Saxony — Not random

Conditions

• At least one of the following must occur:
  • State religion is reformed
  • State religion is protestant
  • State religion is hussite
• The following must not occur:
  • Hussites exists
• The following must not occur:
  • All of the following must occur:
    • Bohemia exists
    • At least one of the following must occur:
      • Event 129051 - Taborite republic for Bohemia has already occurred
      • Event 129052 - Utraquist republic for Bohemia has already occurred
      • Event 129053 - Podiebrad dynasty for Bohemia has already occurred

Will happen within 10 days of August 18, 1419
Checked again every 10 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1499)

Description

The Kingdom of Bohemia has finally been won back for catholicism. As a consequence, the German princes who have been forced by the Hussites to adapt their misguided faith can now safely return to the Roman church. By a general indulgence the Pope will make sure they will be forgiven having turned to the heresy under compulsion.

Actions

A. Restore Catholicism

• Change religion to catholic
• Stability +3

Saxony — Not random

Will happen on November 23, 1422

Description

The influence of the Askanians who had once been the most powerful dynasty in Eastern Germany slowly faded in the 14th and 15th century. First in Brandenburg, then in Lauenburg and finally 1423 in electoral Saxony the branches got extinct, and the remaining members of the family lacked unity and determination to secure the territories. Instead, the Hohenzollern and Wettins were given the old Askanian lands and took their former rank. The last step in this process was the extinction of the electoral branch in Saxony-Wittenberg with the heirless death of Albrecht III. This caused a tough contest between the Hohenzoller Elector Friedrich of Brandenburg and the Wettin Margrave Friedrich IV of Meissen for Albrecht's possessions. Eventually, Emperor Sigismund decided in favour of the Wettin and granted the Electorate and Saxony-Wittenberg to him. Henceforth, the electoral title remained within the Wettin family that managed to become one of the predominant forces in the Empire while the Askanians left in Anhalt were virtually powerless.

Actions

A. The Wettins inherit the Electorate of Saxony (End Game)

Conditions

• Meissen exists

Effects

• Grant independence to Magdeburg
• Grant independence to Mecklenburg
• Grant independence to Pomerania
• Cede Stettin to Pomerania
• Cede Pommern to Pomerania
• Cede Neumark to Teutonic Order
• Cede Lebus to Teutonic Order
• Cede Berlin to Brandenburg
• Cede Cottbus to Brandenburg
• Grant independence to Bohemia
• Cede Lausitz to Bohemia
• Cede Morava to Bohemia
• Cede Sudety to Bohemia
• Cede Sumava to Bohemia
• Cede Tabor to Bohemia
• Cede Oberpfalz to Palatinate
• Cede Straubing to Luxemburg
• Grant independence to Ansbach
• Grant independence to Wirtemberg
• Grant independence to Baden
• Grant independence to Mainz
• Grant independence to Hesse
• Grant independence to Cleves
• Grant independence to Berg
• Grant independence to Hanover
• Grant independence to Oldenburg
• Grant independence to Bremen
• Event 319000 - MeiЯen inherits Saxony-Wittenberg for Meissen is triggered immediately

B. Friedrich of Brandenburg inherits the Electorate of Saxony (End Game)

Conditions

• Brandenburg exists

Effects

• Grant independence to Magdeburg
• Grant independence to Mecklenburg
• Grant independence to Pomerania
• Cede Gelre to Pomerania
• Cede Artois to Brandenburg
• Cede Brabant to Brandenburg
• Grant independence to Bohemia
• Cede Anhalt to Bohemia
• Cede Geldern to Bohemia
• Cede Leipzig to Bohemia
• Cede Hainaut to Bohemia
• Cede Landshut to Palatinate
• Cede Erfurt to Austria
• Grant independence to Ansbach
• Grant independence to Wirtemberg
• Grant independence to Baden
• Grant independence to Mainz
• Grant independence to Hesse
• Grant independence to Cleves
• Grant independence to Berg
• Grant independence to Hanover
• Grant independence to Oldenburg
• Grant independence to Bremen
• Event 132000 - Brandenburg inherits Electoral Saxony for Brandenburg is triggered immediately

C. The Askanians keep Saxony

• Stability -4
• Lose 7000 troops in the capital province
• -50 relations with Brandenburg
• -100 relations with Meissen
• -100 relations with Hungary
• Conditions:
  
  • Country is controlled by human
  Inherit the realms of Anhalt
• Conditions:
  
  • Country is controlled by human
  Anhalt will be considered a national province
• Conditions:
  
  • Country is controlled by AI
  Event 450000 - Anhalt inherits Electoral Saxony for Anhalt is triggered immediately

Saxony — Not random

Conditions

• Event 319000 - MeiЯen inherits Saxony-Wittenberg for Meissen has already occurred

Will happen within 300 days of January 2, 1438
Checked again every 300 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1438)

Description

In 1438 Saxony was in a precarious financial situation. The long war against the Hussites, several feuds with Saxonian nobles and Friedrich II's expensive bid for the German crown after the extinction of the Luxemburgs had cost the Elector a lot of money. Therefore, he took a quite drastical step: for the first time in Saxony's history, he summoned the estates of Saxony in Leipzig. In exchange for confirming their privileges, he was allowed to levy a consumption tax that soon filled his treasury again.

Actions

A. Summon the estates

• Centralization -2
• Aristocracy +1
• Stability -1
• +30
• Gain bailiff in the capital province
• Gain bailiff in Sachsen

B. Levy the tax without the estates' consent

• Stability -4
• +30
• Gain bailiff in the capital province
• Gain bailiff in Sachsen

C. Do nothing about our financial problems

• -10

Saxony — Not random

Conditions

• Event 319000 - MeiЯen inherits Saxony-Wittenberg for Meissen has already occurred
• Own Meissen

Will happen within 200 days of January 2, 1439
Checked again every 200 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1439)

Description

The Meinheringer dynasty who were Burgraves of MeiЯen died out when Heinrich II was killed in a battle against the Hussites in 1426. Emperor Sigismund intended to reward his faithful Imperial Court Judge Heinrich of Plauen with the fief, but this was opposed by the Wettins who wanted to achieve full control of the MeiЯen area. After thirteen years of struggle, the Wettins eventually prevailed because Sigismund died and the new Habsburg emperor needed to appease the electors. The Plauens kept the title and privileges of the Burggraviate, but Friedrich II of Saxony remained in factual control of it.

