After few years of relative quiet, Burgundian armies arrived in their homelands in force.
We almost lost our army if not for the King of Dauphine, who allowed our forces to retreat to his lands.
Our return to Burgundy was triumphiant, and we destroyed one army at Charolais.
Another battle goes much more smoothly; we retake Bourgogne and then chase the Burgundian to Barrois, then to Lothringen, where they're annihilated.
We still await for King Friedrich to assume the throne, so that we can continue with his predecessors' plans.
Then our plans get complicated even further - Cologne was annexed by Alsace, and the seventh Electorship passed to Hannover.
Which is a vassal of Hesse. Hesse has many friends, which means that soon we will have a very unpleasant war on our hands.
On top of that, the occupied provinces in Austria and Bohemia are showing some revolt risk.
We hire a High Judge to temporarily remedy this.
King Friedrich II assumes the throne of Prussia.
His first edict is to go to war against Hesse!
The lack of casus belli damages our stability and reputation, but the initial victories already tip the war in our favor.
Of all Hessian allies, its Lubeck that possesses the greatest audacity to land their forces on our coasts or deep in Bohemia.
Trouble arises in Burgundy; nationalist and patriot rebels are running amok in Burgundy.
Ironically, it falls to us to bring peace and restore our hold on Burgundian lands.
Our war exhaustion is going up, and that is extremely disconcerting.
Finally! Our production technology allows us construction of a Grain Depot.
Lesser maintenance and higher army limits are crucial to the Prussian military might!
The amount of rebels we're getting in the Holy Roman Empire and elsewhere is ridiculous.
King Friedrich decided not to wait and declared war against Magdeburg immediately to gain control of the Elector.
Ukraine, believing that we're weak, jumps over us and brings England into the war.
That's a mistake on their part, and we will help them realize it!
This would be disconcerting to some.
However our Army has destroyed Ukrainian forces already and is now siegeing their capital of Poltava.
Because King Friedrich II has more important matters to attend to, we agree on nominal tribute from Ukraine.
National Bank is not what's the most important thing on this picture.
It is the grant of Nationalism casus belli. We can war against our German relatives with ease now.
Obviously, we immediately go to war with Holstein, the last independent Elector of the Holy Roman Empire.
That drags in Thuringia and some others against us.
Just look at it!
War rages and cities burn, as most of the Holy Roman Empire is at war with Prussia.
Even our old friends, Styria and Flanders, have turned against us, to protect the Holy Roman Empire.
Nationalist and patriot rebels run circles around enemy armies, pillaging and burning as they go. But!
We will prevail - and we will succeed in our plans! For Prussia!!
