When I thought maybe I could take my chances and fight them too, Venice joined immediately after. However, despite the warning Spain had sent me no longer being present, they immediately demanded that I call for peace. When I finally got the opportunity, I started the war, backed by Britain and Bohemia, and prepared for my patience to be rewarded. I've been planning on attacking them for decades I was always outnumbered by their allies AND warned by Spain, while my useless allies at the time didn't want to attack them (would destabilise). They own a lot of central Italy, and I'm going to need to break them down.
Additionally, if you play without the 50 idea of same ty. Youll also get +1 attrition to enemies, +1 leader manuever, +15 fort defense and -0.05 war exhaustion. Since the start of the game, however, the Papal State has been angrily glaring at me (converting to protestant didn't help). Answer (1 of 2): Fairly easy one is carib + nahuatl which gets +20 morale, +10 discipline, +10 infantry combat and +10 manpower. I have strong alliances with The Palatinate, Bohemia, and recently Britain. I've expanded a bit, taken some of the smaller Italian states. I have plenty of EU4 hours, and I'm not new to the game, but most of it has been multiplayer and as a custom nation. I'm having my first proper playthrough, trying to form Italy as Florence.