[quote=Lord Monbodo]
At least it's not as bad as my game where England has a union with Castile and rules 80% of the colonies in the world.
[/quote]

Actually, it is probably worse. France has integrated Spain in this Friesland->Netherlands game by 1540 and has destroyed the Royal Navy, giving it naval supremacy. I only survive because as a member of the HRE, Megafrance would have to fight me, Austria (who hates me but is the Emperor), the Hansa, and England along with my minor German allies. That is of course a war it could probably win, but it has a constantly low manpower thanks to incessant protestant, revolts. All but two provinces in France proper are protestant.