You could here wank every state you want - as long as it would be:
1.small or very small...
1.small or very small...
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And,you could do that,too.I came in here expecting some sort of insane nation sexualization. This is fine too.
1.One could argue,that Habsburgs did soHonestly the easiest way to do so would be for some royalty political marriage shenanigans so that OTL small nations will end up being part of the major powers.
Second easiest way (those with coastlines only) would be to become a seafaring & exploration power and YOLO on colonization & trade.
3rd way would be to always back the winning side of whatever multimational conflicts and gain more shit bit by bit.
Small nations positioned on good trade routes have the potential to grow like British Empire did. You just need to give them a decent iron deposit, otherwise they can't really support themselves in a war passed neolithic era. Bronze requires two different metals that don't form deposits near each other, this mean bronze weapons are dependent on very long trade routes. When those routes close down, you get the bronze age collapse.
If they manage to take more lands in Africa,they could live there - unless other european they were no racists,and have no problems with mixed marriages.Also, small nations can be transient powers, see Portugal. They had a massive colonial Empire for some time, but as soon as colonialism died they faded from relevance.