Could the baltic states become a centre of civilisation equal (or greater) than Medieval Italy?
What it would take to make Litvinian, Livonian or Prussian tribes more succesful? Or perhaps Novigrad Republic could dominate the region? Prehaps it's the regional villans, the Teutonic Order would have instigate an age of progress, if they hadn't broke their back in 1410. Or am I looking for oportunities on the wrong side of the shores...Could the region be ruled by Swedish... former vikings growing into merchants, and then to craftsmen and schollars?
I feel that potential were there, but something went wrong. How could it be done right?