France — Not random

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1429
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1430)

Description

At a young age Joan of Arc began to hear voices-those of St. Michael, St. Catherine, and St. Margaret. When she was about 16, the voices exhorted her to bear aid to the dauphin, later King Charles VII. Charles gave her an army and her inspiration rescued France from defeat against the English.

Actions

A. Heed the Advice of Jean D'Arc

• Centralization +2
• Offensive Doctrine +2
• Quality +2
• Innovativeness +1
• Land tech investment: +500
• Infrastructure tech investment: +500
• +5000 infantry in the capital province
• Stability +1

B. Ignore the Advice of Jean D'Arc

• Aristocracy +2
• Serfdom +2
• Land +2
• Innovativeness -1
• Fortress level in the capital province +1
• +5000 cavalry in the capital province
• Stability -1

France — Not random

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1438
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1442)

Description

Charles VII remodeled French finances, established heavy taxation, particularly through the taille, a direct land tax. Extracting the wealth of the land has always been a tough nut to crack for the centralizing French kings. To tap the vast riches of the French lands new and improved taxation methods were needed time after time. Throughout history the methods used became more and more rationalized to optimimize gains for the treasury. The Birth of a Permanent Taxation Systems was a major step towards this aim.

Actions

A. Issue it

• Centralization +1
• Aristocracy -1
• Serfdom -1
• +1 base tax value in a random province
• +1 base tax value in a different random province
• +1 base tax value in a different random province
• +1 base tax value in a different random province
• +1 base tax value in a different random province
• Global revolt risk +2 for 60 months
• Stability -1

B. Let it be

• Centralization -1
• Aristocracy +1
• Serfdom +1
• Stability +2

France — Not random

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1438
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1443)

Description

On the death of Charles VI on Oct. 21, 1422, Charles VII assumed the title of king of France. His worst difficulties were of a financial nature: the taxes voted by the States General (representative assembly) were insufficient for his needs

Actions

A. Financial Reform

• Infrastructure tech investment: +800
• Trade tech investment: +800
• Stability +1

B. Tax Reform

• +2 base tax value in a random province
• +2 base tax value in a different random province
• +2 base tax value in a different random province
• +2 base tax value in a different random province
• +2 base tax value in a different random province
• Stability +1

C. Tax and Financial Reform

• +1 base tax value in a random province
• +1 base tax value in a different random province
• +1 base tax value in a different random province
• +1 base tax value in a different random province
• Infrastructure tech investment: +500
• Trade tech investment: +500
• -200
• Stability +1

France — Not random

Will happen within 60 days of January 2, 1438
Checked again every 60 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1449)

Description

Charles VII, although dominated by his mistress, Agnès Sorel, proved an able administrator. He reorganized the army into a permanent force after forcing the British withdrawal from Guienne.

Actions

A. We need a Permanent Force!

• Aristocracy -1
• Serfdom -1
• Offensive Doctrine -2
• Quality +1
• +5000 infantry in the capital province
• +1000 cavalry in the capital province
• +3 artillery in the capital province
• Land tech investment: +500
• Global revolt risk +2 for 60 months
• Stability -1

B. We can safely rely on the Nobles!

• Aristocracy +1
• Serfdom +1
• Offensive Doctrine +2
• Quality -1
• +5000 cavalry in the capital province
• +1000 infantry in the capital province
• Stability +1

France — Not random

Will happen on September 16, 1440

Description

Gilles de Rais was a marshal of France and man of wealth whose distinguished career ended in a celebrated trial for satanism, abduction, and child murder. The trial revealed that de Rais was not alone in his perversity. In the beginning, he kept the number of conspirators at a minimum, but as time went on and the tally of victims rose, more people both men and women, were brought into the butchery. It is still not totally clear if de Rais was innocent or a psychotic murderer. However, France's enemies had lot to win by his demise as he had been one of Jean d'Arc's favorite generals.

Actions

A. Guilty

• Leader de Rais will never be active
• +100 relations with Burgundy
• Stability +1

B. Not Guilty

• -100 relations with Burgundy
• +50
• Stability -1

France — Not random

Conditions

• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Event 3323 - The Succession in Provence for France has already occurred
  • Event 3324 - The Succession in Provence for France has already occurred

Will happen within 60 days of January 2, 1494
Checked again every 60 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1495)

Description

The Kingdom of Naples had become a possession of Aragon (and thus of Spain) in 1443, as well as Sicily. Its last ruler, Rene of Anjou had lost his realm to Ferdinand of Aragon who reigned from 1458 to 1494. His death in 1494 led a weak king, Alfonso, on the throne. His kingdom would probably end into the hands of the rulers of Spain. However, Charles VIII of France, a direct heir of the house of Anjou, also had legal claims to the throne. Following Charles VIII expedition to Naples in 1494 to claim his Anjou inheritance, and which had ended in disaster despite his brilliant victory at Fornova on 5th July 1495 (the Furia Francese), other wars were to erupt due to dispute over Milano, Swiss intervention in the conflict and the diplomatic and covert efforts of the Papacy under Julius II from 1503. In total, six wars would ravage the peninsula, from 1494 (Naples) to 1559 (peace concluded between France and the Habsburgs at Catteau-Cambresis on 3rd April). They would see the alternance of French victories (Marignano in 1515) and defeats (Pavia 1525) and would even extend to the borders and interior of France.

Actions

A. Let us claim what is rightfully ours!

• Napoli will be considered a claim province
• Apulia will be considered a claim province
• -100 relations with Naples
• -100 relations with Spain
• -100 relations with Aragon
• +150 relations with Papal States
• Stability +1

B. Let us drop our claims for good!

• +100 relations with Spain
• +100 relations with Aragon
• +100 relations with Naples
• -50 relations with Papal States
• Stability +1

France — Not random

Will happen within 60 days of January 2, 1496
Checked again every 60 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1499)

Description

The word gilde, or ghilde, is but one of many terms used formerly in France and in the Low Countries to denote what the more modern word corporation stands. In France and the Low Countries a guild was originally a sort of fraternity for common support, protection, and amusement. The members paid each a certain contribution to the common fund. After the end of the fifteenth century, under the despotic rule of the French kings, the guilds ceased to be a means of protection for a majority of their members. Their privileges became a means of filling the royal coffers at the expense of the employers

Actions

A. Take Control of the Guilds

• Centralization +1
• +100
• Stability -1

B. Do not mess with the Guilds

• Aristocracy +1
• +200

C. Give more control to the Guilds

• Aristocracy +1
• Serfdom +1
• +300
• Stability +1

France — Not random

Conditions

• Venice exists

Will happen within 3000 days of October 2, 1500
Checked again every 3000 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after May 2, 1512)

Description

In 1508, Pope Julius II set-up a league against the Republic of Venice which he disliked and found too powerful in Italy. He enlisted support of Florence, France and even of Emperor Maximilian. French troops decimated the Venetian army at the battle of Agnadel in 1509, but the Republic managed to break the league by concluding separate peace with her opponents.

Actions

A. Express Support

• Gain a temporary casus belli against Venice for 72 months
• -150 relations with Venice
• +150 relations with Austria
• +150 relations with Papal States
• +150 relations with Florence

B. Ignore

• +50 relations with Venice
• -50 relations with Austria
• -50 relations with Papal States
• -50 relations with Florence

C. Express Hostility

• +150 relations with Venice
• -150 relations with Austria
• -150 relations with Papal States
• -150 relations with Florence

France — Not random

Conditions

• Austria exists
• At least one of the following must occur:
  • State religion is protestant
  • State religion is reformed

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1527
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1529)

Description

After Emperor Charles V had rejected the Protestants confessional positions at the Imperial Parliament of Augsburg (1529-1530), the North German Protestant Imperial estates formed the League of Schmalkalden, with a joint army and treasury and seeking ties abroad (France). The League enjoyed early successes in the years 1532-1540 as the Emperor was threaten by Turkish danger and forced to conclude Religious peace settlements in Nuremberg (1532) and Kaaden (1534).

Actions

A. Give it your support

• +50 relations with Brandenburg
• +50 relations with Brunswick
• +50 relations with Hesse
• +50 relations with Palatinate
• +50 relations with Saxony
• +50 relations with Würzburg
• +50 relations with Cleves
• -100 relations with Spain
• -150 relations with Austria

B. Ignore it

• -50 relations with Brandenburg
• -50 relations with Brunswick
• -50 relations with Hesse
• -50 relations with Palatinate
• -50 relations with Saxony
• -50 relations with Würzburg
• +50 relations with Papal States
• +50 relations with Austria
• +50 relations with Spain

France — Not random

Conditions

• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Event 3105 - The Inheritance of Anjou for France has already occurred
  • Event 3718 - The French Inheritance of Milano for France has already occurred

Will happen within 350 days of January 2, 1529
Checked again every 350 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1530)

Description

During the Period 1524-1529 the French King experienced several setbacks. Not only did he starts and lose several campaigns in Italy, but in 1526 he was also captured and brought to Madrid in chains where he had do denounce all his claims. It did not end with that though. The French King refused to denounce his claims and again and again attacked in Italy. However, slowly he understood that the Italians would not accept a French monarch. For them belonging to a weak Holy Roman Empire was much better, and the French King also found that his opponents never had a problem with getting the majority of the lesser Italian states into their alliance. So at last after numerous fruitless wars the French King gave up his claims in Italy.

Actions

A. No one seem to acknowledge our claims

• Revolt risk value in Lombardia -6
• Lombardia will no longer be considered a national province
• Napoli will no longer be considered a national province
• Apulia will no longer be considered a national province
• +100 relations with Spain
• +100 relations with Austria
• +100 relations with Aragon
• +100 relations with Naples
• Stability +1

B. We will never drop our claims on what is ours

• Revolt risk value in Lombardia -6
• -150 relations with Spain
• -150 relations with Austria
• -150 relations with Aragon
• -150 relations with Naples
• Stability -2

France — Not random

Conditions

• Netherlands exists
• None of the following must occur:
  • State religion is protestant
  • State religion is reformed
• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Own Friesen
  • Own Geldre
  • Own Holland
  • Own Zeeland

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1555
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1648)

Description

Your Highness, we are swiftly losing control of our holdings in the Netherlands to the victorious Dutch rebels. More local nobles and magnates are joining the Dutch cause every day. We must strike swiftly and without mercy if we want to put a stop to this outrage!

Actions

A. Curses!

• Friesen will no longer be considered a national province
• Geldre will no longer be considered a national province
• Holland will no longer be considered a national province
• Zeeland will no longer be considered a national province
• Cede Friesen to Netherlands
• Cede Geldre to Netherlands
• Cede Holland to Netherlands
• Cede Zeeland to Netherlands

France — Not random

Conditions

• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Own Friesen
  • Own Geldre
  • Own Holland
  • Own Zeeland
  • Own Luxembourg
  • Own Brabant
  • Own Artois
  • Own Flandern
• None of the following must occur:
  • Innovativeness is at 8 or higher

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1560
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1571)

Description

In 1566 Dutch Nobles courts the regent Margerete of Parma in Brussels in an effort to stop the persecution of the Inquisition and to let the General Estates convene. The only answer they get is from the Count de Barlaymont saying 'Ce Gueux' (These Beggars!) in a spiteful voice. The Dutch take to that name with pride calling themselves 'The Gueses'. One of the effects of the insulting denial is that the citizenry of Antwerpen storms the churches and destroy the relics and paintings. It then spread from town to town. Knowing the effect in Paris William of Orange try to stop these acts of violence, but it's futile. The grass has caught fire...

Actions

A. No Concessions

• Revolt risk value in Friesen +10
• Revolt risk value in Geldre +10
• Revolt risk value in Holland +10
• Holland revolts
• Revolt risk value in Zeeland +10
• Zeeland revolts
• Revolt risk value in Luxembourg +10
• Revolt risk value in Brabant +10
• Revolt risk value in Artois +10
• Revolt risk value in Flandern +10
• Flandern revolts
• Innovativeness -1
• +300
• Stability +1

B. Lower the taxes

• Revolt risk value in Friesen +5
• Revolt risk value in Geldre +5
• Revolt risk value in Holland +5
• Revolt risk value in Zeeland +5
• Revolt risk value in Luxembourg +5
• Revolt risk value in Brabant +5
• Revolt risk value in Artois +5
• Revolt risk value in Flandern +5
• Centralization -1
• -500
• Stability -2

France — Not random

Will happen within 30 days of March 2, 1562
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after August 25, 1572)

Description

There are traditionally eight different Wars of Religion in France between 1562 and 1598. The first seven ones (1562-1563, 1567-1568, 1568-1570, 1572-1573, 1575-1577, 1577, 1579-1580) have common features: a split society between Catholics and Protestants, fragmented and erratic military operations, peace edicts that are more like truce than real peace. The question of the royal succession put the very existence of the kingdom at stake, even dividing Catholics in opposing fractions, After 1589 and King Henry III murder, Spanish intervention transforms the civil war in outright international conflict. The violence and hatred between Protestants and Catholics had increased all over France in the years 1562-1572. The powerful Duke of Guise (from the Lorraine province) set up a Catholic League to react against the Protestants and what he considered a weak royal power. Although he was assassinated on 23rd December 1588 upon the order of King Henry III, the League then openly revolted and refused to recognize the king or his designated heir, and called for Spanish military aid, going so far as to offer the throne to the Spanish infant. These moves were the sparks that would light the fire.

