Still, you will need a lot of luck to always get the maximum of prestige from any technology discovered. But also the economic thoughts and critique tree from commerce technologies and medicine from industrial technologies (pressure chamber for thorax surgeries) can give prestige. Once Prussia forms the NGF, it’s game over! Most points towards great power status will be gained from prestige technologies, especially from the aesthetic and philosophy trees of the culture technology section. The first objective must be to become a great power as quick as possible. the unique decision The 'Zivilgesetzbuch', which gives prestige and research points.This allows the country to become a great power, if it earns enough points. While Darmstadt and Giessen are in the state of Hesse-Nassau, Mainz is in the state of Rheinland. Hesse-Darmstadt consists of 3 provinces (Darmstadt, the capital, Giessen and Mainz). Hesse-Darmstadt is not a one state minor.Hesse-Darmstadt is a land-locked country with no initial access to the sea.In most games, this will happen eventually. The threat of being annexed by Prussia into the North German Federation, once Prussia gets Hannover, Holstein and Saxony into their sphere of influence.The country has some disadvantages but also advantages. Hesse-Darmstadt starts as one of the many small German States, that are in Prussia’s sphere of influence. 4 Further conquests to raise new armies.