>>511082479>But we were a great country, not somewhat of a country.Different standards I guess
Also the way you fought against Poland when the HRE+ Russia both clearly were going to double team you is one of the stupidest geopolitical events in recorded human history
>Swedish and polish empires fight each other for no reason over succession by literally who being king (why would it even matter who is the king who cares itโs not like heโs immortal)>both sides claim they won>stalemate and losses on both sides between Sweden and Poland, no alliance>Russian empire conquers half of Poland>Russian empire conquers half of Sweden (Finland)wow who could have seen this coming
Another interesting part of Swedish history is the massacre of the Swedish nobles by Danemark. Itโs interesting because in that case it backfired but other times the exact same thing worked (Scotland vs gaeldom, Scotland did the same thing, massacred gael nobles and they just won history with no downsides)
I wonder why it backfired in that specific instance