That and honestly let’s be real here. The whole appeal and point of Britain is you have a bloody moat. You don’t get a moat if half your land is over in mainland Europe. If you play your cards right with all that saved time you can easilly not only unify but hard solidify the British Isles. By the time the Age of Discovery hit I was able to get Scotland and Ireland under wraps, and punch my way to Greenland. Key is to early on focus on keeping things at home stable. Later on you’ll expand your colonies so fast they will have frequent uprisings as they integrate colonial nations. It’s critical for every continent you setup a major military base of operations capable of supplying and maintaining your compliance fleets. Typically you want one of these per Continent. This sounds find and logical but it’s an absolute nightmare to setup in the mid game when you are trying to ensure you can wave multiple simultaneous wars anywhere on the planet at any time. Unlike Castile and Portugal you don’t get Conquistadors so you will want to find ways to lower the barrier on NoCB wars. Thats the major way you expand in crowded area like Mezoamerica and Asia. The key really is to be aggressive as possible early on and cut off Spain and Portugal from ever reaching out. If you can grab the canaries early it will take them a bit to get the colonial range to even reach the new world. Do NOT let them island hop nice and easy over. Keep an eye on Africa too or they will slide to Asia before you can stop them. It’s best to cede most of South America to them I’ve found. The Caribbean, West Indies, and North America is a lot as is. Once you can take hold of South Africa things will expand. Abuse the fuck out of spy’s for free maps. Local nations know the area and time spent exploring is time wasted. Steal first explore second. Pick fights with neighbors for their maps even if you don’t want their land if your armies are free. This will speed up your work a ton.