Actions

A. We have prevailed

• -50 relations with Hungary
• +1 base tax value in Meissen
• +1 base manpower in Meissen
• +1500 population in Meissen
• Fortress level in Meissen +1

Saxony — Not random

Conditions

• Event 319000 - MeiЯen inherits Saxony-Wittenberg for Meissen has already occurred
• Own Meissen
• The following must not occur:
  • Meissen exists

Will happen within 100 days of January 2, 1440
Checked again every 100 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1440)

Description

The childless death of Friedrich, the Wettin Landgrave of Thuringia, in 1440, caused a serious conflict within the Wettin family about Thuringia. Wilhelm III, the brother of Elector Friedrich II, questioned his brother's assumption of all of Thuringia and began to fight him. A serious civil war devastated the Wettin lands for almost eleven years. Several attempts to achieve a reconciliation failed until the emperor himself intervened and forced the Wettin brothers to make peace.

Actions

A. Fight the usurper Wilhelm

• Global revolt risk +5 for 132 months
• Stability -3
• Meissen revolts
• Cede Leipzig to Meissen

B. Accept a division of the Wettin possessions

• Grant independence to Meissen
• Event 273001 - The electorate and Thuringia are given to Ernst for Saxony will never fire
• Stability -1

Saxony — Not random

Conditions

• Event 319000 - MeiЯen inherits Saxony-Wittenberg for Meissen has already occurred

Will happen on July 9, 1455

Description

The Wettin fraternal war destabilised the family's holdings and saw several local nobles taking advantage of the situation by demanding extended privileges or fiefs for support. One of these nobles was Kunz of Kaufungen, a knight fighting on the side of Friedrich II. When the conflict was over, he demanded a compensation for the damages inflicted to his Thuringian territory of Milowitz and for the ransom of 4000 Gulden he had to pay after being arrested near Gera in 1446. Since Friedrich refused Kaufungen took him to an imperial arbitrarian court. However, the court decided in favour of the elector which caused Kaufungen to leave it angrily and to swear that he would take revenge on Friedrich's own offspring. It was no empty promise: In the night between July 7th and 8th 1455 he kidnapped the Saxonian princes Ernst and Albrecht from the castle of Altenburg with the intention to take them to Bohemia. This could only be prevented by the coincidental help of two charburners who arrested Kaufungen and saved the princes. Already on July 14th, Kaufungen and his accomplices were beheaded at the marketplace of Freiberg.

Actions

A. Kill the villain

• Stability -2
• Centralization -1

B. Friedrich accepts to compensate Kaufungen's expenses

• Aristocracy +1
• Centralization -1
• -1 base tax value in the capital province
• -40

Saxony — Not random

Conditions

• Event 319000 - MeiЯen inherits Saxony-Wittenberg for Meissen has already occurred

Will happen within 300 days of January 2, 1458
Checked again every 300 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1458)

Description

Around 1440 the largest tin deposits in Central Europe were discovered in the Saxonian part of the Erz mountains. A mining village that later became the city of Altenberg was founded in 1451 and in 1458 the exploitation of the vast ressources began which soon produced a great deal of income. In the beginning of the 16th century, Altenberg's tin output had rosen to 4000 centners per annum.

Actions

A. OK

• +3 mine value in Coburg
• Infrastructure tech investment: +200

Saxony — Not random

Conditions

• Event 319000 - MeiЯen inherits Saxony-Wittenberg for Meissen has already occurred

Will happen within 300 days of January 2, 1468
Checked again every 300 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1468)

Description

Leipzig was the principal trade town of Saxony ever since Margrave Otto the Rich had established a market in the 12th century. With the increase in mining activities in the 15th century, trade in Saxony grew, which made annual trade fairs in Leipzig necessary. A few years later, even an occasional second yearly fair was introduced and finally became permanent by a privilege of the elector issued in 1468. As a consequence, the city's population, wealth and importance rose significantly as several prominent merchant families, including the Fuggers, opened offices and factories in Leipzig.

Actions

A. Establish the trade fair in Leipzig

• -80
• Trade tech investment: +300
• +5 merchants
• +2000 population in the capital province
• Mercantilism +2

B. We can't afford it

• Trade tech investment: -100
• Event 319004 - Imperial privilege for the Leipzig trade fair for Meissen will never fire
• Event 273011 - Imperial privilege for the Leipzig trade fair for Saxony will never fire

Saxony — Not random

Conditions

• Event 319000 - MeiЯen inherits Saxony-Wittenberg for Meissen has already occurred

Will happen within 200 days of January 2, 1480
Checked again every 200 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1480)

Description

During his rule, Elector Ernst was always at good terms with the church. He managed to get two of his sons into archepiscopal sees (in Mainz and Magdeburg), protected the convent of Quedlinburg against an attempted seizure, helped Magdeburg expand its territory and mediated in several quarrels within the clerus. When he visited Rome in 1480, he was awarded the Golden Rose, one of the church's highest honours, by Pope Sixtus IV for these deeds.

Actions

A. Thank you, your holiness

• +50 relations with Papal States
• +30 relations with Mainz
• +30 relations with Ansbach
• +30 relations with Berg
• +30 relations with Bremen
• +30 relations with Salzburg
• +30 relations with Magdeburg
• +5 victory points

Saxony — Not random

Will happen within 200 days of January 2, 1480
Checked again every 200 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1480)

Description

As part of the development and shaping of early modern territorial statehood, the Electoral Saxon chancellor Hans Mergenthal drew up a budget for the first time, which recorded and compared the annual income and expenditure of the sovereign.

