Russia — Not random

Will happen within 500 days of January 2, 1540
Checked again every 500 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1551)

Description

Ivan IV of Russia had extended the borders of his homeland far to the South and the East, but had met with strong resistance in the West, in particular in Livonia. Wars with Poland, Lithuania (then a part of Poland) and even Sweden would last till 1583. Poland had annexed Lithuania in 1569 and, after many defeats at the end of the Polish army, Ivan had to sign a peace treaty in 1582 where he lost all his previous Western gains in territory. Enmity between the two countries would remain high, culminating with the Polish occupation of Moscow (1610) during the Times of Troubles (1598-1618).

Actions

A. It all belongs to Mother Russia

• +10000 infantry in a random province
• +10000 cavalry in the same province
• Welikia will be considered a claim province
• Kursk will be considered a claim province
• Stability +1

Russia — Not random

Will happen within 500 days of January 2, 1540
Checked again every 500 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1820)

Description

In 1552, Czar Ivan IV the Terrible had launched an expedition against the Khanate of Kazan, east of Nijni-Novgorod and a blocking point on the Volga. The use of heavy bombard guns breached the walls of the Tatar city, which was promptly overwhelmed and annexed. In 1556, in the wake of its success against Kazan four years earlier, Czar Ivan IV the Terrible launched a new expedition against the Khanate of Astrakhan, southward down the Volga. The capture of Astrakhan opened an access to the Caspian Sea and put the whole Volga basin under Russian control. Cities like Samara (1586), Saratov (1590) and Tsaritsyne (1589) were founded along the river to ensure proper control.

Actions

A. It all belongs to Mother Russia

• Stability +1
• +10000 infantry in a random province
• +10000 cavalry in the same province
• +10000 infantry in a different random province
• +10000 cavalry in the same province
• Kola will be considered a claim province
• Olonets will be considered a claim province
• Novgorod will be considered a claim province
• Pskov will be considered a claim province
• Kazan will be considered a claim province
• Tambow will be considered a claim province
• Ryazan will be considered a claim province
• Vorones will be considered a claim province
• Belgorod will be considered a claim province
• Bogutjar will be considered a claim province
• Saratow will be considered a claim province
• Lugansk will be considered a claim province
• Donetsk will be considered a claim province
• Karelia will be considered a claim province

Russia — Not random

Will happen within 130 days of January 2, 1543
Checked again every 130 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1543)

Description

In 1543, only 14 years old and with astonishing force and bravery, Grand Prince Ivan IV ended the reign of terror of the Boyars. Behind him stood his friend Alexi Adashev and the talented priest Sylvestr, who would succeed the wise Makari as metropolitan of Moscow. Sylvestr and Adashev belonged to a group of advisors called the Chosen Council, which was of great help in reforming Russia during the earlier part of Ivan IV's reign but fell out of favor following the death of Ivan's first wife Anastasia in 1560. Ivan, who had become unbalanced after his grave illness in 1553, accused his old friends of having poisoned his wife and had them exiled, leaving no one to temper his brutality.

Actions

A. Excellent Ministers!

• Aristocracy -1
• Innovativeness -1
• Monarch's diplomatic skill +2 for 204 months
• Monarch's administrative skill +3 for 204 months
• Monarch's military skill +2 for 204 months
• Stability +2

Russia — Not random

Will happen within 1234 days of January 2, 1560
Checked again every 1234 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1570)

Description

The defection of one of Ivan's best field commanders, Prince Andrey Kurbsky, to Poland in 1564 greatly shocked the Czar, who announced later that year his intention of abdicating in view of the boyars' betrayal. The Muscovites, however, led by the clergy, implored him to continue to rule, and in 1565 he acceded to their request on condition that he should be allowed to deal with the traitors as he wished and that he should form an Oprichnina-i.e., an aggregate of territory that would be administered separately from the rest of the state and put under his immediate control as crown land. The term Oprichnina also refers to the reign of terror which was conducted by the oprichniki, members of the tsar's new court, who were primarily drawn from the lower gentry and foreign population. The terror culminated with the proscription of the entire population of Novgorod and the sack of that northern city, which opposed Muscovite dominance (1570). The policy reduced the boyars' political power, disrupted the Russian economy, and contributed to the centralization of the Muscovite state. After 1572, when the oprichniki were disbanded, the term dvor (court) replaced Oprichnina.

Actions

A. Let the Oprichnina do its work

• Centralization +2
• Aristocracy -2
• Innovativeness -2
• Serfdom +2
• Stability -3

B. Make a deal with the Boyars instead

• Centralization -2
• Aristocracy +2
• Innovativeness +1
• Serfdom +2
• +20 national manpower
• Stability +1

Russia — Not random

Will happen within 500 days of January 2, 1560
Checked again every 500 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1571)

Description

Immediately after the fall of Astrakhan, in the year 1557, Ivan IV launched a campaign in the steppes south of Kazan, the realm of the Nogaï Horde, heirs of some Mongol people. This was the first stepping stone for the expansion eastward. The Russian expansion eastward, led between 1560 and 1581 by Cossacks under Yermak and the private venture of the Stroganov merchants of Nijni-Novgorod had seen much territory fall under control of the Russian Czar. The conquest of the Khanate of Sibir in 1584 and the destruction of the last realm of Genghis Khans heirs in Siberia was the last step before the exploration and control of the vast hinterland, that would eventually see the Cossacks build cities out of their Ostrogs (simple fortifications to ensure transit) and reach the Pacific ocean at Okhotsk in 1645.

Actions

A. It all belongs to Mother Russia

• altai will become an accepted culture
• Astrakhan becomes a center of trade
• +10000 infantry in a random province
• +10000 cavalry in the same province
• Ufa will be considered a claim province
• Samara will be considered a claim province
• Uralsk will be considered a claim province
• Orenburg will be considered a claim province
• Astrakhan will be considered a claim province
• Volgograd will be considered a claim province
• Kurgan will be considered a claim province
• Kustanai will be considered a claim province
• Tenghiz will be considered a claim province
• Orsk will be considered a claim province
• Irgiz will be considered a claim province
• Alga will be considered a claim province
• Turgai will be considered a claim province
• Ust Urt will be considered a claim province
• Emba will be considered a claim province
• Bouzatchi will be considered a claim province
• Ichim will be considered a claim province
• Karaganda will be considered a claim province
• Omsk will be considered a claim province
• Tchany will be considered a claim province
• Semipalatinsk will be considered a claim province
• Irtych will be considered a claim province
• Novosibirsk will be considered a claim province
• Altai will be considered a claim province
• Demianka will be considered a claim province
• Barabinsk will be considered a claim province
• Ob will be considered a claim province
• Tomsk will be considered a claim province
• Angara will be considered a claim province
• Krasnoyarsk will be considered a claim province
• Balakhta will be considered a claim province
• Tchuma will be considered a claim province
• Bratsk will be considered a claim province
• Oka will be considered a claim province
• Touva will be considered a claim province
• Saian will be considered a claim province
• Zima will be considered a claim province
• Tannu Ola will be considered a claim province
• Irkutsk will be considered a claim province
• Chatga will be considered a claim province
• Selenga will be considered a claim province
• Sadrinsk will be considered a claim province
• Jalutorovsk will be considered a claim province
• Nefedova will be considered a claim province
• Tobolsk will be considered a claim province
• Demjanskoje will be considered a claim province
• Sergino will be considered a claim province
• Manskijisk will be considered a claim province
• Vakhovska will be considered a claim province
• Surgut will be considered a claim province
• Pimsk will be considered a claim province
• Igrim will be considered a claim province
• Berezov will be considered a claim province
• Kondinsk will be considered a claim province
• Obdorsk will be considered a claim province
• Saleharo will be considered a claim province
• Stability +1

