So some friends of mine came up with a Multiplayer tier list and I figured I'd share it with you all. This is for mutliplayer, not singleplayer. The rankings are based on how much influence said nations have on the game, usually by how powerful of an army and navy they can field. I'm only going to list a few of the top nations because listing every nation would be way too time consuming.
Kebab Tier: Ottomans
Uber Tier - Austria, Castile/Spain, England/Great Britain, France, Poland/Commonwealth, Lithuania/Commonwealth, Muscovy/Russia, Burgundy.
Tier 1 - Teutonic Order/Prussia, Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands (formed by Burgundy or a Dutch Minor), Brandenburg, Italy/Milan/Tuscany/Savoy, Ming, Timurids.
Tier 2: Venice, Hungary, Bohemia.
Ottomans - Kebab is insanely overpowered in player hands. So much so that I ban it nowadays in my multiplayer games for fairness.
Austria - With Austria's large army, high manpower, prestige, morale, the opportunity to inherit or get a Personal Union over Burgundy, Hungary, and Bohemia and the ability to build a powerful alliance web, Austria often can field the largest army in Europe and has extremely defensible terrain due to Austria being mostly mountains. To top it all off, if Austria succeeds in passing Revoke the Privilegia, Austria becomes virtually invincible on land although this is not a consideration in Austria's placement due to it how late it arrives.
Caste/Spain - Spain's unique position to take an early lead in the colonization game, powerful national ideas that come before France's Elan, and Personal Union over Aragon and occasionally Naples if Spain is lucky, allows Spain to become one of the strongest naval and continental powers in the game. On top of that, it is quite rare for Spain not to top the income charts. Spain also benefits from having an extremely defensible land border thanks to the mountains that lie between France and the Iberian peninsula.
England/Great Britain
Unless Britain faces an alliance of strong naval powers like Spain and Portugal, the British Isles are completely untouchable in human hands. Britain can colonize to it's heart's content and cut off enemy reinforcements to their colonies during a colonial war.
France
France is both powerful and in a very precarious position. Despite being rich, having tons of manpower, a huge army, and powerful ideas, France is in a precarious position. They are surrounded on all sides by dangerous rivals and doesn't benefit from particularly defensible terrain. France has a difficult time expanding beyond the French region because doing so means fighting Burgundy or incurs the wrath of the Imperials or the wrath of the Iberians. On the colonial side of things, France is also at a disadvantage. Being further away from the new world than the Iberians and Britain and having a weaker navy than most of it's colonial rivals makes it difficult for France to defend it's colonies. The final, and probably most important factor is the propensity for EU4 players to gang up on France. Nobody likes seeing a big blue blob, so more often times than not, France finds it's self in difficult wars against multiple players. If you can overcome these obstacles, France is extremely powerful however.
Poland/Commonwealth
Poland starts out in the best position to form the Commonwealth, with a mission to get a nearly free PU over Lithuania. This gives Poland one of the largest combined armies in the world and their ideas aren't bad either. A good Polish player can easily crush Muscovy before it becomes a threat and have a secure eastern border for pretty much the entire game. The biggest downside to the Commonwealth is they deal with a lot of rebels.
Lithuania/Commonwealth
Lithuania starts with a huge army and tons of manpower, but they don't have as easy a time getting a PU over Poland as Poland does over Lithuania. Just like Poland they can easily crush Muscovy before it ever has a chance to become a threat.
Muscovy/Russia
Muscovy without question has the best military ideas in the game. More than any other factor besides military tech, manpower and forcelimits win wars. The problem with Muscovy is they start off relatively weak and can easily be crushed by Poland/Lithuania before they have a chance to gain momentum.
Burgundy
While starting with rich lands and one of the largest armies in Europe, Burgundy is in a terrible position geographically. France and the Imperials have every reason in the world to invade you and rip you to shreds. Burgundy's ideas are also extremely lackluster.
This is a work in progress. More to come.....
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