Actions

A. Time to count the money

• +50

Saxony — Not random

Conditions

• Own Meissen
• Control Meissen
• Own Sachsen
• Control Sachsen
• The following must not occur:
  • Meissen exists

Will happen within 0 days of August 27, 1485
Checked again every 0 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1490)
unless prevented by
Action B of 273005 - Fraternal war in Saxony for Saxony
Action A of 319002 - Partition of the Wettin lands for Meissen

Description

The Treaty of Leipzig was signed on August 26, 1485 between Ernest, Elector of Saxony and Albert, Duke of Saxony, sons of Frederick II, Elector of Saxony. Based on the terms of the treaty, Saxony was divided into two realms whereby Duke Ernest acquired the western regions and Duke Albert obtained the eastern regions. Ernst had also already annexed Thuringia in 1482. Albrecht remained in Dresden and got the richest part of the Wettin possessions, his brother Ernst moved to the old capital of the electorate, Wittenberg, and was formally in a superior rank. Nevertheless, after less than a century, the Albertine branch proved to be more powerful and achieved hegemony over the Ernestines.

Actions

A. OK

• Event 319002 - Partition of the Wettin lands for Meissen will never fire
• Grant independence to Meissen
• Event 319008 - Elector Ernst moves to Wittenberg for Meissen is triggered immediately

Saxony — Not random

Conditions

• Event 273010 - Trade fair in Leipzig for Saxony has already occurred
• Own Meissen
• The following must not occur:
  • Event 319004 - Imperial privilege for the Leipzig trade fair for Meissen has already occurred

Will happen within 250 days of January 2, 1497
Checked again every 250 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1497)
unless prevented by
Action B of 273010 - Trade fair in Leipzig for Saxony

Description

Imperial privilege for the Leipzig trade fair

Actions

A. Great!

• Trade tech investment: +350
• +3 merchants
• +100 relations with Austria

Saxony — Not random

Conditions

• Friesland exists
• The following must not occur:
  • Event 22005 - The lordship of Friesland for Meissen has already occurred
• The following must not occur:
  • Meissen exists

Will happen within 350 days of January 2, 1498
Checked again every 350 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1498)
unless prevented by
Action A of 22018 - Albrecht von Sachsen for Friesland
Action A, B of 22005 - The lordship of Friesland for Meissen

Description

In return for services rendered, the Emperor has decided to bestow the lordship over Friesland upon us.

Actions

A. Splendid!

• Gain Friesland as vassals
• Event 22006 - Albrecht von Sachsen for Friesland is triggered immediately
• -50 relations with Oldenburg
• -50 relations with Guelders
• -50 relations with Austria
• +2000 infantry in Friesland
• +1000 cavalry in Friesland
• Event 22005 - The lordship of Friesland for Meissen will never fire

B. No, thanks

• +25
• -100 relations with Austria
• Event 22005 - The lordship of Friesland for Meissen will never fire

Saxony — Not random

Conditions

• Event 273001 - The electorate and Thuringia are given to Ernst for Saxony has already occurred
• Own Sachsen
• Control Sachsen

Will happen within 0 days of October 19, 1502
Checked again every 0 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1502)

Description

Having lost the university of Leipzig by the partition in 1485, the Ernestine Elector Friedrich III saw the need to create an academy in his own territory. Without waiting for papal allowance, he obtained the Emperor's approval and opened the Academia Leucorea in his capital Wittenberg on October 18th 1502. By the rich income from the Saxonian mines he was able to finance studies for particularly gifted poor students and to employ some of the most able and innovative scholars of his time, such as Philipp Melanchton and Martin Luther. It was in the tolerant, humanist atmosphere of the Leucorea where these two men prepared their revolutionary teachings that changed the fate of Europe, the thoughts of the Reformation.

Actions

A. Found a university in Wittenberg

• Move capital to Sachsen
• -90
• Innovativeness +1
• Serfdom -1
• Infrastructure tech investment: +250
• +1000 population in the capital province

Saxony — Not random

Conditions

• Burgundy exists
• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Austria owns Holland
  • All of the following must occur:
    • Burgundy owns Holland
    • At least one of the following must occur:
      • Event 3178 - The Habsburg inheritance of Burgundy for Austria has already occurred
      • Event 137012 - Settlement at Arras for Burgundy has already occurred
      • Event 137021 - The new Archduke of Burgundy for Burgundy has already occurred
• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Friesland is a vassal of Saxony
  • Own Friesland
• The following must not occur:
  • Event 22007 - The sale of Friesland for Meissen has already occurred

Will happen within 25 days of January 2, 1515
Checked again every 25 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after February 3, 1515)
unless prevented by
Action A, B of 22007 - The sale of Friesland for Meissen
Action C of 3597 - The Marriage of Mary of Burgundy for Burgundy
Action B of 20047 - The Marriage of Mary of Burgundy for Burgundy

Description

In 1515, Georg had become so disappointed with being unable to control Friesland that he sold it to Charles II of Burgundy, who was trying to unite the Netherlands.

Actions

A. Sell it!

• +50 relations with Burgundy
• Event 22008 - The sale of Friesland for Burgundy is triggered immediately
• Event 22007 - The sale of Friesland for Meissen will never fire

B. Do not sell it!

• -50 relations with Burgundy
• Event 22007 - The sale of Friesland for Meissen will never fire

Saxony — 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 our support

• +100 relations with France
• +150 relations with Hesse
• +150 relations with Palatinate
• -100 relations with Papal States
• -100 relations with Spain
• -150 relations with Austria
• +150 relations with Strasburg

B. Ignore it

• -100 relations with Hesse
• -100 relations with Palatinate
• +50 relations with Austria
• -100 relations with Strasburg
• Event 319006 - Recovery of the Electorate for Meissen will never fire

Saxony — Not random

Conditions

• Event 179006 - The loss of Wirtemberg for Austria has already occurred
• Own Verona

Will happen within 10 days of January 2, 1535
Checked again every 10 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1549)

Description

Saxony has managed to defeat the Habsburgs and to free Wirtemberg. Its rightful duke Ulrich now asks us to give it to him as promised.

