(I got the Emperorship after beating Genoa but before Florence). Try to do as much fighting as possible to get your participation up and then give France all the land they want. Since Im not a fan of the best CB I managed to get The knights and Cyprus from waging war on Genoa a second time so leave a at least a single province of Genoa that you can fabricate claims on. My strat: step 1: build a power base wherever I could get it for the first 80 years or so. Seeing as they're in a much different position than the Knights or Cyprus I was wondering if anyone had an idea on how to do it with them. At the point the power base in Greece and Anatolia is secured, the player should be strong enough to take on the Mamluks on their own. Map of province IDs. With the Emperor expansion, Athens may form into Jerusalem. EU4 Commands Casus Belli IDs Commands Country Tags Idea Group Keys Institutions Province IDs Religions Achievements I would imagine the pros would be the rich Genoa trade node (which you dominate at game start), possible to join HRE and allied to France. Every province of Palestine and Transjordan areas, as well as Tarabulus (378), Sidon (1855) and Aqabah (4268) becomes core provinces of Jerusalem. After the five years truce the player can call Ottomans and maybe others Mamluk's rivals in an independence war and take the required provinces. Provence starts as the strongest country to form Jerusalem as it has four provinces in the French region, a union with Lorraine, and is able to join the Holy Roman Empire. Seeing as they're in a much different position than the Knights or Cyprus I was wondering if anyone had an idea on how to do it with them. Ally Castile and other Aragon's rivals to gain Barcelona, Valencia and Palermo. It can also be released by any Catholic who can't form it. This article is timeless and should be accurate for any version of the game. The rival settings of neighbouring nations can dictate the strategy required. Where should New Jerusalem be? That does sound like something good to do after reclaiming the holy land. Castile may also prove useful if the player chooses to rival Aragon, and Austria may prove to be a useful ally in that they are often rivalled to Burgundy, very often are hostile, owing to wanting to take Barrois, in order to connect their capital lands to those of their many personal unions. After that you can use France to beat up Argon, Genoa and Florence to gain some nice CoTs and estuaries in the Genoa trade node. peaced Tunis out for Ottos provinces and some other stuff (Otto had positive war score and was sending a 60 stack towards me). Maybe no cb on the knights, core and claim on cyprus, attack cyprus while they are guaranteed by the mamlucks and while the mamlucks get crushed by the ottomans. Then wait until mamluks are attacked by Ottomans, no CB and take the holy city. So it would be smart of me to eat Aragon and parts of Venice then? For example, if France either begin rivalled, or hostile, finding allies such as Austria or Castile may be necessary. I had to work the alliance chains all game. The player should take note that this can change their national traditions and ideas if the player chooses to change them during the event following the decision, which may impact them negatively or positively. The Kingdom of Jerusalem from the Crusaders era can be formed as Provence, Cyprus, The Knights, Athens, Naxos, Epirus and any other Catholic who moves his capital to the Arabia or Egypt region. After that it's just a matter of waiting for the right moment to jump on the Mamluks (i.e., waiting for them to get in a war with the Ottomans), New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Jerusalem is a province in Mashriq. It is important to note that Venice has a mission to conquer Cyprus, which gives them a claim on the island, and might make them hostile towards the player if conquered, however, joining their trade league may prevent this (requires Mare Nostrum DLC). I do intend on building a powerbase, maybe even in burgundy. After forming Jerusalem, I went Ham on the map, took over Italy, Southern HRE, much of Aragon, formed France, and was working my way towards Rome when the game flipped out in the mid 1700s. Take note that the player will be the siege leader as long as they place at least one unit on a fort province - so they can let the Ottomans siege down the province for them, and protect their army at the same time. This will allow you to make use of the Crusader mission "Crusader Fleet" to get a free and permanent claim on the Palestine area. I used that and Provence’s National Ideas to put together a massive Christian alliance to take down super-Blobbomans (me, France, Portugal, England, Blobby Ethiopia, Poland , etc. It this a good strategy? You can just eat Aragon and dominate the Genoa trade node and move your capital to Paris so that Global trade does not spawn. Provence starts as the strongest country to form Jerusalem as it has four provinces in the French region, a union with Lorraine, and is able to join the Holy Roman Empire. Form the Kingdom of Jerusalem as Cyprus or The Knights. Another valid strategy is to build up relations with Ottomans and Mamluks waiting for the event that make Cyprus vassal of the Mamluks.