What advice would you give to your favorite 16th century state?

But user, they wound up doing that anyway.

>Ireland
Hold the door

Tell the Ottomans that they will successfully win a war against the combined forces of Austria, Poland, and Russia by coming back from the brink of defeat in Istanbul

well they tried at least lmao

>captcha:del europe

>Russia
Just don't.

tell the ottomemes to nip the jannisaries in the bud and stop using outdated galleys

>France
Convert to Calvinism asap

also kill any babies with enver as the first name

Wouldn't really make a difference seeing as they're going to get swallowed up anyway.

Denmark-Norway, just build a lot of forts. When in doubt attrition them out.

This map triggers me

Habsburgs are mistake.

Do not join the thirty years war Christian the fourth you stupid piece of shit.

In the winter of 1657-1658, the belts will freeze over.

>Venice
Reform the bureaucracy and army
Open the Mazor Consegio
Shift the economy's focus to international banking and the trade network's focus upon continental Europe
Don't keep neutral in european affairs, but try and back those most likely to further the republic's interests

Denmark-Norway. Build wall in the border with Sweden.

+ To start shilling Ottomanism harder
+ Giving more benefits to Balkan, so to stop separatism
+ Again to stop stealing their kids

Cry, because Grenada is fucked, no matter what happens

Granada was death in that century. Btw fuck off mudshit. Islam must die at all costs builder blower

embrace reformation

Make nukes!

>ireland
The English can't sustain a war with you long term, it'll drive them into bankruptcy

Nah they kept kebab alive for a long time to stop Russian and Austrian expansionism in the Balkans. That and look at what's going on today in Europe, Kebab presence hasn't been so strong since the 8th century, makes me wish we had a Charles Martel to push them the fuck out

Remove Denmark and remove Russia.

t. Swede.

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But Turkroach did invade poland

Cinvince Brabant to revolt against the Habsburgs so they aren't placed in Utrecht on shitty maps

Make some friends, Poland. You're gonna need them.

>Poland-Lithuania
TRUST. NO. ONE.

Don't worry about vienna they aren't worth your time destroy the russians though because they are getting to strong.

I would send this suleiman the magnificent.

"Please El Rei Dom Sebastião, the time of crusades is over. Please, oh please dont go on a crusade in northern africa. They have alot of manpower, we will loose alot of man and you dont have an heir, my sir. Its too dangerous"

Charles kill yourself and let the comuneros win,else you will destroy the economy of Spain forever. Regards a Spaniard from the future.

Maybe starting a fuckton of wars against Sweden is not a good idea, Christian. And stop bankrupting the country with your fucking buildings and the fleet. Stop selling our colonies to pay for your buildings. Why do we not have any infantry at all? What if Öresund freezes over? Why are you so shit?

that "Empire" is for the Holy Roman Empire dipshit

NOT EVEN YOUSELF.

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Invading Korea is a really stupid idea tbqh senpai

Tell Poland to raze Prussia and to never make the Treaty of Bromberg in 100 years

Alternatively just make it so the duchy reverts to Poland in 1618 rather than going to Brandenburg

>Holy Roman Empire

>What advice would you give to your favorite 16th century state?
Don't trust the Spanish to be competent. Don't trust any English kings to keep their word, even the Catholics. They're all perfidious

t. Ireland

Tell Suleiman to not listen to his whore of a wife and not kill his eldest son and best friend. To abdicate and give his son the throne while sending his other sons away to become wealthy corsairs to ensure their survival. Then make plans to attack Vienna again.

t. a slimy little turkroach

This but for the Spanish.

Pola d is based cuck

>Poland

Don't help Austria against the Turks.

>wanting heresy to ruin Europe

Popes were shit though. Plus getting all that church land and getting control of those institutions will only make those states stronger.

fuck poland man

Keep colonizing, keep England happy, Keep Spain happy, don't get delusions of grandeur and invade N. Africa, destroy the Dutch Navy with England's help.

>the netherlands

Declare war on Spain sooner faggot

>"England, Spain, and Holy Roman Empire - Invade France"
>implying they could win

>Safavids

I would tell Ismail to force the Qizilbash to use guns and cannons even if they don't want to, adopt guns and cannons into your army ASAP, then crush the Ottomans for good (assuming he wins the Battle of Chaldiran), and raze Constantinople to the ground.

