Lots of possibilities, but in a couple of tries, I've not been able to keep the Byzantines from successfully Holy Warring me. Form Lithuania or a custom kingdom, and expand it to great Romuva empire.īulgaria in 769: you start off pagan, but feudal. Tibet is very strong in 769, and you can either easily form an overpowered Buddhist empire, or deal with playing a pagan faith that can't reform, but isn't stuck with gavelkind and that will be able to use the county conquest CB against everyone.Īny Polish rule in either 769 or 867: form Poland early, reform or convert, and found a custom Polish Empire.Īny Romuva ruler in 769: probably the easiest pagan faith to reform. They're young enough that you can convert them to Buddhist via the Faith (or Heritage) focus if you want, or you can let them stay Bon. Tibet in 769: You start out as Buddhist, but you sons are Bon. See if you can duplicate history and hold off the Danes. Wessex in 867: Alfred the Great starts out in your court. Go crazy and form England and the Empire of Britannia early, limited only by your ability to get claims.
Wessex in 769: you have primogeniture right from the start, so no need to get out of gavelkind.
