Spain was historically declining anyways, with their insane, inbred king.
I agree with Austria. They are far too weak, and I've seen Saxony beat the daylights out of them, taking Vienna AND Bohemia. Clearly, taxation needs to create more income.
However, I tried games as Britain, France and the UP, and they were all fairly easy, with no real difficulties. And no, I did not steamroll the map.
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