Yes, but all imbalanced. OE late game is a weaker nation without leaders it's a victim to Naval Nations with the ability to hit her vast flanks and it takes her forever to chase down every single high percentage Core that means her doom. The OE virtually has to garrison a Million Men and have a good Naval Ally or something of a miracle. That or outright win the game before 1650-1700 area somewhere like that.
Russia look at it, she is a Beast, along with Prussia. If I had been playing France, Prussia and Austria would've been forced to be my friends or I would've divided Austria and Italy with Prussia's help. Where was the French ambassador? Not there apparently. Sweden, Austria and OE alliance is a farfetched one, only 1 of them has good amount of MP. How many of these 3 were crack elite WarMongers? I'll bet only Drake, and he was not present after his Allies got maulled.
Really in this game you'd need something like this. Drake/John/Spain vs Prussia/Russia to be balanced.. France-Austria as sideline supporters. Otherwise it wouldn't be a balanced gameset... Austria and Sweden as I saw were non-factors... P-Russia was One Nation... 1 Nation of Total Coninental Dominance, not even England's vast fleet and great Leaders could do anything vs that... Wellington is only good IMO backed up by another Major Land Power and since France seems not even present well, what you know.
I guess I didn't see all the way through but as usual Beli-John-Drake-Whoever this Spanish Fellow was are by far the most skilled Players and ate the rest and gave no respect to boundaries or balance. Though I suppose that is the price you get for playing with the Big Boys.
You guys should've brought me in as France, I would have never fell to Dago's Prussia.. Even if the cost was Heavy I would have fought till the last man... and OE, that is an ackward looking OE... Who let her get like that? Drake's sidedeals early on with Beli likely?
You can have too many deals, perhaps a game with a limited # of deals and a limited # of peace/provinces/and set alliances would be nice.. Say for instant an On-Line roll of the dice forcing the breaking of a Deal instead of Friendship. I always hated playing against Drake and his one Bud from New Zealand. Unbreakable Alliance. Poor TAF, he's too stubborn and too anti-political to win EU2 games..
I had to learn that was the only way you win... Friends and buying time for whatever nation you choose. England is one of the few nations that can tend to be a loner..even then Spain/Port can hurt her early. Very fragile balance system in EU2