  nation:  wich nations to take in normal actualy every nation is good in normal if you know their tricks but I think these nations are the best.  Poland,  Rusia,  Turky,  Algeria,
 Ukraine - Poland couse their pikeman from 17th century barracks are made faster then avarage pikeman - Russia couse they can easy make multiple 17th century barracks ( only wood and stone)  so more pikes - Algeria couse they have the best archers in the game wich are made very fast (
 attack 199 each arrow and on buildings 150)  - Turky couse their tatar ( made from stable)  and their janissary ( musketeer)
 - Ukraine couse their serdiuk who have high fire rate and their hetman ( made from stable,  hp 450 attack 350)  How to build:  Start by let 6 peasents make a mill and the other 12 on a townhall (
make unlimited peasents)  then place 5 peasents to cut stone.  The other make a storehouse,  when this building is finished palce them to go cut wood.  Then make a market the trade:  1000 coal foor food,
 200 gold for wood,  200 gold for stone.  Then create a blacksmith folowed by a 17th century barracks ( make unlimited pikeman)  note:  don't Upgrade your pike man waste of gold!
 Then when te barracks is done make 1 iron mine and 4 gold mines the unlimited peands go to the mill to gamble food.  Trade iron and gold in the market for wood and stone to buy a academy,  build the academy with people from your mill,  dont wory about food just buy some more.  When academy finished place them back to your mill.  then place unlimited peasands on wood.
 Just trade gold and iron again to gain stone and wood to buy a diplomatic centre.  When it is fisnihed make unlimited archers.  Make your pikes into a squard.  ( then they are stronger )  make more mines,
 unlimited peasents to stone.  Start on the food upgardes ( possible a 2th townhall)  and wood upgarde then go save for the big stone upgrade+  300%  stone,
 stables and other good stuff in most time it will come to diplo and not much further.  when you have diplo you can upgrade pikes but diplo is importand!  Army lining up:  Place your pikeman on attack everybody underway and stand ground and your archers behind them.  It's also sweet to preform little raidings from side in his base with 5 archers,  this is verry effective or just grab his mines.
 then he will be able to make less men,  couse no resoursers.  Use again the archer tactic with salvo's this is the most effective way of using your archers.  when he got archers just make 10 siches and walk them into his archers.  note becareful for little raiding's they are very effective!  Note when both teams are weak so it going even,
 use your peands they are very strong they hit 20 and some nation peands got 100 health good fighters.  Afterbattle:  Try to get his blcksmith meaning no more pikeman for him so he will have little chance of surviving.  then his market so that he can't trade things to make new blacksmith.  then gte his diplo.  Note when you have no peasands you are defeated,
 so it's nice to destoy his townhals and his mines.  GL in your game and remember you may loose in the begin but you learn by looses and my manual to win it's just a case of play allot and learn from your mistakes.
