You start off, not only by being at war with nearly all of the nations that you're surrounded by ( Albania, Macedonia, Egypt) but also, you are also completely racked with a Janissary coup. While in the OTL, The Ottoman Empire is considered the 'sick man of Europe', they truly start out as terminally ill in the beginning. The Ottoman Empire (Also the Sublime Porte) is full of internal struggle, civil war, and strife.