Actions

A. French Moderates

• Change religion to catholic
• Event 3113 - At the Walls of Paris for France will never fire
• Event 3774 - At the Walls of Paris for France will never fire
• Vendée revolts
• Poitou revolts
• Guyenne revolts
• Lyonnais revolts
• Bourgogne revolts
• Béarn revolts
• Revolt risk value in Vendée +8
• Revolt risk value in Gascogne +8
• Revolt risk value in Lyonnais +8
• Revolt risk value in Bourgogne +8
• Revolt risk value in Auvergne +8
• Revolt risk value in Berri +8
• Revolt risk value in Orléanais +8
• Revolt risk value in Nivernais +8
• Revolt risk value in Champagne +8
• Revolt risk value in Caux +8
• Revolt risk value in Picardie +8
• Revolt risk value in Calais +8
• Revolt risk value in Poitou +8
• Revolt risk value in Guyenne +8
• Revolt risk value in Maine +8
• Revolt risk value in Limousin +8
• Revolt risk value in Dauphiné +8
• Revolt risk value in Languedoc +8
• Revolt risk value in Cévennes +8
• Revolt risk value in Béarn +8
• +20000 infantry in the capital province
• +5000 cavalry in the capital province
• +5 artillery in the capital province
• Leader de Guise will never be active
• Leader de Bourbon will never be active
• Leader de Montmorency will never be active
• Leader de Coligny will never be active
• Stability +2

B. French Protestants

• Change religion to reformed
• Event 3111 - At the Walls of Paris for France will never fire
• Event 3774 - At the Walls of Paris for France will never fire
• Vendée revolts
• Bourgogne revolts
• Champagne revolts
• Picardie revolts
• Revolt risk value in Vendée +10
• Revolt risk value in Gascogne +10
• Revolt risk value in Lyonnais +10
• Revolt risk value in Bourgogne +10
• Revolt risk value in Auvergne +10
• Revolt risk value in Berri +10
• Revolt risk value in Orléanais +10
• Revolt risk value in Nivernais +10
• Revolt risk value in Champagne +10
• Revolt risk value in Caux +10
• Revolt risk value in Picardie +10
• Revolt risk value in Calais +10
• +15000 infantry in the capital province
• +15000 cavalry in the capital province
• +10 artillery in the capital province
• Leader de Guise will never be active
• Leader de Montmorency will never be active
• Leader de Guise will never be active
• Stability -1
• +150 relations with England
• +150 relations with Netherlands

C. French Ultra Catholics

• Change religion to counterreform
• Event 3111 - At the Walls of Paris for France will never fire
• Event 3113 - At the Walls of Paris for France will never fire
• Poitou revolts
• Guyenne revolts
• Languedoc revolts
• Maine revolts
• Béarn revolts
• Revolt risk value in Poitou +10
• Revolt risk value in Guyenne +10
• Revolt risk value in Maine +10
• Revolt risk value in Limousin +10
• Revolt risk value in Dauphiné +10
• Revolt risk value in Languedoc +10
• Revolt risk value in Cévennes +10
• Revolt risk value in Béarn +10
• +15000 infantry in the capital province
• +15000 cavalry in the capital province
• +10 artillery in the capital province
• Leader de Bourbon will never be active
• Leader de Coligny will never be active
• Stability -1
• +150 relations with Savoy
• +150 relations with Spain

France — Not random

Conditions

• Event 3325 - Dutch Nobility demands General Estates for France has already occurred
• None of the following must occur:
  • State religion is protestant
  • State religion is reformed
• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Own Friesen
  • Own Geldre
  • Own Holland
  • Own Zeeland
  • Own Luxembourg
  • Own Brabant
  • Own Artois
  • Own Flandern
• None of the following must occur:
  • Innovativeness is at 8 or higher

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1565
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1576)

Description

In 1567 the Duke of Guise arrived in the Netherlands bringing French Elite troops and very determined to break the Dutch Insurrection. Guise issues the Edict of Blood, which allow him to create a harsh military dictatorship with mass-arrests and courts of honor as a daily routine. The Terror of the Inquisition is intensified and hundreds of people are executed. In 1568 Guise arrest and execute the Count Horn and Egmont making William of Orange the only leader left to take up the flag. In 1570 Guise by himself introduce a 10 percent tax even as the Dutch have paid a two-year tax that the General estates had agreed upon on the promise of no more extra taxes. A General Strike spreads in the Netherlands...In 1573 it is clear that the 'General of the League' has failed to subjugate the Dutch.

Actions

A. No Concessions

• Revolt risk value in Friesen +10
• Revolt risk value in Geldre +10
• Revolt risk value in Holland +10
• Holland revolts
• Revolt risk value in Zeeland +10
• Zeeland revolts
• Revolt risk value in Luxembourg +7
• Revolt risk value in Brabant +7
• Revolt risk value in Artois +7
• Revolt risk value in Flandern +7
• Flandern revolts
• Innovativeness -1
• +300
• Stability +1

B. Don't introduce that Consumption Tax

• Revolt risk value in Friesen +5
• Revolt risk value in Geldre +5
• Revolt risk value in Holland +5
• Revolt risk value in Zeeland +5
• Revolt risk value in Luxembourg +2
• Revolt risk value in Brabant +2
• Revolt risk value in Artois +2
• Revolt risk value in Flandern +2
• Innovativeness +1
• -500
• Stability -2

France — Not random

Conditions

• Ottoman Empire exists
• Event 3549 - The Holy League for Papal States has already occurred

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1568
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1571)

Description

When in 1570 the Turks sent an ultimatum to Venice asking for the ceding of Cyprus and then invaded the island after the Republic of San Marco failed to respond, a great uproar was created in the Catholic world by the facts and rumors of Ottoman atrocities in the last Christian bastion of the eastern Mediterranean. After a first failure in the summer of 1570, Pope Pie V managed to convince major Catholic nations (except France) to join a Holy League against the heathens Turks, and it was proclaimed in May 1571. The League would lead to the great naval victory of Don Juan on the Turks at Lepanto, but would not outlast this first and final triumph. Selim II is rumored to have said, after the news he had lost 200 galleys at Lepanto: 'At Lepanto, the Christians have shaved me. At Cyprus, I cut their arm. My beard will grow again...'

Actions

A. Support the Holy League

• Gain a temporary casus belli against Ottoman Empire for 72 months
• -150 relations with Ottoman Empire
• +150 relations with Papal States
• +150 relations with Order of St. John
• +150 relations with Spain
• +150 relations with Tuscany
• +150 relations with Venice
• +150 relations with Naples
• +150 relations with Savoy

B. Let the matter fall

• +50 relations with Ottoman Empire
• -50 relations with Papal States
• -50 relations with Order of St. John
• -50 relations with Spain
• -50 relations with Tuscany
• -50 relations with Venice
• -50 relations with Naples
• -50 relations with Savoy

France — Not random

Conditions

• None of the following must occur:
  • State religion is protestant
  • State religion is reformed
• Event 3325 - Dutch Nobility demands General Estates for France has already occurred
• Event 3326 - The Duke of Guise and the Edict of Blood for France has already occurred
• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Own Friesen
  • Own Geldre
  • Own Holland
  • Own Zeeland
  • Own Luxembourg
  • Own Brabant
  • Own Artois
  • Own Flandern
• None of the following must occur:
  • Innovativeness is at 8 or higher

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1575
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1586)

Description

In 1578 the Duke of Mayenne, member of the powerful Guise family, arrives in the Netherlands. The Duke of Mayenne have good character and is efficient, as well as being both a good general and politician. In him William of Orange get a powerful opponent. Mayenne quickly understands that France only can keep its mastery of the Netherlands if it complies with the wishes of the Catholic provinces. In 1579 France manages to get some of the southern Catholic provinces into the Union of Arras, which makes peace with France. However some of the Northern provinces now create the Union of Utrecht the first sign of a new country. Later on Mayenne uses the Union of Arras as a safe base for an invasion of the North and the northerners are only saved by the murder-attempt of Mayennes two elder brothers in 1588 forcing him to leave for France immediately.

Actions

A. Sign the Union of Arras

• Revolt risk value in Friesen +10
• Revolt risk value in Geldre +10
• Revolt risk value in Holland +10
• Holland revolts
• Revolt risk value in Zeeland +10
• Zeeland revolts
• Revolt risk value in Luxembourg -7
• Revolt risk value in Brabant -7
• Revolt risk value in Artois -7
• Revolt risk value in Flandern -7
• -200
• Stability +1

B. No Concessions

• Revolt risk value in Friesen +10
• Revolt risk value in Geldre +10
• Revolt risk value in Holland +10
• Holland revolts
• Revolt risk value in Zeeland +10
• Zeeland revolts
• Revolt risk value in Luxembourg +7
• Revolt risk value in Brabant +7
• Revolt risk value in Artois +7
• Revolt risk value in Flandern +7
• Flandern revolts
• Innovativeness -1
• +300
• Stability +3

C. Sign the Union of Arras and lower taxes

• Revolt risk value in Friesen +5
• Revolt risk value in Geldre +5
• Revolt risk value in Holland +5
• Revolt risk value in Zeeland +5
• Revolt risk value in Luxembourg -7
• Revolt risk value in Brabant -7
• Revolt risk value in Artois -7
• Revolt risk value in Flandern -7
• Innovativeness +1
• -500
• Stability -1

France — Not random

Conditions

• Netherlands exists
• Event 3325 - Dutch Nobility demands General Estates for France has already occurred
• Event 3900 - The Dutch Republic for Netherlands has already occurred
• None of the following must occur:
  • Event 3544 - The Repatriation of the Netherlands for France has already occurred
• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Own Luxembourg
  • Own Brabant
  • Own Artois
  • Own Flandern

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1585
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1648)

Description

Your Highness, we are swiftly losing control of our holdings in the Netherlands to the victorious Dutch rebels. More local nobles and magnates are joining the Dutch cause every day. We must strike swiftly and without mercy if we want to put a stop to this outrage!

Actions

A. OK

• Revolt risk value in Luxembourg -27
• Revolt risk value in Brabant -27
• Revolt risk value in Artois -27
• Revolt risk value in Flandern -27
• Flandern converts to the state religion

France — Not random

Will happen on August 2, 1589
unless prevented by
Action B, C of 3110 - War of Religion in France for France

Description

In May 1588 the Wars of Religion entered their final chapter. The people of Paris, influenced by rabid Leaguer preachers, were disatisfied with Henri III and his failure to suppress the Protestants. Even a moderate Catholic was almost as bad as a heretic to the Leaguers. An uprising caused Henri III to flee Paris, the Catholic League took control of the government and welcomed the Duc de Guise. The League pressed for a meeting of the Estates-General: their proposed heir to the crown was the Cardinal de Bourbon, Navarre's uncle, Henri III might be forced to abdicate. On Christmas Eve, when Guise was at Blois for the meetings, Henri III invited him in his quarters for some discussion. The doors were bolted and Guise was cut to pieces, his body burnt, the bones dissolved, and the ashes scattered. The same fate was visited on his brother, the Cardinal de Guise. The two best heads from the house of Guise out, it still left the younger brother, the Duc de Mayenne. The League presses printed revolutionary tracts and the Sorbonne proclaimed that is was just and necessary to depose Henri III, and any citizen was morally free to commit regicide. The League sent an army against Henri III, and Henri III turned to Navarre for an alliance. Their forces joined to reclaim Paris. In July 1589, a monk begged an audience with the king and put a knife into his spleen. On his deathbed, Henri III called for Navarre and named him his heir. Some of the late Henri III's followers gave their loyalties to the new king, and others melted away into the night. The League staged coups in many cities of France. Well financed by Spain, Mayenne took to the field. Henri IV brought the war into the north, which he knew was critical if he wanted to be more than king in Gascony. In September, Henri defeated Mayenne at Arques. His army swept through Normandy, taking town after town that winter. In March 1590, he inflicted an even more crushing defeat on the League at Ivry. The Cardinal de Bourbon died, weakening the League position. Henri laid siege to Paris in the spring and summer. Alarmed, Philip II of Spain ordered the Duke of Parma, the most able commander of the age, to divert himself from suppressing the Dutch to relieving the siege. There were no open combat, but Henri IV was obliged to withdraw. In 1593, the League held an Estates-General in Paris, to name a candidate for the throne. The Spanish proposed Philip II's daughter who would marry the Duc de Guise. It went against the Salic law, and Parliament passed a decree that the crown could not go to a foreigner. At this point, Henri IV made his 'perilous leap' and abjured his faith in July 1593, in the church of St. Denis, reputedly saying that 'Paris is worth a mass.' In the spring of 1594, Henri IV entered Paris without firing a shot.

Actions

A. The Kingdom is ours!

• Flag graphics extension set to "NAV"
• Ile de France becomes a center of trade
• Center of trade in Lyonnais closes
• Culture in Béarn changes to french
• Centralization +2
• Aristocracy -1
• Innovativeness +1
• Land +1
• Offensive Doctrine +1
• -1 base tax value in a random province
• -1 base tax value in a different random province
• -1 base tax value in a different random province
• -1 base tax value in a different random province
• Revolt risk value in Vendée -8
• Revolt risk value in Gascogne -8
• Revolt risk value in Lyonnais -8
• Revolt risk value in Bourgogne -8
• Revolt risk value in Auvergne -8
• Revolt risk value in Berri -8
• Revolt risk value in Orléanais -8
• Revolt risk value in Nivernais -8
• Revolt risk value in Champagne -8
• Revolt risk value in Caux -8
• Revolt risk value in Picardie -8
• Revolt risk value in Calais -8
• Revolt risk value in Poitou -8
• Revolt risk value in Guyenne -8
• Revolt risk value in Maine -8
• Revolt risk value in Limousin -8
• Revolt risk value in Dauphiné -8
• Revolt risk value in Languedoc -8
• Revolt risk value in Cévennes -8
• Revolt risk value in Béarn -8
• Stability +1

France — Not random

Will happen on August 2, 1589
unless prevented by
Action A, C of 3110 - War of Religion in France for France

Description

In May 1588 the Wars of Religion entered their final chapter. The people of Paris, influenced by rabid Leaguer preachers, were disatisfied with Henri III and his failure to suppress the Protestants. Even a moderate Catholic was almost as bad as a heretic to the Leaguers. An uprising caused Henri III to flee Paris, the Catholic League took control of the government and welcomed the Duc de Guise. The League pressed for a meeting of the Estates-General: their proposed heir to the crown was the Cardinal de Bourbon, Navarre's uncle, Henri III might be forced to abdicate. On Christmas Eve, when Guise was at Blois for the meetings, Henri III invited him in his quarters for some discussion. The doors were bolted and Guise was cut to pieces, his body burnt, the bones dissolved, and the ashes scattered. The same fate was visited on his brother, the Cardinal de Guise. The two best heads from the house of Guise out, it still left the younger brother, the Duc de Mayenne. The League presses printed revolutionary tracts and the Sorbonne proclaimed that is was just and necessary to depose Henri III, and any citizen was morally free to commit regicide. The League sent an army against Henri III, and Henri III turned to Navarre for an alliance. Their forces joined to reclaim Paris. In July 1589, a monk begged an audience with the king and put a knife into his spleen. On his deathbed, Henri III called for Navarre and named him his heir. Some of the late Henri III's followers gave their loyalties to the new king, and others went away. The League staged coups in many cities of France. Well financed by Spain, Mayenne took to the field. Henri IV brought the war into the north, which he knew was critical if he wanted to be more than king in Gascony. In September, Henri defeated Mayenne at Arques. In winter, his army swept through Normandy, taking town after town. In March 1590, he inflicted a more crushing defeat at Ivry. The Cardinal de Bourbon died, weakening the League position. Henri laid siege to Paris in the spring and summer. Alarmed, Philip II of Spain ordered the Duke of Parma, the most able commander of the age, to relieve the siege. The two met in a pitched battle around Paris. Henri IV won and forced the Spaniards to withdraw and the Parisians acknowledged him as King. In 1593, the Moderates held an Estates-General in Paris to name a candidate for the throne. The Spanish proposed Philip II's daughter who would marry the Duc de Guise. It went against the Salic law, and Parliament passed a decree that the crown could not go to a foreigner. Henri IV made his bid: he seized all Catholic leaders, executing them. France was declared a Reformed country, but religious freedom was ensured for all. Henri was King without needing the Catholic Church's support.

