I want to que up some interesting games for Victoria III, and I'm sure other people would like ideas as well.
Some fun I've had:
Venezuela, reuniting Gran Columbia without bloodshed
Columbia District, racing the US to California
Mountain Republic, playing both sides of the Egypt - Ottoman feud as an Islamic Republic trading hub in the Caucasus (Released from Russia)
Sindh, working with the Sikh Empire to undermine East India Company
Siam, starting an isolationist Monarchy but there is significant potential to be a major power in the east
Oman, with a choice between dominating trade in the Persian Gulf or focusing on Zanzibar during a succession crisis
Aside from the in-game-recommended starts of course; what interesting places have you found?
Well overall it's going to be more similar to CKIII by nature of it being a newer release with the contemporary design philosophy, although the focus of the game is very different. Whereas CKIII is almost an RPG in the way it revolves around the cast of characters that is your court and dynasty Victoria is about managing production chains and politics; so in this way it is closer to HoI than CK though still very different as HoI is almost entirely war focused and war is a sideshow in Victoria.
IDK each of the games are their own beast.