I suspect there is a real lack of respect here for how high maintenance will be on a prince/toroid. Tech pace pre-CoL will be kind of slow for everyone not Mackoti (pre-Priesthood for him). Beyond that, though, with almost everyone sporting an easy way to generate some research (cheap libraries or Caste scientists/merchants), it ought to be okay. Shoot the Moon in particular with Catherine will probably be in the 0% slider territory a long time, which to be fair actually makes Mali's marginal mint a little bit better. I'm not sure if anyone is actually screaming originality to me, though...although perhaps Kyan will try to pair Louis with Portugal, making the otherwise risky Colossus reliance a great deal better. Worth it? Maybe not, but it's a fair enough try.
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