Actions

A. Return Wirtemberg to Ulrich

• Grant independence to Wirtemberg
• +25 victory points
• Stability +1
• +50 relations with Hesse
• +50 relations with Palatinate
• +50 relations with Brandenburg
• +50 relations with Cleves
• +50 relations with Holstein
• +50 relations with Bremen
• +50 relations with Oldenburg
• +50 relations with Mecklenburg
• +50 relations with Pomerania
• Revolt risk value in Stuttgart -5

B. Why bother? We'll keep Wirtemberg ourselves!

• Stability -1
• -50 relations with Hesse
• -50 relations with Palatinate
• -50 relations with Brandenburg
• -50 relations with Cleves
• -50 relations with Holstein
• -50 relations with Bremen
• -50 relations with Oldenburg
• -50 relations with Mecklenburg
• -50 relations with Pomerania
• Stuttgart revolts

Saxony — Not random

Conditions

• Event 179004 - Purchase of Wirtemberg for Austria has already occurred
• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Austria owns Nьrtingen
  • Austria owns Stuttgart
• At least one of the following must occur:
  • State religion is protestant
  • State religion is reformed
• Country is not at war
• The following must not occur:
  • Event 185000 - Ulrich of Wirtemberg for Hesse has already occurred

Will happen within 200 days of January 2, 1535
Checked again every 200 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1550)

Description

Ulrich, former duke of Wirtemberg - his country had been sold to the Habsburgs - fled to Saxony. In his exile he became a protestant and convinced Johann Friedrich of Saxony to help him recover his possession for the sake of protestantism. Johann Friedrich occupied Wirtemberg with his troops and demanded the restoration of the independent duchy. Eventually the Habsburgs gave in to the protestant's pressure and returned Wirtemberg to Ulrich.

Actions

A. Protestantism must be promoted everywhere!

• -50 relations with Austria
• -100
• Stability +1
• Event 179006 - The loss of Wirtemberg for Austria is triggered immediately

B. We don't care for Wirtemberg

• Stability -2
• -20 victory points
• +30 relations with Austria

Saxony — Not random

Conditions

• Meissen exists

Will happen within 30 days of April 27, 1547
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1560)

Description

In 1547 Emperor Charles V, with the assistance of the Duke of Alva, captured Wittenberg after the Battle of Mьhlberg, where John Frederick I of Saxony was taken prisoner. Then, the Duke of Alva presided over a court-martial and condemned him to death. To save his life, John Frederick conceded the capitulation of Wittenberg, and, after having been compelled to resign the government of his country in favor of his relative, Maurice of Saxony-Meissen, his condemnation was commuted to imprisonment for life. John Frederick's capital at Wittenberg declined after 1547, when Dresden, residence of the Albertine dukes, replaced it as the Saxon capital.

Actions

A. A united Saxony, again

• Inherit the realms of Meissen

Saxony — Not random

Will happen within 30 days of June 1, 1547
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1549)

Description

The new Albertine Elector Moritz issued a chancery order, which marked the beginning of a central state administration for Saxony. The territory of the Electorate of Saxony was divided into five 'circles' (Electorate, Thuringian, Mountain, Meissen and Leipzig), each of which was governed by a department of the electoral authorities, which were now firmly based in Dresden. In 1569, a sixth district, Vogtland, was added.

Actions

A. Great!

• Centralization +1
• +2 base tax value in Meissen
• +1 base tax value in Sachsen

Saxony — Not random

Conditions

• State religion is protestant

Will happen within 90 days of January 2, 1560
Checked again every 90 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1574)

Description

Crypto-Calvinism was the influence of Calvinism within the Lutheran Church, and was considered a serious threat to the new church following the death of Martin Luther. In Saxony, Calvinist principles were fairly common among prominent figures, including electoral court advisors, professors, and leading figures in the Saxon church. They were followers of Philip Melanchthon, leaned towards reformist views, and clashed with orthodox Lutherans over the question of the Lord's Supper. While the Crypto-Calvinists seized power in the Saxon church during the reign of Elector Augustus, gradually works that were undeniably Calvinist in nature came to light. In 1574, the entire leadership of the Philippist party was arrested, and their efforts were counteracted until the establishment of the Lutheran Book of Concord - defining a 'true' Lutheran doctrine that was approved by the Saxon estates.

Actions

A. Promote Lutheran orthodoxy

• Stability +1
• Innovativeness -1
• -50 relations with Papal States

B. Adopt Melanchthon's beliefs

• Stability -1
• Global revolt risk +3 for 120 months
• Innovativeness +1
• Aristocracy -1
• +25 relations with Papal States

Saxony — Not random

Will happen within 200 days of January 1, 1572
Checked again every 200 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1572)

Description

Crucial for the consolidation of the rule of law, Electoral Constitutiones in more than 170 separate provisions regulated all matters of justice in as much detail as they guaranteed uniform procedural practice in contractual, inheritance, and criminal law. The law faculties of Leipzig, Jena and Wittenberg, as well as the electoral councils, were primarily involved in the formulation of the constitutions.

Actions

A. Great!

• Centralization +1
• Stability +1

Saxony — Not random

Conditions

• Own Meissen
• Control Meissen
• Own Sachsen
• Control Sachsen

Will happen within 0 days of November 6, 1572
Checked again every 0 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1577)

Description

After losing the Electorate, Johann Friedrich dreamed of turning the tide of the Battle of Muhlberg. To do this, he took in the knight Wilhelm von Grumbach, who was outlawed in 1563 for breaching the peace. The duke refused to extradite him and was captured by the emperor in 1567. His brother took custody of the three children. When Johann Friedrich was restored to his parental rights, his brother had to divide the territory between his two sons. Later, the Altenburg and Eisenach lines emerged.

Actions

A. OK

• -3 base tax value in Sachsen

Saxony — Not random

Will happen within 200 days of January 1, 1574
Checked again every 200 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1574)

Description

Earlier than elsewhere in Germany, the Privy Council was formed in Electoral Saxony by princely decree - a quasi-ministerial collegial authority whose members, four Privy Councils chaired by the chancellor, advised the sovereign on internal and external affairs of state and were also able to have an important say not only in church, financial and tax matters, but also in questions of trade and army organization.

