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Nations:
Playable: 10.
- Britain
- Prussia
- France
- Spain
- America
- Ottoman Empire.
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Non-playable: approximatly 40.
- Prussia-Brandenburg.
- Poland-Lithuania.

As a matter of fact, Brandenburg simply means the core of the Prussian state in the Berlin-Potsdam region. There were a few Prussian enclaves within the German Empire - most notably, in Rhineland. Nevertheless, things were complicated by East Prussia, the capital city of which was Koenigsberg. Nowadays, East Prussia belongs to the Russian Federation, while Koenigsberg is called Kaliningrad. East Prussia actually WAS the Kingdom of Prussia - as some one pointed out, Frederick I was finally made King in Prussia by the Austrian Kaiser. To make a long story short, Prussia could not rely on a homogeneous territory and was severely penalized by such fragmentation. Then, I assume Prussia and Prussia-Brandenburg are exactly the same stuff - a one playable faction. But I should also reiterate that Prussia WAS NOT Germany's major power until the 1800s. A serious contender, indeed. The leading actor, no. Austria was. Not one single, solitary historian would subscribe to the notion of Austria's minor role during the XVIII century. From this angle, including the United Provinces and leaving Austria out is plain nonsense. The Dutch state was by all means an independent actor, although a minor one. It mainly secured a continental beachhead for the British, whose priorities set the tone for the policies that the Netherlands would pursue. And I am a little perplexed about Poland, too. At the end of the War of Polish Succession, Poland was virtually annexed to Saxony. The only pretender, Stanislas Leszcynski spent the rest of his life in a new homeland, Lorraine. To make matters worse, Prussia, Russia, and Austria literally dismembered Poland, which disappeared from the map until WWI. In the new game, the Hapsburg state would obviously follow the pattern of behavior showed by the HRE in MTW - a huge faction, although surrounded by potential enemy forces, often in dire financial straits.