Frankfurt has six of the ten provinces it would need, although it doesn't have core on all of them yet.
Spain is practically unified. Danish Spain is way more exciting then Castilian Spain
Actually, at least in DW5.1 the Ottomans have their own tech level which is halfway in between the "Oriental" tech of the Byzantines and the Muslim tech. But in general, I agree that EU3 gives the western tech countries too much of an advantage too early, when they really weren't that far ahead until the 18th century.
I forgot about this yeah, but point is, Ottoman get always smashed very early on, while they should beat the crap out of everyone near them![]()