Easiest and strongest Focus Paths - Day 12 British Raj/India

India got end update with GoE. And the release was bad. Since then it has gotten a bit better. Now India has a lot of really nasty debuffs at the start. However down the line you will become really strong if played right. India has a lot of path to choose from: The first is to become a loyal subject, that is honestly only good if GB is somehow invaded. A communist path with two different paths, a millitary dictatorship, a facist one, two different democratic ones with a few choices and the hidden nuclear Gandhi, the moghul empire that gives you elephants. And finally the east India company. And yeah it is both the strongest and easiest. Why? While everyone else is playing a WW2 game you play a victoria game. You get free very easy and no one will attack. You gain buy land from other countries with no downside, except they might say no (you can try again later). And all of that without ever going to war. Then you can also core everything. One of the only 2 that can do so. And the Tax mechanic honestly just keep on buying new land and use the princely states to host most of your industry. And as you become larger and larger you sell the reccoures to all the fighting nations. And at some point even within the highest tax bracket you can have so many civs via puppets or trade that it does not matter anymore. While some others can get really strong as well, there is no competition to it. And unlike the only other nation that can do so, you can get a lot for free.