my friend played as luxembourg, ended up winning the game by dropping 3500 nukes on the USA. i dont think any of these would fit that category

That's actually epic, ngl :>

most of the time its the left one

And then there's silly lil' empire-builders like me and my older brother who really fit neither category and just want to build a really cool and conquery domain to last the ages, all of which being based on silly alternate-history timelines that are of marginal interest to the average person (me and him would play CK2 and EU4 exactly like this) :>