I decided to continue my Scandinavia game from the OP, and I beat Prussia in a war of attrition (I just sat all my armies in Kiel and wore down their army). It is now 1905
The world has been going to hell.. Lol..
The ACW broke out in 1860 on schedule and the CSA managed to get a white peace from The USA, and The USA attacked them again once the first truce expired and again a white peaced ended the war.. once that truce ended the CSA (their army and navy were both way larger than their northern counterpart) declared war on the USA 3 different times to gain Missouri, West Virginia and Maryland respectively.
While in Europe France and Austria teamed up against Prussia (Prussia had Alsace-Lorraine and Moravia making both nations mad).. Prussia got completely killed and their army was all but destroyed and the territories returned to their respective nations.. then a few years later (1900 I believe) Austria declared war on France (who had parts of the Adriatic coast from an earlier war) and France lost as there were massive communist revolts throughout the country and soon enough Austrian armies had conquered the whole French mainland and demanded Tunisia, the French Adriatic Coast and Alsace-Lorraine..
Currently in my SoI I have lots of the Northern German States: Hannover, Hamburg, Lubeck, and Mecklenburg.(or h/e you spell it).
I also have Chile in my sphere..
I also colonized parts of Brunei, expanded my Indochinese Empire and annexed Oman..
I am in the 8th Spot, CSA is 3rd, USA is 2nd, UK is 1st