National instability (3003) - Option: “Our domestic problems are our main” for 720 days.
Enforce serfdom
The increased efforts to control the legal and economic status of the peasants are draining the strength of the common people and unrest is brewing among the lower classes of society.
Despite the number of assassination attempts and revolutionary tendencies infecting our nation, our Monarch has recently received a surprising amount of support.
The war, extensive crop-failures and our mismanaged economy have paved the way for a bankruptcy. Our currency is rapidly losing its value and the monetary purchasing power is becoming increasingly limited.
Financial crisis (3018) - Option: “The war has its purpose” for 720 days.
Support troops
Military research and the introduction of gunpowder have more or less made our former armed forces obsolete. We have decided to provide them some financial aid since they may still be of some use to us.
Obsolete forces (3024) - Option: “They may still be of some use” for 720 days.
Obsolete forces
Military research and the introduction of gunpowder have more or less made our former armed forces obsolete. We have decided that a reform is in order.
Obsolete forces (3024) - Option: “They have no place in our society” for 720 days.
Isolate rebels
The Peasants’ War started out as several smaller uprisings but soon began to spread over the provincial borders. Our only hope is to isolate and crush them.
The Peasants’ War started out as several smaller uprisings but soon began to spread over the provincial borders. We are currently attempting to negotiate with them so that order can be restored.
Comment: This event modifier should better called: “Peasant negotiation”.
Rebel negotiation
The growing cultural conflict in our nation has reached its boiling point. We have decided to begin diplomatic negotiations to solve this once and for all.
The last year’s politics haven’t had the desired effects and, instead of restoring order and bringing the nation together, the government’s actions has further agitated the population, this leaves us no other choice than to use military force.
With our superior seamanship giving us a navy that can rule the waves, a hint of hubris is setting in. Don't worry though, it will never catch up with us.
Unfortunatly some of our recently appointed viceroys believe that when they have an office for profit under the crown, the profit bit is the most important.
Our decision to embrace Smithian economics has lead to production improvement, however we have suffered a wave of conservatism which is holding back improvements.
In return for certain feudal concessions the Fugger family have gives us their services. It allows us to raise monies much quicker and cheaper than our opponents can.
Hofkriegsrat was established in 1556 by Ferdinand I, responsible for recruitment and supply of munitions and food to the troops and for the maintenance of strongholds.
Although most famous for their shipping of gold and silver from the new world, the treasure fleet was in fact a system of convoys that shipped a myriad of goods from the new world.
The Jesuits are the shock troops of the Catholic revival. Specially trained in techniques to convert people to Catholicism they make a potent force in convincing the heathen and heretic to sea the light.
The Swedish allotment system was the division of the peasantry into groups of 10 for recruitment purposes. This system made it easier to find people to serve in the army and organise them into units.
Troublesome parliament (9575) - Option: “Let them think they have a say in things” for 2 years.
East India Trading Company
The granting of a monopoly on trade with the East Indies has allowed our merchants to negotiate with a single voice, improving our trading deals. It also ensures we know exactly who is bring goods back, meaning we can get our tax better.
A civil and military administrative system that offered land in return for an agreement for military service. It means we do not have to resort to conscription, making recruitment easier.
The Danes introduced ‘Vornedskap’or Serfdom as its known in english relatively late compared to the rest of Europe. However, it was rather effective and important for shaping the Danish state.
The Danske Lov was introduced to have a codified set of laws common for the entire realm. This made sure that the law was the same in all parts of Denmark.
The State supports a settlement policy vis-à-vis this province. Colonists of our own kind pour into the province, gradually changing the cultural and political landscape of it. Given time, this policy might make this province identify culturally with us, but the policy is anything but popular.
They say that laws breed more laws, and nowhere is this more true than in the hallowed halls of public administration. Our magistrates have expanded the bureaucracy in the capital, and we now get more of them. While this helps the administration expand, it is not without its drawbacks. Once entrenched, an administrative class will never move to abolish itself.
Our nation has formalized its system of weights, scales and measures. Four to eight bovates to the hide, and five hides to the fee makes a wapentake at a hundred. We're not quite sure. While this is no metric system, it does go a long way to help that we are at least decided on using the same basic units everywhere in the country..
Palace coup (9452) – Option: “I feel so old...” for 5 years.
Thalassocracy
Thalassocracy, Rule by The Sea. Ours is a people whose lives are lived out with, by and for the sea. Our empire stretches far beyond our homeland and into far flung colonies in our extended Outremer, our Lands Beyond The Sea. From coast to coasts beyond, our flags wave from ships upon the briny foam. The sea is cold, yet we have made it our home. Let no one challenge us in our proper element.
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. The Queen is none too happy about you, and, in an odd coincidence, some quite strange and nasty rumors about you have begun to circulate in foreign courts.
Diwani script cultural decision until end of the campaign.
Liberté, égalité, fraternité
Like a mighty torch, bringing the light of reason into even the darkest corners of the old and new worlds, the Enlightenment is sweeping across the world. With science, reason, and an unfaltering belief in mankind’s potential as its weapon, it promises to wither the old crowns and crosses, and set man free. Being the enlightened ruler that he is, $MONARCH$, of course, supports this.
Successful siege of $COUNTRY$ Peasants for 1 year.
Tax reduction
High taxes, combined with cultural and religious differences, often caused unhappiness among the citizens. In the most extreme cases this led to rebellions that sometimes had long-lasting and drastic effects
Epidemics in the early-modern era were far deadlier than wars or even famine. Diseases, like smallpox or flu, that with modern medicine are relatively harmless took a heavy toll whenever they struck, especially among infants.
Effects:
Population growth: −20%
Triggered by:
Plague! (5026) – Option: “There is nothing we can do” for 600 days.
Medical evolution
In the 16th century, States began to expand the number of doctors and to regulate and supervise their training at universities.
A religious minority have fled from our homeland to create a colony in the new world. They are devout to their own religion and would not listen to any missionaries.
Comment: This event modifier is only available in Heir to the Throne .
Glorious monument
Like the Parthenon of Athens, or the Pyramids of Egypt, this lasting monument to our nation's undying glory will stand the test of time, and voice an eternal reminder of our presence in the world.
Comment: This event modifier is only available in Heir to the Throne .
Expanded bureaucracy
They say that laws breed more laws, and nowhere is this more true than in the hallowed halls of public administration. Our magistrates have expanded the bureaucracy in the capital, and we now get more of them. While this helps the administration expand, it is not without its drawbacks. Once entrenched, an administrative class will never move to abolish itself.
Our nation has formalized its system of weights, scales and measures. Four to eight bovates to the hide, and five hides to the fee makes a wapentake at a hundred. We're not quite sure. While this is no metric system, it does go a long way to help that we are at least decided on using the same basic units everywhere in the country..
By setting up a post office in this province we can improve not only local trade, but also, more importantly, internal government communication. When you need that critical marching order communicated overnight, or when a package simply has to be someplace in a month or two, The $PROVINCENAME$ Post Office can help you out.
Comment: This event modifier is only available in Heir to the Throne .
Archdiocese
While the term itself is Christian, this decision represents a general, localized center of religious authority. With the establishment of an Arch Diocese in this province, we've reduced local revolt risk, and improved our own government administration.
Comment: This event modifier is only available in Heir to the Throne . The ingame name is ‘Arch Diocese’.
Road network
All across $PROVINCENAME$ roads run and trails blaze. We have extended the Road Network here, and, as a result, our local operations run, smoother than ever before, as if on rails. Or on roads. As the case may be.
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