Start before the Renaissance on a map of the world as it was then. Choose from any of hundreds of nations and then rule up to the Age of Revolutions. Or, if you wish, start your game at any date in the span, with historical monarchs and other leaders. 
Hundreds of dynamic historical events are yours to experience, from merely troubling civil wars to world changing moments like the Protestant Reformation. Discover and settle the New World, or resist European conquest. 
Control the flow of trade by developing your trade power in key provinces, using ships and governmental policy to bring the wealth of the world to your own ports. 
Build alliances into iron bonds, cemented by royal marriage or play a flexible hand, keeping your options open. Strike when your enemies are weak, using your armies to grab new land and new potential riches. 
Your nation’s pace of development will be heavily influenced by the person on the throne. Experience rapid development under a skilled monarch only to see things slow down when a less competent heir takes over. Plan for the future by spending monarch power wisely. 
Four hundred years of research into new ways of war, administration and trade are available. Unlock new weapons, new buildings and new ship types. Over time, you can embrace national ideas that represent both your historic legacy and your ambitions for the future.
Anglophile
Not unlocked yetComplete all English and British missions.
The Animal Kingdom
Not unlocked yetAs Manipur, unite the Bengal region and convert it to Animism.
Arabian Coffee
Not unlocked yetForm Arabia and be the nation producing the most coffee in the world.
Around the World in 80 Years
Not unlocked yetStarting as a Custom Nation of up to 400 points in the British Region, own New York, San Francisco, Suez, Bombay, Calcutta, Hong Kong and Yokohama by 1524.11.11.
Assembly Instructions Needed
Not unlocked yetForm Scandinavia and revoke the privilegia of the Holy Roman Empire while being the Emperor.
At every continent
Not unlocked yetOwn one province on each continent.
Atwix Legacy
Not unlocked yetHave 10 personal unions at the same time.
Auld Alliance Reversed
Not unlocked yetAs Scotland, have France as a vassal (do not form Great Britain).
Australia-Hungary
Not unlocked yetStarting as an Australian tribe unite Australia and subjugate Hungary.
Avar Khaganate
Not unlocked yetAchieve Empire rank and conquer Hungary as Avaria.
Azur semé de lis or
Not unlocked yetGet all the French Cores as France.
Baa Baa Black Sheep
Not unlocked yetAs Qara Qoyunlu become the leading producer of wool.
Baborg
Not unlocked yetAs the Mughals, assimilate at least 12 culture groups.
Back in Control
Not unlocked yetForm Yuan and be the only nation holding land in China
Back to the Piast
Not unlocked yetAs Mazovia, Glogow or Opole, form the nation of Poland.
Baltic Crusader
Not unlocked yetAs Teutonic Order or Livonian Order, own all of Russia as core provinces and convert it to Catholic.
These Banners need a Saga
Not unlocked yetStarting as a Jurchen nation, have 100 regiments of Banners raised at the same time.
Barbarossa
Not unlocked yetAs a Maghrebi nation, have 500 light ships privateering at the same time.
Basileus
Not unlocked yetAs Byzantium, restore the borders of the Eastern Roman Empire in the Balkans and Anatolia.
Basque in Glory
Not unlocked yetStarting as Navarra, ensure that most of Iberia is Basque culture before the Age of Absolutism.
Bengal Tiger
Not unlocked yetStart as Bengal and own Samarkand as a core province.
Better than Napoleon
Not unlocked yetAs France, own Vienna, Berlin and Moscow as core provinces.
Big Blue Blob
Not unlocked yetAs France, hold 100 European core provinces before 1500.
Black Jack
Not unlocked yetHave at least 21 different subjects with 5 cities each and without any subject having 50% or more Liberty Desire. Trade Companies do not count.