Russia — Not random

Will happen within 2478 days of January 2, 1560
Checked again every 2478 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1580)

Description

Some of the most important Russian reforms of Government were instituted by Ivan IV. Ivan had built on the works of Ivan III and bound the Pomjesjtjik-class even closer to the monarchy. He also created a separate Chamber of Finance directly at his disposal, which provided a certain efficiency in the in- and outflow of cash. The abolition of the Kormlenije-system, a payment system for the provincial administration where salaries were paid 'in natura' directly from the hands of the peasants, and the redressing of the provincial administration organization made the monarchy much more efficient and powerful. Unfortunately for Russia, these reforms were not enough to hold the State afloat after the costly and disastrous Livonian Wars at the end of Ivan IV:s reign

Actions

A. Reform Treasury and abolish Kormlenije

• Infrastructure tech investment: +1000
• Trade tech investment: +500
• +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
• +200
• Stability -2

B. Only reform Treasury

• Infrastructure tech investment: +1000
• Trade tech investment: +500
• +300
• Stability -1

C. Only abolish Kormlenije

• +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
• Stability +1

Russia — Not random

Will happen within 130 days of January 2, 1571
Checked again every 130 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1572)

Description

Ivan felt that trade with Europe depended on free access to the Baltic and decided to turn his attention westward. In 1558 he went to war in an attempt to establish Russian rule over Livonia (in present-day Latvia and Estonia). Russia was at first victorious and succeeded in destroying the Livonian knights, but their ally Lithuania became an integral part of Poland in 1569. The war dragged on - while the Swedes (guarding their own interests in Estonia) supported Poland against Russia, the Crimean Tatars attacked Astrakhan and even made an extensive incursion into Russia in 1571 - they sacked and burned Moscow, leaving only the Kremlin standing.

Actions

A. Avenge this horrible insult

• -150 relations with Crimea
• Gain a temporary casus belli against Crimea for 60 months
• Stability +1

B. Use it to crush the opposition

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

Russia — Not random

Conditions

• None of the following must occur:
  • Byzantium exists

Will happen within 374 days of January 2, 1588
Checked again every 374 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1591)

Description

Liberating it from the Tatar invaders, the Muscovite state gathered strength and so did the Russian Orthodox Church. In 1448, not long before the Byzantine Empire collapsed, the Russian Church became, in effect, independent from the Patriarchate of Constantinople. Metropolitan Jonas, installed by the Council of Russian bishops in 1448, was given the title of Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia. In the centuries to come, the growing might of the Muscovite state went hand in hand with the growing authority of the Autocephalous Russian Church. In 1589 Jeremias II, Patriarch of Constantinople, fleeing from Turkish oppression, visited Moscow. The Russians managed to persuade him to appoint metropolitan Job of Moscow patriarch - the final move towards full independence for the Russian Church.

Actions

A. Let us lead the true faith from Moscow

• Centralization +1
• Innovativeness +2
• +150 relations with Pskov
• +150 relations with Georgia
• +150 relations with Serbia
• +150 relations with Wallachia
• +150 relations with Moldavia
• +150 relations with Novgorod
• +150 relations with Vladimir-Suzdal
• +150 relations with Ragusa
• +150 relations with Ryazan
• +150 relations with Tver
• +150 relations with Armenia
• +150 relations with Armenia Minor
• +150 relations with Trebizond
• +150 relations with Cyprus
• Stability +1

B. No, we need Constantinople to lead the true faith

• Centralization -2
• Innovativeness -1
• Monarch's diplomatic skill -3 for 2772 months
• Monarch's administrative skill -2 for 2772 months
• Monarch's military skill -1 for 2772 months
• Dobrudja will be considered a claim province
• Rumelia will be considered a claim province
• Bulgaria will be considered a claim province
• Thrace will be considered a claim province
• Macedonia will be considered a claim province
• Hellas will be considered a claim province
• Morea will be considered a claim province
• greek will become an accepted culture
• Stability -3

Russia — Not random

Conditions

• None of the following must occur:
  • Stability is at 2 or higher

Will happen within 813 days of January 2, 1598
Checked again every 813 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1605)

Description

Boris Godunov was elected in 1598 to succeed Fedor. He consolidated Russia's territorial gains, but, soon after he came to power, drought, famine, and plague killed a half million people in Muscovy. Peasants fled their villages, leaving their holdings reclaimed by weeds. In response Godunov decreed that the peasants were forbidden to leave the estates on which they were born (Ivan IV had passed a similar decree in 1581). The peasants had truly become serfs.

Actions

A. Make the Peasants serfs

• +1 base manpower in a random province
• +1 base manpower in a different random province
• +1 base manpower in a different random province
• +1 base manpower in a different random province
• Aristocracy +2
• Innovativeness -1
• Serfdom +5
• Mercantilism -2
• Global revolt risk +3 for 163 months
• +2% inflation
• Stability -1

B. Do not make them serfs

• -1 base manpower in a random province
• -1 base manpower in a different random province
• -1 base manpower in a different random province
• -1 base manpower in a different random province
• Aristocracy -1
• Innovativeness +1
• Serfdom -1
• Mercantilism +2
• +5% inflation
• Stability +1

Russia — Not random

Conditions

• Centralization is at 5 or higher
• Aristocracy is at 4 or higher
• Serfdom is at 5 or higher

Will happen within 359 days of January 2, 1603
Checked again every 359 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1605)

Description

During the power struggles over the succession of Ivan IV, the boyar Boris Godunov became regent in 1588. Following the murder of the Czar's son Dimitri in 1591, he was elected Czar and reigned till 1605. The Times of Troubles (Smuta 1605-1613) started had in fact started in 1601 when the 'False Dimitri.', an adventurer posing as the Czar's son arrived on the scene with Polish assistance, following famine and unrest. The Poles had taken Moscow in 1605, but the Boyars, with Swedish help (Sweden would receive Livonia in exchange of her intervention by the terms of the Treaty of Vyborg in 1609), managed to withstand both a second 'false Dimitri.' and the Poles who, although they took Smolensk in 1611, were forced out of Moscow in 1612 by a popular uprising. An assembly of the Empire elected a new Czar, Michael Romanov, who overcame the troubles and founded a new dynasty that would last till 1917.

