Beginners' guides

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This sections contains guides designed for beginners. If you are new to this game or you just want to refresh some basic informations, read guides listed below.

[edit] For beginners

What country to pick? - comparison of the specific countries and scenarios as well as advice from experienced gamers.
First game advices - what you should know when you start your first game.
First MP game advices - what you should know when you face the most gamey players for the first time ;-)
Options - options from the country selection screen.

[edit] General FAQs

Basis of the diplomacy screen - how to run your diplomacy.
Policy sliders - how to set them and what it gives.
Basis of warfare - how to fight, how not to lose.
Technology - what to invest, what to hold back.
Trade - everything about trading.
Colonization - how to create overseas empire.

[edit] Other concepts

Badboy - what's that and how to deal with it.
Colonists - how to get and use them.
Missionaries - how to get and use them.
Diplomats and Merchants - you lack them all the time? Here are your options.
Explorers and Conquistadors - your helpers in exploration and colonization.
Mercenaries and privateers - both useful and evil.
Culture - what culture is used for in EU2.
Religion - everything about religion - RMs, tolerance, etc.
Manufactories - big buildings that do quite a lot.
Province Upgrades - walls, judges...
Rebellions - damned rebels!
Civil war - how huge empires can easily break apart.
Cheats - big no-nos.
Monarch stats - How do you know what they are, how can they be adjusted, what effect has it ingame.