In blobby runs players are usually tapped on admin a lot of the time because there's so much to core. If you are lucky they will only have a minor ally. deus vult! deus vult! The command to play as The Papal State in EU4 is: tag PAP. With the lands of Northern Italy under the temporal power of the Holy Father rather than any Emperor or King it is now justified to declare this state the Kingdom of God on Earth. You always have a chance (usually the highest one) to be the Curia controller, being a theocracy you suffer no stability hit if your ruler dies (except for dying in battle).

The Veneration of relics, Indulgences and Simony related events for the Papal State grant a choice between a small source of income for free and the banishment of said practices from the Catholic world at the cost of −1 stability. Their unique government type gives +1 prestige and their national ideas give another +1 prestige and −1 prestige decay. On top of these bonuses, 100 devotion, high clergy estate influence and one of the Papal ideas can provide a total of +65% global tax modifier in a region with high tax base. Although the Papal States are in a difficult situation at the beginning, they can be the most powerful nation in the world prior to 1500, gaining control over vast territories all over Europe.

Ck2 play as pope