Tips on how to form westphalia

[Vinkent]

Hey steam community, I want to form westphalia in europa universalis 4, but i see no videos for forming the country. I mean, there is a playthrough to form it, but it will be hard to remember what he does on it. There is no guide for it. So I need you guys to give me some advice on how to not screw up on trying to form westphalia. Thank you

[tonypa]

The wiki pretty much lists everything you need for it:
https://eu4.paradoxwikis.com/Westphalia

-is not the Hanover, the Papal State, Germany, Prussia or Switzerland.
-has Westphalian or Rhenish as primary culture or its capital in Westphalia (area).
-has an administrative technology of at least level 10.
-is either an elector or not a member of the HRE.
-owns its core provinces: Magdeburg (52), Westfalen (82), Hanover (1758), Kassel (1762), Paderborn (2972).

[Pozz]

I would start as Cologne and go influence ideas first if you have /some/ experience.

You have easy access to most the provinces needed, only Magdeburg is slightly away.
You start as an elector, so don't need to pray for RNGesus to become one.
You get to play a theocracy till you form Westphalia, which can be a nice change of pace.
Their ideas are 'okay' but you start out with 5discipline as the first idea, giving you a nice early boost.