Actions

A. OK

• Centralization +1
• Mercantilism +1
• Quality +1

Saxony — Not random

Conditions

• State religion is protestant

Will happen within 90 days of January 2, 1591
Checked again every 90 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1600)

Description

After the defeat of the Crypto-Calvinists, confessional politics suffered a new blow during the reign of Christian I. Driven by sincere personal piety and a strong antipathy to the Lutheran clergy, this Elector sought a comprehensive religious reorganisation of his country, turning to the Calvinist faith. With the active support of his friend Nikolaus Krell, who received almost unlimited powers, he gradually introduced new religious orders. Only the early death in 1591 of the Elector, who was only thirty-one years old and whose health was undermined by excessive drinking, could prevent the second Reformation in Saxony and the subsequent escalation of the conflict with the estates. Krell was charged by the imperial court of justice and executed in 1601.

Actions

A. Luther is right!

• Stability +1

B. Personally be Calvinist, but keep religious parity

• Change religion to reformed
• Stability -1
• Global revolt risk +2 for 36 months

C. Our realm is Calvinist

• Change religion to reformed
• Stability -3
• Religion in the capital province changes to reformed
• Global revolt risk +6 for 36 months
• +50 relations with Netherlands
• +50 relations with Huguenots

Saxony — Not random

Conditions

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

Will happen within 90 days of January 2, 1592
Checked again every 90 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1602)

Description

The mystic, philosopher and Christian theosophist had a strong influence on his time. In his writings, Jakob Bцhme spread a pronounced pantheism in addition to nature mysticism. His cosmological ideas were based on Reformed Christian doctrine. His first work 'Aurora, oder Morgenrцte im Aufgang' (Aurora, or Dawn in the Rising) was written on the basis of a religious vision. Before it was finished, the pastor of Gцrlitz confiscated the manuscript and condemned the author in the strongest possible terms, causing a scandal. Although Bцhme was forbidden to write new works, he retired to God and wrote 32 more works, some of them extensive, speculative, religious and polemical.
He described himself as someone who had not only seen the abolition of the opposites between good and evil, but had also gained knowledge from it. Furthermore, through the vision, the 'reason and reasonlessness' of creation had become clear to him.... He argued that darkness was hidden under light in God, and that on earth these concepts were separated. In his view, only Jesus Christ, through his perfect obedience to God, made it possible to redeem this state and restore the original order.
Hegel called him the 'first German philosopher'. But this came only when his legacy was recognised in Pietism. His writings were also read in France, Holland and England.

Actions

A. Interesting ideas

• Infrastructure tech investment: +25
• Global revolt risk +2 for 12 months

Saxony — Not random

Conditions

• State religion is reformed

Will happen within 90 days of January 2, 1592
Checked again every 90 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1602)

Description

Nikolaus Krell, Doctor of Law, was appointed to the Elector's court in 1580. After the accession of Christian I, he became a Privy Counsellor, and just three years later, taking advantage of Christian's poor health, he became Chancellor of Saxony. At Krell's suggestion, the Elector merged the Privy Council with the court advisers, which deprived the Privy Council of its decisive influence on state affairs. As a Calvinist, Krell pushed Saxony towards the tendencies of the Melanchthonists and Crypto-Calvinists.

Actions

A. Welcome, Chancellor

• Infrastructure tech investment: +25
• -10 relations with Papal States
• Monarch's administrative skill +1 for 120 months

Saxony — 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 was quite limited beyond his direct domains and the erratic and inconsistent behavior of some of them as Rudolph II, such increased frictions. In 1608, the Protestant city of Donauwerth refused Catholics the right to practice their cult and was banned from the Empire. As a reaction, most German Protestant states formed the Evangelic Union to defend their freedom.

Actions

A. Prepare to Join

• -100 relations with Brandenburg
• -100 relations with Hanover
• -100 relations with Hesse
• -100 relations with Palatinate
• -100 relations with Baden
• -100 relations with Ansbach
• +50 relations with Austria

B. Stay Neutral

• +100 relations with France
• +150 relations with Brandenburg
• +150 relations with Hanover
• +150 relations with Hesse
• +150 relations with Palatinate
• +150 relations with Baden
• +150 relations with Ansbach
• +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

Saxony — 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

• -100 relations with France
• -150 relations with Brandenburg
• -150 relations with Hanover
• -150 relations with Hesse
• -150 relations with Palatinate
• -150 relations with Baden
• -150 relations with Ansbach
• -150 relations with Holstein
• +50 relations with Cleves
• +100 relations with Cologne
• +100 relations with Bavaria
• +100 relations with Papal States
• +100 relations with Spain
• +150 relations with Austria

B. Stay Neutral

• +50 relations with Brandenburg
• +50 relations with Hanover
• +50 relations with Hesse
• +50 relations with Palatinate
• +50 relations with Baden
• +50 relations with Ansbach
• -50 relations with Bavaria
• -50 relations with Cleves
• -50 relations with Cologne
• -100 relations with Austria

Saxony — Not random

Conditions

• Country is not at war

Will happen within 360 days of January 1, 1610
Checked again every 360 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after June 1, 1630)

Description

Modelled on foreign societies, so-called language societies with the aim of cultivating the national language and literature were also formed in Germany. Founded in Weimar in 1617 by German scholars and nobility, the Fruitbearing Society (Palm Order) aimed to preserve and multiply the High German language and promote poetry. Among the members of the Fruitbearing Society during its relatively brief but enormously productive history were virtually all of the great poets of the German Baroque, as well as other learned men who wrote on subjects ranging from literature and music to history, philosophy, and the law. Rulers such as King Charles X Gustav of Sweden, the Margrave of Brandenburg, and the dukes of the Anghalt, Hesse, Mecklenburg, and Saxony also supported the work.