Actions

A. Support Domestic Candidates

• Global revolt risk +8 for 72 months
• -300 relations with Poland
• -300 relations with Sweden
• Stability -1

B. Support Polish Candidates

• Global revolt risk +10 for 72 months
• +100 relations with Poland
• -300 relations with Sweden
• Event 3478 - Emperor Wladislav of Russia for Poland will never fire
• Stability +1

C. Support Swedish Candidates

• Global revolt risk +10 for 72 months
• -300 relations with Poland
• +100 relations with Sweden
• Event 3230 - Emperor Charles Philip of Russia for Sweden will never fire
• Stability +1

Russia — Not random

Conditions

• None of the following must occur:
  • Serfdom is at 8 or higher

Will happen within 121 days of January 2, 1649
Checked again every 121 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1650)

Description

Czar Alexis received a superficial education from his tutor Boris Ivanovich Morozov before acceding to the throne at the age of 16. Morozov, who was also Alexis' brother-in-law, initially took charge of state affairs, but in 1648 a popular uprising in Moscow forced Alexis to exile Morozov. Alexis bowed to the rebels' demands and convened a land assembly (zemski sobor), which in 1649 produced a new Russian code of laws (Sobornoye Ulozheniye), which legally defined serfdom.

Actions

A. Enforce

• Aristocracy +2
• Serfdom +4
• Trade tech investment: +500
• Infrastructure tech investment: +250
• Stability +1

B. Accept deteriorated Economy and Burgher Uprisings

• +5% inflation
• Trade tech investment: -250
• Infrastructure tech investment: -500
• Global revolt risk +3 for 36 months
• Stability -1

Russia — Not random

Will happen within 127 days of January 2, 1653
Checked again every 127 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1654)

Description

Nikon was the patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church from 1652 to 1666. He undertook an extremely vigorous reform of church discipline and ritual with a view to purging accretions and eccentricities from the Russian rites. His reforms, particularly his correction of service books from the Greek (1654), created a schism in the church and inspired the formation of a major opposition sect, the Raskolniki, who retained the older usages banned by Nikon. Heterodox sects such as the Dukhobors formed and attached themselves to the Raskolniki to avoid persecution. By 1658, Nikon had aroused sufficiently powerful opposition to bring about his banishment, and in 1666 he was deposed and degraded. He was a figure unique in Russian church history, for he opposed any interference by the state in church affairs and considered the two institutions to be distinct and separate. His reforms were maintained after he was deposed.

Actions

A. Let us modernize the Church

• Centralization -1
• Innovativeness +1
• Global revolt risk +1 for 60 months
• Monarch's administrative skill +1 for 240 months
• Stability +2

B. Follow the heed of the Raskolniks

• Centralization -2
• Innovativeness -3
• 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
• Stability -2

Russia — Not random

Conditions

• China exists

Will happen within 121 days of January 2, 1656
Checked again every 121 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1657)

Description

Fyodor Baikov comes to Beijing in 1656 in an effort to open up diplomatic relations with China. However, misinterpreting the Chinese etiquette made him behave in a way that got the Chinese ministers to believe that Russia acknowledged China as her Master. A message was dispatched to Moscow. The letter contained instructions on the yearly tribute that the vassal 'Russia' must now pay. The Czar had no chance to protest as no one in Moscow could understand Chinese. The Russian government ignored the event as if it has never taken place and China was too busy being subjugated by the Manchu dynasty to care.

Actions

A. Ignore the demands

• -300 relations with China
• Monarch's diplomatic skill -1 for 24 months
• -6 colonists
• -3 merchants

B. Pretend to be a Chinese Vassal

• -20 victory points
• +100 relations with China
• Stability -1

C. Pretend to be a Chinese Vassal and pay Tribute

• -50 victory points
• +200 relations with China
• Gain a royal marriage with China
• -200
• Stability -2

Russia — Not random

Conditions

• None of the following must occur:
  • Stability is at 0 or higher

Will happen within 1 days of January 2, 1667
Checked again every 1 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1671)

Description

Stenka Razin (or Stepan Timofeyevich) was a Don Cossack hetman who carried out a series of successful raids on Persian and Russian settlements 1667-69. Having acquired great fame and wealth, Razin launched a new campaign in 1670 against the czar's fortress cities on the Volga. With a force of about 7,000 Cossacks, he seized Tsaritsyn and Astrakhan. In both towns Razin and his men engaged in drunken orgies and perpetrated savage atrocities against the nobles and military officers - he also replaced the local governments with Cossack institutions of self-rule. Razin continued his advance up the Volga, and along the way he incited the serfs and urban lower classes to join his rebellion. He captured Saratov and proceeded to Simbirsk, while his insurrection spread throughout the Volga region and even into some of the central Russian provinces. Alarmed at Razin's success, Czar Alexis sent an army to relieve Simbirsk. The force inflicted a decisive defeat on Razin's undisciplined and badly equipped troops. Razin fled to the Don, but on April 24, 1671, he was captured by loyalist Cossacks and turned over to the tsarist authorities. Brought to Moscow and tortured, Razin was executed by quartering in Red Square.

Actions

A. Quell all Separatist Movements

• Centralization +1
• Aristocracy -1
• Global revolt risk +6 for 60 months
• Stability -3

B. Give Autonomy on Province by Province basis

• Centralization -3
• Aristocracy -1
• Global revolt risk +2 for 60 months
• Stability +1

Russia — Not random

Will happen within 720 days of January 2, 1679

Description

During the six years of Fyodor III' reign, he was unable to rule with any independence. Power was concentrated in the hands of his maternal relatives, the Miloslavskii boyars. However, reforms in the organization of the army and state, begun under his grandfather and father, continued during his reign. A national consensus conducted in 1678 and in 1682 finally ended 'mestnichestvo' - a practice whereby boyars and gentry were appointed to particular posts on the basis of a complicated hierarchy of precedence depending on their ancestors' services. From now on, the Czar could appoint noble government servitors as he wished.

