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All done legitimately in ironman mode. Shameless plugin of my AAR , but I wanted to give a quick summary of the highlights for the less patient reader.First, start off as a Karling.Then depose yourself until you unite the Karling realms in 58 days. You can then form the HRE by decision.Elect a 1-province count as heir to the HRE, and then depose yourself. You'll be downgraded to a duke, such as the Duke of Holland here.You can culture change to an Altaic culture, such as Pecheneg, by swearing fealty to them and using a decision. Conquer a single pagan province, give away provinces to a vassal until it becomes your capital. You can then become pagan through decision.By using the "become king" ambition, you can subjugate all the pagans on the map, and fear no attrition from it. For everyone else you can use tribal invasions.Then you can form an Empire and max out its crown authority.And then you can conquer the rest of the world, end year 876. Of course there was more to this, such as infinite piety and prestige exploits, but that's the short version.