EU4 (and CK2) is one of those games where I absolutely don't blame anyone for pirating it, despite having bought it myself. The cost of buying the game and its expansions is obscene, but you miss out on so much if you don't.
New run for me!
Wallachia (the home of Vlad the Impaler/Dracula!) -> Romania. Another fun run, as EU4 games tend to be, although it took a good amount of time before I could start expanding. I still remember having fits trying to afford the single merc regiment I needed to stave off a very early pretender rebel spawn. I love navy blue, so I'm much happier with this formable nation.
I'm not entirely sure how to proceed - I want to fish off Tuscany, Sicily, and Morocco, but I cant afford these coring costs, doing so will probably take most of the remaining time of the game. It's a tech level problem - because I spend all my admin points on coring, I cant afford to upgrade admin tech. Because I cant upgrade admin tech, I cant unlock higher levels of admin efficiency, which makes coring much cheaper and overextention much less harsh. I think I should of just sat around teching up earlier on instead of expanding past Egypt, because at this point I don't think I can afford to catch up to the going admin tech, which is like 7 tech levels above me.
Restoring the pentarchy and removing the Papacy was fun, though