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The Ryukyu kingdom is perhaps best known by fans of Europa Universalis III as quite possibly the hardest nation in the game, and as the one the developers put in a "take over the world" achievement for.

Historically, it was never going to take over the world, but it didn't do that terribly - from its roots on the island of Okinawa, it managed to conquer many nearby islands and get the Ryukyu island chain named after itself, although it later lost the Amami islands to the daimyo of Satsuma, which also turned the state into its vassal. The Ryukyuans also were fairly well-established traders even before Satsuma invaded, and this position actually was helped by said vassalage, because China and Japan refused to trade with one another, but were glad to trade with Ryukyu.

Is there any way this state can do better politically and cover more of the map?
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