Actions

A. Abolish Mestnichestvo

• Centralization +2
• Aristocracy -1
• Global revolt risk +1 for 240 months
• Stability -2

B. Keep the old system

• Centralization -1
• Aristocracy +1
• Stability +1

Russia — Not random

Will happen within 0 days of April 28, 1682
Checked again every 0 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after April 29, 1682)

Description

Peter established a regular army on completely modern lines for Russia in the place of the unreliable streltsy and the militia of the gentry. While he drew his officers from the nobility, he conscripted peasants and townspeople into the other ranks. The troops were equipped with flintlock firearms and bayonets of Russian make, uniforms were provided, and regular drilling was introduced. For the artillery, obsolete cannons were replaced with new mortars and guns designed by Russian specialists or even by Peter himself (he drew up projects of his own for multi-cannon warships, fortresses, and ordnance). The Army Regulations of 1716 were particularly important - they required officers to teach their men how to act in battle, and to show initiative in the face of the enemy. For the navy, Peter's reign saw the construction, within a few years, of 52 battleships and hundreds of galleys and other craft - thus a powerful Baltic fleet was brought into being. Several special schools prepared their pupils for military or naval service and finally enabled Peter to dispense with foreign experts.

Actions

A. Reform the Army and Navy

• Monarch's diplomatic skill +3 for 240 months
• Monarch's administrative skill +2 for 240 months
• Monarch's military skill +4 for 240 months
• Land tech investment: +2000
• Naval tech investment: +1000
• Aristocracy -1
• Offensive Doctrine +1
• Land +1
• Quality +2
• Gain Weapons Manufactory in a random province
• Gain Naval Equipment Manufactory in a different random province
• +20000 infantry in the capital province
• +10000 cavalry in the capital province
• +20 artillery in the capital province
• +20 national manpower
• Stability +3

B. Only Reform Army

• Land tech investment: +2500
• Aristocracy -2
• Offensive Doctrine +2
• Land +2
• Quality +3
• Gain Weapons Manufactory in a random province
• Gain Weapons Manufactory in a different random province
• +20000 infantry in the capital province
• +10000 cavalry in the capital province
• +20 artillery in the capital province
• +20000 infantry in a different random province
• +10000 cavalry in the same province
• +20 artillery in the same province
• Stability +3

C. Only Reform Navy

• Naval tech investment: +2500
• Aristocracy -2
• Mercantilism -2
• Land -3
• Gain Naval Equipment Manufactory in a random province
• Gain Naval Equipment Manufactory in a different random province
• Gain 30 warships in a random province
• Gain 10 transports in the same province
• Gain 60 galleys in a random province
• Gain 10 transports in the same province
• Stability +3

Russia — Not random

Conditions

• Own Ingermanland

Will happen within 1 days of April 28, 1682
Checked again every 1 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 29, 1725)

Description

On May 16, 1703, shortly after the fall of Nyen, Peter himself laid the foundation stones for the Peter-Paul Fortress on Zayachy Island. This date is taken as the founding date of St. Petersburg. In the spring of the following year, Peter established the fortress of Kronslot, later Kronshtadt, on Kotlin Island in the Gulf of Finland, to protect the approaches to the delta. At the same time, he founded the Admiralty shipyard on the riverbank opposite the Peter-Paul Fortress - in 1706 its first warship was launched. Around the fortress and shipyard Peter began the building of a new city to serve as his 'window on Europe'. In 1712 the capital of Russia was transferred there from Moscow, although it was still formally on Swedish land.

Actions

A. Move Capital to St. Petersburg

• Move capital to Ingermanland
• Change the city name in Ingermanland to St. Petersburg
• Infrastructure tech investment: +500
• Trade tech investment: +1000
• Religion in Ingermanland changes to orthodox
• Culture in Ingermanland changes to russian
• +15% population in Ingermanland
• Gain barrack in Ingermanland
• Gain shipyard in Ingermanland
• -1000
• Stability -2

B. Keep Capital at Moscow

• Aristocracy +1
• Centralization -1
• Stability +3

Russia — Not random

Conditions

• None of the following must occur:
  • Russia and China are at war

Will happen within 131 days of January 2, 1689
Checked again every 131 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1690)

Description

The permanent Russian exploration and colonization of Siberia that started under Ivan the Terrible had regularly continued all along the 17th century, with most of eastern Siberia discovered by the end of the century (Kamchatska was reached in 1679). The Amur basin had been explored by Khabarov in the 1650s and in 1689, a Russo-Chinese border conflict was settled by the first Chinese-European agreement, the Treaty of Nerchiinsk, fixing the Amur border. In 1727, the Kyakhta treaty would even make provisions for a Russian trading station to be established in Peking, the capital of the new Manchu dynasty (1644-1911).

Actions

A. Accept the Treaty

• +250 relations with China
• -600
• Stability +1
• Cede Bogorodsk to China
• Cede Vanin to China
• Cede Heilongjiang to China
• Cede Viazemski to China
• Cede Sikhote to China
• Cede Nelma to China
• Cede Olga to China
• Cede Nakhodka to China
• Cede Kyongju to China
• Cede Yalu to China
• Cede Jilin to China
• Cede Baicheng to China
• Cede Jehol to China
• Cede Liaotung to China
• Ulan Ude will be considered a claim province
• Buriat will be considered a claim province
• Tchita will be considered a claim province
• Kalakan will be considered a claim province
• Sretensk will be considered a claim province
• Kalar will be considered a claim province
• Mogotcha will be considered a claim province
• Djagdi will be considered a claim province
• Chilka will be considered a claim province
• Stanovoe will be considered a claim province
• Baladok will be considered a claim province
• Djugdjur will be considered a claim province
• Enkan will be considered a claim province
• Okhotsk will be considered a claim province
• Magadan will be considered a claim province
• Kolyma will be considered a claim province
• Chelekov will be considered a claim province
• Kamenkoie will be considered a claim province
• Korfa will be considered a claim province
• Palana will be considered a claim province
• Tchumkan will be considered a claim province
• Amgoun will be considered a claim province
• Sofiisk will be considered a claim province
• Amour will be considered a claim province
• Tchekunda will be considered a claim province
• Boureia will be considered a claim province
• Ekimcan will be considered a claim province
• Nerchiinsk will be considered a claim province
• Norsk will be considered a claim province
• Birobidjan will be considered a claim province
• Nagorje will be considered a claim province
• Khretset will be considered a claim province
• Kamcatka will be considered a claim province
• Sredny Hrebet will be considered a claim province
• Event 3705 - The Treaty of Nerchiinsk for China is triggered immediately