Actions

A. The Kingdom is ours!

• Flag graphics extension set to "NAV"
• Ile de France becomes a center of trade
• Center of trade in Lyonnais closes
• Culture in Béarn changes to french
• The capital province converts to the state religion
• A different random province converts to the state religion
• A different random province converts to the state religion
• A different random province converts to the state religion
• Centralization +3
• Aristocracy -2
• Innovativeness -3
• Land +2
• Offensive Doctrine +2
• -2 base tax value in a random province
• -2 base tax value in a different random province
• -2 base tax value in a different random province
• -2 base tax value in a different random province
• Revolt risk value in Vendée -10
• Revolt risk value in Gascogne -10
• Revolt risk value in Lyonnais -10
• Revolt risk value in Bourgogne -10
• Revolt risk value in Auvergne -10
• Revolt risk value in Berri -10
• Revolt risk value in Orléanais -10
• Revolt risk value in Nivernais -10
• Revolt risk value in Champagne -10
• Revolt risk value in Caux -10
• Revolt risk value in Picardie -10
• Revolt risk value in Calais -10
• Stability +3

France — Not random

Will happen on August 2, 1589
unless prevented by
Action A, B of 3110 - War of Religion in France for France

Description

In May 1588 the Wars of Religion entered their final chapter. The people of Paris, influenced by inflammatory Leaguer preachers, were more and more dissatisfied with Henri III and his failure to suppress the Protestants. Even a moderate Catholic was almost as bad as a heretic to the Leaguers. A popular uprising caused Henri III to flee Paris. The Catholic League took control of the government and welcomed the Duc de Guise. The League pressed for a meeting of the Estates-General. Their proposed heir to the crown was the Cardinal de Bourbon, Navarre's uncle. Henri III might be forced to abdicate and Guise proclaimed king by the people. On Christmas Eve, when Guise was at Blois for the meetings, Henri III invited him to his quarters for some discussion. Guise and his brother, Cardinal de Guise, exposed the bluff as a murder attempt. Guise's triumph over the king was short-lived. The League presses printed revolutionary tracts and the Sorbonne proclaimed that is was just and necessary to depose Henri III, and any private citizen was morally free to commit regicide. The League sent an army against Henri III, and Henri III turned to Navarre for an alliance. Their forces joined to reclaim Paris. In July 1589, a monk begged an audience with the king and put a knife into his spleen. On his deathbed, Henri III called for Navarre and named him his heir. Some of the late Henri III's followers gave their loyalties to the new king, and others melted away into the night. The League staged coups in many cities of France. Well financed by Spain, Guise and his younger brother Mayenne took to the field. Guise forced Navarre to bring the war out of the south and into the north, as he desperately needed it if he wanted to be king of France and not dead meat by the summer. In September of 1589, Mayenne met Navarre and gave him a serious defeat at Arques. His army swept South through Gascogne, taking town after town that winter, and then Guise inflicted an even more crushing defeat on Navarre in March of 1590 at Ivry. Navarre was forced to retreat. In 1593, the League held an Estates-General in Paris, to name a candidate for the throne of France. The Duc de Guise was nominated defended by some ancient claims. This was a departure from the Law, but Parliament passed a decree that the crown could go to any descendent of Charlemagne. At this point, Navarre made his 'perilous leap' and abjured his faith in July 1593, in the church of St. Denis, reputedly with the famous witticism that 'Paris is worth a mass.' However lacking support and discredited for his Protestant leanings he was captured by the new King and executed. Finally, in the spring of 1594, Charles X was crowned in Paris.

Actions

A. The Kingdom is ours!

• Flag graphics extension set to "NAV"
• Ile de France becomes a center of trade
• Center of trade in Lyonnais closes
• Culture in Béarn changes to french
• A random province converts to the state religion
• A different random province converts to the state religion
• A different random province converts to the state religion
• A different random province converts to the state religion
• -2 base tax value in a random province
• -2 base tax value in a different random province
• -2 base tax value in a different random province
• -2 base tax value in a different random province
• Centralization +1
• Aristocracy +3
• Innovativeness -3
• Land +2
• Offensive Doctrine -2
• Revolt risk value in Poitou -10
• Revolt risk value in Guyenne -10
• Revolt risk value in Maine -10
• Revolt risk value in Limousin -10
• Revolt risk value in Dauphiné -10
• Revolt risk value in Languedoc -10
• Revolt risk value in Cévennes -10
• Revolt risk value in Béarn -10
• Stability +3

France — Not random

Conditions

• At least one of the following must occur:
  • State religion is protestant
  • State religion is reformed

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1605
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1609)

Description

The Holy Roman Empire had a fragile balance, split between 10 major and nearly 400 minor states and principalities, as well as two opposing religions. The power of the Emperor is quite limited beyond his direct domains and the erratic and inconsistent behavior of some of them as Rudolph II increases frictions. In 1608, the Protestant city of Donauwerth refused Catholics the right to practice their cult and is banned from the Empire. As a reaction, most German Protestant states form the Evangelic Union to defend their freedom.

Actions

A. Prepare to Join

• +150 relations with Brandenburg
• +150 relations with Brunswick
• +150 relations with Hesse
• +150 relations with Palatinate
• +150 relations with Saxony
• +150 relations with Würzburg
• +150 relations with Holstein
• +100 relations with Cleves
• +50 relations with Cologne
• +50 relations with Bavaria
• -100 relations with Papal States
• -100 relations with Spain
• -150 relations with Austria

B. Stay Neutral

• -100 relations with Brandenburg
• -100 relations with Brunswick
• -100 relations with Hesse
• -100 relations with Palatinate
• -100 relations with Saxony
• -100 relations with Würzburg
• +50 relations with Papal States

France — Not random

Conditions

• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Own Stadacone
  • Own Delaware
  • Own Mobile

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1605
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1611)

Description

Samuel de Champlain was sent by a man named Aymar de Clermont who had been given the privilege to establish a fur trading company by the king of France. During his travels Samuel de Champlain made friends with the Indians. He spent time with the Algonquin and Huron Indians exploring the area.

Actions

A. Let us befriend the Hurons

• +150 relations with Huron
• +3 merchants
• Gain a conquistador in Stadacone

B. Let us befriend the Creek

• +150 relations with Creek
• +3 merchants
• Gain a conquistador in Mobile

C. Let us befriend the Iroquois

• +150 relations with Iroquois
• +3 merchants
• Gain a conquistador in Delaware

France — Not random

Conditions

• At least one of the following must occur:
  • State religion is catholic
  • State religion is counterreform

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1607
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1609)

Description

The German Catholic states felt threatened by the 1608 creation of the Evangelic Union of their northern Protestant neighbors, following the Donauwerth exclusion from the Empire. Feeling the urge to unite, they regrouped into a Catholic League that same year. The stage was set for the Thirty Years War.

Actions

A. Prepare to Join

• -150 relations with Brandenburg
• -150 relations with Brunswick
• -150 relations with Hesse
• -150 relations with Palatinate
• -150 relations with Saxony
• -150 relations with Würzburg
• -150 relations with Holstein
• +50 relations with Cleves
• +100 relations with Cologne
• +100 relations with Bavaria
• +150 relations with Papal States
• +100 relations with Spain
• +100 relations with Austria

B. Stay Neutral

• +50 relations with Brandenburg
• +50 relations with Brunswick
• +50 relations with Hesse
• +50 relations with Palatinate
• +50 relations with Saxony
• +50 relations with Würzburg
• -50 relations with Bavaria
• -50 relations with Cleves
• -50 relations with Cologne
• -100 relations with Austria

France — Not random

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1619
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1621)

Description

Marie de' Medici was married to Henry in 1600. After his assassination 1610 she became regent for her son Louis XIII. She reversed the policies set by her husband

Actions

A. Treat the Noble Rebels with Dignity

• A random province revolts
• A different random province revolts
• Create a religious revolt in a different random province
• Create a religious revolt in a different random province
• Aristocracy +1
• Centralization -1
• Stability +2

B. Kill them and expropriate their land

• A random province revolts
• A different random province revolts
• Create a religious revolt in a different random province
• Create a religious revolt in a different random province
• Global revolt risk +3 for 48 months
• Centralization +1
• Innovativeness -1
• +2 base tax value in a random province
• +2 base tax value in a different random province
• +200
• Stability -1

France — Not random

Conditions

• None of the following must occur:
  • Navarra exists
• At least one of the following must occur:
  • State religion is catholic
  • State religion is counterreform

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1621
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1623)

Description

In the reign of King Louis XIII, Cardinal Richelieu decided to suppress Protestant political privileges. An uprising (1621-22) against the introduction of Catholicism in Béarn was put down by Richelieu, and the Protestants lost all the strongholds given to them under the Edict of Nantes, except Montauban and La Rochelle.

Actions

A. Crush them!

• Béarn revolts
• Béarn revolts
• Navarra revolts
• Navarra revolts
• Stability +1

France — Not random

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1621
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1626)

Description

Armand Du Plessis, Cardinal of Richelieu, was 39 years old when he became Chief Minister of King Louis XIII in 1624. His main successful efforts in domestic policy were the fight against the upper nobility and the Protestant political privileges. He also supported overseas trade, colonial expansion and the constitution of a permanent royal navy. Its most notable achievement remained the diplomatic game he played during the Thirty Years War, pushing with French gold the Swedish intervention in 1630 and ultimately joining the war in 1635. His aimed had been the reduction of the House of Habsburg and the extrication of France from encirclement by enemy territory. He is considered as the inventor of the concept of Real Politik.

Actions

A. An Excellent Minister!

• Centralization +3
• Aristocracy +2
• Serfdom +1
• Innovativeness -1
• Monarch's diplomatic skill +4 for 360 months
• Monarch's administrative skill +4 for 360 months
• Monarch's military skill +4 for 360 months
• +1 base tax value in a random province
• +1 base tax value in a different random province
• +1 base tax value in a different random province
• +1 base tax value in a different random province
• Infrastructure tech investment: +1000
• Trade tech investment: +1000
• Stability +3

France — Not random

Conditions

• Centralization is at 6 or higher
• Aristocracy is at 6 or higher

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1621
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1626)

Description

The immediate issue was the French Protestants' struggle for freedom of worship and the right of establishment. Of equal importance, however, was the struggle for power between the crown and the great nobles and the rivalry among the great nobles themselves for the control of the king.

Actions

A. Crush this State-within-the-State

• Centralization +1
• Innovativeness -2
• Create a religious revolt in a random province
• Create a religious revolt in a different random province
• Create a religious revolt in a different random province
• A different random province revolts
• A different random province revolts
• Global revolt risk +6 for 240 months
• Stability +1

B. Try a Tolerant Policy of Reconciliation

• Innovativeness +1
• Create a religious revolt in a random province
• A different random province revolts
• Stability -2

France — Not random

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1630
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1640)

Description

Cardinal Richelieu a liberal patron of literature, he created l'Academie Francaise in 1636 in order to promote French language and literature pursuits. Although the scientific academy never matched the associated literary Académie in fame, it did make a number of important scientific discoveries in the eighteenth century. It was French expeditions in 1735 and 1743, for instance, which established the oblate shape of the earth.

Actions

A. Yes, we want it!

• Land tech investment: +500
• Naval tech investment: +500
• Infrastructure tech investment: +500
• Trade tech investment: +500
• Innovativeness +1
• Stability +1
• -500

B. No, it's too expensive!

• Innovativeness -1

France — Not random

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1643
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1691)

Description

Michel Le Tellier (1603-1685) was the son of a counsellor at the Account Chamber. Pinpointed by Prime Minister Cardinal Mazarin, he his named Secretary of War in 1643. He starts the needed reformation of the French army and war administration as minister till 1666 and Chancellor till 1677. His eldest son, Louvois, perfected his achievement and offered his master, Louis XIV, with the largest and best army of the last half of the 17th century.

Actions

A. These Excellent Military Specialists!

• Monarch's military skill +3 for 576 months
• Land tech investment: +1000
• Fortress level in a random province +1
• Fortress level in a different random province +1
• Fortress level in a different random province +1
• Offensive Doctrine -2
• Quality +1
• -800

France — Not random

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1647
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1649)

Description

The Fronde (1648-1653) was mostly the last revolt of the French nobility against royal absolutism. It had started by the revolt of the Parliament of Paris (at the time the highest French court with jurisdiction over royal edicts) against the domestic policies of Cardinal Mazarin, who acted as Prime Minister of the 5-year-old Louis XIV. It was followed by that of the upper nobility (Fronde des Princes), but the rebellion was finally suppressed by a combination of Machiavellian diplomacy, betrayals and reverses of fortune. The Parliament was muzzled (it would not be convened again before 1789) and the upper nobility deprived of political power, preparing the advent of total royal absolutism under the Sun King, Louis XIV, after 1661.

