Therefore, wouldn't it make more sense for there to be Prussia and Austria? Or even if you wanted to take Prussia and the small states and join them into Germany (as happened in the 1870s), why isn't Austria in this game? They were far more relevent in European politics than the Ottomans, and even attempted to operate overseas, unlike the Ottos (The Osten Company based in the Austrian Netherlands). Austria also attempted to invade South America, though it never happened because they didn't have the support of the British Navy.
Therefore, how can ES ignore one of the most important countries in Europe? I could understand if they didn't fit or something, but at least include them in the expansion.
I just wanted to know what ES's reasoning might have been.
(And on a less relevent note, Sweden also actively founded colonies in the 1600s, and had almost single-handedly won the 30 years war. So again, why are they not in the game when the Ottos are?)