B. Reject the Treaty as Preposterous

• -250 relations with China
• -250 relations with a random country
• -250 relations with a different random country
• -250 relations with a different random country
• Monarch's diplomatic skill -1 for 240 months
• Gain a temporary casus belli against China for 60 months
• Stability +1
• Ulan Ude will be considered a claim province
• Buriat will be considered a claim province
• Tchita will be considered a claim province
• Kalakan will be considered a claim province
• Sretensk will be considered a claim province
• Kalar will be considered a claim province
• Mogotcha will be considered a claim province
• Djagdi will be considered a claim province
• Chilka will be considered a claim province
• Stanovoe will be considered a claim province
• Baladok will be considered a claim province
• Djugdjur will be considered a claim province
• Enkan will be considered a claim province
• Okhotsk will be considered a claim province
• Magadan will be considered a claim province
• Kolyma will be considered a claim province
• Chelekov will be considered a claim province
• Kamenkoie will be considered a claim province
• Korfa will be considered a claim province
• Palana will be considered a claim province
• Tchumkan will be considered a claim province
• Amgoun will be considered a claim province
• Sofiisk will be considered a claim province
• Amour will be considered a claim province
• Tchekunda will be considered a claim province
• Boureia will be considered a claim province
• Ekimcan will be considered a claim province
• Nerchiinsk will be considered a claim province
• Norsk will be considered a claim province
• Birobidjan will be considered a claim province
• Nagorje will be considered a claim province
• Khretset will be considered a claim province
• Kamcatka will be considered a claim province
• Sredny Hrebet will be considered a claim province
• Event 3793 - The Treaty of Nerchiinsk for China is triggered immediately

Russia — Not random

Conditions

• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Sweden owns Livland
  • Sweden owns Kurland
  • Sweden owns Ingermanland
  • Sweden owns Estland
  • Sweden owns Kexholm
  • Sweden owns Savolaks
  • Sweden owns Kola
  • Sweden owns Karelia
  • Sweden owns Olonets
  • Sweden owns Arkhangelsk
  • Sweden owns Novgorod
  • Sweden owns Pskov
  • Sweden owns Vologda

Will happen within 1 days of June 16, 1697
Checked again every 1 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after April 2, 1700)

Description

In 1697, the 15 years old Charles XII ascended the Swedish throne. Seeing the opportunity, the Russian Czar Peter I allied with Denmark and Poland-Saxony in 1699. However, with British and Dutch naval assistance, Charles XII landed on Zealand and promptly defeated the Danes, then moved to Estland where his badly outnumbered Swedes (1 to 5) won a crushing victory over the Russians. Instead of finishing the Russians, Charles moved against August II of Poland-Saxony and drove him out of Poland in 1704 (having the pro-Swedish Stanislas Leszinski elected King), then subjugating Saxony in 1706. While the Russians started the construction of St-Petersburg (1703) and rebuilt their armies, they also took parts of Estland (1704-1706). Charles then decided to march to Moscow via the Ukraine where the Cossacks under Mazeppa had again risen in revolt (1708). The harsh winter and Russian raids decimated his army and he was finally beaten at the battle of Poltava in 1709. The wounded king escaped to the Ottomans. The Russians were encircled by the Ottomans on the Prut River, but Peter succeeded through bribery to obtain a safe conduct in exchange for Azov. While Charles was still exiled in Turkey, Russian, Danish, Hanoverian and even Prussian troops captured most of the Swedish territory around the Baltic. Having emerged from Turkish internment, Charles got killed in 1718 in front of the Norwegian fortress of Frederickshald. The peace treaties that followed Sweden lost most of her Baltic empire.

Actions

A. Create a Grand Alliance

• Gain a temporary casus belli against Sweden for 36 months
• -150 relations with Sweden
• +150 relations with Denmark
• +150 relations with Poland
• +150 relations with Saxony
• Gain an alliance with Denmark
• Gain an alliance with Poland
• Gain an alliance with Saxony
• Stability -1
• -800

B. Let the others bleed first

• Gain a temporary casus belli against Sweden for 12 months
• -150 relations with Sweden
• +50 relations with Denmark
• +100 relations with Poland
• +100 relations with Saxony
• Stability -1

Russia — Not random

Conditions

• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Country is at war
  • None of the following must occur:
    • Stability is at 1 or higher

Will happen within 119 days of January 2, 1707
Checked again every 119 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 31, 1710)

Description

In 1708, the Great Northern War was raging. In one of their traditional rising against their masters, be they Polish or Russians, the Zaparog Cossacks of Ukraine revolted under the leadership of their Hetman, Mazepa. His appeals to Charles XII of Sweden were listened to and in 1708-1709, the Swedish army moved to Ukraine, in the unfounded hope to find winter supplies and reinforcements. They only met defeat at Poltava, while the Cossack insurrection was utterly suppressed and most Cossacks deported to the eastern provinces of the Russian Empire.

Actions

A. We have dealt with separatists before

• Centralization -2
• -250 relations with Ukraine
• Gain a temporary casus belli against Ukraine for 120 months
• Ukraina revolts
• Ukraina revolts
• Donetsk revolts
• Donetsk revolts
• Poltava revolts
• Poltava revolts
• Krementjug revolts
• Krementjug revolts
• +200
• Stability -1

Russia — Not random

Conditions

• Country is at war

Will happen within 1 days of January 2, 1711
Checked again every 1 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 31, 1820)

Description

In the course of Peter's reign, medieval and obsolescent forms of government gave place to effective autocracy. In 1711 he abolished the boyarskaya duma, or boyar council, and established by decree the Senate as the supreme organ of state-to coordinate the action of the various central and local organs, to supervise the collection and expenditure of revenue, and to draft legislation in accordance with his edicts. Martial discipline was extended to civil institutions, and an officer of the guards was always on duty in the Senate. From 1722, moreover, there was a procurator general keeping watch over the daily work of the Senate and its chancellery and acting as 'the eye of the sovereign'.

Actions

A. Governmental Reforms and the Absolutism

• Centralization +3
• Aristocracy -4
• Innovativeness -3
• Mercantilism +3
• Serfdom +1
• Global revolt risk +2 for 240 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
• +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
• +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
• +1 base tax value in a different random province
• +1 base tax value in a different random province
• Gain Weapons Manufactory in a random province
• Gain Goods Manufactory in a random province
• Gain Refinery in a random province
• Infrastructure tech investment: +2000
• Trade tech investment: +1000
• -1000
• Stability +2

B. Only Absolutism

• Centralization +3
• Aristocracy -4
• Innovativeness -3
• Mercantilism +3
• Serfdom +1
• Global revolt risk +2 for 240 months
• Stability +1

C. Only Governmental Reforms

• +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
• +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
• +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
• +1 base tax value in a different random province
• +1 base tax value in a different random province
• Gain Weapons Manufactory in a random province
• Gain Goods Manufactory in a random province
• Gain Refinery in a random province
• Infrastructure tech investment: +2000
• Trade tech investment: +1000
• -1000
• Stability +1

Russia — Not random

Will happen within 299 days of January 2, 1719
Checked again every 299 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 31, 1723)

Description

In 1721, in order to subject the Orthodox Church of Russia to the state, Peter abolished the Patriarchate of Moscow. Thenceforward the patriarch's place as head of the church was taken by a spiritual college, namely the Holy Synod, consisting of representatives of the hierarchy obedient to the czar's will. A secular official - the ober-prokuror, or chief procurator - was appointed by the tsar to supervise the Holy Synod's activities. The Holy Synod ferociously persecuted all dissenters and conducted a censorship of all publications.

