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Sovereign Almanac covers Europa Universalis V and IV with one rule: every page tells you which patch its data was verified against, what the sources are, and where the community genuinely disagrees. Look for the version cartouche in the corner of every guide.
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EU5 nation guides
- Byzantium Guide: Surviving the First 50 Years
- Hungary Guide: Building the Pannonian Basin Into a Power
- Castile Guide: From Iberia to Empire in the First 50 Years
- Florence Guide: Small Republic, the Medici Question, and Playing Tall
- Naples Guide: The Diplomatic Playground With an Economic Trap
- France Guide: Centralizing the Kingdom Through the Hundred Years' War
- Muscovy Guide: Uniting Russia and Breaking the Golden Horde
- Ottomans Guide: Winning the Rise of the Turks
- Poland Guide: The Alliance That Drags You Into War on Day One
- Papal States Guide: Breaking Free of the Avignon Captivity
- Portugal Guide: Fixing the Bankruptcy Trap and Surviving Castile
- Sweden Guide: Building a Resource Economy in the Frozen North
- Venice Guide: Playing Tall as the Adriatic's Merchant Republic
EU4 nation guides
- EU4 Austria Guide: Collecting Crowns Through Marriage, Not War
- EU4 Byzantium Guide: Five Ways to Outlive the Ottomans
- EU4 Brandenburg Guide: From Poor Elector to Kingdom of Prussia
- EU4 France Guide: From Five Appanages to a European Hegemon
- EU4 Japan Guide: Picking Your Daimyo and Becoming Shogun
- EU4 Netherlands Guide: From Burgundian Vassal to Trade Superpower
- EU4 Mughals Guide: Forming an Empire Through the Diwan System
- EU4 Ottomans Guide: The Janissary Empire's 1444 Snowball