User blog comment:Zandhart/EU4 MP Custom Nation/@comment-44100057-20191020015118/@comment-25244331-20191020142055

>Vanilla is almost impossible.

You probably played your first game as Sweden.

My first EU4 game was vanilla, save for a few cosmetic DLCs and I got along just fine. Even played until 1821. Not to mention EU4 is probably the most beginner friendly PDX game, just behind Stellaris (which is literally just space Civ)

You can crack the DLCs if you have the base game, just saying.