I discovered that one can do some lovely tricks in Victoria:
Revolutions by assigning one's army or navy as Expeditionary Forces
to another power. In particular, this lets you get them off your
own budget (although they suffer nasty attrition), and they can be
guided around (although the power to which they're donated can cancel
your orders). This offers all sorts of ways to affect conflicts
without actually breaking neutrality, not to mention building up the
military might (and ranking) of other powers.
You know it's an interesting 19th Century when China pops up
in the Great Powers, ahead of the Italian states.
--
Joseph Nebus
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