Ooh, the new DLC for VIC3 is out. I've been looking forward to it as it adds Balkan, Hungarian, and Austrian paths. They were never terrible, it was just hard to create the Balkan nations without a lot of chance.

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Me: I think I'll play a pacifist run of Austria.

Also me: Well, if I want to be pacifist, I need to balkanise the Ottomans, and Prussia, and...

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First time I've really played Spain through in Victoria 3, and it can be summed up thusly:

Legitimacy? Who needs it?

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After another playthrough as Belgium, I have to say it's one of the easiest nations to play in Victoria 3.

You start way ahead, not having to rush railways, or colonisation, or any of the other "must have" technologies.

Belgium is both physically, and politically, well places to take advantage of Prussia, Austria, France, and England, even if you get screwed via the Conference of London; get your relations high enough, and most of Europe will follow you into a war against The Netherlands.

You're well positioned to start colonising Africa early, and if you can punch through to Sokoto (I went via Oyo), you'll have a ready Colonial Administration state with nearly £50m GDP. This is a game changer mid-game.

By late game you can start working on Afghan/Pakistan states like Makran, Kandahar, and Kabul, which will prop up your industry to carry you through to WWI.

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When you decide to start WWI in 1860 because you need another province to build in

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Quite an epic slog, but I got to 3rd and it's 1911. The only way to get to first would be to wait for WWI, and jump in on Prussia's side, but that's going to be messy as hell

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Me: I think I'll ask for independence.

Europe: Did someone say WAR?!

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