Our recent colonial expansion in the east allowed us to form an East India Company.
Lubeck started sending spies against us, while Hamburg keeps our tiny Duchy of Schlesvig away from us.
We decided to go to war against them both!
Then the elderly Friedrich II dies, leaving a very incompetent bunch of regents in charge of Prussia, and Friedrich Albrecht's upbringing.
They are so bad we get into Overextension mode, which will make things unpleasant for a long while.
While we're busy in our wars of annexation, our enemies are funding Polish and Lithuanian nationalists.
Unfortunately for them, the Dukes of Polotsk are more than happy to keep to the eastern side of Prussia and hunt the rebels down.
Our annexation campaign is finished, for now, as during regency we cannot declare war.
The colonies in East Indies unfortunately crumbled due to native attacks and enemy blockades.
No colonies in East Indies, no East Indies Company, obviously.
Finally, we have a King on the throne of Prussia!
His cousin is nominated to become his heir.
Friedrich Albrecht II continues his predecessor policy of forced inclusion of German states into Prussia.
Thuringia is next, with its 3 provinces and barely any friends, will be easy target.
And it is done! Thuringia is now part of Prussia.
A slight detour in our plans will have us invade Ulm.
This time, not for conquest - we need a strong, military vassal, and the restored Kingdom of Bohemia could serve as one such vassal.
Plus, it will help us curb Ulmian expansion.
And it has been done, with ease and speed worthy of Genghis Khan!
Now we wait until our infamy drops and Bohemia accepts our offer of vassalage.
Our King decides that, to make sure he doesn't look uncultured too much, we should sponsor some artisans and artists.
Thus, we've selected Rococco movement as the one to receive our patronage. Prestige and cultural tradition will come our way, accompanied by opulent palaces and opera houses!
Oooh, a free core, might as well!
We will go to war against Sicily at once; it is suffering from war and rebels.
Once England, their chief ally, flaked out, Sicily surrendered to our demands.
The Konigliche Armee soon arrived and stormed Naples, forcing them to concede defeat.
But the feverish rush for war and conquests have winded down, as Friedrich Albrecht II pursues scholarly and courtly topics instead.
Music and grand balls are of more importance to him nowadays... hopefully it won't get him anywhere bad.
