Scotts are weak... and here's why

[Kobal2fr]

I know what you mean but the thing to remember is that the Stuart dynasty had as much claim to the English Throne as it did to the Scottish and so there is nothing outlandish about the idea of a Scottish monarch ruling a United Kingdom. In fact it might have happened if a double agent had not persuaded the Scots that London was heavily defended.

Beyond that point I found it hard in my campaign to justify an invasion of mainland europe. Historically, the French have always been good allies to Scotland and so I kept that alliance solid in my campaign to provide some historical credibility.

That does rather limit Scotlands options, but I found that by concentrating on trade in Africa and keeping in with the Pope I didn't need to invade mainland europe to survive and its only recently TURN 122 that I have been forced by papal edict to capture Toulouse.

True.
There is however (well, to me at least) a "realistic" concern about building highlander units all over the place. They're called Highlanders for a reason, and how many sheep shaggers can there be up there, total ?

Yeah, yeah, I know, I could make believe that Highlanders recruited in Acre or Halych are really strong local peasantfolk taught to fight the MacWallace way... but where's the fun in that

@OP : Scots may be weak, but they wha hae, too. Whatever that means.