Actions

A. Abolish the Patriarchate

• Gain Fine Arts Academy in Moskva
• Gain Fine Arts Academy in Ukraina
• Stability -2

B. Leave the Patriarchate alone

• Manufactory in a random province is destroyed
• Stability +1

Russia — Not random

Conditions

• Courland exists

Will happen within 0 days of January 14, 1726
Checked again every 0 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 15, 1726)

Description

The death of the last Duke of Kurland, Frederick William, in 1711, left no heirs to the Duchy except the weak and ill Ferdinand, and a lot of contenders in Russia and Poland. In 1726, the Polish Sejm managed to impose Maurice of Saxony, the bastard son of the current Polish King, as Duke, but only to change her mind and ask his withdrawal. At the same time, Russia was pushing for her own candidate, the Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, son-in-law of the Czarina Catherine I. After much bribing, negotiation and behind the scene diplomacy, Maurice was summoned to either leave or suffer war. It started in 1727, with Russia firmly committed and sending 8,000 troops to conquer the Duchy within 8 days. The war did not last long enough to embrace all of Europe and Maurice fled to France where he then had a brilliant military career.

Actions

A. Prepare to grab Kurland

• Kurland will be considered a claim province
• -150 relations with Prussia
• -150 relations with Courland
• -100 relations with Poland
• -50 relations with Sweden
• Gain a temporary casus belli against Sweden for 3 months
• Gain a temporary casus belli against Poland for 3 months
• Gain a temporary casus belli against Prussia for 3 months
• Gain a temporary casus belli against Courland for 3 months
• Stability -1

B. Ignore this petty matter

• Stability -2
• +100 relations with Prussia
• +100 relations with Courland
• +50 relations with Sweden
• +100 relations with Poland
• -50 victory points

Russia — Not random

Will happen within 10 days of September 2, 1742
Checked again every 10 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after April 2, 1746)

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 Holy Roman Empire (except Bavaria) in 1732 and France in 1738 only. Bavarian refusal would lead to the War of the Austrian Succession.

Actions

A. Pro-Habsburg

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

B. Neutral

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

C. Anti-Habsburg

• Gain a temporary casus belli against Austria for 12 months
• Gain a temporary casus belli against England for 12 months
• +150 relations with Bavaria
• +150 relations with Saxony
• +150 relations with Prussia
• +150 relations with France
• -100 relations with Netherlands
• -150 relations with England
• -100 relations with Hesse
• -100 relations with Hanover
• -150 relations with Austria
• Stability +1

Russia — Not random

Will happen within 102 days of January 2, 1767
Checked again every 102 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1768)

Description

In 1767 Catherine the Great convened a commission composed of delegates from all the provinces and from all social classes (except the serfs) for the purpose of ascertaining the true wishes of her people and framing a constitution. The debates went on for months and came to nothing. Catherine's Instruction to the commission was a draft of a constitution and a code of laws. It was considered too liberal for publication in France and remained a dead letter in Russia.

Actions

A. Talk about the Injustice in Society

• Centralization -2
• Aristocracy +6
• Innovativeness -1
• Serfdom +2
• Global revolt risk +3 for 240 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
• +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
• +2 base tax value in a different random province
• Stability +1

B. Do something about the Injustice in Society

• Centralization -2
• Aristocracy -5
• Innovativeness +5
• Serfdom -5
• -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
• -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
• -1 base tax value in a different random province
• -400
• Stability -4

Russia — Not random

Will happen within 1902 days of January 2, 1770
Checked again every 1902 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1780)

Description

In the late 18th century Russia adopted an increasingly mercantilist policy as a consequence of the growing monopolization of the power of the aristocracy. Your Excellency, shall we embark on a great mercantilist adventure?

Actions

A. Yes, we need to do something

• Mercantilism +5
• Centralization -1
• Trade tech investment: +500

B. No, the economy is in fine shape

• Centralization -1
• Trade tech investment: +1000

C. No, we shall opt for Free Trade

• Centralization -1
• Mercantilism -4
• Trade tech investment: +1500

Russia — Not random

Conditions

• Serfdom is at 6 or higher
• Aristocracy is at 6 or higher
• None of the following must occur:
  • Stability is at 1 or higher

Will happen within 1 days of January 2, 1773
Checked again every 1 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1791)

Description

The revolt started in 1773 in the Urals region. Led by Emelian Pugatchev, it was an uprising of displaced Cossacks and peasants, following a leader who claimed to be Peter III, the assassinated husband of Czarina Catherine II. In the winter of 1773-1774, the revolt had taken control of most of the Volga basin and even threatened Moscow, bringing the realm of Catherine to the brink of collapse. Finally, regular troops under Suvarow managed to capture Pugatchev near Tsaritsyn and he was executed in Moscow.

Actions

A. The Masses are moving Sire

• Centralization -2
• Global revolt risk +6 for 120 months
• Stability +1

Russia — Not random

Conditions

• Event 3435 - The Pugatchev Uprising for Russia has already occurred

Will happen within 1 days of January 3, 1773
Checked again every 1 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 3, 1791)

Description

After the Pugachev revolt, Catherine realized that for her the people were more to be feared than pitied, and that, rather than freeing them, she must tighten their bonds. Before her accession to power, Catherine had planned to emancipate the serfs, on whom the economy of Russia was based. When confronted with the realities of power, Catherine saw very quickly that emancipation of the serfs would never be tolerated by the owners, whom she depended upon for support, and who would throw the country into disorder once they lost their own means of support. (The fortune of a noble was evaluated not in lands but in the 'souls' he owned.) Catherine instead turned her attention to organizing and strengthening a system that she herself had condemned as inhuman. She imposed serfdom on the Ukrainians who had until then been free. By distributing the crown lands to her favorites and ministers, she worsened the lot of the peasants, who had enjoyed certain autonomy. At the end of her reign, there was scarcely a free peasant left in Russia.

