Ma première conquete du monde, joue en français! Hopefully this can help out others looking for a similar WC. One tag (outside New World), with over 5 years to spare. 1.31.5 with all DLC available. Normal difficulty as it was my first WC. I started with Timurids to Mughals, but I wanted the excitement and challenge of doing it with my favorite EU4 power: la France.

- Took loans to get Defender of Faith day 1, and went hard on Sunni, starting with early defensive wars, later crusades! Roleplaying with Jerusalem vassal was fun.
- Colonized pretty hard early mainly through conquest especially in New World and Australia with colonial nations
- Stayed near governing capacity with Courthouses, Townhalls/State houses galore + Estates & Govt Reform
- Gold and manpower was stretched hard for the whole first half of the game. The spice trade (Cloves!) did help.
- Dismantled HRE but expanded slowly in Europe until later, when AE was just a number, although worried about eating all of Austria in time.
- Might have gone with Influence earlier or Religious, as Diplo points got scarce! A few vassals helped, but Commonwealth had high LD until the Age of Revolution.
- Developed all the monuments available (as of Aug 1 ,2021) I could to tier 3.
- Built up to 100% Absolutism without pain of Court and Country, albeit just a few estate privileges
- Overextension in the late game often over 100% but below 170%. Most exciting/painful time was going over 250% in early 1700s.
- Could not get Revolution to fire sadly, so Administrative Efficiency could have been higher, but the Alhambra helped make up for it.
- Loved expanding the big blue blob, but changed to Roman Empire at the end just for fun.

PUs: Burgundy (Inheritance), Milan (Event), Naples and Spain (Missions)

Vassals: Byzantium, Jerusalem, Northumbria, Commonwealth (mission), Hisyn Kayfa, Ardabil, Kuru, Wonju

Ideas: Administrative, Colonialism (later dropped for Quantity), Humanism, Diplomatic, Offensive, Influence, Aristocratic (dropped at end for Expansion), Quality, Quantity,

Could have got Expansion earlier to fill in all missing unoccupied provinces, but at least I did get early enough to get the Laughing Stock achievement

My new achievements: Spice Girls, Trade Hegemeon, Over a Thousand!, Wonderful, Georgia on my Mind, Mater of India, Fanatic Collectivist, That's a Silk Road, World Conqueror, Laughingstock

Hopefully this can help out others looking for a similar WC. Thanks to Redditt and YouTube community members for great advice, especially RadioRes, BudgetMonk, AlzaboHD, Ludi et Historia, Ziewikk TV, and Florryworry

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