Actions

A. Crush the Parliament and the Nobles

• Centralization +2
• Innovativeness -2
• Global revolt risk +10 for 60 months
• Stability -2

B. Crush the Parliament, but appease the Nobles

• Centralization +1
• Aristocracy +1
• Innovativeness -2
• Global revolt risk +8 for 60 months
• Stability -1

C. Appoint the Prince of Condé as Regent

• Aristocracy +3
• Serfdom +2
• Global revolt risk +6 for 60 months
• Monarch's administrative skill -2 for 120 months
• Stability +1

France — Not random

Conditions

• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Event 3325 - Dutch Nobility demands General Estates for France has already occurred
  • Event 3326 - The Duke of Guise and the Edict of Blood for France has already occurred
  • Event 3327 - The Duke of Mayenne and the Union of Arras for France has already occurred
• None of the following must occur:
  • Event 3933 - The Dutch Independence for France has already occurred

Will happen within 10 days of January 2, 1648
Checked again every 10 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1649)

Description

After a number of failures in the 1590's and during the first decades of the 17th century the Thirty Years War started and France, once again, got the opportunity to revive their offensive in the Netherlands. The young and brilliant Prince of Condé won victory after victory. The Dutch again tried to open their walls and flood their enemy, but it backfired and they lost more than 10000 elite troops in the events. The Prince of Condé was not a brutal man, but he was very realistic and let the people bear the costs of war. Thus the majority of the Dutch in the United Provinces lost all their money and wealth, which was used paying for the upkeep of the French troops. In 1625 Breda capitulated to the Prince of Condé, the Dutch took Grol in 1627, but the Prince of Condé took it back within 6 months and he also took Nijmegen and one of his French armies had now moved into Geldern from Münster and effectively threatened Utrecht. But the best was yet to come. In a nightly sea battle the French navy managed to win and land 12000 men in Zeeland, within a year France had gained control of their quarrelsome subjects. During the years until the Westphalian Peace France harshly subjugate all heretics. Those of the true faith were given strong preferences in all areas and they also got local self-governance. A pact between the all the faithful subjects of the King of France was instituted. Many Dutchmen left for South Africa and South-East Asia. At the Westphalian Peace in 1648 the world at last acknowledged the rightful French rule in the Netherlands.

Actions

A. The Netherlands is subjugated

• Flandern converts to the state religion
• Revolt risk value in Friesen -30
• Revolt risk value in Geldre -30
• Revolt risk value in Holland -30
• Revolt risk value in Zeeland -30
• Revolt risk value in Luxembourg -27
• Revolt risk value in Brabant -27
• Revolt risk value in Artois -27
• Revolt risk value in Flandern -27
• Centralization +3
• +300
• Stability +3

France — Not random

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1660
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1670)

Description

Nominated Minister of Finance in 1661, Jean-Baptiste Colbert (born 1619) developed the first national economy of the modern age. His state-guided economy included better tax collection, statistical planning of the budget and regular bookkeeping. An advocate of Mercantilism (also Colbertism), he aimed at a favorable French balance of trade through the export of valuable finished products (luxury items, etc...) and high import tariffs. He encouraged a more efficient domestic trade (roads, canals, suppression of local duties), established state monopolies, subsidized manufactures, promoted navigation and trade associations, fixed agricultural prices, encouraged marriage and prohibited emigration (except to Canada), etc.. To support his policies, he also greatly enlarged the size of the royal navy. While mercantilism promoted commerce and crafts, thereby increasing prosperity, peasants were not stimulated to increase their production. When he died in 1683, his son Colbert de Seignelay pursued his task till 1690.

Actions

A. Build a Navy and modernize the Infrastructure

• Monarch's military skill +1 for 240 months
• Monarch's administrative skill +1 for 240 months
• Naval tech investment: +500
• Infrastructure tech investment: +500
• Gain Naval Equipment Manufactory in Normandie
• Stability +2
• -200
• Size of loans changed to 500 ducats

B. Concentrate on Economic Domination

• Monarch's administrative skill +3 for 240 months
• Infrastructure tech investment: +1200
• Gain Goods Manufactory in Picardie
• Gain Refinery in Gascogne
• Stability +1
• -300
• Size of loans changed to 600 ducats

C. Concentrate on Naval Supremacy

• Monarch's military skill +3 for 240 months
• Naval tech investment: +1200
• Gain Naval Equipment Manufactory in Armor
• Gain Naval Equipment Manufactory in Normandie
• Stability +1
• -300
• Size of loans changed to 300 ducats

France — Not random

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1674
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1675)

Description

The major influence which France did exert over the baroque age was one of courtly opulence. In 1669 Louis XIV (1638-1715) decided to convert an old hunting lodge at Versailles into a palace of unprecedented magnificence. It was completed in 1682, and the court moved in 1683. There was not a kingly or princely court in Europe which could match Versailles for the opulence of its gilded interiors, its mirrors and chandeliers, with an appropriately matching flamboyance of courtly ceremony, and there was not a kingly or princely court in Europe which did not, either openly or secretly aspires to match this model

Actions

A. We need it for the Glory

• Stability -1
• -1500

B. Useless piece of...

• Stability +1
• Event 3126 - Versailles stands in Unearthly Glory for France will never fire

France — Not random

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1676
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1681)

Description

Aiming at European hegemony and the rounding of French frontiers in the North and in the East (to the Rhine), Louis XIV had established the Chambers of Reunion, courts that advanced claimed to Imperial territories. These expansionist policies were at first tolerated by France powerless neighbors. It reached its climax in 1681, with the annexation of the free city of Strasbourg in Alsace and the 1684 occupation of Luxembourg. The reunion were recognized by the Empire in the 1684 Truce of Regensburg, mostly because the Emperor was preoccupied by the Turkish menace (siege of Vienna in 1683) and this led to the creation of the anti-French League of Augsburg (1686)

Actions

A. Make the Claim

• Zeeland will be considered a claim province
• Köln will be considered a claim province
• Pfalz will be considered a claim province
• Alsace will be considered a claim province
• Lorraine will be considered a claim province
• Luxembourg will be considered a claim province
• Brabant will be considered a claim province
• Nivernais will be considered a claim province
• Franche-Comté will be considered a claim province
• Bourgogne will be considered a claim province
• Event 3172 - France opens Chambers of Reunion for Spain is triggered immediately
• Event 3030 - The League of Augsburg for England is triggered immediately
• Event 3198 - The League of Augsburg for Austria is triggered immediately
• Event 3522 - The League of Augsburg for Brandenburg is triggered immediately
• Event 3510 - The League of Augsburg for Netherlands is triggered immediately
• Event 3680 - The League of Augsburg for Baden is triggered immediately
• Event 3611 - The League of Augsburg for Brunswick is triggered immediately
• Event 3684 - The League of Augsburg for Hesse is triggered immediately
• Event 3676 - The League of Augsburg for Cleves is triggered immediately
• Event 3663 - The League of Augsburg for Cologne is triggered immediately
• Event 3664 - The League of Augsburg for Palatinate is triggered immediately
• Event 3662 - The League of Augsburg for Würzburg is triggered immediately

B. Let the matter fall

• +100 relations with Spain
• +100 relations with Austria
• +100 relations with England
• +100 relations with Netherlands
• +500

France — Not random

Conditions

• At least one of the following must occur:
  • State religion is protestant
  • State religion is reformed

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1681
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1688)

Description

Since the day Henri IV instituted the Reformed Church of France religious peace had only been upheld by the Edict of Nantes. His son tried to uphold this fragile peace and at the same time supported the Reformed faith and it managed to peacefully convert many people. His grandson, Louis XIV, did feel that the change was not fast enough. And as one of the preoccupations of Louis XIV had been the restoration of national unity, it also included religious unity. Safeguarding the Reformed faith by royal privileges and forbidding communication with the Holy Seal, he also sent dragoons to harass French Catholic families, persecuting them into conversions. In 1685, his revocation of the Edict of Nantes prompted nearly three million Leaguers (French Catholics) to flee the country, to more pleasant places such as Spain (from where many migrated to South America) or realms that welcomed them (80 000 to Poland alone). With them, France lost an agricultural workforce and lowered the manpower for her armies, to the benefit of her enemies.

Actions

A. Expel the Traitors

• A random province converts to the state religion
• -15% population in the same province
• -2 base tax value in the same province
• A different random province converts to the state religion
• -15% population in the same province
• -2 base tax value in the same province
• A different random province converts to the state religion
• -15% population in the same province
• -2 base tax value in the same province
• A different random province converts to the state religion
• -15% population in the same province
• -2 base tax value in the same province
• A different random province converts to the state religion
• -15% population in the same province
• -2 base tax value in the same province
• Manufactory in a random province is destroyed
• Manufactory in a different random province is destroyed
• Stability +2

B. Have Mercy with these Misguided Creatures

• Create a religious revolt in a random province
• Create a religious revolt in a different random province
• Create a religious revolt in a different random province
• Create a religious revolt in a different random province
• Stability -2

France — Not random

Conditions

• At least one of the following must occur:
  • State religion is catholic
  • State religion is counterreform

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1681
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1688)

Description

One of the preoccupations of Louis XIV had been the restoration of national unity, in particular religious unity. Safeguarding the Catholic Church by royal privileges and censoring Papal decrees (Gallicanism), he also sent dragoons to harass French Protestant families, persecuting them into conversions. In 1685, his revocation of the Edict of Nantes prompted nearly half a million Huguenots (French Protestants) to flee the country, to more tolerant places such as Holland (from where many migrated to South Africa) or realms that welcomed them (20 000 to Prussia alone). With them, France lost commercial, judicial and cultural elite, to the benefit of her enemies.

Actions

A. Expel the Traitors

• Event 3509 - Protestants expelled from France for Netherlands is triggered immediately
• Event 3521 - Protestants expelled from France for Brandenburg is triggered immediately
• Event 3849 - Protestants expelled from France for England is triggered immediately
• A random province converts to the state religion
• -15% population in the same province
• -2 base tax value in the same province
• A different random province converts to the state religion
• -15% population in the same province
• -2 base tax value in the same province
• A different random province converts to the state religion
• -15% population in the same province
• -2 base tax value in the same province
• A different random province converts to the state religion
• -15% population in the same province
• -2 base tax value in the same province
• A different random province converts to the state religion
• -15% population in the same province
• -2 base tax value in the same province
• Manufactory in a random province is destroyed
• Manufactory in a different random province is destroyed
• Stability +2

B. Have Mercy with these Misguided Creatures

• Create a religious revolt in a random province
• Create a religious revolt in a different random province
• Create a religious revolt in a different random province
• Create a religious revolt in a different random province
• Stability -2

France — Not random

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1682
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1683)
unless prevented by
Action B of 3125 - The Commissioning of Versailles for France

Description

It was an insignificant village made famous by Louis XIV, who built (mid-17th cent.) the palace and grounds that have become almost synonymous with the name Versailles. The growth of the town began in 1682, when Louis moved his court there. The huge structure, representing French classical style at its height, was the work of Louis Le Vau, J. H. Mansart, and Charles Le Brun. André Le Nôtre laid out the park and gardens, which are decorated with fountains, reservoirs, and sculptures by such artists as Antoine Coysevox. A huge machine was built at Marly-le-Roi to supply water for the fountains. The park contains two smaller palaces, the Grand Trianon and the Petit Trianon, as well as numerous temples, grottoes, and other decorative structures. The scene of the beginnings of the French Revolution, Versailles never again became a royal residence

Actions

A. A Sun-Palace for a Sun-King!

• Gain Fine Arts Academy in Ile de France
• +600 victory points
• Stability +3

France — Not random

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1717
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1718)

Description

In 1717 the Mississippi Trade Company was founded. It had a Royal Monopoly on the utilization of the large colonial areas along the Mississippi River in America. In 1719 the Government borrowed 1.5 billion livres from the company. The company was more of a financial institution than a Company of Trade and Industry and the price of shares hit the roof. In 1720 the French hausse turned into a baisse and the fact that the shares of the Company were overvalued was evident even to the man on the street. Soon panic broke out and the Company was declared bankrupt. John Law was force to flee from France.

Actions

A. This sounds like Easy Money!

• Trade tech investment: +1000
• Gain Refinery in a random province
• +6 merchants
• +200
• Stability +1

B. This sounds like a Fraud!

• Event 3133 - State Bankruptcy for France will never fire
• Event 3134 - Bank de France and New Financial Legislation for France will never fire
• Innovativeness -1
• Stability -1

France — Not random

Conditions

• Innovativeness is at 7 or higher
• None of the following must occur:
  • Event 3133 - State Bankruptcy for France has already occurred

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1719
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1740)
unless prevented by
Action B of 3132 - The Mississippi Trade Company for France

Description

In 1716 the Scotsman, John Law, had created a Bank in France. His ideas were not new. The Bank was a copy of the Bank of England and Amsterdam Bank. The Bank printed banknotes and exchanged them for gold and silver. The trust in the new money was secured by a fund of precious metal. In 1718 the French Government bought the Bank and the industry flourished. There was an ongoing discussion of implementing a new financial legislation, but it was never approved and then came the crash. Because of the lack of governmental restrain, a consequence of not having legislation, the government let the printing press go wild and with to much money in circulation the wild speculation started which soon brought down both the Bank and the Mississippi Trade Company. But what if the legislation had been issued?

Actions

A. National Loans at 500 ducats

• Gain Fine Arts Academy in a random province
• Size of loans changed to 500 ducats
• -2% inflation
• Serfdom -1
• Aristocracy -1
• Stability +2

B. National Loans at 200 ducats

• Gain Fine Arts Academy in a random province
• Size of loans changed to 200 ducats
• -5% inflation
• Serfdom -1
• Aristocracy -1
• Stability +2

C. National Loans at 800 ducats

• Gain Fine Arts Academy in a random province
• Size of loans changed to 800 ducats
• +3% inflation
• Serfdom -1
• Aristocracy -1
• Stability -1

France — Not random

Conditions

• None of the following must occur:
  • Event 3134 - Bank de France and New Financial Legislation for France has already occurred
• None of the following must occur:
  • Stability is at 2 or higher

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1719
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1740)
unless prevented by
Action B of 3132 - The Mississippi Trade Company for France

Description

After the early success with John Law's Bank and the Mississippi Trade Company the government bought the Bank and borrowed 1.5 billion livres from the Trade Company to pay mortgage on its huge national loans. These events brought a hausse to the French industry and the government lacked all restrains printing stockpiles of money without any security. When the overheated economy started to recycle with reality the shareholders of the trade company panicked driving both the Bank and the Trade Company into bankruptcy. As much of two years of collected tax money disappeared in the catastrophe and France thus was forced to declare bankruptcy in 1724.

Actions

A. Declare State Bankruptcy

• -1000
• Infrastructure tech investment: -1000
• Trade tech investment: -1000
• +10% inflation
• Serfdom -1
• Stability -3
• Manufactory in a random province is destroyed
• Manufactory in a different random province is destroyed
• Manufactory in a different random province is destroyed

France — Not random

Will happen within 10 days of January 2, 1726
Checked again every 10 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 31, 1726)

Description

Born in 1653 the son of a tax collector, Hercule de Fleury becomes the preceptor of the young Louis XV on 23rd August 1715. A great confidence always prevailed between master and student and in 1726, at 73 years of age, Fleury becomes Prime Minister, and this till his death in 1743. Faithful, honest, Fleury was above all a partisan of peace and did his best to maintain it. Under his government, France enjoyed the longest peaceful period of its history for the last 3 centuries.