Actions

A. Time to harvest the fruit

• Infrastructure tech investment: +50
• +20 relations with Sweden
• +10 relations with Brandenburg
• +10 relations with Hesse
• +10 relations with Wirtemberg
• +10 relations with a random elector
• +10 relations with a random elector
• +10 relations with a random elector

Saxony — Not random

Conditions

• At least one of the following must occur:
  • State religion is protestant
  • State religion is reformed
• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Event 3194 - The second defenestration of Prague for Austria has already occurred
  • Event 179069 - Protestant Bohemian King for Austria has already occurred

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

Description

The outbreak of the Prague riots in 1618 was of eminent importance for the politics of the Dresden court. Bohemia was the immediate neighbour of Electoral Saxony. The Protestant Bohemian estates rebelling against Habsburg wanted none other than the Saxon Elector as the new King of Bohemia, who was also being discussed as a serious candidate for the election of a new Roman-German Emperor in 1619. But Johann Georg I, who even then preferred the pleasures of drink to the hardships of politics ('Bierjцrgel'), not only rejected both offers, but also sided with the Catholic Habsburg imperial house and lent it military and financial support in the defeat of the Bohemian Protestants. In the autumn of 1620, he occupied Lusatia and Silesia, to which he guaranteed the practice of the Protestant faith in the Treaty of Dresden in 1621.

Actions

A. Support Habsburgs

• +100 relations with Austria
• -100 relations with Bohemia

B. Support Habsburgs

• +100 relations with Bohemia
• -100 relations with Austria
• Event 179167 - Lusatia for Austria will never fire

Saxony — Not random

Conditions

• Event 103 - Edict of Tolerance for all countries has already occurred
• At least one of the following must occur:
  • State religion is protestant
  • State religion is reformed

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1660
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1699)

Description

The Corpus Evangelicorum was a gathering of Protestant princes that was finally formally established following the Peace of Westphalia. After the Thirty Years' War, the Corpus Evangelicorum would not struggle with enormous religious questions the way it would have in the preceding century, but it nevertheless kept meeting over various issues until the end of the Empire in 1806. The Elector of Saxony held the privileged position of leader of the Corpus Evangelicorum, thanks to Saxony's status as the birthplace of the reformation and as the predominant Protestant state at the time of the Corpus' formation. This tradition held so strong, that even Saxon electors who converted to Catholicism were allowed to lead the gatherings, provided the privy council was given charge of all matters religious in Saxony, and only admitted Protestants.

Actions

A. Peace to the Empire and glory to Saxony!

• +25 victory points
• Conditions:
  
  • All of the following must be true for :
    • At least one of the following must occur:
      • State religion is protestant
      • State religion is reformed
  +10 relations with Baden
• Conditions:
  
  • All of the following must be true for :
    • At least one of the following must occur:
      • State religion is protestant
      • State religion is reformed
  +10 relations with Bavaria
• Conditions:
  
  • All of the following must be true for :
    • At least one of the following must occur:
      • State religion is protestant
      • State religion is reformed
  +10 relations with Bohemia
• Conditions:
  
  • All of the following must be true for :
    • At least one of the following must occur:
      • State religion is protestant
      • State religion is reformed
  +10 relations with Brandenburg
• Conditions:
  
  • All of the following must be true for :
    • At least one of the following must occur:
      • State religion is protestant
      • State religion is reformed
  +10 relations with Bremen
• Conditions:
  
  • All of the following must be true for :
    • At least one of the following must occur:
      • State religion is protestant
      • State religion is reformed
  +10 relations with Austria
• Conditions:
  
  • All of the following must be true for :
    • At least one of the following must occur:
      • State religion is protestant
      • State religion is reformed
  +10 relations with Hanover
• Conditions:
  
  • All of the following must be true for :
    • At least one of the following must occur:
      • State religion is protestant
      • State religion is reformed
  +10 relations with Hesse
• Conditions:
  
  • All of the following must be true for :
    • At least one of the following must occur:
      • State religion is protestant
      • State religion is reformed
  +10 relations with Cleves
• Conditions:
  
  • All of the following must be true for :
    • At least one of the following must occur:
      • State religion is protestant
      • State religion is reformed
  +10 relations with Cologne
• Conditions:
  
  • All of the following must be true for :
    • At least one of the following must occur:
      • State religion is protestant
      • State religion is reformed
  +10 relations with Lorraine
• Conditions:
  
  • All of the following must be true for :
    • At least one of the following must occur:
      • State religion is protestant
      • State religion is reformed
  +10 relations with Mainz
• Conditions:
  
  • All of the following must be true for :
    • At least one of the following must occur:
      • State religion is protestant
      • State religion is reformed
  +10 relations with Mecklenburg
• Conditions:
  
  • All of the following must be true for :
    • At least one of the following must occur:
      • State religion is protestant
      • State religion is reformed
  +10 relations with Meissen
• Conditions:
  
  • All of the following must be true for :
    • At least one of the following must occur:
      • State religion is protestant
      • State religion is reformed
  +10 relations with Berg
• Conditions:
  
  • All of the following must be true for :
    • At least one of the following must occur:
      • State religion is protestant
      • State religion is reformed
  +10 relations with Oldenburg
• Conditions:
  
  • All of the following must be true for :
    • At least one of the following must occur:
      • State religion is protestant
      • State religion is reformed
  +10 relations with Palatinate
• Conditions:
  
  • All of the following must be true for :
    • At least one of the following must occur:
      • State religion is protestant
      • State religion is reformed
  +10 relations with Pomerania
• Conditions:
  
  • All of the following must be true for :
    • At least one of the following must occur:
      • State religion is protestant
      • State religion is reformed
  +10 relations with Styria
• Conditions:
  
  • All of the following must be true for :
    • At least one of the following must occur:
      • State religion is protestant
      • State religion is reformed
  +10 relations with Holstein
• Conditions:
  
  • All of the following must be true for :
    • At least one of the following must occur:
      • State religion is protestant
      • State religion is reformed
  +10 relations with Stettin
• Conditions:
  
  • All of the following must be true for :
    • At least one of the following must occur:
      • State religion is protestant
      • State religion is reformed
  +10 relations with Tyrol
• Conditions:
  
  • All of the following must be true for :
    • At least one of the following must occur:
      • State religion is protestant
      • State religion is reformed
  +10 relations with Wirtemberg

Saxony — Not random

Conditions

• Country is not at war
• Austria and Ottoman Empire are at war
• The following must not occur:
  • Hungary exists

Will happen within 90 days of January 1, 1682
Checked again every 90 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after June 1, 1690)

Description

In the winter of 1682-83 a defensive-offensive coalition of powers formed against the Turks. The Pope organized another Holy League comprising of Austria, Poland, Saxony and Bavaria. The Venetians determined to join the struggle, signed in March 1684. Russia was eventually to join this League in 1686.

