Not Exactly an Empire that the Sun does not Set On

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+[[!meta title="Not Exactly an Empire that the Sun does not Set On"]]
+[[!tag games ck2]]
+
+I've finally won a game of *Crusader Kings II*.  That is got to 1453
+without either losing or giving up because I've been reduced to a
+single boring county somewhere.
+
+I started off as Dublin (possibly the easiest independent county in
+1066) and ended up as this (Irish) Empire of Alba (total score 167024,
+which I note purely for my future reference):
+
+[[!img "empire_alba.png" size=512x alt="CK2 Map"]]
+
+Sadly Norway took the duchy of Orkney back by getting the Duke of it
+elected king near the end of the game and there's a couple of enclaves
+in Hispania.  Also it annoys me that when I create the the Empire
+level title my nice green Ireland colour becomes an ugly red.
+
+I suspect if I ever get EU4 this will make a very OP starting
+position.  Or I'd guess Lithuania or Pisa might make a playable start
+other than Alba.
+
+Having won as a "normal" Catholic monarch, my next go is going to be
+trying as a Norse Republic (I've hand edited a Year 867 start to add
+this, based in Iceland...)