Actions

A. An Excellent Minister!

• Gain Fine Arts Academy in a random province
• Gain Fine Arts Academy in a different random province
• Monarch's diplomatic skill +4 for 240 months
• Monarch's administrative skill +2 for 240 months
• Monarch's military skill +2 for 240 months
• Stability +2

France — Not random

Will happen within 10 days of January 2, 1741
Checked again every 10 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after August 2, 1741)

Description

The Pragmatic Sanction, solemnly rendered by Emperor Charles VI on 19th April 1713, established the indivisibility of the Habsburg patrimony, and ruled the order of succession by order of first born child, even to a woman. This made Maria-Theresa, born in 1717, the heir of the Empire. The Pragmatic Sanction was recognized by Spain in 1725 (confirmed in 1731), Russia in 1726, Prussia in 1728, the United Provinces in 1731, Hanover in 1732, the Heiliges Reich (except Bavaria) in 1732 and France in 1738 only. Bavarian refusal would lead to the War of the Austrian Succession.

Actions

A. Anti-Habsburg

• Gain a temporary casus belli against Austria for 36 months
• Stability -1
• +150 relations with Bavaria
• +150 relations with Saxony
• +50 relations with Genoa
• +150 relations with Prussia
• -100 relations with England
• -100 relations with Netherlands
• -100 relations with Russia
• -50 relations with Hesse
• -50 relations with Hanover
• -150 relations with Austria

B. Neutral

• -50 relations with Bavaria
• -50 relations with Saxony
• -50 relations with Prussia
• -50 relations with England
• -50 relations with Netherlands
• +100 relations with Russia
• +50 relations with Hesse
• -50 relations with Hanover
• +100 relations with Austria
• Stability +1
• Gain a temporary casus belli against England for 12 months

C. Pro-Habsburg

• -150 relations with Bavaria
• -150 relations with Saxony
• -150 relations with Prussia
• +150 relations with England
• +100 relations with Netherlands
• +50 relations with Russia
• +150 relations with Hesse
• +150 relations with Hanover
• +150 relations with Austria
• Stability -3

France — Not random

Will happen within 10 days of January 2, 1748
Checked again every 10 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1760)

Description

Charles de Broglie was an Earl of France that became the master spy organizer of King Louis XV. Under the king's direction and ideas, he organized the first complete and structure secret service, 'Le Secret du Roy'. His network covered most of Europe and, if its first mission in the Polish succession question failed, his major achievement was the role played during the American War of Independence, in providing the first and precious help to the Insurgents (military supplies, finance, diplomatic support to Franklin's mission in Paris, etc…)

Actions

A. Let him become our Spymaster!

• Gain a royal marriage with -1
• Gain a royal marriage with -4
• Gain a royal marriage with -4
• Gain a royal marriage with -4
• Gain a royal marriage with -4
• Gain a royal marriage with -4
• -100 relations with Austria
• -100 relations with England
• -200
• Stability +1

B. No I do not trust him!

• Innovativeness -1

France — Not random

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1749
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 31, 1755)

Description

Neither the aristocracy nor the clergy pay the general land tax, the taille

Actions

A. Introduce it, except for Nobles and Priest

• Aristocracy +2
• Serfdom +2
• Global revolt risk +1 for 60 months
• +1 base tax value in a random province
• +1 base tax value in a different random province
• +1 base tax value in a different random province
• +1 base tax value in a different random province
• +1 base tax value in a different random province
• Stability -1

B. Introduce it for all

• Centralization +1
• Aristocracy -1
• Serfdom -2
• Innovativeness +1
• Global revolt risk +3 for 60 months
• +2 base tax value in a random province
• +2 base tax value in a different random province
• +2 base tax value in a different random province
• +2 base tax value in a different random province
• +2 base tax value in a different random province
• Stability -2

C. Do not introduce it

• Centralization -2
• Aristocracy +1
• Serfdom +1
• Innovativeness -1
• -200
• Stability +1

France — Not random

Conditions

• Genoa exists
• Genoa owns Corsica

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1758
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1761)

Description

By 1760, the Ligurian Republic of Genoa had grown fed up with the permanent unrest that plagued the island of Corsica, its possession for nearly 400 years. The local people of that poor island would refuse to pay tax, disrupt trade and resort to banditry whenever an opportunity arose. The local political situation had gone to the point where the Beauty Island (nickname of Corsica) had gone to outright rebellion and semi-independence. Their Genoese had not the means to sustain repression there and were eager to get rid, if possible for a profit, of that possession. Finally it was France, who bought it in 1768 and restored order, one year before the birth of Napoleon Bonaparte in Ajaccio on 15th August, 1769.

Actions

A. Offer to buy Corsica

• Event 3707 - The Sale of Corsica to France for Genoa is triggered immediately

B. Pass the opportunity

• Event 3046 - The Sale of Corsica for England is triggered immediately

France — Not random

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1773
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 31, 1775)

Description

Turgot issued his 'Six Edicts' eliminating the forced labor system of building roads, dissolved the guild system, lifted all sorts of tariffs and foreign trade controls, and implemented the Physiocrats' favorite policy - a single tax on landowners.

Actions

A. Let him Reform

• Aristocracy -1
• Serfdom -1
• +1 base tax value in Ile de France
• +1 base tax value in Nivernais
• +1 base tax value in Champagne
• +1 base tax value in Bourgogne
• +200

B. Don't let him Reform

• Innovativeness -1
• Stability +1

France — Not random

Conditions

• France and England are at war

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1775
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 31, 1781)

Description

Jacques Necker was originally a conservative compromise to the post as minister of finance. He however introduced a number of financial reforms, including a more equitable system of taxation and a plan for the funding of the national debt. In 1781 Necker is forced to announce the budget deficit in an effort to get new loans. The figures are highly colored, but every one can now see what absurd sums the Court spends.

Actions

A. Remove him and install Calonne

• Aristocracy +3
• Innovativeness -1
• -100 relations with England
• Stability +1

B. Encourage his excellent work

• Aristocracy +1
• Innovativeness +1
• -100 relations with England
• Stability -1

France — Not random

Conditions

• England exists
• None of the following must occur:
  • France and England are at war

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1786
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 31, 1787)

Description

In 1786 William Pitt the Younger signed an important commercial agreement, the Eden Treaty, with France. It was in keeping with the argument made by the economist Adam Smith in his The Wealth of Nations (1776) that Britain should be less economically dependent on trade with America and become more adventurous in exploring trading opportunities in continental Europe.

Actions

A. Sign it

• Mercantilism -3
• Aristocracy -1
• -1 base tax value in a random province
• -1 base tax value in a different random province
• -1 base tax value in a different random province
• -1 base tax value in a different random province
• +100 relations with England
• Stability -1

B. Refuse to sign it

• Mercantilism +3
• Aristocracy +1
• -100 relations with England
• Stability -1

France — Not random

Conditions

• Centralization is at 6 or higher
• Aristocracy is at 6 or higher
• None of the following must occur:
  • Innovativeness is at 6 or higher

Will happen within 1 days of May 6, 1789
Checked again every 1 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after July 12, 1789)

Description

The Treaty of Versailles in 1783 was a success for France and revenge from previous defeats. However, it did nothing to ease the financial problems but rather increased the burden of debts. The success of the American independence movement also reinforced criticism of the regime. The 1786 commercial treaty with Britain was followed by a sharp decline in domestic industrial production, a very severe famine resulting from bad harvests, unrest and finally public bankruptcy in 1788. The King was forced to recall the Estates General, a feat unseen since 1626. On 5th May 1789, the Estates General convened at Versailles and soon pronounced itself a National Assembly (17th June), pledging to stay until they devised a constitution. Louis XVI acknowledged the changes in the situation, but the dismissal of his popular finance minister Necker and troop concentrations in the suburbs prompted the Paris masses to storm the state prison of La Bastille on 14th July 1789. The French Revolution had started.

Actions

A. Economic Reforms, but no Social Change

• Centralization +1
• Aristocracy +3
• Serfdom +1
• Innovativeness -3
• +2 base tax value in Ile de France
• +2 base tax value in Calais
• +2 base tax value in Picardie
• +2 base tax value in Caux
• +2 base tax value in Champagne
• +2 base tax value in Lorraine
• +2 base tax value in Franche-Comté
• +2 base tax value in Bourgogne
• +2 base tax value in Nivernais
• +2 base tax value in Berri
• +2 base tax value in Orléanais
• +2 base tax value in Maine
• +2 base tax value in Normandie
• +2 base tax value in Armor
• +2 base tax value in Bretagne
• +2 base tax value in Morbihan
• +2 base tax value in Vendée
• +2 base tax value in Poitou
• +2 base tax value in Limousin
• +2 base tax value in Auvergne
• +2 base tax value in Cévennes
• +2 base tax value in Languedoc
• +2 base tax value in Guyenne
• +2 base tax value in Gascogne
• +2 base tax value in Béarn
• +2 base tax value in Roussillon
• +2 base tax value in Navarra
• +2 base tax value in Piemonte
• +2 base tax value in Savoie
• +2 base tax value in Provence
• +2 base tax value in Dauphiné
• +2 base tax value in Lyonnais
• +2 base tax value in Luxembourg
• +2 base tax value in Artois
• +2 base tax value in Alsace
• Stability -1

B. Economic Reforms and small Social Change

• Centralization -1
• Aristocracy -1
• Serfdom -1
• Innovativeness +1
• +2 base tax value in Ile de France
• +2 base tax value in Calais
• +2 base tax value in Picardie
• +2 base tax value in Caux
• +2 base tax value in Champagne
• +2 base tax value in Lorraine
• +2 base tax value in Franche-Comté
• +2 base tax value in Bourgogne
• +2 base tax value in Nivernais
• +2 base tax value in Berri
• +2 base tax value in Orléanais
• +2 base tax value in Maine
• +2 base tax value in Normandie
• +2 base tax value in Armor
• +2 base tax value in Bretagne
• +2 base tax value in Morbihan
• +2 base tax value in Vendée
• +2 base tax value in Poitou
• +2 base tax value in Limousin
• +2 base tax value in Auvergne
• +2 base tax value in Cévennes
• +2 base tax value in Languedoc
• +2 base tax value in Guyenne
• +2 base tax value in Gascogne
• +2 base tax value in Béarn
• +2 base tax value in Roussillon
• +2 base tax value in Navarra
• +2 base tax value in Piemonte
• +2 base tax value in Savoie
• +2 base tax value in Provence
• +2 base tax value in Dauphiné
• +2 base tax value in Lyonnais
• +2 base tax value in Luxembourg
• +2 base tax value in Artois
• +2 base tax value in Alsace
• Stability +1

C. Economic and Social Reforms

• Centralization -3
• Aristocracy -3
• Serfdom -3
• Innovativeness +3
• +2 base tax value in Ile de France
• +2 base tax value in Calais
• +2 base tax value in Picardie
• +2 base tax value in Caux
• +2 base tax value in Champagne
• +2 base tax value in Lorraine
• +2 base tax value in Franche-Comté
• +2 base tax value in Bourgogne
• +2 base tax value in Nivernais
• +2 base tax value in Berri
• +2 base tax value in Orléanais
• +2 base tax value in Maine
• +2 base tax value in Normandie
• +2 base tax value in Armor
• +2 base tax value in Bretagne
• +2 base tax value in Morbihan
• +2 base tax value in Vendée
• +2 base tax value in Poitou
• +2 base tax value in Limousin
• +2 base tax value in Auvergne
• +2 base tax value in Cévennes
• +2 base tax value in Languedoc
• +2 base tax value in Guyenne
• +2 base tax value in Gascogne
• +2 base tax value in Béarn
• +2 base tax value in Roussillon
• +2 base tax value in Navarra
• +2 base tax value in Piemonte
• +2 base tax value in Savoie
• +2 base tax value in Provence
• +2 base tax value in Dauphiné
• +2 base tax value in Lyonnais
• +2 base tax value in Luxembourg
• +2 base tax value in Artois
• +2 base tax value in Alsace
• Stability -2

France — Not random

Conditions

• United States exists
• Aristocracy is at 8 or higher

Will happen within 0 days of July 14, 1789
Checked again every 0 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 23, 1789)
unless prevented by
Action A of 3779 - The French Revolution: Republican Monarchy for France

Description

On 5th may 1789 the General Estates met at Versailles. The different sections of the French society were divided on which issues and what to decide. Only farmers wanted a social reform, while some noblemen could accept a constitutional reform. The Bourgeois was ambiguous, as they on one hand wanted to share the right of the nobility and on the other hand not franchise the populace. However, that a financial reform was needed were beyond doubt by all members. On several occasions the king counteracted initiatives to produce a constitutional and social reform and on 11th July the king dismissed the popular minister of finance, Necker, took over government and started to send troops to Versailles. This was just too much for the frustrated and on 14th July the Bastille was stormed. A revolutionary wave went through the masses and as the politicians failed to produce justice for all people took the matters in their own hands. The French Revolution had begun...

Actions

A. A Violent Revolution has struck us, Sire

• Flag graphics extension set to "REV"
• Event 3779 - The French Revolution: Republican Monarchy for France will never fire
• Event 3780 - The French Revolution: Constitutional Monarchy for France will never fire
• Centralization -5
• Aristocracy -5
• Serfdom -5
• Innovativeness +5
• Offensive Doctrine +3
• Land +3
• Quality -3
• Lose 15000 troops in a random province
• Lose 15000 troops in a different random province
• Lose 15000 troops in a different random province
• Lose 15000 troops in a different random province
• Lose 15000 troops in a different random province
• Lose 15000 troops in a different random province
• Stability -7

France — Not random

Conditions

• United States exists
• Aristocracy is at 6 or higher
• None of the following must occur:
  • Aristocracy is at 8 or higher

Will happen within 0 days of July 14, 1789
Checked again every 0 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 23, 1789)
unless prevented by
Action A of 3342 - The French Revolution: Radical Republic for France

Description

On 5th may 1789 the General Estates met at Versailles. The different sections of the French society were somewhat divided on which issues and what to decide. Only farmers wanted a social reform, while both noblemen and bourgeois could accept a partial social reform. However, that both a financial and a constitutional reform were needed were beyond doubt by all members. At first the king tried counteracted initiatives to produce a constitutional and social reform, but on 11th July the king had to face facts and issued the popular minister of finance, Necker, to create a good proposal for a financial reform. Unfortunately the farmers and petty bourgeois were held outside the negotiation as Necker believed them to crave impossible social concessions. While refining the final Constitution and signing the Financial reform the effects of the governments denial to subside the bread prices was seen on the streets of Paris. The king ordered in troops, but the soldiers refused to shoot as the people and instead joined the revolts. Soon the frustration turned the revolt into the boiling point and on 14th July the Bastille was stormed. A revolutionary wave went through the masses and as the politicians failed to produce food for all people took the matters in their own hands. The French Revolution had begun...