Actions

A. War then

• Gain a temporary casus belli against Ottoman Empire for 100 months
• -200 relations with Ottoman Empire
• +5000 infantry in the capital province
• Gain an alliance with Austria

Saxony — Not random

Will happen within 360 days of January 2, 1682
Checked again every 360 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1690)

Description

The Acta Eruditorum, published in Leipzig, was the first German scholarly publication to be supported by the Elector. The articles were from both German and foreign authors on everything from theology and church history to physics and medicine as well as philosophy and geography. In the 1690s, the Acta became Leibniz's champion in the dispute over who deserved credit for developing calculus. His opponent, Newton, was championed by the Royal Society and Philosophical Transactions.

Actions

A. Great!

• Infrastructure tech investment: +25

Saxony — Not random

Will happen on May 24, 1692

Description

In Leipzig on 17 April 1692, Johann Georg IV married Eleonore Erdmuthe of Saxe-Eisenach. From the very beginning, this marriage was ill-fated. For Johann Georg had been completely in love with Magdalena Sibylla von Neitschьtz (called Billa) since his youth. Even during the journey to Berlin and the arrival of the Brandenburg margrave, the Elector did not forget about his first love. After his marriage, Johann Georg loved Billa even more unboundedly than before, and he humiliated his beloved Eleonore every day. Desperate to marry his mistress, John George tried to murder his wife, but was prevented by his younger brother, Frederick August. When John George tried to stab Eleonore with a sword, the unarmed Frederick stopped the weapon with his hand, injuring it and leaving him with a lifelong handicap.

Actions

A. What a bitter love

• Stability -1
• Monarch's administrative skill -3 for 6 months
• Monarch's diplomatic skill -3 for 6 months
• Monarch's military skill -3 for 6 months

Saxony — Not random

Conditions

• Poland is a vassal of Saxony
• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Sweden owns Bydgoszcz
  • Sweden owns Poznan
  • Sweden owns Pomerelia
  • Sweden owns Warmia
  • Sweden owns Ostpreussen
  • Sweden owns Pilten
  • Sweden owns Kurland
  • Sweden owns Semgallen
  • Sweden owns Latgale
  • Sweden owns Livland
  • Sweden owns Dorpat
  • Sweden owns Estland
  • Sweden owns Osel
  • Sweden owns Wolgast
  • Sweden owns Stettin
  • Sweden owns Pommern
  • Sweden owns Coburg
  • Sweden owns Erfurt
  • Sweden owns Thьringen
  • Sweden owns Leipzig
  • Sweden owns Meissen
  • Sweden owns Sachsen

Will happen within 10 days of June 16, 1697
Checked again every 10 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after April 2, 1700)

Description

In 1697, the 15 year 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 Stanislaw Leszczynski 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. Advance!

• Gain a temporary casus belli against Sweden for 36 months
• -150 relations with Sweden
• +150 relations with Denmark
• +150 relations with Russia
• +200 relations with Poland
• +15000 infantry in a random province
• +3000 cavalry in the same province
• +10 artillery in the same province
• Stability -1

B. Let the Poles meet the Elephant first

• Gain a temporary casus belli against Sweden for 36 months
• -100 relations with Sweden
• +50 relations with Denmark
• -150 relations with Russia
• +50 relations with Poland
• Stability +1

Saxony — Not random

Will happen within 360 days of January 2, 1702
Checked again every 360 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1706)

Description

Elector Friedrich August I, unlike his son and successor, who stood out above all for his debt management and increasing girth, had initiated numerous projects to modernise the state and expand princely rule in the first two decades of his reign. In doing so, he encountered resistance from the Electoral Saxon estates, whose will to participate in state life, especially in all matters of taxation and finance, remained audible. In 1702 and 1707 respectively, he succeeded in introducing a new tax, the general consumption excise (Generalkonsumtionsakzise), which was levied on all consumer goods and collected by a specially created electoral inspection. However, they were not completely relegated to political insignificance during the following decades.

Actions

A. Introduce

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

B. Refuse

• Stability +1
• Centralization -1

Saxony — Not random

Will happen within 90 days of January 1, 1706
Checked again every 90 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1706)

Description

A series of further measures to reform the Electoral Saxon administration and the constitution of authorities also benefited the strengthening of the sovereign's central power. Since 1706, the Geheime Kabinett (Secret Cabinet) existed as the supreme governmental body, a collegially led body that was subdivided into departments for internal, foreign and military affairs and thus helped prepare the formation of later ministries introduced in Saxony in 1831.

Actions

A. OK

• Centralization +1

Saxony — Not random

Conditions

• Stability is at -1 or higher
• At least one of the following must occur:
  • State religion is reformed
  • State religion is protestant

Will happen within 90 days of January 2, 1729
Checked again every 90 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1740)

Description

Bach was a composer of the Baroque era the most celebrated member of a large family of northern German musicians. Although he was admired by his contemporaries primarily as an outstanding harpsichordist organist and expert on organ building Bach is now generally regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time.

Actions

A. OK

• +15 victory points
• Infrastructure tech investment: +15

Saxony — Not random

Will happen within 360 days of January 2, 1730
Checked again every 360 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1730)

Description

The works of Johann Christoph Gottsched introduced the principles of the, Enlightenment to German literature. As a literary critic and theorist, Gottsched tried to construct a completely new literature on, rationalist principles. In his main work, 'Versuch einer critischen, Dichtkunst' (A Critical Approach to Poetry) published in 1730, Gottsched rejected poetic conceit, stressing instead the purity of, language and classical form. Gottsched worked as a professor of poetry, and literature at the University of Leipzig for most of his life, dominating the intellectual life of that city as well as 18th century, German literature until Lessing began to question these ideas and the, Sturm und Drang movement established another understanding of poetry, in the Germanic states.

