I am currently playing as the Papal states simply for fun. Every one that attacks me is excommunicated and is easy prey. Inquissy guys pop every turn and are very handy to kill rival merchants, annoying princesses and diplomats, and best of all assassins.I am actually doing something good by sending those guys to hell. I have reunited Italy with the exception of Bologna and Venice. Venice have threatened to attack me so they are next.
I don't know if I finish this campaign because it is almost like cheating (or maybe not almost). Maybe I restore the Roman Empire just for fun. To win I have to capture or liberate 100 regions.
To play the Papal States simply make the playable in the descr_strat
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