Though i needed to restart that Shire campaign few times because it automatically without option not to include Shire in Reunited Kingdom which have HARSH restrictions on vassal wars, until the one where Aragorn loses the WotR and RK don't form. And ofc also use console twice to get rid of Bilbo and Frodo so Otho can inherit the Hobbiton (he's unplayable at start).

Another fun start is Maglor, last surviving son of Feanor, but playing elves is generally a bit boring because they have insane restrictions on marriage and seduction (they forgot to include the T&T events though, so for example i managed to seduce both Galadriel and Legolas as Stalin, vindicating poor Gimli who drunk himself to death in young age).