I managed to snatch Finland from the Russians as part of a relatively large coalition war (UK and Austria were allied with me at the time), but I've been fighting cyclic wars every 5 years to hold onto it. Early on, I conquered Brunei, Johore, and Atjeh to form an Asian colony. Oddly enough, I am also playing Sweden -> Scandinavia, currently 1898 or so. I have had two games that are worth sharing: The 1.4 beta finally addresses some of the problems that caused me to stop playing the release version.