Best area to play tall?

[harrisone16]

Is there a region that's good to play tall in? I know Japan has most things but was curious if there were any other areas where I wouldn't have to blob in order to make money.

[Strifeboy]

Depends on country size for tall, Spain is my favourite for sovereign empire turning the rest of the world into puppets and colonies and building them up is fun.

[Jack_Barby01]

In terms of countries with great states to build in or with the best modifiers: Belgium, Bohemia, Ukraine, Manchuria, Transvaal, California and Korea… maybe Langfang if you manage to become a British/French protectorate and expand in the rest of Borneo. Alternatively you could play as China (has almost every resources), the USA and Prussia: you form Germany, keep the Zollverein and establish a "trade empire" with dyplomacy/demanding investment rights.

[6ap6apblckaAa]

Obviously Qing, but it is not an easy thing, if you are not experienced.

[DinoMight]

tall doesnt exist in this game, if you dont have enough coal, sulfur or lead, forget the tall

only countries that can do that are already mentioned spain, potentially persia... and thats it, maybe belgium because colonization

this is an autarky simulator... and well playing tall is literally the opposite of that
if you play tall youre playing this game wrong

and you cant rely on trade because other countries (ai) dont build anything, thats literally why they added foreign investment into this game

so you can build in other countries without conquering them because AI is so bad at building

[harrisone16]

Originally posted by DinoMight:

tall doesnt exist in this game, if you dont have enough coal, sulfur or lead, forget the tall

only countries that can do that are already mentioned spain, potentially persia... and thats it, maybe belgium because colonization

this is an autarky simulator... and well playing tall is literally the opposite of that
if you play tall youre playing this game wrong

and you cant rely on trade because other countries (ai) dont build anything, thats literally why they added foreign investment into this game

so you can build in other countries without conquering them because AI is so bad at building

What about something like a chartered country? Or a region near China like Vietnam - don't they have every resource except sulfur?

[[Z] EMKP]

unpopular opinion: Transvaal.

[SIX]

As a small nation Belgium or wallachia. As a great power GB or Sweden. Japan suck sadly.

[harrisone16]

Originally posted by SIX:

As a small nation Belgium or wallachia. As a great power GB or Sweden. Japan suck sadly.

Ya my Japan runs usually crash and burn - I wonder if there are any fun releasable nations? Russia has a bunch that seem interesting like Georgia or Poland?

[VoiD]

Technically most countries can do that. But China is probably the best.

I mean, you need to know the basics to avoid imploding or getting destroyed early by GB, sure, but they have pretty much infinite population so you can just keep building and building the entire game and you'll never run out of manpower.

Japan is also an interesting one, specially if you want to play around with isolationism as you test the effects of various buildings in a controled enviroment

[Alex]

Originally posted by harrisone16:

Originally posted by SIX:

As a small nation Belgium or wallachia. As a great power GB or Sweden. Japan suck sadly.

Ya my Japan runs usually crash and burn - I wonder if there are any fun releasable nations? Russia has a bunch that seem interesting like Georgia or Poland?

Yes, Russia does have a few releasable countries which might allow for this (Poland, Ukraine), but this will also make you very vulnerable, wedged inbetween great powers.

An interesting choice might be Persia, especially if you can secure a favorable relationship with Russia to protect you from GB.

Another could be Chile, especially if you have the "Colossus of the South" DLC.

Or just go for the classic ones like Belgium/Netherlands (to form Benelux), Transvaal and Korea.

[[Z] EMKP]

Originally posted by SIX:

As a small nation Belgium or wallachia. As a great power GB or Sweden. Japan suck sadly.

Oh yeah i played as wallachia it was fun. some BS in a war with cape colony made me RQ though...

[Lano]

Originally posted by DinoMight:

tall doesnt exist in this game, if you dont have enough coal, sulfur or lead, forget the tall

only countries that can do that are already mentioned spain, potentially persia... and thats it, maybe belgium because colonization

this is an autarky simulator... and well playing tall is literally the opposite of that
if you play tall youre playing this game wrong

and you cant rely on trade because other countries (ai) dont build anything, thats literally why they added foreign investment into this game

so you can build in other countries without conquering them because AI is so bad at building

glad to see other people with a brain around here. its embarrassing that their solution to the AI not being able to play the game was to make the player build for them lol

[Bunkurs]

Originally posted by Z EMKP:

unpopular opinion: Transvaal.

Boeretrots!

[mondy]

I love Sokoto... u have a lot of people and every ressource except of sulfur. But you can conquer for it

[Dragow]

Well, if tall, any opm on a shore line, preferably with bonuses
You can theoretically survive on trade in a late game after you are industrialized, but you will need someone's market before that
Why OPM, well, apart of picking few countries that have basic 4 industrial goods acceptable from the get go (which i assume is not tall), you want to have as few provinces as possible to have as much edicts running as possible