you start in a country in europ you and every other country has one special reasource related to the country itself this can be however far fetched you want in a turn you can do one of 3 things you can try and attack a neighbooring country you can try an alliance with any country although any country you are allianced with has a 30 percent chance of betraying you or you can reasearch the first of 3 components it takes to alter your special reasource or make a new one after taking over or allianc