Quickest time to raise a large empire

hey guys, just wondering what is ur quickest time to raise a large empire at,

https://img221.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hrexf4.jpg

this was done on vh/vh using Darthmod C
btw: i diden't use 1 merchants through whole of the game

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Don't have a screenie, but 60+ territories at turn 50 with the hre (all of europe, britain, spain, italy + most of russia and africa) is my best

The problem with Darths is that it almost doubles income making the campaign very much easier.

Ah - i was rolling in cash in that hre one even though it was unmodded :laugh4:

HRE is pretty easy to finish a campaign quickly with since you can blitz in four directions at once, but my best campaign is as Venice where i migrated to the levant and started an empire. Took me about 10 turns to land in the levant, but now I have a 34 region empire at turn 33 at vh/vh unmodded. Only really fought and took provinces for about 23 turns.

Personally, I enjoy taking the game, modded or not, slowly. I don't think I would even ever want to try a blitz campaign. It would probably change my entire facination with it. By the way, this is my first post on this site, apparently my workplace decided to BLOCK/FORBIDDEN twcenter.net. So now I am here.

Welcome to the .org:thrasher:

What difficulty? With Darth's, I find smarter enemies to accompany smarter allies. (By the way, Darth's Mod fixes the attacking ally AI defect. I've shared a border with the French for 70+ turns and haven't been attacked by them yet).
I only blitz with Sicily, as that is the only way to get land.