I have to get my key three provinces, the two I need and the one to get me there.
If I do a max land grab of value, here’s what I could do:
I could do 8 provinces. There are a few valuable provinces to the far east – Nizhy Novgorod is Copper Mines, I could dig to it, and then build up around what I have and spread out so my mass is not such a tail. Here let me show you what it would look like in my war negotiations. Now that would cost an epic amount of badboy, like 56 badboy. A ton of bad boy. And some wouldn’t like it. But that would end Muscovy, give me a value NN plus eight territories and everything I need to become Russia.
This is what I would do if I was a conqueror. But I am a merchant republic. That’s a huge addition of territory beyond what we could do. But I would leave that behind soon when I take on Russia, we’d get their government type, Tsardom, as well.
So...what now brown cow?
Now, if I were to do Merchant Republic stuff –
Take the key three, and the salt province next to them
War Reps
Release Beloozero and Ryazan
Etc
Now if I skip Kolomna and instead unite with the wealthier Yuriev, and don’t get the holdings that flesh out my stuff I can get both Copper Mines, and even toss in mission. Here, pipcs
I do NINE Provinces instead!
I took:
Belooozero:
Beloozero
Ustyuzhna
Yuriev
Ryazan
Vladimir
Tula
Pronsk
Murom
Nuzhny Novgorod
I grabbed some more valuable ones instead of ones that look pretty on a map. I intend to release Beloozero soon.
This completes my mission
I spend around 340 ADM to order cores on them all
I mothball my forts
My next mission is to make nice with Denmark
All of my holdings are Orthodox and have a 75% autonomy
Beloozero – Novgorod culture. Forest, 5 dev. 9.8% unrest, Naval Supplies
Ustyuzhna – Novgorod Culture. Forest, 7 dev. 9.8% unrest, Naval Supplies
Tula – Iron mines, steppes, 9.8% unrest, 8 dev, Ryzanian Culture. South and west of the above holdings.
Pronsk – Same as above but with 7 dev.
Ryazan – Same as above, but with wool, level 2 fort, and 13 dev
Murom – Woods, grain farmers, connects NN below and Vladimir. On border with Kazan. Muscovite Culture, 12 development
Nizhny Novgorod – East of Murom above, next to Kazan, Copper mines, 15 dev, woods, Muscovite culture. Level 2 fort here
Yuriev – Salt is harnessed here, next to Moskva, Vladimir, and such. Muscovite culture, 8 dev, woods, church built here
Vladimir – 12 dev, woods, iron mines, Muscovite, next to Kazan, Ryazan, Murom, Yuriev, etc.