Welcome to a Brandenburg → Germany run. Our goal is to form Prussia for its military strength, then dominate the German lands. First, build up your army and prepare to take Stettin and Wolgast to secure a stronger economic and manpower base.

Win your opening war against Stettin (or Wolgast, depending on their alliances) to secure your first foothold.

Conquer Stettin and Wolgast to establish a strong Brandenburg core. Expand steadily and avoid growing too fast to keep aggressive expansion under control.

Become Emperor to expand freely within the HRE without unlawful territory demands, while gaining strong bonuses to manpower, economy, and authority. To do that, improve relations with electors, secure alliances and royal marriages where possible (note: some, like Cologne, cannot marry) to win their support.

Maintain strong papal relations — improve relations with the Papal State to generate Papal Influence faster, secure Curia bonuses, and gain useful modifiers for stability, diplomacy, and expansion.

Form Prussia and push discipline as your main military advantage.

Unify the German lands under your leadership and form Germany.