Demnogonis Saastuttaja said:
What intelligent nations are free?
Lemme see:
West Europe: Pretty much everyone is taken, vassalized or weakaned.
Portugal: Root
Aragon: Crimson
France: Myself
Brittany: Free but surrounded by France.
Irish Minors: All taken by Portugal (seriously).
Netherlander Minors: I think there are one or two minors that seem to be doing well*, so if you want to form Netherlands, go right ahead. Be aware that France is nearby south, Denmark is a bit north of you and Bavaria is strong and rules the HRE and has a PU wih England, so be wary.
England: Weakened and in a PU with Bavaria.
Scotland: Taken by Silver_Crewaxe
Denmark, Norway and Sweden: Seems everyone there is in a PU with Muty's Denmark or something.
Bavaria: Taken by Sulimo
HRE minors: Most of them were vassalized by Austria or Bavaria. The remaining ones are squeezed between Bavaria, Austria, France, Denmark, Brandenburg and Poland. If you go there, you're going to be either Sulimo's bitch or Erzherzog's.
Austria: Ezherzog
Italian Minors: Naples was predominant, but collapsed. Currently the area seems to be very divided. Its currently in Crimsom's sights, so it seems a very dangerous region to be in unless you're Naples or Genoa and ally with Austria or France.
Eastern Europe:
Balkan Minors: I dunno, but I think everyone's either a Hungarian or Ottoman puppet.
Novgorod: Played by someone (I don't remember, I think it was Chzr). All other russian minors are probrably pupets of Novgorod or GH.
Golden Horde: Strong and overpowered, but EVERYBODY hates your guts and wants you to die die die die die! SPECIALLY Poland, Hungary and Novgorod, all played by humans! Novgorod wants to form Russia and both Poland and Hungary appear to be quie interested in the prospect as way to defeat Golden Horde. Play this only if you are quite confident in your skills and capability of waging multiple wars on multiple fronts. You have no friends but other hordes here.
Poland: Taken by Malakal
Hungary: Taken by Reject.
Ottomans: Taken by Chef_Hathaway
North Africa and Middle East:
Algiers: Not taken, seems to be doing well, has lots of Morrocan territory. Could become a colonizer with the right NI.
Morroco and Tripoli: Both lost much territory to Algiers/Ottomans. Avoid.
Mamlukes: I dunno, but they seem to be doing good to me.
That's all I know. Me, I would love to see someone take Golden Horde, Mamluks, Timurids (if they still exist), Kazakhs or Ming.
*WTF happened wih Burgundy? Bitch is going to be annexed, HARD!