Actions

A. A Revolution has struck us, Sire

• Flag graphics extension set to "REV"
• Event 3342 - The French Revolution: Radical Republic for France will never fire
• Event 3780 - The French Revolution: Constitutional Monarchy for France will never fire
• Centralization -3
• Aristocracy -3
• Serfdom -3
• Innovativeness +3
• Offensive Doctrine +2
• Land +2
• Quality -2
• Lose 10000 troops in a random province
• Lose 10000 troops in a different random province
• Lose 10000 troops in a different random province
• Lose 10000 troops in a different random province
• Lose 10000 troops in a different random province
• Lose 10000 troops in a different random province
• Stability -5

France — Not random

Conditions

• None of the following must occur:
  • Event 3342 - The French Revolution: Radical Republic for France has already occurred
  • Event 3779 - The French Revolution: Republican Monarchy for France has already occurred

Will happen within 0 days of July 15, 1789
Checked again every 0 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 23, 1789)
unless prevented by
Action A of 3779 - The French Revolution: Republican Monarchy for France
Action A of 3342 - The French Revolution: Radical Republic for France

Description

On 5th may 1789 the General Estates met at Versailles. The different sections of the French society had a rather joint opinion on which issues and what to decide. Only landowning nobles defied a social reform, while both noblemen and bourgeois could accept both social and constitutional reforms. However, that both a financial and a constitutional reform were needed were beyond doubt by all members. At first the king tried counteracted initiatives to produce a social reform, but on 11th July the king had to face facts and issued the popular minister of finance, Necker, to create a good proposal for a financial reform. Fortunately the great landowners were held outside the negotiation as Necker believed them to crave impossible social concessions, thus he had given the majority of them the task to evaluate the position of the church. While refining the final Constitution and signing the Financial reform the nobility network had taken action. The king did not order in troops, as could not be sure of their reliability. Soon the fear spread to the man on the street and a demonstration in favor of the king and the Constitutional Monarchy degenerated into a riot and the masses stormed the Bastille. A revolutionary wave went through the masses and as the Government failed to against the revolting nobility the people took the matters in their own hands to defend the Constitutional Monarchy and King Louis. The French Revolution had begun...

Actions

A. Waves of Revolts have struck us, Sire

• Centralization -1
• Aristocracy -1
• Serfdom -1
• Innovativeness -1
• Offensive Doctrine +1
• Land +1
• Quality -1
• Lose 5000 troops in a random province
• Lose 5000 troops in a different random province
• Lose 5000 troops in a different random province
• Lose 5000 troops in a different random province
• Lose 5000 troops in a different random province
• Lose 5000 troops in a different random province
• Stability -3

France — Not random

Conditions

• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Event 3342 - The French Revolution: Radical Republic for France has already occurred
  • Event 3779 - The French Revolution: Republican Monarchy for France has already occurred
• None of the following must occur:
  • Centralization is at 6 or higher
• None of the following must occur:
  • Stability is at 1 or higher

Will happen on September 22, 1792

Description

As Robespierre's militantly radical faction was brought to power in the People's Assembly a campaign to root out the 'Enemy within' started. Mass arrests of 'thought-to-be' royalist sympathizers were followed by the September massacres, after which Madame Guillotine was held warm by the blood of the people.

Actions

A. The September-murders have taken place

• Monarch La Convention Nationale becomes active
• Monarch Louis XVII will never rule
• Centralization -5
• Aristocracy -5
• Serfdom -5
• Innovativeness -6
• Offensive Doctrine +3
• Land +3
• Quality -3
• Global revolt risk +3 for 18 months
• +100 national manpower
• +600
• -200 relations with England
• -200 relations with Austria
• -200 relations with Spain
• -200 relations with Prussia
• -200 relations with Russia
• -200 relations with Sweden
• Stability -1

France — Not random

Conditions

• Event 3145 - The Reign of Terror for France has already occurred
• None of the following must occur:
  • Event 3781 - The Directory for France has already occurred

Will happen on January 22, 1793

Description

After the failed flight of the royal family on 20 June 1791 the king is forced into house-arrest. When the Reign of Terror starts the nobility is beheaded en-masse and the king is declared to have conspired with foreign powers and thus considered a traitor. The king is first forced to abdicate, imprisoned and called 'Citizen Capet'. On 15 Jan 1793 the National Convent votes for a proposal to execute the king with the figures 361 votes against 360. On 21 Jan 1793 King Louis is beheaded.

Actions

A. 361 votes for and 360 against execution

• Event 3147 - The Chouan Revolt for France is triggered immediately
• Innovativeness -3
• -6 diplomats
• Stability +1

B. 361 votes against and 360 for execution

• Innovativeness +1
• +100 relations with England
• +100 relations with Austria
• +100 relations with Spain
• +100 relations with Prussia
• +100 relations with Russia
• +100 relations with Sweden
• Stability -1

France — Not random

Conditions

• Event 3145 - The Reign of Terror for France has already occurred
• None of the following must occur:
  • Innovativeness is at 5 or higher

Will happen on November 3, 1795

Description

The Directory was the French revolutionary government set up by the Constitution of the Year III, which lasted four years, from November 1795 to November 1799. The Directors chose governmental ministers, ambassadors, army generals, tax collectors, and other officials. However, they had no funds to finance their projects or courts to enforce their will. The Directory was perhaps the most corrupt regime that France has ever known. Its policies were aimed, first, at protecting and increasing the profits of those in political and economic power and, second, at preventing the return of the Bourbons or the establishment of any other regime that might endanger those in power by such means as the redistribution of national property. The period was also noted for extravagant fashions in dress, excesses in entertainment, and a loose morality. However, the most important aspect of the directory and what gave it legitimacy in the eyes of the people, even as it was corrupt, was that it had ended the Reign of Terror. Anything was judged better then the 'Today you, Tomorrow me' logic of the Terror.

Actions

A. A Coup-de-Etat has brought Order

• Monarch Le Directoire becomes active
• Centralization +5
• Aristocracy +1
• Innovativeness +6
• Offensive Doctrine +2
• Quality +3
• Stability +2

France — Not random

Conditions

• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Event 3342 - The French Revolution: Radical Republic for France has already occurred
  • Event 3779 - The French Revolution: Republican Monarchy for France has already occurred

Will happen on November 10, 1799

Description

Born in Corsica on 15th August 1768, Napoleon Bonaparte undertook military education at the royal military college of Brienne (graduated in 1785). A young artillery lieutenant when the French revolution erupted, he grabbed his first opportunity at the siege of Toulon in 1793 and then become the youngest general in the French revolutionary armies. A military genius, his victories in Italy in 1796 (and again 1800) and his campaign in Egypt 1798 would sharpen his thirst for power and he would become consul, then Emperor, marking the dawn of a new age.

Actions

A. We need Brilliant Leadership!

• Monarch Le Consulat becomes active
• Centralization +6
• Aristocracy +3
• Innovativeness +6
• Offensive Doctrine +2
• Quality +3
• Land tech investment: +2000
• -150 relations with England
• -150 relations with Austria
• -150 relations with Spain
• -150 relations with Prussia
• -150 relations with Russia
• -150 relations with Sweden
• Stability +6

B. We don't want a new Caesar!

• +100 relations with England
• +100 relations with Austria
• +100 relations with Spain
• +100 relations with Prussia
• +100 relations with Russia
• +100 relations with Sweden
• +6 diplomats
• +300
• Stability +3

France — Not random

Conditions

• None of the following must occur:
  • Event 3342 - The French Revolution: Radical Republic for France has already occurred
  • Event 3779 - The French Revolution: Republican Monarchy for France has already occurred

Will happen on November 10, 1799

Description

With the expansive economic legislation and the American Revolution in the 1770's the introduction of Constitutional Monarchy in the 1780's France had changed. Gone was the ancient regime and with it the incompetent nobility of blood. Instead the king and new government had introduced a nobility of talent. To be a nobleman of France meant that one had made great service to the country. The Spirit of the Enlightenment had been incorporated in Europe's most progressive nation, France. In this country a young and talented man from the province of Corsica had been brought up to become a fine general and diplomat, his name was Napoleon Bonaparte. The great reform of French society was a great threat to England whom mightily feared French commercial competition. France also manages to acquire the enmity of Prussia, Austria and Russia by supporting the reforms in Poland and trying to export what Catherine the Great had called 'Peasant-Monarchy'. Thus France got embroiled in what was called the 1st and 2nd coalition wars in which England, Russia, Austria and Prussia fought France, Poland, the Ottoman Empire, the United States and Holland. Napoleon first distinguished himself on the Rhine front winning the Battle of Höchst (4th Oct. 1793), Kaiserslautern (12th Nov 1793) and the winter battle of Aachen (16th January 1794). In 1795-96 he fought in Italy and in 1797 he was attached to General Harrison's staff sub commanding a horse artillery detachment in the decisive Battle of Disraeli near the Lac St-Francois, Canada. Returning to France he was ordered to Egypt to boast the defense of an important ally fighting an indecisive night battle with General Moore near Alexandria. This though saved the Ottomans and England receiving her second defeat accepted a status quo peace. The same night Napoleon returned to Toulon he got the rumors of that Paris was threatened by a Russo-Austrian army under Suvorov. Riding at full speed to Paris and after two broken horses he was given the command of the 3rd reserve army. It was of low quality, but everything France had left after the disaster at Nancy. In the three day Battle of Châlons-sur-Marne Napoleons tactical genius won the day and the war was over, for this time. Already the enemies were flocking, but on the 2nd January 1799 Napoleon was called to His Majesty's Regal Chamber and received his appointment as Minister of War and given command of all the Royal Armies of France. At the Midnight Ball in Versailles at the 10th February Napoleon's dream had come true...He was made Archduke of Corsica.

Actions

A. We need Brilliant Leadership!

• Monarch's diplomatic skill +3 for 240 months
• Monarch's administrative skill +4 for 240 months
• Monarch's military skill +5 for 240 months
• Land tech investment: +1000
• Centralization +6
• Aristocracy +3
• Innovativeness +6
• Offensive Doctrine +2
• Quality +3
• -100 relations with England
• -100 relations with Austria
• -100 relations with Spain
• -100 relations with Prussia
• -100 relations with Russia
• -100 relations with Sweden
• Stability +6

B. We don't want a new Caesar!

• +100 relations with England
• +100 relations with Austria
• +100 relations with Spain
• +100 relations with Prussia
• +100 relations with Russia
• +100 relations with Sweden
• +6 diplomats
• +300
• Stability +3

France — Not random

Conditions

• None of the following must occur:
  • Monarch Louis XVI is active
• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Own Adirondak
  • Own Sebago
  • Own Massachussetts
  • Own Connecticut
  • Own Manhattan
  • Own Catskill
  • Own Oswego
  • Own Onondaga
  • Own Mohawk
  • Own Tuscarora
  • Own Susquehanna
  • Own Delaware
  • Own Chesapeake
  • Own Powhatan
  • Own Shenandoah
  • Own Irondekoit
  • Own Erie
  • Own Roanoke
  • Own Catawba
  • Own Appalache
  • Own Kentucky
  • Own Alleghany
  • Own Carolina
  • Own Santee
  • Own Everglades
  • Own Seminole
  • Own Tallahassee
  • Own Savannah
  • Own Alabama
  • Own Tennessee
  • Own Tuscaloosa
  • Own Mobile
  • Own Hindua
  • Own Miamis
  • Own Fox
  • Own Illinois
  • Own Milwaukee
  • Own Iowa
  • Own Minnesota
  • Own Missouri
  • Own Mississippi
  • Own Arkansas
  • Own Yazoo
  • Own Biloxi
  • Own Bayou
  • Own Matagorda
  • Own Wichita
  • Own Concho
  • Own Rio Grande
  • Own Pecos
  • Own El Paso
  • Own Pinalero
  • Own Utah
  • Own Moab
  • Own Colorado
  • Own Llano Estacado
  • Own Oklahoma
• United States exists

Will happen within 1800 days of January 2, 1800
Checked again every 1800 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 3, 1805)

Description

French failure in Santo Domingo, the imminence of renewed war with Great Britain, and financial stringencies has prompted Napoleon in 1803 to offer for sale to the United States the entire Louisiana Territory.

Actions

A. Offer for 1000 ducats

• Event 3061 - The Louisiana Purchase for United States is triggered immediately
• Stability +1

B. Offer them nothing

• Stability +1

France — Not random

Conditions

• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Monarch Napoléon I is active
  • Monarch Napoléon I is active
• All of the following must occur:
  • Spain is a vassal of France
  • Austria is a vassal of France
  • Prussia is a vassal of France
  • Russia is a vassal of France

Will happen within 10 days of May 19, 1804
Checked again every 10 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1821)

Description

In 1809 Austria had been crushed and also Prussia was occupied. France was at war with England, but had managed to vassalize Spain. Russia was her ally and everything looked perfect until in 1812… The Russians did not fulfill there obligations when come to the Continental Blockade and they had become vary with French power. In June France invaded Russia with more than a half million men. The Russians made a slow retreat even the odds as the French army shrink from attrition. The Battle of Borodino (September 5-7) started as a bloody struggle, but thanks to luck and a diversion attack by Marshal Ney the Russian Army was annihilated. Napoleon though decided a halt on his Grand Armée spreading it out for winter. Supply lines where secured and a lesser task force called L'Armée Baltique moved up occupying the Baltic coast up to St. Petersburg which it took by assault. When late spring came Napoleon again had more than half a million men in Russia and advancing. During the winter Napoleon had restructured Poland under Poniatowski and recreated the Kingdom of Ukraine under Chielmkowskij easing the supply effort. On 30 June 1813 Russia surrendered, unwilling to let Moscow perish in flames. France was the master of Europe...

