grand strategy

To keep the Victoria II stuff from cluttering up the EUIV thread, here we go. So I just started out the game, and I kinda got the hang of the economy system (or well, I can keep it from crashing outside of when I do a full-mobilization but I usually have a big war-chest so it's fine). Now, my...

We have an EU4 thread, but no CK2 thread? That's extra heretical! Speaking of heresies, there are suddenly a lot of them in my current game, because I achieved something I've never seen anyone even attempt: healing the Great Schism, not as Catholicism or Orthodoxy, but as the Miaphysite Coptics...

So, it was suggested to me that I try this game because I LOVE RTS and loved the TW and Civ games. So, I got it...it is...well, complex. I am working through the tutorials, I am excited, but do you have any tips? How should I start as a n00b? I like the economic dominance with some military...