As for Abbas, I would tell him not to fucking blind and kill his sons, his actions ruined the entire dynasty.

Also, build a strong navy and get to India before the Brits do, and fortify the Caucasus before the Russians move in.

And of course, every king would copy Abbas' Stalin-tier ethnic deportation techniques, to reduce the chances of separatism.

>getting rid of Catholicism

Shoo shoo, protestant scum.

Saxony
NEVER EVER trust Brandenburg.

>France
You guys are alright. Don't go to Pavia in 1525.

History noob here,

why not?

Because Austria, Prussia and the Ottomans would end up partitioning Poland multiple times.

Russia, not the Ottomans.

>What advice would you give to your favorite 16th century state?

Poland:
Kick out the Jews
Ally with the Turks
Exterminate the Germans
Hold the line against the Russians

the partitions, also some fun facts: the ottomans were the only one recognising the polish state after partitions, thay called it lehistan

Habsburg Spain.
Chill out on that south american silver, and concentrate on giving that silver to the chinese for trade.
Please don't marry your niece or your first or second cousin.
Kill those filthy prots.

Poland
I'd tell them to ask for help

>Papal states
Let Henry divorce and remarry

Join with Scotland and create a Gael alliance to defeat Perfidious Albion.

>Don't trust the Spanish to be competent.

It would have helped not having to deal with a fuckton of warfronts going on at the same time, Padraig.

>Sweden
Those marches on the border with Russia... might be a good place to build some kind of fort.

Ottos:

Completely switch over to using firearms, get some of that printing press shit & switch to the Latin alphabet.

ottos used firearms and cannon sooner than most of europe, agree with printing

True, while AFAIK they also standardized firearms first they still had a bit of a rivalry between the bowmen & musketeers. They also never really put out new designs while Europe blew right past them.

>silesia/bohemia/moravia/carinthia
>austria
no

'England mate, when you colonise America you're going to want to bring African slaves. Don't do it man, It's not worth it'.

Don't marry your cousin

>Italian city states.
Forget the galley. Heavy ship is the shit. And you should at least copy Poland-Lithuania and HRE style of federation if don't want to be swallowed by France and Habsburg. Also you should follow Portugal and venture to East Indies.

do not fall for the schism
jan hus make czech great again

High Energy Hussites

>Sweden

Tell them to reward settling land even more and to encourage population growth any means necessary. With that i could actually see them become the France of the baltic sea.

Calvinism made Europe rich. The Catholic Church was greedy and took all of the land and resources for itself

t. Richard Dawkins

DONT STOP CUMMING IN MARY! And maybe marry her a tad bit younger.

this but Franscotia

After San Quentin Spain could have taken Paris m8.

Tell Poland to annex Prussia, ally swedes instead of Austrians and revert to hereditary monarchy. Also create stationary armies of cossacks and use them to keep shitskins at their side of border.

>Calvinism aka CRAWLING IN MY SKIIIINNNNNNN the Christianity
>made Europe rich

I forgot about the most important thing
Dont intervene into Russian time of troubles: let them cannibalize each other without giving them common enemy.

To Ottomans: Forget Vienna, ally with Poland to fuck Russia before they go full superpower. Then attack Vienna. Colonize the Balkans. Also industrialize and kill all Wahhabi scum.

To Poland: Either keep Prussia or raze it to the ground. Never trust the eternal Austrian or Russian scum. Ally with the Ottomans to dominate Eastern Europe.

Did anyone but Maximilian really sent any troops to the war? I dont seem to recall any Castillian or English army fighting the war at all.

To Spain: Ignore those fucking austrians, they're all literally retards. Focus on the colonies and the mediterranean, hear the actual needs of all the iberian realms instead of playing to be king of the world. Also Philip please calm down there's nothing wrong with genociding heretics but don't imprison your own fucking son just because he believes a bit less of genocide would be more profitable. The duke of Alba is great, keep him close, but maybe he can serve the kingdom better somewhere else?

Spain defeated the french several times during the 16th century though. Granted it wasn't the best century for France in general, unlike the next ones, but it's the one we're talking about.

>but don't imprison your own fucking son just because he believes a bit less of genocide would be more profitable
Kek. His son committed treason and was fucking nuts.

Is there another advice to avoid crowning Philip III and his awful valido de Duke of Lerma?

They didn't help Austria against the turks in the 15th century, did they? I'm sure they didn't help Charles V and his brother against Suleiman.