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[hexedmagica]

Italy in 1615. Started as Milan, ended up roflstomping Austria and inheriting Byzantium. Then proceeded to lose Thrace to the Ottomans, took all their holdings in the Balkans for it a hundred years later. So I then decided to get some colonies, because Portugal is nonexistent.

[Johnfalcon99977]

Rest of the World Map?

Also: JPG D:

[Zrk2]

Rest of the World Map?

Also: JPG D:

PNG FTW!

[SethCreiyd]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

         Victoria 2.  Not pictured:  Texan Haiti, Texan Hong Kong

Surviving the war of Independence was easy with the help of the Yankees.  Sam Houston's army won the Alamo and retreated to Oklahoma before Mexican reinforcements arrived and by that time, Washington D.C. had declared war on our side.  Mexico sued for peace, and the new nation of Texas became a flourishing center of culture and commerce, growing prestigious in the eyes of Europe.

The fledgling state remained in the sphere of the United States until the Revolution of 1847, when a reactionary group dissatisfied with the legal abolishment of slavery took power in a military coup and suspended the Constitution.  Strangely, the group chose not to reinstate the slaver's institution but set out industrializing the state, providing factories and infrastructure.  The ensuing monetary cost was tremendous, but eventually paid for by territorial expansion into Haiti and the disputed Oklahoma territory.

In 1852, Mexico declared war on Texas and was defeated utterly, once again, at the Alamo.  The Texians quickly occupied and conquered much of northern Mexico.  The people in these areas, many of them natives, were generally left alone and many of them joined the Army of Texas to do war with the Confederate States of America, from which even more territory was gained.  Aside from a brief opportunistic war with Portugal and various bloodless acquisitions from Mexico, Texas has been at peace ever since 1868.

Where next?  I'm thinking Japan might be a nice card in the deck, the extra manpower alone would be worth it.  I'd take Columbia out of California but they're in my Sphere and a faithful ally of Texas, and until that changes they aren't any kind of a strategic threat.

[Heron TSG]

Spain's always a good target. Perhaps take on the U.S. for a decent challenge?

[mainiac]

Then proceeded to lose Thrace to the Ottomans

Fix this!  How dare you waste your time on trivial things while the heathen occupies the second Rome right on your doorstep.

[Stworca]

Did you win as the US?

I never finished that game. My last save is June 1 1945, and this is how it looked like :



Normandy is untouchable, with some level 8+ fortresses along the coastline and sick number of troops.
So i breached a line across the entire south europe to draw Germans attention, force them to create a large front and have a new opening to exploit.
France was as good as mine, but with Spain just next to us and Normandy troops on the way, it could change any minute.
Italy was a stalemate, Germans had more troops, we had better brigades and commanders.
Balkans are a mess. While we can easily hold the ground west. the right "fork" is about to be overrun by shwaben.
Rommel still lives, but thankfully he's not in Europe. He's blocking our advancement into Middle East. (on that Italian province next to SA)
Japs and Chinese put up hell of a fight, but in the end we outmaneuvered them and conquered all of their provinces with 1/3 of their forces.
Naval superiority : Check. Total check in fact. Germans only have 1 wolfpack of submarines roaming somewhere, everything else of theirs is on the bottom of the ocean. Japan and Italy fleets have been completely annihilated.
Air superiority : A year ago it was a check, now, despite us having 72 interceptors and 40 fighters Germans still rule over their own skies. There are some "safe" zones though. Balkans are completely in our control air-wise. Italy and France are also safe zones.
Troop wise : We are way behind. Wehrmacht is outnumbering us greatly.
IC wise : We are even more behind. They have almost twice our IC.
Manpower wise though we still had about 800, with tons of resources. Our loses were minimal so far, and not one unit was lost "for good".

Once Germans start pushing extremely hard to recapture France, Balkans and perhaps even Italy, i'll launch assaults on Denmark, perhaps Norway, and i'm not going to lose a single unit in Europe, as our fleets are simply everywhere. CACL zergs, some 6 carrier CTF's, four giant transport fleets and a BB-mostly bombardment fleet.

It would take a few years more, but Germany was in fact doomed, unless They dropped their nukes on US mainland. I do hold all the islands in range though..
German troops would at some point stop getting reinforced, their Manpower runs out.. then it's just a matter of time. I also suspect that due to our invasions, closing suez, sinking transport fleets and capturing some important provinces, they may have oil problems in the future.

Lastly, i know where Their nuclear base is, and thus.. Yeah.

I stopped playing because my old laptop died.. Now i have the save back.

You know, I just noticed. US annexed Mexico.

Aye! Also note that "Central America" is formed from all the 1 province minors. Long story short : Mexico was couped, DoWed us and all of the latin America, when we had only 5 troops.. They annexed all of the minors, then lost all of their lands to us.. Got anexed by us. Central America was formed.

Lovely turn of events!

[Zrk2]

Royal marriages are OP.

Spoiler: Glorious Inherity Goodness (click to show/hide)

By zrk2 at 2011-09-25

[Iituem]

Sadly I don't have a screen of the save but a better demonstration would be how under the unified HRE and with Personal Unions with the Ottomans, Britain, Spain, Portugal and Russia my single ruler basically controlled about a third of the world.  In 1520.  Starting from Ansbach.

[SethCreiyd]

Spain's always a good target. Perhaps take on the U.S. for a decent challenge?

The U.S. is terrifyingly powerful, as Stworca's game demonstrates nicely.  They're only in third place below the UK and France, but their mobilized military score is about five times my own.  I could probably hold the border but if it breaks I wouldn't be able to keep up with the massive occupation.  Texas currently has great relations with them, and I like that as long as they're able to crush us.  Indeed Spain, on the other hand, they can't even keep Cuba out of rebel hands and their navy is a splintering mess thanks to French aggression.  Seems like a good bet for now.

Royal marriages are OP.

Spoiler: Glorious Inherity Goodness (click to show/hide)

By zrk2 at 2011-09-25

Just ask Charles V.  Inherit Castille and you're set!

[mainiac]

Wait, how do you inherit Ottomans?  How'd they go christian?

[Zrk2]

Just ask Charles V.  Inherit Castille and you're set!

there's some internet cookies for you over in the EU3 thread...

[Iituem]

Wait, how do you inherit Ottomans?  How'd they go christian?

Cheating, technically.  I waited until the Ottomans didn't have a valid heir, then used the "Fabricate Claim" espionage action to get the "Very Nearly Legitimate Documents" CB.  War, then resolution with a Union.  Bam, sidestepped the whole 'marriage' issue.  In truth, with the exception of Castille (where I legitimately did pull off a marriage, union and inheritance) every single PU since then has been a result of forged documents.  The only Major Power I can't hit with that tactic is Persia, which is a Theocracy.

A Theocracy that also dominates the entire middle east and nearly all of India.  It's basically a superpower.  o_o

[mainiac]

But you can only fabricate claims against christians...?

[Zrk2]

Apparently not. This is good to know.