To our southwest is our father, Byzantium’s holding, and you can see Constantinople proper as well. They are a heavily expansionistic nation with the desire to take us out forthwith. Now I have done smaller nations on this list (Trebizond, Granada) or close to it (Naxos).

I don’t think islands with no major land routes are that hard – like Ryukyu. I could see myself doing any of those six.

Sarig Yogir – I never thought about it before, but a small clan nation next to Ming can’t be easy. Not easy You are also the wrong religion for the region as well. You have to both win independence and to survive the Ming war. Sukhothai – Currently a vassal of Ayuttahaya who is under the Ming nation. But I could do colonial game like real-life Belgium or Netherlands who were locked by major players so they colonized instead. I think I can play these four off and survive, but there are no expansion opportunities here. Navarra – One province minor adjacent to four major powers – England, France, Aragon and Castille and with the wrong culture. It’s a vassal of Byzantium, so you have to both survive and win freedom – that’s a rough double ask as a one-province minor power in the way of a bigger nation. However, it doesn’t have the ability to wage just war on it’s neighbors with casus beli’s nor is it able to actually survive. You can’t go elsewhere as you are at the tipoff a peninsulaĪthens – This has all of the problems of Byzantium, it’s a small barely recognizable part of its previous self. Theodoro – One province minor at the tip of Crimea, and you’ll be taken out by Crimea, Genoa, or even the expansionistic Turks. Mzab – Ibadi can’t royal marry with other Muslims to get royal marriages to help create and solidify alliances, inland, some of the poorest starting economic holdings in the game, have to go through regional powers like Tlemcen or Tunis to expand, if you do, it’s harder to core those provinces with your power. Top 10 Most Difficult Nations in Europa Universalis IV - YouTube The Top Ten Impossible Starts! (EU4) - YouTube Top 10 Most Difficult Nations in EU4 (1444 Start) - YouTube The Top 5 Hardest Nations to Play as in Europa Universalis 4 - YouTube My goal today is to pick my favorite choices for the hardest nations to play in EU4, and the take the consensus or hardest ones and play as one!

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