Most interesting nations and why?

[in god we thrust]

I'm looking for very interesting nations, I prefer going from small insignificant to a powerhouse. My best game so far was as Pirate Madagascar Republic. I'm willing to hear your suggestions!

[Tanuvein]

Songhai is very fun and kind of unique if you haven't played an African nation in that region. I found myself facing a lot of unique challenges as them. They felt very fun as I played them, though I have Origin.

Some of the steppe hordes can be fun too, you can just to regather the scattered Mongolian nations or simply go on a rampage and take as you wish. They tend to be easy, and I think the Great Horde can be fun because of some of your early enemies, but Jiangzhou can really create many different countries and it's a lot of fun too.

[Kapakc]

Teutonic Order, form prussia if you want, or role play as a crazy catholic.

Sweden crazy fun to play, starts with poop economy but their troops shoot lasers.

Florence into tuscany, starts in italy, can eventually develop their lands for free kinda.

Provence can be interesting.

Starting as byzantium can also be fun, your first objective will more or less be killing ottomans.

[Malvastor]

Start as Brabant or Holland -> win independence from Burgundy -> form Netherlands -> become an economic/colonial powerhouse with massive development.

[Preacher]

Originally posted by Malvastor:

Start as Brabant or Holland -> win independence from Burgundy -> form Netherlands -> become an economic/colonial powerhouse with massive development.

This! Also could try a Byzantium to Rome run!

[Tanuvein]

Originally posted by Kapakc:

Teutonic Order, form prussia if you want, or role play as a crazy catholic.

Sweden crazy fun to play, starts with poop economy but their troops shoot lasers.

Florence into tuscany, starts in italy, can eventually develop their lands for free kinda.

Provence can be interesting.

Starting as byzantium can also be fun, your first objective will more or less be killing ottomans.

Teutonic Order to Prussia (especially if you go Baltic Crusader as well) is probably one of my favorites and would be my first recommendation, however the next expansion will be adding a new mission tree with alternate paths and new additional mechanics for both TO and Prussia. Same with Sweden. It might be worth waiting to do this one but I agree with Kapakc's recommendations!

[Barni]

Ethiopia - A Christian country isolated from the rest of the Christian world. Potential for expansion, unique religion and interactions with Portugeese missionaries.

Confucian Mughals - Assimilate every culture and harmonize every religion.

Byzantium - restore the Roman Empire.

Taungu - hard start but the missions make it possible for very fast and satisfying expansion.

Teutons->Prussian - your soldiers are space marines.

I also had a nice game playing Poland as a HRE member although I don't know if it's still possible without giving up the Lithuania PU event.

[ChaffyExpert]

Nepal, Asian Prussia

Mewar, also kinda Asian Prussia.

Sirhind > Delhi Bunch of cores and fast conqust

Dithmarschen Bringing Socialism to Germany, but also Peasant Republic.

ethiopia, Coptic, interesting events expansion.

Any nation in Oceania. Spices and trade money, specifically the Pirate republic nation.

[Invisible]

Oman as trading powerhouse

[Blims!]

Vijayanagar
Plenty of fun events and mission tree
Alot of smaller states to vassalize, and medium to large to conquer
Colonization to both east and west
Hinduism

[Nitro]

Friesland! Decent ideas and you start in the best trade node. I'ts similar to Holland but you start free and you can form HRE/Germany. And they are a peasant republic. Florence and Mewar are also really fun.

[cråck]

small into powerhouse ?
kotte, you've a very nice ashivement for them
pegu, same as above
kale, same as above
oman, was one of my favorite unfinished runs, as ibadi destroy all the heretics, the save became unplayable after some sort of "pdx bugfixing update"
ardabil into persia into zoroastrian
the knights as you spend your time getting dowed or dow ppl 5x times your size

[the_panther]

The Knights.

They start with the ability to raid, which means you can take down the Ottomans with delicate play.

[in god we thrust]

Originally posted by cråck:

small into powerhouse ?
kotte, you've a very nice ashivement for them
pegu, same as above
kale, same as above
oman, was one of my favorite unfinished runs, as ibadi destroy all the heretics, the save became unplayable after some sort of "pdx bugfixing update"
ardabil into persia into zoroastrian
the knights as you spend your time getting dowed or dow ppl 5x times your size

Where are the Kotte, Pegu and Oman?

[Malvastor]

Originally posted by NARC:

Originally posted by cråck:

small into powerhouse ?
kotte, you've a very nice ashivement for them
pegu, same as above
kale, same as above
oman, was one of my favorite unfinished runs, as ibadi destroy all the heretics, the save became unplayable after some sort of "pdx bugfixing update"
ardabil into persia into zoroastrian
the knights as you spend your time getting dowed or dow ppl 5x times your size

Where are the Kotte, Pegu and Oman?

Kotte is in modern Sri Lanka- that little island off the tip of India.

Pegu is in the southern tip of Burma, to the East of India.

Oman is on the Arabian Peninsula.

[bri]

If you have the DLC then custom nations can be all sorts of fun.