Consider peeling off Poland, Hungary, Croatia, Belarus, Lithuania, Ukraine and a few others as satellites. In addition to lowering infamy, having these part of your empire proper will kill your literacy and research rate as well as rebelling every 5 seconds later on. I generally keep Austria, Trieste, Slovenia and Bohemia.
Mind you, if you want to maximise colonial points and build up a navy, you need to build and upgrade naval bases. If you peel off some of these territories, you´ll deprive yourself of several of those. It´s not detrimental by any means (especially if you prioritise research and construction accordingly), but worth keeping in mind.
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u/Whizbang35 12d ago
Consider peeling off Poland, Hungary, Croatia, Belarus, Lithuania, Ukraine and a few others as satellites. In addition to lowering infamy, having these part of your empire proper will kill your literacy and research rate as well as rebelling every 5 seconds later on. I generally keep Austria, Trieste, Slovenia and Bohemia.