[[!meta title="Not Exactly an Empire that the Sun does not Set On"]]
[[!tag games ck2]]

I've finally won a game of *Crusader Kings II*.  That is got to 1453
without either losing or giving up because I've been reduced to a
single boring county somewhere.

I started off as Dublin (possibly the easiest independent county in
1066) and ended up as this (Irish) Empire of Alba (total score 167024,
which I note purely for my future reference):

[[!img "empire_alba.png" size=512x alt="CK2 Map"]]

Sadly Norway took the duchy of Orkney back by getting the Duke of it
elected king near the end of the game and there's a couple of enclaves
in Hispania.  Also it annoys me that when I create the the Empire
level title my nice green Ireland colour becomes an ugly red.

I suspect if I ever get EU4 this will make a very OP starting
position.  Or I'd guess Lithuania or Pisa might make a playable start
other than Alba.

Having won as a "normal" Catholic monarch, my next go is going to be
trying as a Norse Republic (I've hand edited a Year 867 start to add
this, based in Iceland...)