Actions

A. Keep the Masses in Chains

• Centralization -2
• Aristocracy +5
• Innovativeness -3
• Serfdom +5
• Stability +1

B. Let introduce an idea called 'Freedom'

• Centralization -2
• Aristocracy -5
• Innovativeness +3
• Serfdom -5
• Stability -4

Russia — Not random

Will happen within 121 days of January 2, 1797
Checked again every 121 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1798)

Description

Paul I, in an effort to strengthen the autocracy, reversed many of Catherine's policies - he reestablished centralized administrative agencies she had abolished in 1775, increased bureaucratic control in local government, and sought to impose limits on the authority of the nobles. While Catherine caused many ordinary Russians to be enslaved through serfdom, Paul was the first Russian czar to limit the work required of these unfortunate people. At Gatchina, Paul educated their children, lent them money, instituted a system of free medical care, gave them more land for their use, and upgraded agricultural technology. In short, he was a model landlord. When it came to Russia's most humble people, as both czar and grand duke, he sought to end their suffering and improve their lives. In this, he put into action the Enlightenment ideas parroted, but never followed unless it suited her, by his mother.

Actions

A. Restrict Serfdom

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

B. It is perfect as it is

• Stability +1

Russia — Not random

Will happen within 121 days of January 2, 1801
Checked again every 121 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1802)

Description

Alexander abolished many barbarous and cruel punishments then practiced and in 1802 introduced a more orderly administration of government by the creation of eight ministries. He improved the condition of the serfs and promoted education, doubling the number of Russian universities by establishing those at Saint Petersburg, Kharkiv, and Kazan. Nevertheless, despite the humanitarian ideas inculcated in him by his tutor La Harpe and despite his own wish to make his people happy, Alexander lacked the energy necessary to carry out the most urgent reform, the full abolition of serfdom. The institution of serfdom was, in the Czar's own words, 'a degradation' that kept Russia in a disastrously backward state. But to liberate the serfs, who composed three-quarters of the population, would arouse the hostility of their noble masters.

Actions

A. Minimal reforms

• Aristocracy -1
• Innovativeness +1
• Serfdom -1
• Stability -1

B. Full Reform

• Centralization -2
• Aristocracy -5
• Innovativeness +3
• Serfdom -5
• Stability -4

Russia — Not random

Conditions

• Own Moskva
• Own Ingermanland
• Russia and France are at war
• Event 3148 - Napoleon Bonaparte for France has already occurred

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1803
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1820)

Description

On June 23, 1812, Morand's division crossed the river Nemen, soon followed by other divisions. The Grand Armée, 500,000 strong, had commenced the invasion of Russia. A few days later, Napoleon righteously proclaimed: 'I have come to finish off, once and for all, the Colossus of Northern Barbarism. The sword is drawn. They must be thrust back into their snow and ice, so that for a quarter of a century at least they will not be able to interfere with civilized Europe.' Your Excellency, shall we move our capital back to Moscow?

Actions

A. Moscow is easier to defend

• Move capital to Moskva
• Stability +1
• Centralization -1

B. Stay in St. Petersburg

• Move capital to Ingermanland
• Stability -1
• Centralization +1

Russia — Not random

Conditions

• All of the following must be true for :
  • Monarch Napoléon I is active
• Control Ile de France

Will happen within 10 days of January 2, 1809
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

• +500 victory points
• +500
• +200 relations with France
• Stability +3
• Event 3789 - The Restoration of the French Monarchy for France is triggered immediately

Russia — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 3263 - The Act of Union and Security for Sweden

Description

Milord, a large group of Finnish officers in the service of the Swedish king has sent us a dispatch declaring the 'Swedish war of aggression' illegal and asking us if we would consider helping them form an independent nation of Finland. It could be useful as a buffer state...

Actions

A. Promise independence to Finnish Nobility

• Event 3259 - The Anjala League for Sweden is triggered immediately
• -150 relations with Sweden
• Stability +1

B. Reject and disclose them to Gustavus III

• +150 relations with Sweden
• +30 victory points

Russia — Not random

Triggered by

Action B of 3497 - Ending the Stagnation for Poland

Description

Milord, the Polish nobles have finally agreed to reform the constitution and limit, or even abolish, the Liberum Veto. A centralized Poland with a weak Sejm could seriously threaten our rightful hegemony over the Slavic peoples!

Actions

A. The Poles must be stopped!

• Gain a temporary casus belli against Poland for 60 months
• -150 relations with Poland
• Stability +3
• +250
• Tula will be considered a claim province
• Welikia will be considered a claim province
• Kursk will be considered a claim province

Russia — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 3252 - The Election of a Swedish Crown prince for Sweden

Description

King Frederick of Sweden had several children by his mistress Hedvig Taube, but his marriage with Ulrika was cursed with childlessness. Naturally, the two opposing parties of the Riksdag were embroiled in a bitter fight over the choice of a crown prince. The Caps argued for the Danish prince Frederick, but the Hats had found another candidate in Adolf Frederick of Holstein-Gottorp. In 1743 Adolf Frederik was elected heir to the throne of Sweden by the Hats, who favored a foreign policy that would regain Swedish hegemony in the Baltic. The Hats hoped by their choice to obtain better conditions of peace from the Russian empress Elizabeth, who was favorable to the house of Gottorp.

Actions

A. They made a wise choice

• Gain a royal marriage with Sweden
• +100 relations with Sweden
• Stability +1

Russia — Not random

Triggered by

Action B of 3252 - The Election of a Swedish Crown prince for Sweden

Description

King Frederick of Sweden had several children by his mistress Hedvig Taube, but his marriage with Ulrika was cursed with childlessness. Naturally, the two opposing parties of the Riksdag were embroiled in a bitter fight over the choice of a crown prince. The Caps argued for the Danish prince Frederick, but the Hats had found another candidate in Adolf Frederick of Holstein-Gottorp. Your Excellency, the Swedes have chosen the Danish prince!

Actions

A. We have been gravely insulted

• Gain a temporary casus belli against Sweden for 12 months
• Gain a temporary casus belli against Denmark for 12 months
• -200 relations with Sweden
• -200 relations with Denmark
• Stability -1

B. They are not worth it

• +100 relations with Sweden
• +100 relations with Denmark
• Stability -1

Russia — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 3620 - The Fate of the Teutonic Order for Teutonic Order

Description

Following Russian attacks in the 1550's, and out of collapse of the Teutonic Order, Master Gotthard Ketteler salvaged Kurland from the Order's territory as a secular duchy under Polish sovereignty. This vassalage brought Poland into conflict with Russia, allied with Denmark and started the 1563-1570 War of the Three Crowns against Sweden. At the 1582 armistice of Jan Zapolski, Russia was beaten, gave up Livland and Polotsk and Sweden won the Baltic province of Estland while Livland and Kurland remained under Polish control. My Lord, at this time the Grandaster has announced that he has signed an Agreement with Poland and Sweden.

