Toll events

This article is accurate for the latest versions of EU3, Napoleon’s Ambition, In Nomine, Heir to the Throne and Divine Wind.

The Toll events are a group of 5 events related to the triggered modifiers: “Sound toll” and “Bosphorus Sound toll”. They were introduced with Divine Wind patch 5.2 to limit the nationwide rewards of the triggered modifiers to the relevant regions.

Events related to Sound toll

The country that has the triggered modifier: “Sound toll” is called “Sound controller” in this section.

The Baltic Sea trade

ID: 15002 Type: Country Control over the Sound not only allows us to exact dues on merchant ships passing through, it also puts us in the position of manipulating the supply and distribution of merchandise produced in the area. Our prized export goods won’t leave their provinces’ busy ports without our direct supervision. Access by foreign merchants will be regulated, so to control prices to our commercial benefit.
Trigger conditions: is the Sound controller. owns at least 1 of the provinces without the modifier: “Baltic Sea trade exclusive access”: Stockholm (1), Ostergotland (2), Smaland (3), Gotland (25), Halsingland (9), Vasterbotten (11), Osterbotten (19), Finland (27), Nyland (28), Tavastaland (29), Viborg (30), Savolax (31), Kexholm (32), Novgorod (310), Neva (33), Ingermanland (34), Osel (35), Estland (36), Livland (37), Riga (38), Kurland (39), Memel (40), Samogitia (271), Ostpreussen (41), Warmia (42), Danzig (43) or Hinterpommern (48).			Mean time to happen: 3 months
Options:
The Baltic Sea is our sea: gets country flag: “Baltic Sea trade exclusive access”. Each own province from the mentioned provinces without the modifier: “Baltic Sea trade exclusive access” gets it.

Loss of hegemony in the Baltic Sea

ID: 15003 Type: Country Without being able to restrict foreign merchants access through the Kattegat we have forfeited our strict supervision on the price and distrubtion of goods produced in Baltic sea area. An almost free trade resume, to our chagrin and to our commercial rivals’ satisfaction.
Trigger conditions: is not the Sound controller. has the country flag: “Baltic Sea trade exclusive access”.			Mean time to happen: 3 months
Options:
We shall regain what was once ours: clear country flag: “Baltic Sea trade exclusive access”. Remove the modifier: “Baltic Sea trade exclusive access” from all own provinces.

Sound dues

ID: 15004 Type: Country The supremacy asserted over the Sound and the two Belts rests firm within the hands of he who owns and controls the Danish isles. Every vessel, with or without cargo, passing into or from the Baltic, is required to pay tolls proportioned to her tonnage. Our merchants are among the busiest in the region. They are thus particulary susceptible to the mercantile whim of the Sound controller — and they shall continue to remain so until we either reach trade agreements with the latter or support our merchants interests with military action.
Trigger conditions: is not the Sound controller. Any other country is the Sound controller. Lübeck (45) does not have the province modifier: “Free shipping through the Sound”. The capital of the country is not in one of the following regions: Northeastern Germany, Old Saxony, Sweden, Finland, Lithuania, Wielkopolska or Russia. has at least 2 merchants in a center of trade with a value of at least 1000 in one of the provinces: Lübeck (45), Novgorod (310), Stockholm (1), Ostergotland (2), Smaland (3), Gotland (25), Halsingland (9), Vasterbotten (11), Osterbotten (19), Finland (27), Nyland (28), Tavastaland (29), Viborg (30), Savolax (31), Kexholm (32), Neva (33), Ingermanland (34), Osel (35), Estland (36), Livland (37), Riga (38), Kurland (39), Memel (40), Samogitia (271), Ostpreussen (41), Warmia (42), Danzig (43) or Hinterpommern (48). does not have a trade agreement with the Sound controller.			Mean time to happen: 72 months
			Modifier: has relations of at least 125 with the Sound controller: ×1,5 has a trade income of at least 30%: ×0.9 has a monthly income of at least 100 and a trade income of at least 50%: ×0.8 has at least 3 merchants in the CoT of Lübeck (45) or Novgorod (310): ×0.8 The Sound controller has a Mercantilism/Freetrade less than -3: ×0.8 is embargoed by the Sound controller: ×0.7 is at war with Sound controller: ×0.6
Options:
These extortions must be stopped: removes 2 merchants from a random CoT in the mentioned provinces with at least 2 placed merchants.		We shall pay now, as we have for decades: Treasury: -5% of annual income. Trigger the event: “Sound dues from $FROMCOUNTRY$” to the Sound controller.

Sound dues from $FROMCOUNTRY$

ID: 15005 Type: Country We have ascertained control over the Oresund, the Great and the Little Belt — the three straits connecting the Baltic sea to the North Sea. We are threfore in a suitable position to exact dues on foreign vessels passing through, from and into the Baltic sea. The threat of cargo confiscation, or even the sound of cannons fired from Helsingborg, is generally sufficient to exercise our mercantile rights. We retain the opportunity to exempt from dues those with who we’ve established trade agreements. That isn’t the case for $FROMCOUNTRY$ though — who gracefully obliged to their passage fee.
Trigger conditions: None			Is triggered only by the option “We shall pay now, as we have for decades” of the event “Sound dues”.
Options:
Thank you for stopping by, until soon!: One of the following: has a trade efficiency less than 35: Treasury: +25 has a trade efficiency of at least 35 and less than 50: Treasury: +35 has a trade efficiency of at least 50 and less than 75: Treasury: +50 has a trade efficiency of at least 75: Treasury: +75

Events related to Bosphorus Sound toll

The Black Sea trade

ID: 15000 Type: Country Control over the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles straits not only allows us to exact dues on merchant ships passing through, it also puts us in the position of manipulating the supply and distribution of merchandise produced in the area. Our prized export goods won’t leave their provinces’ busy ports without our direct supervision. Access by foreign merchants will be regulated, so to control prices to our commercial benefit.
Trigger conditions: has the country modifier: “Bosphorus Sound toll”. owns at least 1 of the provinces without the modifier: “Black Sea trade exclusive access”: Kastamon (325), Sinope (328), Trebizon (330), Imereti (422), Georgia (462), Abkhazia (1856), Silistria (159), Cherson (282), Zaporozhia (283), Crimea (284), Kaffa (285), Azow (286), Kouban (287), Cherkassk (288), Kharkov (291) or Budjak (1756).			Mean time to happen: 3 months
			Modifier: None
Options:
The Black sea is our sea: gets country flag: “Black Sea trade exclusive access”. Each own province from the mentioned provinces without the modifier: “Black Sea Trade trade exclusive access” gets it.

Loss of hegemony in the Black Sea

ID: 15001 Type: Country Without being able to restrict foreign merchants access through the Black Sea straits we have forfeited our strict supervision on the price and distrubtion of goods produced in Black Sea area. An almost free trade resume, to our chagrin and to our commercial rivals’ satisfaction.
Trigger conditions: does not have the country modifier: “Bosphorus Sound toll”. has the country flag: “Black Sea Trade Exclusive Access”.			Mean time to happen: 3 months
			Modifier: None
Options:
We shall regain what was once ours: clear country flag: “Black Sea trade exclusive access”. Remove the modifier: “Black Sea trade exclusive access” from all own provinces.