Limits of Swedish Empire?

Playing ALOT of Empire Total War Lately, especially as the Swedes where I have had two outcomes comeforth for me in the game.

1. Entierly conquered Russia and the Baltics+East Poland
2. Invaded New France and took all of French possessions North of Louisiana.

Now, I wonder how historically and Alternatly possible are these two outcomes?


1. Why does everyone that play Sweden always attack Russia instead of giving it a horse and ally with it and take out Denmark and Prussia:D?

Considering that every soldier you recruit even in enemy territories are 100% loyal to you there is a big difference from OTL.

In ETW you dont need to feed your troops, just march them to the nearest city and take it
 
Appernetly many are playing Empire total war here, one maybe have
to purchase it, can anybody tell me a little about it, I have searched
the net but cannot get any detailed information, for instance do you
build your own ships? how does recruitment been handled? What about
manufacture? Money handling and so forth.
 
Well if the Vasa's dynastic feud was avoided, would that have helped at all.. give the commonwealth an orientation towards the east (muscovy) and south (ottomans). The Swedes then only have the HRE and the Danes and probably work co-operatively to contain the growth of Muscovy.

All you need here is someone other than Sigismund III being given the throne in P-L. Without that feud and the Swedish distraction Poland and Lithuania can concentrate on retaking any of Lithuania's losses to the Growing Muscovite power. As to a port circumventing the sound...Wouldn't Goteborg do that if built earlier. Then again that's only Sweden proper the rest of its Baltic empire would have to transit the sound to markets in England and the Netherlands. Conquering Denmark need not be necessary as long as they gain Scania and an exemption from paying the sound dues. Goods carried on Swedish Ships then would cost less in those markets.
 
Appernetly many are playing Empire total war here, one maybe have
to purchase it, can anybody tell me a little about it, I have searched
the net but cannot get any detailed information, for instance do you
build your own ships? how does recruitment been handled? What about
manufacture? Money handling and so forth.
http://www.totalwar.com/empire/

1. Yes you have to build your own ships.
2. Recruitment is handled by recruiting in your cities but how many you can recruit from a region/city is dependent on the population of the region and how much gold you have of course. As well as the type of soldier-unit you can recruit is based on what military buildings you have constructed in the city.
3. Manufacturing is held by the various new things you can build within a region (Iron Mines, fur pelt trapper hut, farmstead, bawdyhouse, church etc) and build them up to get greater revenue or effect as you also research new technology in your Manufacturing tech tree.
4. Money Sources come from taxes on the lower and noble classes as well as trade between your various provinces, other nations (that you have acess too and the goods you make/have from working on manufacturing), and if your navy ships control certain 'special trade' areas on the seas in certain trade zones (Brazilian coast, Ivory coast, Strait of Madagascar, and East Indies).


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Hmm read up abit on Cossacks...maybe if they revolted and caused Russia and Poland-Lithuania abit more trouble....they would be distracted from Sweden quite abit.
 
The problem with Sweden trying to take East Prussia or Konigsberg period, is that Russia and Poland will always side with Brandenburg-Prussia. Why? They both have more to gain from a strong Brandenburg/Prussia than a strong Sweden. Sweden can't defeat Russia, Poland, and the Holy Roman Empire at the same time. Unless Thor comes down on his chariot to personally intervene on behalf of the Swedish, there isn't much that can be done.

Why would they prefer a strong Prussia over a strong Sweden?
 
A strong Prussia is still subservient to the Holy Roman Empire. Sweden is not. Prussia needs, to some degree, the Holy Roman Empire. Sweden, does not.

Indeed, Prussia loved the Empire so much that it went to war in 1745 with the Emperor.
 
And yet it still remained part of the Holy Roman Empire. Prussia can be more easily coerced and kept on a leash than Sweden ever could.

I feel like we're talking past each other. The HRE had some sentimental value by the 18th century, but it wasn't important enough to stop people from going to war with the Emperor. Nor did it have that power in the 16th or 17th centuries.

So color me unpersuaded.
 
By the 18th century, the Emperor would very much prefer a strong Sweden to a strong Prussia. Prussia had at that time started to challenge Austrian domination of Germany. Sweden was never in a position to do so, at max they could hold some influence in northern, protestant Germany, especially along the Baltic coast, but not more than that.

A strong Sweden is further off and thus less in a position to challenge than Prussia.
 
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