The Ukraine situation is awesome.
I like playing Europa Universalis 4 and in that you need a causus belli to start a war and when you do all the surrounding nations opinions of you drop. It takes years to recover from an 'aggresive expansion' penalty as well as 'over extension'. Fortunatly Russia already has a core in Crimea so its a little more steady.
England always has the problem of rebels rising up in Cornwall and Kent and most other provinces. england is pretty hard to play and is no match for France which kicks it right out of Calais and the other places England starts off with in the French area around 1455 when the game starts.
Im Arragon and I have most of Morocco and Mali now as well as Algier and even parts of constantinople. Its a strange game. I think Putin likes Europa Universalis. I know ther Axis of Stupidity doesnt, Obama et al, they think the only game that people should play is snap so that no one is excluded and everyone can play together like stupid people didnt exist.
