Not only do you get to make the Commonwelth, you have all this room to grow with out fighting the AE in the HRE. You'd expect major bonuses for being the new "domininant" superpower in central Europe. Especially when you go with Prussia with its special government and Ideas. It kinda feels boring as Germany as if they did not thought this through. I think it is Austria. You also get less AE as brandenburg. I personally think that Poland is the best nation to form Germany with. r/eu4: A place to share content, ask questions and/or talk about the grand strategy game Europa Universalis IV by Paradox Development Studio. I am not super good, so just saying. Usually you'd do it for the free claims, but in your game you seem to already have that land. It will take many years with penalties to my nation right? Forming Germany doesn't change government type or ideas. From what I understand Brandenburg already has Prussian Ideas. You also have a misconception about the prussian goverment type: it doesn't force you to play tall, it's super strong without the militarization boni already. So every nation inside the hre is equally good in that regard. Forming germany requires adm tech 20 and you can get the required provinces as every german minor in that time. i still say Brandenburg, killer ideas, nice central location. So every nation inside the hre is equally good in that regard. Instead we get a pretty shallow nation with almost below average replayability because the reward isnt even that good. They are good events, but the cultural union of germany u get is better (?) What are the advantages of forming Germany? New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, Press J to jump to the feed. EU4 Country Tag List Find below a list of all countries and country tags in Europa Universalis IV. By using our Services or clicking I agree, you agree to our use of cookies. “Europa Universalis IV is a masterwork of a strategy game.” 91/100 & Editors Choice – PC Gamer “Complex and rewarding strategizing makes the fourth game in the Europa Universalis dynasty shine.” 9/10 & Editors Choice – Gamespot But if you don't have "An early Reich" achievement, then form Germany. Forming germany requires adm tech 20 and you can get the required provinces as every german minor in that time. Don't you get massive penalties the bigger your nation becomes? Probably Fight Poland at some point. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, Press J to jump to the feed. I am allied to France (who shares my dynasty), Savoy and Great Britian. So by changing to Prussia you trade in 5% discipline for: Slider that gives upto 10% discipline, -2 unrest, some autonomy reduction, manpower recovery and land maintenance reduction. Otherwise stay as Prussia, cause being those sweet sweet Prussia events. Austria can't form Germany unless you culture shift. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. I'm doing a Prussia game and I've discovered that after hitting empire status, the Nationalism CB is powerful enough that claims are no longer relevant, and permanent claims on German territories seems to be the only advantage to forming. Been big only affects militarization so you will still have a good position and military....and is historical to boot. Is there still a point to forming Germany as Prussia? As well as a minimum of 3 mil points on new leaders. Do I get some other bonuses as Germany? I figure I'll lose my Prussian government (though it's less useful as of now since I am too big to keep the bonuses for too long). -2 unrest, tons of autonomy reduction, mil 3 skill rulers at least are all really strong too. Type the name of a country or its country tag into the search box to search. I think you might get permanent claims on the german region which are valuable. Brandenburg probably still has the easiest time due to their ideas kicking in at a certain point. Maybe even fight for the catholic faith instead? Also due to the high amount of mil you are gonna have thanks to the goverment you will still be able to raise militarization on demand for a tough war and become a killing machine. You might make a lot more money and manpower with all German cultures accepted. This game was played on patch 1.19(Denmark) with RightsOfMan expansion.