strategically starting positions in Europe. Besides controlling the important Øresund (entrance to the Baltic Sea), with a strong navy you can actually block attacks on your Islands of Fyn, Lolland, Sjælland (Capital), Bornholm and Gotland, meaning 50% of your starting provinces!

 

[SweGecko]

Sweden <3

then Russia, malaya and oman ^^

 

[Cossack8559]

England of course, then either Ottomans or Mamluks. After that, i don't know yet.

 

[Gnufan]

France, Muscovy, China and Japan are probably the ones I'll try first. Can't wait to play eastern countries without crappy graphics for the units

 

[JaredThinks]

Hmm, making a trade empire sounds like fun to me now, I really would like to play with the new trade mechanics.

 

[bris]

Poland! and then Pomerania!

 

[Sgt. Optimus]

Serbia, Russia, China. In that order.

 

[CptVicky]

China.

 

[Spazcat91]

Byzantium first then Muscowy and then France and then Rajputana and then Serbia and then Ulm and then Sweden and then Austria, and then Delhi and then Alsace and then Brandenburg and then the Aztecs, and then the Inca and then England and then Mali and then Castile and then Friesland and then Munster and then Munster (German) and then Vijayanagar and then Denmark and then Portugal and then Ottomans and then Oman and then Yemen and then Mamluks and then Milan and then Naples and then Achaea and then Cyprus and then Montenegro and the Korea and then Qara Koyunlu and then Maya and then Oldenburg and then Luneburg and then The Teutons and then Poland and then Wurttemberg and Baden and then Bohemia and then Hungary and then Bosnia and then Ceylon and then Brunei and then Shawnee and then Genoa and then Aragon and then the Papal States and then Novgorod and then Golden Horde and then Timurids and then Wallachia and then Burgundy and then Ming and then Khmer and then Dai Nam and then ME!!!

 

[AndreasPhokas]

Byzantium obviously!

Then Brandenburg can into Prussia.

Then Sweden

Then Savoy

Then Muscovy

Then.......maybe oman or timurids can into india(then somehow convert to hindu )

 

[TomosCaerllion]

Probably an Italian state for the first playthrough. Venice if I feel like focusing on the trade mechanics or Florence for a game entirely devoted to Machiavellianism.

 

[Wilhelm VIII]

I don't know if I'm the only one, but with the improved mechanics, I'm leaning towards playing as the Timurids.

 

[daddadpl]

The incans or other american natives >.> but thats just cause its fun and challenging and lonely.

 

[spinoza013]

Milan. as I have in most of my EUIII games.

 

[King_Conor]

I will probably play as Prussia in order to remove Poland from EUIV's map.

 

[Forgotten King]

Ryukyu

 

[DrMaier]

Austria of course and good old Byzantium.