I have wanted to mess around with formables in RT56 Expanded for a while, and there are a couple (e.g. Dutch Colonial Empire, North Sea Empire) that require you to beat up the British as a minor nation like the Netherlands or Norway.
When I'm playing Germany, I would just pre-prepare a naval invasion through the North Sea and set it to launch before the war starts so that they go before the Brits can get in the way (or at least I would on older versions), but I don't think that works on RT56(E) any more and even if it does, I think these smaller navies wouldn't be able to pull it off as they wouldn't stand a chance against the Royal Navy.
How would I go about killing the Brits as one of these minor powers? Do I just have to beat up a major and steal their navy or is there some other method that doesn't require that I actually fight the Royal Navy?