Part 1: Three Down, Lots to GoU's Obtained:UstyurtUzkendUighuristan(3/24)We begin our tale of the Uzbeks with an overview of their lands. Unfortunately, the term "their land" is misleading.That's right, 92% starting overextension. On top of being long enough out of war that the Hordes are getting restless. It took a few tries, but the Golden Horde offered an alliance and immediately started a war with KazanThis provided no tangible spoils, but it did provide Timurid armies walking thru my turf whacking rebels while things cored. Immediately after that war, I turned attention to the U-right horde to the east: ChagataiDuring this war, the Oriate Horde jumped in against Chagatai and took Urumqi. They then allied with the Ming, locking that province in "unattainable" status for now.After a while, all the coring was doneWe declared war on Nogai, and the Golden Horde jumped in to help. They peaced out early with some land, but we got Ustyurt, so all is well. Now Nogai is small enough to vassalize.Coring on Ustyurt began (it was cheap and Nogai is allied with the Timurids now), and annexation of Chagatai did as well.Another war opportunity against Nogai came, but they chain-alliance brought the Ottomans in, so vassalization wasn't possible (I got to 38% war score before things started to go south). I peaced out of the war with a boatload of ducats and some fresh prestige.Colonization began with Exploration, affording me a border with Muscovy. They ended up in a war against the Livonian Order and Novgorod, so I took that opportunity to swipe for mountain provinces across rivers in former Perm, and run up a warscore until they gave me what I wanted.Those lands were later released as Perm, who will be given a few more provinces to core in the future.A lack of heir and a 44-year-old kahn in the Golden Horde made me think that claiming their throne was a good idea, then this happened:So, I'm now in imminent threat of war with the Timurids. Such is the life of the Uzbeks