With Baktria, I prefer to make peace with the Saka at the start of the game, and attack the Seleucids while they're weak and vulnerable.
I leave Marakanda, Alexandria-Eschate, and Antiochia-Margiane alone since they are primary targets for both Saka and Pahlava, and I want to stay at peace with them early on. Instead I go for Alexandria-Ariana and Prophthasia, which are easy victims if you attack early enough. Then I try to make peace with the Seleucids, which hopefully will be possible as they have many other enemies to worry about. Then I go after the Eleutheroi cities Kophen and Alexandropolis. That's enough territory to give me a good income and build up my economy. I leave Gava-Haomavarga alone too as a buffer between Baktria and the Saka coming from Sulek.
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