Well you have to start the game as some country but then you use the console command "spectate". This won't work in ironman obviously, and idk about multiplayer

How to pause and save during AI only games?

Welcome to the War of the Protestant League

Despite not being Protestant, both Nikasia and Taiwan joined the Protestant side. Pythagoland, which is Catholic, did not join the Catholic League.

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In the meantime, Lightopia continues to colonize northern Canada although there is a Dutch colony in the area which could cause them trouble, shown in orange.



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Ilij has expanded quite a bit. They also have a colony in Africa.

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Lucari Tortoise continues to beat up Mesoamerican nations, but they seem to have a small feud with Great Britain.

Shwartz99 says

Interesting sidenote: Denmark is op af

they will die by Ilijs's hands.

Update 9/2/1529

Lightopia is looking good.

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The Ottoman Empire declared war on Taiwan. The three-province nation was quickly subdued by the cannons of Seyfeddin I. When the Ottoman Empire sent a treaty for the full annexation of Taiwan, the response Seyfeddin got was: "sui for rui". So that's how this happened:



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Ilij finally has a border with Portugal. Maybe they can become civilized now.

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Pythagoland hasn't done much since the last war. They must be planning something big.

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Lucari Tortoise hasn't done much either.

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Nikasia has done nothing in the past 10 years.

Update 2/10/1519

Lightopia finally decided to get a colonist. They now have a growing colony in North America.

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After Qara Qoyunlu was destroyed, Hisn Kayfa gained independence and is now Taiwan's tributary state. This makes 0 sense; why would you want to be a tributary of a nation that has 3 provinces and is sandwiched between the Ottomans and the Mamluks?

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Ilij started colonizing as well, as they work their way up the coast of Brazil.

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Pythagoland went to war with Catalonia and took over the Baleares.

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Lucari Tortoise finally went to war again and this time took two provinces from Colima.

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Nikasia has entered a powerful alliance with Castile.

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Interesting sidenote: Denmark is op af

Update 2/13/1497

Taiwan ended their war with Qara Qoyunlu in a white peace it seems.

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Pythagoland beat Genoa and allies and gained Corsica.

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Lucari Tortoise beat everyone up in Mesoamerica and decided not to take any land. How nice of them!

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Nikasia just kicked some major butt. At first, they were at war with Brandenberg, Brunswick, and Saxony (the Holy Roman Emperor), and they had Pomerania and Mecklenberg as allies. However, Pomerania and Mecklenberg lost and withdrew from the war. Saxony also withdrew. Nikasia beat both Brandenberg and Brunswick after that and gained the provinces of Ruppin and Hoya.

Go Ilij!

for a mere 20 tokens i can rig taiwan to make it take over all of kebab qara and the mamluks

anyway bad host, downvoted and reported and bad review on yelp

Shwartz99 says

you said province 327

because 327 hi :)

you said province 327

ummmmmm why is taiwan in kebab land instead of real taiwan

Update: 2/14/1493

Taiwan did get beat by Venice, but Venice only took Cyprus. Now Taiwan is at war with Qara Qoyunlu but neither side has done anything. This war has gone on for a year or so already.

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Pythagoland is at it again, after taking a huge swathe of land from Naples and Aragon, they have declared war on Genoa and have taken over Corsica. I think I'm going to root for these guys, they actually stand a chance and they're cool enough to go against the pope. They did rival Tunis, however, who is extremely strong.



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Lucari Tortoise, after 21 years of no war, is finally attacking multiple Mesoamerican states at the same time and kicking all of their butts. Hopefully, the Testudos won't fall to the inevitable invasion.


Current state of the nation


The lopsided war results

Update: 2/1/1478

Taiwan is basically screwed because Venice is on them and they don't have any allies. They were guaranteed by Qara Qoyunlu but Qara Qoyunlu is currently getting their butt kicked too. Venice can't make Mardin a core so I'm guessing Taiwan is going to be left with just Mardin.


