Do you want to blob? Do you want to stay a merchant republic forever? Venice has a core on them, as do Ottomans, and they are reluctant to be vassalized because Venice also owns one of their cores. Personally I go with Economic ideas first, they really do solve the empty coffer problem. After today's dev diary I decided to postpone until 1.17 is out, since I feel one of the idea groups for a RP Venice should be Espinonage and next patch will make that part of the game more interesting. My thoughts are Administrative Ideas: Genoa starts as a minor power with 7 provinces, 3 in Italy, 1 in the Aegean Sea and 3 in Crimea. edited 3 years ago. However, as long as the player has other strong allies, such as Austria, Poland and/or Genoa is surrounded by potential enemies: in Italy Savoy, Milan and Florence are at least as powerful and all hav… Other than that, what idea groups would be sugested for my Venice. Although it is possible to take Albania before the Ottomans, it will significantly raise tension with the Ottomans, who will want their core back. Only the Italian provinces are of the state religion, giving Genoa a low religious unity and thus a lot of internal unrest and potential for rebellion. Its fragmented possessions do give many potential areas to expand into, but also mean that Genoa faces many potential threats, both internal and external. It all depends on what you want to achieve with Venice. influence had AE reduction, and other great stuff for Ottoman, Admin's CCR stacks really well, as well as the extra states. After that one go-to, military is next of a priority, and Ill take defensive/offensive ideas, they’re both good and it comes down to personal preference to that one. I personally like defensive for ottoman since if you go full legalism you have no innate morale boosts, though any mil idea works, or no mil ideas… Then, some administrative idea.