Who are those MF and why is their military so strong?
I was playing my first game and went in blink. I was playing as Harpys' pirate republic(Is there a way I can keep the republic instead of becoming a kingdom?). I had to fight them 3 times, first as an ally of someone, the second time they attacked me, and the third time I attacked them. I won all the wars since I am somewhat experienced with EU4 (I did a WC once) and was playing on very easy, but oh my god, they were wiping my armies with the same tech and similar morale/discipline while being half or a third the size. It was like I was fighting the main character(Prussia). So, what's the deal with them?
Additionally, due to the harpy military, they were sieging everything way faster, so all the wars were a nightmare.