Actions

A. We are the Masters of Europe!

• +1000 victory points
• +1000
• +300 relations with Spain
• +300 relations with Austria
• +300 relations with Prussia
• +300 relations with Russia
• Stability +3

France — Not random

Conditions

• Country is at war
• Rebel Scum controls Ile de France
• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Monarch Napoléon I is active
  • Monarch Napoléon I is active
• None of the following must occur:
  • Stability is at 3 or higher

Will happen within 10 days of May 19, 1804
Checked again every 10 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1821)

Description

Many countries had viewed the French revolution with neutral mistrust or eager interest, but with the Reign of Terror and the Execution of King Louis most countries became abhorred. The New Republic and its ideas undermined the 'Old Order' that existed in most European countries. Those several alliances were set up to restore the Bourbons to the French Throne, crush the revolution and get Europe back to normal again. This succeeded in 1814 and again in 1815 when foreign armies brought Louis XVIII on the throne. Louis XVIII was the brother of the Executed King Louis of France and in early life was known as the Comte de Provence. He remained in Paris after the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789 but escaped to Belgium two years later. After King Louis' execution in 1793 he proclaimed himself regent, and after the death of his brother's heir in 1795, he took the title Louis XVIII. He lived as an exile in various European countries until he became king after Napoleon's first abdication in 1814. On Napoleon's return to power in 1815, however, Louis again fled to Belgium

Actions

A. The Bourbons are reinstalled

• Flag graphics extension set to "NAV"
• Monarch Louis XVIII becomes active
• Leader Bonaparte will never be active
• Leader Napoléon I will never be active
• Leader Napoléon I will never be active
• +50 relations with England
• +50 relations with Austria
• +50 relations with Spain
• +50 relations with Prussia
• +50 relations with Russia
• +50 relations with Sweden
• Stability +1

France — Not random

Conditions

• Monarch Le Consulat is active

Will happen on May 19, 1804

Description

After the defeat of Austria and Prussia Napoleon had a free hand to reorganize Europe and numerous relatives to install on the thrones of his satellite kingdoms. The result was known as the Grand Empire. In a glamorous crowning Napoleon picked his crown from the hands of the Pope and put it on his own head. Then he started to readdress Europe. Having annexed Tuscany, Piedmont, Genoa, and the Rhineland directly into France, Napoleon placed the Kingdom of Holland (which until 1806 was the Batavian Commonwealth) under his brother Louis, the Kingdom of Westphalia under his brother Jérôme, the Kingdom of Italy under his stepson Eugène as his viceroy, the Kingdom of Spain under his brother Joseph, and the Grand Duchy of Warsaw (carved out of Prussian Poland) under the nominal sovereignty of his ally the king of Saxony. To link his allied states in northern and southern Germany, Napoleon created the Confederation of the Rhine. Even Austria seemed to fall into Napoleon's sphere of influence with his marriage to Archduchess Maria Louise in 1810

Actions

A. Vive l'Empereur!

• Flag graphics extension set to "EMP"
• Monarch Napoléon I becomes active
• Leader Bonaparte will never be active
• Leader Napoléon I becomes active
• Centralization +3
• Aristocracy +3
• Innovativeness -2
• Offensive Doctrine +2
• Quality +3
• Mercantilism +3
• -150 relations with England
• -150 relations with Austria
• -150 relations with Spain
• -150 relations with Prussia
• -150 relations with Russia
• -150 relations with Sweden
• Stability +3

B. Deepen the value of the Republic

• Centralization +1
• Aristocracy -3
• Innovativeness +2
• Offensive Doctrine -2
• Quality -3
• Mercantilism -3
• +6 merchants
• Trade tech investment: +1000
• Stability +3
• Event 3791 - The Return of Napoleon for France will never fire

France — Not random

Conditions

• Monarch Louis XVIII is active
• Country is at war
• None of the following must occur:
  • Stability is at 2 or higher

Will happen within 10 days of January 2, 1810
Checked again every 10 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1821)
unless prevented by
Action B of 3149 - The Empire of France for France

Description

In November 1813 the allies offered Napoleon peace if France would return to her natural boundaries, the Rhine and the Alps. Napoleon rejected the offer, and the allies continued their advance. They closed in on Paris, which fell to them on Mar. 31, 1814. Napoleon abdicated, first in favor of his son and then unconditionally (Apr. 11). He was exiled to Elba, which the allies gave him as a sovereign principality. His victors were still deliberating at the Congress of Vienna when Napoleon, with a handful of followers, landed near Cannes (Mar. 1, 1815). King Louis XVIII reacted and sent Marshal Ney with a considerable force to capture Napoleon and bring him to Paris in an Iron Cage. But Ney did not follow the orders of his new master, but returned to the side of his old. In the course of a triumphant march northward Napoleon once more rallied France behind him. King Louis XVIII fled, and Napoleon entered Paris (Mar. 20), beginning his ephemeral rule of the Hundred Days. Will it be any longer?

Actions

A. Our Emperor is back!

• Flag graphics extension set to "EMP"
• Monarch Napoléon I becomes active
• Leader Napoléon I becomes active
• -150 relations with England
• -150 relations with Austria
• -150 relations with Spain
• -150 relations with Prussia
• -150 relations with Russia
• -150 relations with Sweden
• +20 national manpower
• Stability +1

France — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 3260 - The Dethronement of Gustav IV Adolf for Sweden

Description

Count Mörner believed that Sweden needed a French Marshal as King and asked Bernadotte, the Prince of Pontocorvo, of he would accept. After that Mörner went to Napoleon to get the Emperor's consent. Napoleon judged Bernadotte as a schemer and wanted to get rid of him and thus accepted. Back in Sweden, Mörner told the Parliament that Bernadotte had accepted and that Napoleon supported him. So the Parliament was more or less forced to elect Bernadotte.

Actions

A. Adieu!

• Leader Bernadotte will never be active
• Stability +1

France — Not random

Triggered by

Action B of 3173 - The Succession of Carlos II in Spain for Spain

Description

On November 1st, 1700, the last Habsburg king Charles II of Spain died heirless. Both Louis XIV of France and Leopold I of Austria had married the defunct king's sisters and had thus direct and legitimate claims to the succession. To prevent that the chosen heir reigned over too powerful a kingdom, the European had anticipated the crisis and agreed in 1697 and again in early 1700 to a partition that would retain the Balance of Power in Europe. However, Carlos II and the Spanish Government was greatly upset by the other countries meddling in strictly Spanish affairs and thus tried to name Philip of Anjou, grandson of the Sun-King, the heir to the Spanish throne. However in the late phase of the Franco-Spanish negotiations a secretary of one of the Spanish ministers leaked out information and Habsburg partisans back in Madrid argued for allocating succession to the Austrian branch of the Habsburg dynasty, so Charles II hard beset, in one of his last official acts, left Spain to his nephew, Charles of Habsburg. This solution endangered the European balance of power and led to the formation of the Grand Alliance against Austria and Spain. Thus when Austrian forces reinforced the Spanish Netherlands the War of Spanish Succession broke out.

Actions

A. No, it is ours!

• Gain a temporary casus belli against Austria for 36 months
• Gain a temporary casus belli against Spain for 36 months
• -150 relations with Spain
• -150 relations with Austria
• +100 relations with Netherlands
• +100 relations with England
• Stability +3

B. We must accept the will of poor Carlos

• +150 relations with Spain
• +150 relations with Austria
• +150 relations with Netherlands
• +150 relations with England
• Stability -3

France — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 3735 - French Inheritance of Lothringen for Lorraine

Description

On the death (1733) of Augustus II, Stanislaus returned to Poland from France and was again elected king. Under Russian pressure, a minority of the Polish diet chose instead Augustus III, precipitating the War of the Polish Succession. Stanislaus, besieged at Danzig, received only moral support from France, while his rival was backed by Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI and had full military aid from Russia. Stanislaus was obliged to flee from Danzig in 1734, and in 1735 he accepted the terms of the preliminary Treaty of Vienna. He kept the royal title but renounced his actual rights in favor of Augustus III. In exchange, he received Lorraine and Bar, with the provision that they were to pass directly to the French crown upon his death. The former duke of Lorraine (later Holy Roman Emperor Francis I) was compensated with the promise of Tuscany. Stanislaus' daughter, Maria Leszczynska, is married to Louis XV of France and upon her father's death Lorraine become part of France.

Actions

A. Stanislaus of Lorraine has died

• Inherit the realms of Lorraine
• Lorraine will be considered a national province
• Stability +1

France — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 3707 - The Sale of Corsica to France for Genoa

Description

Your most generous offer of Corsica, is greatly appreciated. The Genovese court is utterly pleased to do business with you and accepts your proposal with no conditions.

Actions

A. Good

• +150 relations with Genoa
• -1000

France — Not random

Triggered by

Action B of 3707 - The Sale of Corsica to France for Genoa

Description

However generous it may be, the Genovese court has decided to decline your offer of Corsica. The fate of the people of Corsica will remain in your hands.

Actions

A. Darn

• -50 relations with Genoa

France — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 3173 - The Succession of Carlos II in Spain for Spain

Description

On November 1st, 1700, the last Habsburg king Charles II of Spain died heirless. Both Louis XIV of France and Leopold I of Austria had married the defunct king's sisters and had thus direct and legitimate claims to the succession. To prevent that the chosen heir reigned over too powerful a kingdom, the European had anticipated the crisis and agreed in 1697 and again in early 1700 to a partition that would retain the Balance of Power in Europe. However, Carlos II and the Spanish Government was greatly upset by the other countries meddling in strictly Spanish affairs and thus named Philip of Anjou, grandson of the Sun-King, the heir to the Spanish throne. This solution endangered the European balance of power and led to the formation of the Grand Alliance against France and Spain. Thus when French forces occupied the Spanish Netherlands the War of Spanish Succession broke out.

Actions

A. Splendid

• Gain Spain as vassals
• Gain an alliance with Spain
• +150 relations with Spain
• -150 relations with Austria
• -150 relations with Netherlands
• -150 relations with England
• Stability +3

France — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 3146 - The Execution of King Louis for France

Description

As the French revolution dragged on and saw permanent turmoil and the outburst of war, the people of the western province of France (Poitou, Vendée, Brittany) came to regret the old regime and its relative stability, if not liberty. The unwise move of the Republican government to suppress the old clergy and replace the Catholic cult, combined with the return of some Royalist nobles, were the sparks that ignited a terrible revolt in 1794 that would force the diversion of large number of troops and mass massacres.

Actions

A. Royalists and Ultra Catholics are on the move

• Vendée revolts
• Vendée revolts
• Gascogne revolts
• Gascogne revolts
• Global revolt risk +3 for 24 months
• Stability +1

France — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 3004 - The End of the Hundred Years' War for England

Description

Louis XI benefited from the outcome of the Hundred Years' War. The virtual destruction of the feudal nobility enabled him to unite France more solidly under the royal authority and to promote and ally with the middle class.

Actions

A. Now let us take care of those Nobles

• Centralization +1
• Stability +2

France — Not random

Triggered by

Action B of 3706 - The Inheritance of Milano for Milan

Description

The Duchy of Milan, a fief of the Holy Roman Empire, had become a powerful Condottiere (mercenary) nation under the Sforza family, led by Ludovic Le More (1451-1508). Upon his capture in 1500, the Duchy is open to opposing claims. Louis XII of France is the grandson of Valentine Visconti (great-granddaughter of the first Duke of Milan) and has thus a direct claim. The Emperor has also a claim as suzerain of an Empire fiefdom. The Duchy would end in the Emperor's basket, by force of arms, after the disastrous defeat of the French at Pavia in 1525.

Actions

A. Rule as separate country

• Gain Milan as vassals
• Gain an alliance with Milan
• Lombardia will be considered a claim province
• -100 relations with Austria
• Stability +1

B. Rule as part of France

• Inherit the realms of Milan
• Lombardia will be considered a national province
• Revolt risk value in Lombardia +6
• Revolt risk value in Emilia +6
• -180 relations with Austria
• Stability -1

France — Not random

Triggered by

Action D of 3597 - The Marriage of Mary of Burgundy for Burgundy

Description

Placeholder.

Actions

A. Carthago delenda est...

• Gain a temporary casus belli against Burgundy for 72 months
• -400 relations with Burgundy
• -50 relations with England
• -50 relations with Austria
• Stability -3

France — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 3597 - The Marriage of Mary of Burgundy for Burgundy

Description

When Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, died under the walls of Nancy in 1477, his inheritance passed to his daughter Mary, the wife of Maximilian of Habsburg. The Duchy of Burgundy was one of the largest medieval states in Western Europe, covering most of the Low Countries (today's Belgium and Holland), Luxembourg and Franche-Comté. France had conquered the heart of the Duchy itself. Mary and Maximilian inheritance was transmitted to Philip the Fair, their son and husband of the Spanish heir. Their only son, Charles V, would reign over Spanish and Habsburg territories.

Actions

A. I crave blood!

• Nivernais will be considered a claim province
• Franche-Comté will be considered a claim province
• Bourgogne will be considered a claim province
• Gain a temporary casus belli against Austria for 24 months
• -200 relations with Austria
• Stability -2

France — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 3602 - The Marriage of Anne of Brittany for Brittany

Description

Anne of Brittany sought throughout her life to maintain the independence of Brittany within the French kingdom. The daughter of Duke Francis II of Brittany and Marguerite de Foix, Anne became Duchess of Brittany in 1488 when her father died without leaving a male heir. France, to which Brittany had feudal obligations, tried to secure Brittany in order to extend its territory. To counter this threat Anne married Maximilian I of Austria (later emperor) by proxy in 1490, but France had this marriage annulled the following year. That same year the French regent, Anne of France, invaded Brittany and forced Anne to surrender and marry Charles VIII of France. In 1498 Charles died and Anne married his successor, Louis XII. Anne insisted that Brittany's rights and privileges should be maintained and that the duchy should be inherited separately from France - by the eldest daughter or second son of her marriage to Louis. She devoted the rest of her life to the administration of Brittany. Despite Anne's efforts Brittany formally became part of France in 1532 when Francis, Duke of Angoulême, who had married Anne's daughter Claude, became King Francis I of France.

