Holland, Part2: or Florence part 4.
I started the session by winning my war against Cleves and Brabant. At this point I have carved a good chunki of land, and the noly county I needed to form Netherlands (which still requires Admin Tech 10) was Gelre.
But I got cocky and thought it was a good idea to fully annex the Flanders. That was a swift war, but it created a giant colaition of 50k men who absolutely crushed me, making me lose all that I gain from the later conquest.
I lost, but my army was intact. Then I got cocky once more, thinking that I could manage to humiliate Brabant and Gelre, since their giant ally Burgundy was in shambles. My 16k army against their 10-12k. But then out of nowhere, a german country cam in with another 12k army. I got stomped hard, and I lost a lot of money, Friesland and my army.
Right now I'm not to pessimistic. I just need to concentrate in conquering the two provinces I now lack for Netherlands, and not into carving a little empire on the coast. I have two big allies, England (sorry Scotland, but with the current France, England is in mainland Europe to stay: maybe they'll focus less on the islands) and Denmark, that should help me in case of defensive war. I have chosen Quantity as second idea (the AI chose Economic as first, not a bad one).
Maybe I'll pick and ally in southern Germany.
Fun fact: my current biggest rival, Gelre, was just one province, before it became my ally, I promised them lands, giving one more province, becoming 2-provinces, leaving the alliance and later it became 3-provinces winning one against me.
Top 10 anime betrayal.