These are my (David Bofinger's) comments, on my spreadsheet implementation of the victory points that would have been scored if history were a game of Empires in Arms. It's based on slight modifications to a list of events compiled by Fred Gilligan.

Other material can be found on my Empires in Arms web page.

Power Political VPs Manpower VPs Total VPs Target Percentage
Great Britain 348 16 364 370 98.4
France 313 30 343 400 85.8
Russia 288 35 323 335 96.4
Austria 248 34 282 330 85.4
Prussia 283 17 300 320 93.8
Spain 277 16 293 295 99.3
Turkey 287 11 298 315 94.6

At first sight it seems nobody makes it over, though many come close and some very close. That would mean a British victory.

Actually, my implementation of PP losses due to capital occupation is too harsh, which is costing Spain (and Austria) some victory points. So probably Spain was a winner. Which says a lot about Empires in Arms' concept of what constitutes victory.

On the other hand, I haven't considered bids.

One reason everyone is having so much trouble is that there are so many free states.

Other Empires in Arms material can be found on my web page for such things. This page is hosted by GeoCities, in return for carrying their advertising they will give you a free home page much like mine. Everything on this site varies without notice, especially after I get feedback. 1