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Dormant or imprisoned pretenders can work fine, but that doesn't mean the nation shouldn't expand. EA Ulm doesn't need a pretender to expand quickly, because they have good units which can be recruited quickly enough. MA Ulm can expand steadily once it acquires a body of heavy infantry of sufficient size that it won't rout. LA Ulm is sort of like MA Ulm in that regard, except it can also mass produce some missile units to get started faster, but they're less durable and heavy inf.

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