Even if Lithuania does not fall under a union with Poland, owing to the historical friendship status between the two nations, they will almost always be allies. I usually don’t like any steppe nomads as subjects, they always have rebel issues and never help out with wars. This will be a long war. An event which can trigger between 1550 and 1650 may grant claims on much of this land. However, they often fall under a personal union with Poland, limiting their ability to both pose an active threat as well as interfere in Muscovite affairs. Thus, pre-patch 1.29, two strategies can be used. Full annex Ryazan/Odeyev. eu4 muscovy tag. Local Missionary Strength: +2.00. A Country ID is a three-lettered representation of a country in-game. Religious ideas will also grant access to the Deus Vult CB. Don’t feed them too much land though. The Renaissance spawns around 1450. Other significant neighbours include Sweden, Nogai, Crimea, Pskov, Livonian Order. MOS Government Okhotsk gets "Russian Pacific Port" until the end of the game, granting the following effects: Capital of Sitka renamed to Novo-Arkhangelsk. Influences from Western Europe are helping us modernize and reform our nation and Western style of education is being adopted. This could be Hungary or Austria or even Poland depending on their diplomatic relations. Hi guys, I get back to EU4 after quite some time and decided to play Muscovy. And Artillery ideas. Why not make the troops fight better and make use of that attrition factor early on? In the first few years, you will fight Novgorod, Great Horde and Kazan. Quantity seems overkill IMO, unless maybe going for WC, and still you would not need it first. Check out this guide for complete beginners! Get level 1 advisors. Because of this it is not recommended to attempt to take Lithuania's Ruthenian lands until either having expanded and increased Muscovy's force limit significantly, or until it is possible to call in equally powerful allies. All rights reserved. Siege down Novgorod forts. Relatively often, Sweden will try and get their independence from Denmark. In large part because unless Muscovy takes religious early, it's expansion vectors are severely limited - you don't want to muck with the PLC, and expanding into Christendom is a very easy way to get a coalition led by the PLC against you that will absolutely trash you. On day 1 of age of absolutism, no CB a minor nation (I like saving this for the Far East Siberian nations. Deus Vult CB is the best till you get Imperialism CB. Get Norway as subject like stated earlier. Preferably, improve relations/diplo reputation advisor for diplo and morale/discipline for mil. It's only small until you feed it. EU4 Nation Guides Muscovy is the meanest bad ass in the Russia and Ural region at start and you can take on literally anyone around you. Influence and diplomatic ideas are helpful for vassal-heavy play, allowing for cheaper integration of vassals, as well as providing an addition diplomat for integrating them. Do the estate interactions. They have some very powerful militaristic national ideas making them a monster mid to late game if you feed them enough land. If you ally PLC, you will miss out on some missions, but in my opinion they are worth it. Get provinces from them so you can border Ming directly. Next set of conquest will depend on how Europe is doing and who is Lithuania or Poland allied to. I mention this because saying something like "Ryazan is too small to be a vassal" doesn't really make sense. Perm, Yaroslavl, Beloozero, Rostov and Pskov all begin as Orthodox vassals of Muscovy and all except Perm and Pskov have the Rurikovich Dynasty. The principality emerges from the fracturing Orthodox Vladimir in 1283, gaining its cores, bordering fellow Orthodox Smolensk to the west, Ryazan to the south, Vladimir to the east. Declare on a small tributary and full siege (even assault) them. Religious gives you the most useful CB for an Orthodox nation (since almost no one is Orthodox), grants you accepted religion in provinces (which far exceeds the benefits of Humanism which just lowers the maluses), and further cheapens culture conversion if you want to go down that route (which is possible, given that Russia also has an NI that boosts that even further, granting significantly discounted culture conversion). Culture The order in which you declare wars will depend on who your enemy is allied to. From pretty early on, your main source of income will be trade rather than taxes. Are you familiar with vassal feeding? The culture in Sibir changes to Muscovite. The solution is to have two separate groups of armies for both regions. Give them at least Tula and Yelets from the Ryazan conquest and if you want to free up a state slot you could toss in Kaluga. The most important nodes to gain control of early on are Kazan and Astrakhan(no merchant is needed in Kazan as all the trade flows solely into Novgorod), and later the most important node to conquer is Samarkand, as that will allow for all the trade from India and China to be funneled into Novgorod.