And now I present the craziest Balkans + Asia Minor can get in just 20 years. I'm Georgia, and seeing as I just made peace with the Horde and Timurids there isn't really much to do. I turn away for a few minutes and, on a casual glance back to make sure the Ottomans haven't invaded me yet, see this:
I'm guessing the Turks collapsed...
Let's count the mistakes:
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Karamanid Anatolia (This is easily the best thing about this screenshot. Historically the Karamanids were a major potential rival for the Ottomans over influence in Anatolia, but they're never very important in most games)
- Albanian Ottomans (They really shouldn't exist at all; after breaking they retained all of Serbia and Albania, but Serbia revolted and broke away. They should have easily been able to annex the Ottomans during their war for independence though, because they only had one province left. Not that it makes much sense that they kept Albania in the first place...)
- Venice is still in the Balkans (I'd have to guess they were at war with the Ottomans when they collapsed, otherwise I have no idea how they got Janina)
- Bulgaria and Wallachia exist
- Serbia not only gained independence from the
Turks Albanians, but they annexed Bosnia as well
- And of course my own contribution, Chagatai in Georgia
Unfortunately the game stabilized after this shot. After annexing the Ottomans, Byzantium lost Morea and Larissa in a war with Venice, and then the Karamanids took Edirne from them. They also took Burgas from Bulgaria. I took back Alania from Chagatai and Hungary vassalized Serbia. Still, you can't really expect a better start than this when you're playing as Georgia.