The grim situation in Taiwan

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Meanwhile, Aragon is getting attacked by everyone and Pythagoland decided to join in on the fun so it might expand quite a bit

its a republic that is fascist

Pythagoland has the best technology in the world (not a surprise lol)


Lighter green means better tech

Shwartz99 says

Updates (8/16/1464):

Oh yeah, and King Pythagoras was excommunicated.


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Wow, who needs the pope anyway.

Updates (8/16/1464):

Lightopia has done absolutely nothing. They did elect some weird guy though (rip Bob Ross)

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Taiwan started off pretty good, conquering some land from Aq Qoyunlu, but then got mostly conquered by the Ottomans.


The remains of Taiwan, shown in Gray

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Ilij has also done absolutely nothing.

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Pythagoland hasn't gone to war, but they're now allied with Provence and Florence, the former of which they have a royal marriage with. After Serbia was taken over they switched their rival to Aragon, so maybe a war will go on there. Oh yeah, and King Pythagoras was excommunicated.

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Lucari Tortoise quickly invaded their northern neighbors (the Apache and the Pima). Colima, a mesoamerican neighbor, also declared war on them but the war ended with a white peace.


Northern expansion of the Testudos

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Nikasia hasn't done much, but they do have a new ruler, King Claudiu of Duck Dynasty. It has claims against numerous countries and is now allied with East Frisia and Pomerania as well as Mecklenberg. Only time will tell if Claudiu is willing to attack his rivals for an epic expansion.

Alright its December 11th 1444, the first day to start a war! Nobody wants to start a war though :(

Lightopia

As expected, they aren't doing anything. Their balance was negative but they decreased army and navy maintenance so now they're making some more cash.

Taiwan

Not looking good, as Taiwan has a lot of rivals but no allies. Still too early to tell how long they'll make it though.

Ilij

Not much is happening, as expected.

Pythagoland

Pythagoland entered an alliance with Hungary, which means they might even be able to take on Aragon/Naples one day. Looking good!

Lucari Tortoise

Nothing. Literally nothing. Come on at least attack the mesoamerican native countries!

Nikasia

Ok wow they're part of the HRE. To be honest, I didn't know a zoroastrian nation could be part of the Holy Roman Empire but ok! They also have an ally in Mecklenberg. Nikasia might be a strong power in Northern Germany in the future.

enlighten me on what a fascist republic is and maybe ill include it

what about algoria

Lightopia

alright so lightopia is kind of isolated and they cant get anyone to join their trade league

they also have no rivals, and no colonists to maybe colonize north america and be strong enough to take on norway in iceland or ireland

as you may have guessed greenland isnt famous for its economy so their income is pretty low

Taiwan

taiwan has a nice little area between the ottomans and the mamluks, right now they are rivaled with a few similar-sized nations near them, all of which will probably be taken by the ottomans

which is good, because maybe theyll be allied with the ottomans and take some land from the mameluks, so they might survive for a while

Ilij

they're still primitive, so dont expect much action from ilij until some colonizer comes over

of course that action will probably involve ilij getting their butt kicked soz

at least they have a colonist to grow for now

Pythagoland

pythagoland isnt in bad shape, they rivaled the papal stat, siena, and serbia, so maybe theyll get some support from the ottomans

they dont really have many places to expand though because its not a good idea to attack aragon/naples or the papal state

Lucari Tortoise

doesnt have a colonist, so they will have to unlock one through ideas if they want to expand

otherwise they can conquer the mexican states maybe, they seem ok

they dont have any rivals probably because they have a superior government (with a navy!)

Nikasia

as i said before, not sure how the clash of religion and cultures will work out between nikasia and the rest of the hre

they are quite strong though

ok i'll start this for now but i can still add more customs after the game has started so you guys can keep suggesting :D

and idk how zoroastrian nikasia will do surrounded by the catholic hre