Actions

A. Take her and drag her to the Altar

• Gain Brittany as vassals
• Gain an alliance with Brittany
• Armor will be considered a claim province
• Bretagne will be considered a claim province
• Morbihan will be considered a claim province
• Stability +1
• Cede Franche-Comté to Austria
• +100

France — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 3603 - The Marriage of Anne of Brittany for Brittany

Description

Anne of Brittany sought throughout her life to maintain the independence of Brittany within the French kingdom. The daughter of Duke Francis II of Brittany and Marguerite de Foix, Anne became Duchess of Brittany in 1488 when her father died without leaving a male heir. France, to which Brittany had feudal obligations, tried to secure Brittany in order to extend its territory. To counter this threat Anne married Maximilian I of Austria (later emperor) by proxy in 1490, but France had this marriage annulled the following year. That same year the French regent, Anne of France, invaded Brittany and forced Anne to surrender and marry Charles VIII of France. In 1498 Charles died and Anne married his successor, Louis XII. Anne insisted that Brittany's rights and privileges should be maintained and that the duchy should be inherited separately from France - by the eldest daughter or second son of her marriage to Louis. She devoted the rest of her life to the administration of Brittany. Despite Anne's efforts Brittany formally became part of France in 1532 when Francis, Duke of Angoulême, who had married Anne's daughter Claude, became King Francis I of France.

Actions

A. Let him have that outpost for a while

• -150 relations with Brittany
• Armor will be considered a claim province
• Bretagne will be considered a claim province
• Morbihan will be considered a claim province

France — Not random

Triggered by

Action C of 3597 - The Marriage of Mary of Burgundy for Burgundy

Description

Placeholder.

Actions

A. I crave blood!

• Nivernais will be considered a claim province
• Franche-Comté will be considered a claim province
• Bourgogne will be considered a claim province
• Gain a temporary casus belli against England for 24 months
• -200 relations with England
• Stability -2

France — Not random

Triggered by

Action B of 3486 - The Polish Succession of 1697 for Poland

Description

The political sickness of the Polish body manifested itself fully after the death of Jan III Sobieski in 1696. The election that followed was one of the most dismal episodes in Polish parliamentary history. The primary candidates were the king's son Jakub Sobieski, Francois Louis de Bourbon, Prince de Conti, and Friedrich Augustus Wettin, Elector of Saxony. Jakub Sobieski was in Silesia at the time and was unlucky enough to be arrested by Saxon troops. On 37th June 1697 the Szlachta assembled on the election field voted overwhelmingly for the Prince de Conti and the Primate proclaimed him king. On the same evening a small group of malcontents 'elected' Friedrich Augustus, who marched into Poland at the head of a Saxon army. On September 15th, as the Prince de Conti, escorted by a French squadron under Jean Bart, was sailing through the Sound, Friedrich Augustus was crowned in Kraków by the Bishop of Kujavia as Augustus II of Poland. At the end of the month the Prince of Conti came ashore only to discover that he had been pipped at the post. His supporters were far more numerous than Augustus and they immediately to certain precautions showing off strength and surrounding the now unsupplied Saxon army. Augustus inauguration did not become what he had hoped for. He had hoped for the Crown of Poland, but what he got was a truce and a chance to sneak back to Saxony again. Francois Louis was master in Poland and could be crowned on New Years Day 1698.

Actions

A. The Bourbon Dynasty in Poland

• Gain Poland as vassals
• +100 relations with Poland
• -100 relations with Saxony
• -150 relations with Russia
• Stability +1
• Gain an alliance with Poland

France — Not random

Triggered by

Action A, B of 3495 - The Polish Succession of 1733 for Poland

Description

In 1733, the death of August II prompted a new election for the Polish monarch. Due to the permanent practice of Liberum Veto and the ensuing constant bribery, the Polish Sejm was unable to agree between the French Candidate, Stanislas Leszinsky and his opponent, August III of Saxony, supported by Austria and Russia. The Sejm finally agreed on Stanislas, but this was rejected by Austria and Russia starting the war of Polish Succession. The war ended with August III on the Polish throne. My Lord, we do not know whom has control of the kingship, but we must act quickly.

Actions

A. Risk local war for the kingdom

• Gain a temporary casus belli against Russia for 24 months
• Gain a temporary casus belli against Austria for 24 months
• Gain a temporary casus belli against Saxony for 24 months
• -100 relations with Poland
• -100 relations with Russia
• -100 relations with Austria
• -150 relations with Saxony
• -100 relations with Prussia
• +100 relations with Sweden
• Stability +1

B. Risk major war for the kingdom

• Event 3249 - The Polish Succession of 1733 for Sweden is triggered immediately
• Gain an alliance with Sweden
• Gain a temporary casus belli against Russia for 24 months
• Gain a temporary casus belli against Austria for 24 months
• Gain a temporary casus belli against Saxony for 24 months
• -150 relations with Poland
• -150 relations with Russia
• -150 relations with Austria
• -150 relations with Saxony
• -150 relations with Prussia
• +150 relations with Sweden
• Stability -1

France — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 3086 - Restoration of the French Monarchy for England

Description

Many countries had viewed the French revolution with neutral mistrust or eager interest, but with the Reign of Terror and the Execution of King Louis most countries became abhorred. The New Republic and its ideas undermined the 'Old Order' that existed in most European countries. Those several alliances were set up to restore the Bourbons to the French Throne, crush the revolution and get Europe back to normal again. This succeeded in 1814 and again in 1815 when foreign armies brought Louis XVIII on the throne. Louis XVIII was the brother of the Executed King Louis of France and in early life was known as the Comte de Provence. He remained in Paris after the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789 but escaped to Belgium two years later. After King Louis' execution in 1793 he proclaimed himself regent, and after the death of his brother's heir in 1795, he took the title Louis XVIII. He lived as an exile in various European countries until he became king after Napoleon's first abdication in 1814. On Napoleon's return to power in 1815, however, Louis again fled to Belgium

Actions

A. King Louis XVIII

• Flag graphics extension set to "NAV"
• Monarch Louis XVIII becomes active
• Leader Bonaparte will never be active
• Leader Napoléon I will never be active
• Stability +1

France — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 3177 - The Restoration of the French Monarchy for Spain

Description

Many countries had viewed the French revolution with neutral mistrust or eager interest, but with the Reign of Terror and the Execution of King Louis most countries became abhorred. The New Republic and its ideas undermined the 'Old Order' that existed in most European countries. Those several alliances were set up to restore the Bourbons to the French Throne, crush the revolution and get Europe back to normal again. This succeeded in 1814 and again in 1815 when foreign armies brought Louis XVIII on the throne. Louis XVIII was the brother of the Executed King Louis of France and in early life was known as the Comte de Provence. He remained in Paris after the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789 but escaped to Belgium two years later. After King Louis' execution in 1793 he proclaimed himself regent, and after the death of his brother's heir in 1795, he took the title Louis XVIII. He lived as an exile in various European countries until he became king after Napoleon's first abdication in 1814. On Napoleon's return to power in 1815, however, Louis again fled to Belgium

Actions

A. King Louis XVIII

• Flag graphics extension set to "NAV"
• Monarch Louis XVIII becomes active
• Leader Bonaparte will never be active
• Leader Napoléon I will never be active
• Stability +1

France — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 3209 - The Restoration of the French Monarchy for Austria

Description

Many countries had viewed the French revolution with neutral mistrust or eager interest, but with the Reign of Terror and the Execution of King Louis most countries became abhorred. The New Republic and its ideas undermined the 'Old Order' that existed in most European countries. Those several alliances were set up to restore the Bourbons to the French Throne, crush the revolution and get Europe back to normal again. This succeeded in 1814 and again in 1815 when foreign armies brought Louis XVIII on the throne. Louis XVIII was the brother of the Executed King Louis of France and in early life was known as the Comte de Provence. He remained in Paris after the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789 but escaped to Belgium two years later. After King Louis' execution in 1793 he proclaimed himself regent, and after the death of his brother's heir in 1795, he took the title Louis XVIII. He lived as an exile in various European countries until he became king after Napoleon's first abdication in 1814. On Napoleon's return to power in 1815, however, Louis again fled to Belgium

Actions

A. King Louis XVIII

• Flag graphics extension set to "NAV"
• Monarch Louis XVIII becomes active
• Leader Bonaparte will never be active
• Leader Napoléon I will never be active
• Stability +1

France — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 3784 - The Restoration of the French Monarchy for Prussia

Description

Many countries had viewed the French revolution with neutral mistrust or eager interest, but with the Reign of Terror and the Execution of King Louis most countries became abhorred. The New Republic and its ideas undermined the 'Old Order' that existed in most European countries. Those several alliances were set up to restore the Bourbons to the French Throne, crush the revolution and get Europe back to normal again. This succeeded in 1814 and again in 1815 when foreign armies brought Louis XVIII on the throne. Louis XVIII was the brother of the Executed King Louis of France and in early life was known as the Comte de Provence. He remained in Paris after the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789 but escaped to Belgium two years later. After King Louis' execution in 1793 he proclaimed himself regent, and after the death of his brother's heir in 1795, he took the title Louis XVIII. He lived as an exile in various European countries until he became king after Napoleon's first abdication in 1814. On Napoleon's return to power in 1815, however, Louis again fled to Belgium

Actions

A. King Louis XVIII

• Flag graphics extension set to "NAV"
• Monarch Louis XVIII becomes active
• Leader Bonaparte will never be active
• Leader Napoléon I will never be active
• Stability +1

France — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 3783 - The Restoration of the French Monarchy for Russia

Description

Many countries had viewed the French revolution with neutral mistrust or eager interest, but with the Reign of Terror and the Execution of King Louis most countries became abhorred. The New Republic and its ideas undermined the 'Old Order' that existed in most European countries. Those several alliances were set up to restore the Bourbons to the French Throne, crush the revolution and get Europe back to normal again. This succeeded in 1814 and again in 1815 when foreign armies brought Louis XVIII on the throne. Louis XVIII was the brother of the Executed King Louis of France and in early life was known as the Comte de Provence. He remained in Paris after the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789 but escaped to Belgium two years later. After King Louis' execution in 1793 he proclaimed himself regent, and after the death of his brother's heir in 1795, he took the title Louis XVIII. He lived as an exile in various European countries until he became king after Napoleon's first abdication in 1814. On Napoleon's return to power in 1815, however, Louis again fled to Belgium

Actions

A. King Louis XVIII

• Flag graphics extension set to "NAV"
• Monarch Louis XVIII becomes active
• Leader Bonaparte will never be active
• Leader Napoléon I will never be active
• Stability +1

France — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 3607 - The Succession in Provence for Provence

Description

The French crown has inherited the lands of René I of the Anjou family.

Actions

A. Provence will be part of France

• Inherit the realms of Provence
• Provence will be considered a national province
• -100 relations with Aragon
• -100 relations with Spain
• -100 relations with England
• -100 relations with Austria

France — Not random

Triggered by

Action B of 3607 - The Succession in Provence for Provence

Description

The Anjou family continues the rule its lands after the death of Rene I, however they adhere to our suzerainty.

Actions

A. I will be the Duke of Provence

• Gain Provence as vassals
• Gain an alliance with Provence
• Provence will be considered a claim province
• Stability +1
• -50 relations with Aragon
• -50 relations with Spain
• -50 relations with England
• -50 relations with Austria

France — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 3061 - The Louisiana Purchase for United States

Description

Precisely what the United States had purchased was unclear. The wording of the treaty was vague

Actions

A. Ok

• +1000
• Stability +2
• +100 relations with United States
• Cede Adirondak to United States
• Cede Sebago to United States
• Cede Connecticut to United States
• Cede Massachussetts to United States
• Cede Penobscot to United States
• Cede Bangor to United States
• Cede Manhattan to United States
• Cede Catskill to United States
• Cede Oswego to United States
• Cede Onondaga to United States
• Cede Mohawk to United States
• Cede Tuscarora to United States
• Cede Susquehanna to United States
• Cede Delaware to United States
• Cede Chesapeake to United States
• Cede Powhatan to United States
• Cede Shenandoah to United States
• Cede Irondekoit to United States
• Cede Erie to United States
• Cede Miamis to United States
• Cede Alleghany to United States
• Cede Carolina to United States
• Cede Santee to United States
• Cede Roanoke to United States
• Cede Catawba to United States
• Cede Appalache to United States
• Cede Kentucky to United States
• Cede Mobile to United States
• Cede Tallahassee to United States
• Cede Seminole to United States
• Cede Everglades to United States
• Cede Tuscaloosa to United States
• Cede Savannah to United States
• Cede Alabama to United States
• Cede Tennessee to United States
• Cede Missouri to United States
• Cede Illinois to United States
• Cede Hindua to United States
• Cede Fox to United States
• Cede Milwaukee to United States
• Cede Iowa to United States
• Cede Minnesota to United States
• Cede Mississippi to United States
• Cede Missouri to United States
• Cede Arkansas to United States
• Cede Yazoo to United States
• Cede Pecos to United States
• Cede Rio Grande to United States
• Cede Concho to United States
• Cede Matagorda to United States
• Cede Wichita to United States
• Cede Bayou to United States
• Cede Biloxi to United States
• Cede Pinalero to United States
• Cede El Paso to United States
• Cede Utah to United States
• Cede Moab to United States
• Cede Colorado to United States
• Cede Llano Estacado to United States
• Cede Oklahoma to United States

France — Not random

Triggered by

Action B of 3061 - The Louisiana Purchase for United States

Description

The United States have no use off Louisiana, since the facts on what they were offered unclear. The wording of the treaty was vague

Actions

A. Ok

• -100 relations with United States

France — Not random

Triggered by

Action B of 3597 - The Marriage of Mary of Burgundy for Burgundy

Description

When Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, died under the walls of Nancy in 1477, his inheritance passed to his daughter Mary, the wife of Charles of France. The Duchy of Burgundy was one of the largest medieval states in Western Europe, covering most of the Low Countries (today's Belgium and Holland), Luxembourg and Franche-Comté. France had conquered the heart of the Duchy itself. Mary and Charles inheritance was transmitted to Louis the Spider King, their son. Ruling over France and 'Lothars Kingdom' only the Imperial Crown lay between him and the rebirth of the Empire of Charlemagne...

Actions

A. It's all mine!

• Inherit the realms of Burgundy
• Monarch's diplomatic skill +3 for 60 months
• Friesen will be considered a national province
• Geldre will be considered a national province
• Holland will be considered a national province
• Zeeland will be considered a national province
• Luxembourg will be considered a national province
• Brabant will be considered a national province
• Artois will be considered a national province
• Flandern will be considered a national province
• Nivernais will be considered a national province
• Franche-Comté will be considered a national province
• Bourgogne will be considered a national province
• Stability +2