Actions

A. Defy the Agreement

• Estland will be considered a claim province
• Livland will be considered a claim province
• -50 relations with Courland
• +150 relations with Denmark
• -150 relations with Poland
• -150 relations with Sweden
• Gain a temporary casus belli against Poland for 60 months
• Gain a temporary casus belli against Sweden for 60 months
• Stability -2

B. Accept the Agreement

• +150 relations with Courland
• -50 relations with Denmark
• +100 relations with Poland
• +100 relations with Sweden
• Stability +1
• +200

Russia — Not random

Triggered by

Action B of 3620 - The Fate of the Teutonic Order for Teutonic Order

Description

Following Russian attacks in the 1550's, and out of collapse of the Teutonic Order, Master Gotthard Ketteler salvaged Kurland from the Order's territory as a secular duchy under Polish sovereignty. This vassalage brought Poland into conflict with Russia, allied with Denmark and started the 1563-1570 War of the Three Crowns against Sweden. At the 1582 armistice of Jan Zapolski, Russia was beaten, gave up Livland and Polotsk and Sweden won the Baltic province of Estland while Livland and Kurland remained under Polish control. My Lord, at this time the Grandaster has announced that he has signed an Agreement with Denmark and Russia.

Actions

A. Accept Agreement

• Estland will be considered a claim province
• Ingermanland will be considered a claim province
• +150 relations with Courland
• +100 relations with Denmark
• Stability +1

B. Only accept your part of the Agreement

• Livland will be considered a claim province
• Polotsk will be considered a claim province
• Estland will be considered a claim province
• Ingermanland will be considered a claim province
• +100 relations with Courland
• -100 relations with Denmark
• Stability -2

Russia — Not random

Triggered by

Action C of 3620 - The Fate of the Teutonic Order for Teutonic Order

Description

Following Russian attacks in the 1550's, and out of collapse of the Teutonic Order, Master Gotthard Ketteler salvaged Kurland from the Order's territory as a secular duchy under Polish sovereignty. This vassalage brought Poland into conflict with Russia, allied with Denmark and started the 1563-1570 War of the Three Crowns against Sweden. At the 1582 armistice of Jan Zapolski, Russia was beaten, gave up Livland and Polotsk and Sweden won the Baltic province of Estland while Livland and Kurland remained under Polish control. My Lord, the Germans have reverted to Roman Catholicism and threaten to launch a crusade against us.

Actions

A. Defy the Knights

• Estland will be considered a claim province
• Ingermanland will be considered a claim province
• Gain a temporary casus belli against Teutonic Order for 60 months
• Stability -2
• -150 relations with Teutonic Order
• +50 relations with Poland
• +50 relations with Sweden
• +50 relations with Denmark

B. Accept this Government

• Stability +1
• +200
• +150 relations with Teutonic Order
• -50 relations with Poland
• -50 relations with Sweden
• -50 relations with Denmark

Russia — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 3499 - Ending the Stagnation for Poland

Description

Stanislas II Poniatowsky (1764-1795) had been elected King of Poland under Russian pressure. The favorite of Catherine II of Russia, he aspired to reform the conditions of his realm, described as 'anarchy tempered by civil war'. Russia placed her supporters in the 1767 Confederation of Slutsk to prevent any curtailment in the Liberum Veto. Civil war occurred in 1768 and by 1772, the powers of Russia, Prussia and Austria, under the inspiration of Frederick II, proceeded to the first partition of Poland, taking border provinces from her and demanding that the Liberum Veto be maintained and all reforms abandoned.

Actions

A. Poland is trying to reform and it must be stopped

• Gain a temporary casus belli against Poland for 60 months
• -150 relations with Poland
• Stability +3
• +250
• Tula will be considered a claim province
• Welikia will be considered a claim province
• Kursk will be considered a claim province
• Polotsk will be considered a claim province
• Belarus will be considered a claim province
• Smolensk will be considered a claim province
• Mozyr will be considered a claim province
• Belgorod will be considered a claim province
• Donetsk will be considered a claim province

Russia — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 3500 - Ending the Stagnation for Poland

Description

Following the first partition of the country in 1772, the 1788-1791 Fours Years Diet of Poland took opportunity of the war between Russia, Turkey and Sweden (1788-1790) to attempt the transformation of Poland into a hereditary constitutional monarchy, which was proclaimed in the Constitution of May 1791. Influenced by Russia, the opposition forced the king to 'join' and called Russian troops to restore order. This led to a further partition of the country in 1793, between Prussia and Russia, which deprived Poland of most of her territory. She would disappear after the 1794 popular uprising of Kosziucko and the final dissolution of the state in 1795.

Actions

A. Poland is trying to reform and it must be stopped

• Gain a temporary casus belli against Poland for 60 months
• -150 relations with Poland
• Stability +3
• +250
• Tula will be considered a claim province
• Welikia will be considered a claim province
• Kursk will be considered a claim province
• Polotsk will be considered a claim province
• Kurland will be considered a claim province
• Belarus will be considered a claim province
• Smolensk will be considered a claim province
• Mozyr will be considered a claim province
• Lithuania will be considered a claim province
• Volyn will be considered a claim province
• Chernigov will be considered a claim province
• Ukraina will be considered a claim province
• Jedisan will be considered a claim province
• Podolia will be considered a claim province
• Belgorod will be considered a claim province
• Donetsk will be considered a claim province
• Poltava will be considered a claim province
• Krementjug will be considered a claim province
• Crimea will be considered a claim province
• Kaffa will be considered a claim province
• Kerch will be considered a claim province
• Azov will be considered a claim province
• Kalmuk will be considered a claim province
• Kouban will be considered a claim province

Russia — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 3628 - The Polish Succession of 1733 for Saxony
Action A of 3626 - The Polish Succession of 1733 for Saxony

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.

Actions

A. Secure Poland for the Wettins

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

B. Give the Wettins a helping hand

• Gain a temporary casus belli against France for 12 months
• Gain an alliance with Saxony
• Gain an alliance with Austria
• Gain an alliance with Prussia
• +50 relations with Poland
• +50 relations with Saxony
• +50 relations with Austria
• -100 relations with France
• +100 relations with Prussia
• -100 relations with Sweden
• Stability -1

Russia — Not random

Triggered by

Action B of 3498 - Ending the Stagnation for Poland

Description

Milord, the Polish nobles have finally agreed to reform the constitution and limit, or even abolish, the Liberum Veto. A centralized Poland with a weak Sejm could seriously threaten our rightful hegemony over the Slavic peoples!

Actions

A. The Poles must be stopped!

• Gain a temporary casus belli against Poland for 60 months
• -150 relations with Poland
• Stability +3
• +250
• Tula will be considered a claim province
• Welikia will be considered a claim province
• Kursk will be considered a claim province