Playing Minor nations

[The Void Boy]

So is it worth it playing minor nations? So far I've only played Sweden for the tutorial. I was able to turn Sweden into a functional economy, but I felt held back the entire time, probably because the Swedish Market only consists of Sweden and Norway. I know playing minors wasn't that good in game 2. Is it better here?

[Bloodyfear]

i will say YES im playing as Greece already take prety much all my states back with help of austria and Russia ofc xD and from rank 39 im now rank 15 i even passed the ottomans lol i see that mostly its up to Diplomacy the only thing i feel held back is techology

[MHarmless]

I did the tutorial as 'random country' and was handed Afghanistan. Two provinces, east and west Afghanistan. No ocean access but plenty of opium fields. Had a peasant uprising halfway through and lost the game, resumed as the uprising which moved my capitol from east Afghanistan to west Afghanistan and abolished debt slavery but was otherwise the same. Was utterly dependent on Russians for access to their market. Finished the game out ranked 31st.

Second game picked Afghanistan on purpose to try to do better. Conquered south to establish ocean access and get into the colonization game. Got there super late and ended up with a small colonies in Indonesia and Australia. Ocean access also let me build a navy and invade Ethiopia for more territory and trade with whomever the hell I liked. Adopted multiculturalism and made states out of Ethiopia but they rebelled multiple times anyway. Game ended while fighting Prussia for recognition as a major power, ranked 13th instead.

Anyway, so far so good. Strongly suspect that the landlocked opium farmers could get to 1st place with better skill and effort.

[The Void Boy]

Originally posted by mharmless:

I did the tutorial as 'random country' and was handed Afghanistan. Two provinces, east and west Afghanistan. No ocean access but plenty of opium fields. Had a peasant uprising halfway through and lost the game, resumed as the uprising which moved my capitol from east Afghanistan to west Afghanistan and abolished debt slavery but was otherwise the same. Was utterly dependent on Russians for access to their market. Finished the game out ranked 31st.

Second game picked Afghanistan on purpose to try to do better. Conquered south to establish ocean access and get into the colonization game. Got there super late and ended up with a small colonies in Indonesia and Australia. Ocean access also let me build a navy and invade Ethiopia for more territory and trade with whomever the hell I liked. Adopted multiculturalism and made states out of Ethiopia but they rebelled multiple times anyway. Game ended while fighting Prussia for recognition as a major power, ranked 13th instead.

Anyway, so far so good. Strongly suspect that the landlocked opium farmers could get to 1st place with better skill and effort.

You joined the war on drugs on the side of the drugs and nearly won. Impressive.

[KONDO DEATH SQUAD]

Originally posted by mharmless:

Anyway, so far so good. Strongly suspect that the landlocked opium farmers could get to 1st place with better skill and effort.

I saw a dude on Youtube beat out Great Britain's GDP with Jan Meyen, by using the Russian market
Totally doable