My Union ended up looking like this before it all collapsed, i honestly did a pretty good job. But my killer was that i ended up unable to control my vassals, which led to me losing political influence, which then just spiraled.
>>2415676 all of the doctrines in that guide are still optimal choices. If you want to flip the world, you really can't afford to deviate from them. The game is, like, 90% options that are just straight-up bad and should never be taken except when you're pursuing achievements (best example being Birdcage as the only market economy type that doesn't suck ass).
what determines the second chinese civilwar? In my last game they liberalized after tiangmen-square but then had a civilwar between the liberals and military junta
>>2415725 how is Iraq still at war? They can usually win it if u embargo iran and support them with aid, in my last game i was able to get a socialist Iran