So I decide to start a war, and that’s when things come crashing down around me. My vassals are happy enough, it seems, and my wife - a Polish princess - has my back, securing the border with her father, one of my most powerful neighbors. The clock is ticking, and it’s time to consolidate my power and lay the groundwork for my legacy. Far from my duchy in Bohemia, the Battle of Hastings has just taken place, setting in motion an inevitable slide toward modernity. In addition, while while Schlesien is not required to form Poland-Lithuania, cores on it will be gained once Poland-Lithuania is formed, regardless of whether Poland previously owned the state or not.I’m only a few hours into a hands-on demo of Crusader Kings 3 when everything starts to go pear-shaped. Only Lithuania will get annexed upon forming Poland-Lithuania! Any other nations with Polish-Lithuanian cores will not transfer any territory. Lithuania's core on Memel in East Prussia is often overlooked and should not be ignored.) This can potentially help stave off further aggression, depending on how this is used. (It should be noted that the Liberate Country CB removes the loser's cores on the liberated country, and is thus preferable over a Take State CB. An easier route to obtaining all these territories is by freeing Belarus, Ukraine, Lithuania and Latvia (or United Baltic Nations from Russia and fighting a separate war with Prussia for East Prussia. Taking all of these territories cannot be done in any single war unless the stars align or the war is a Great War.
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Compared to Poland, Poland-Lithuania has extra cores on Ostpreußen, Lietuva, Latvia, Orsha, and Minsk, as well as the final province in Rovne and five of the seven provinces in Kiev. This is not an easy, task and will probably require help from Austria, Prussia/ NGF/ Germany, or Russia - all of which can be highly situational. Poland can form Poland-Lithuania if it succeeds in obtaining or sphering all of its cores. Poland does not have a great literacy, so promotion from farmers to craftsmen might take a while - however, especially when considering the problems that bestow more backwater powers in Europe, Poland's literacy with parts of Prussia can be considered workable. Poland will also gain two oil RGOs in place of coal in the 1880s and 90s, but this is hardly compensation for their otherwise near-complete lack of raw resources, which will somewhat hamper Poland's industrial efficiency. Unfortunately, Poland has little other industrial opportunity - their only other resources are two fruit RGOs, six or seven cattle RGOs, a fish RGO, a wool RGO, and a single iron RGO in Silesia. If breaking off from Russia, Poland won't have access to nearly as much coal, so the early game might be rough. If the choice is made to form Poland by breaking off from Russia, Poland will begin with many grain-producing provinces, making liquor distilleries a strong possibility in the early game, depending on how well liquor is selling. Poland has several coal mines spread across the south which makes glass and cement obvious industries to invest in. Poland has a relatively high population which can support a fine industry. This can cause them to be quite aggressive. It is also worth considering that Prussian Polish land is needed for Prussia to form Germany and/or the North German Federation, and Prussia knows this. Austria can just remove Krakow from its sphere and attack it if releasing and playing as Poland is planned. When that happens, Poland can declare war on Kraków to conquer it. If playing as a released Poland which has managed to become a Great Power, it is worth trying to remove Kraków from Austria's (or, by the time Poland is strong enough, possibly Russia's or Prussia's) sphere of influence.
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Austria, with the lowest population and barely any more literacy than Russia, is probably the worst choice for Poland unless one plans to go on to form Poland-Lithuania (as they have territory on Prussia and Russia that Poland does not have, but nothing more on Austria). When released by Prussia, Poland will have better tech, and literacy but less land and a smaller population. When released by Russia, Poland will have more land and a larger population, but worse tech and literacy. Therefore, each possibility has pros and cons to consider.
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As with all released nations, Poland will get all cores owned by the releasing nation (with the added bonus that the releasing nation losing their cores on Poland) as well as their invented technologies.
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Poland can be released by either Austria, Prussia and Russia. It is much more likely to see Poland either come about via a crisis or from another nation's Casus Beli.
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It is a very hard task to become a great power and even more so to free the remaining land. Krakow can only form Poland if it is both a Great Power and has control over all Polish cores.