Actions

A. Interesting ideas

• Infrastructure tech investment: +30

Saxony — Not random

Will happen within 360 days of January 2, 1730
Checked again every 360 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1730)

Description

On the occasion of a Saxon-Prussian monarchial meeting in 1730, the 'soldier king' Frederick William I decided to organise something that could show the power of the Saxon army. This event on the banks of the Elbe, which became famous as the Zeithainer Lustlager, combined - under the eyes of more than 20,000 invited guests from all over Europe - manoeuvres, a parade of troops and baroque festive culture into a spectacle that was highly significant for the self-image of the first Saxon-Polish Union King. It was a synthesis of the arts, which in the age of absolutism was not only a military-political demonstration of power, but also an expression of an aesthetically refined and luxuriously exaggerated enjoyment of life.

Actions

A. Raise the guns!

• +25 victory points
• +25 relations with Brandenburg
• +25 relations with Prussia
• +10 relations with a random country
• +10 relations with a random country
• +10 relations with a random country

Saxony — Not random

Will happen within 360 days of January 2, 1730
Checked again every 360 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1749)

Description

Johann Heinrich Zeller was one of those German booksellers who made their place of residence Leipzig a centre of intellectual life and promoted the development of the sciences. In his publishing house, he published an edition of Luther's German writings, the General Chronicle of State and an atlas of the whole world. But Zedler's most ambitious project, containing 284,000 articles, was the German encyclopaedia, the Grosses Universal-Lexicon. It presented a thesaurus of the pre-modern stock of knowledge, whereby the number of volumes, which had grown steadily compared to the original conception, also indicated that against the background of the differentiation of the sciences and the constant expansion of the human horizon of experience, the encyclopaedic idea had reached its limits. For the history of knowledge and cultural studies research, Zedler's Lexicon is still a reference work due to its universal approach, its information density and the numerous lemmas that can no longer be found in modern encyclopaedias.

Actions

A. Great!

• Infrastructure tech investment: +100

Saxony — Not random

Will happen on November 27, 1737

Description

Heinrich von Brьhl arrived at the Saxon court in 1719. In a short time, he rose from page boy to chief tax collector and privy counsellor. When Frederick Augustus II became Elector,handled affairs in both Saxony and Poland, seeking to link them geographically and legally. In 1746 Brьhl was appointed prime minister. Art and culture flourished, and under his leadership Dresden's art collections and opera became world famous. However, vain and corrupt, driven by boundless selfishness and a desire for personal enrichment, this unedifying figure allowed the country entrusted to him to stumble into a conflict with Frederick the Great's vastly superior Brandenburg-Prussian army without any military preparation. Brьhl amassed a large fortune, which exacerbated the economic situation in Saxony. In 1763, only a short time after his master's death, he died in Dresden.

Actions

A. Let Brьhl be Minister

• Monarch's diplomatic skill +1 for 312 months
• Monarch's administrative skill -1 for 312 months
• Monarch's military skill -1 for 312 months

B. Appoint the noble minister

• Stability -1
• Size of loans changed to 300 ducats
• Event 273049 - Economical crisis for Saxony will never fire
• Event 273050 - Collapse for Saxony will never fire

Saxony — Not random

Conditions

• Austria exists
• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Event 3527 - The Effects of the Pragmatic Sanction for Prussia has already occurred
  • Event 3616 - The Effects of the Pragmatic Sanction for Bavaria has already occurred

Will happen within 10 days of January 2, 1741
Checked again every 10 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after June 2, 1741)
unless prevented by
Action B of 3628 - The Polish Succession of 1733 for Saxony
Action B of 273017 - The Polish Succession of 1733 for Saxony

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. Pro-Habsburg

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

C. Anti-Habsburg

• -150 relations with Prussia
• -150 relations with Bavaria
• -150 relations with France
• +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 -2
• Gain a temporary casus belli against Prussia for 12 months

Saxony — Not random

Conditions

• Country is not at war
• Saxony owns Sachsen
• The following must not occur:
  • Control Sachsen
• Event 273033 - The Prussian threat for Saxony has already occurred

Will happen within 10 days of January 2, 1750
Checked again every 10 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after October 28, 1763)
unless prevented by
Action B of 273048 - Brьhl for Saxony

Description

Participation in the Seven Years' War was a fatal decision for Saxony. The unprepared, bloodless army could do nothing to stop the enemy. Vast areas of the Elector's Saxon homeland were devastated by bloody battles and were particularly burdened by the financial burden of the Prussian occupation. Bankruptcy remained the only way out...

Actions

A. Drats!

• Stability -6
• +10% inflation
• -1000
• Global revolt risk +8 for 18 months

Saxony — Not random

Will happen within 10 days of January 2, 1750
Checked again every 10 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after October 28, 1763)
unless prevented by
Action B of 273048 - Brьhl for Saxony

Description

At the beginning of Brьhl's reign, Saxony's accounts were not completely disastrous thanks to the centralisation of the fiscal machine, which allowed for higher taxes. However, by the 1750s, there was no longer enough money to support the court and the army, as well as the whims of the minister. Brьhl exchanged court-administered assets for government bonds, which fell in value. Critics of the financial policy were arrested, and the silence about financial manipulation further exacerbated the economic decline. Before the outbreak of the Seven Years' War, Saxony's tax deficit was 30 million thalers.

Actions

A. Tighten the belts

• Stability -2
• Global revolt risk +1 for 60 months
• -1 base tax value in a random province
• -1 base tax value in a random province
• +5% inflation
• -200
• Lose 5000 troops in a random province
• Lose 5000 troops in a random province
• Lose 5000 troops in a random province

B. We need more money

• Stability -2
• Global revolt risk +2 for 60 months
• -1 base tax value in a random province
• -1 base tax value in a random province
• -1 base tax value in a random province
• -1 base tax value in a random province
• +10% inflation
• +400

Saxony — Not random

Conditions

• Event 179053 - The Reversion of all alliances for Austria has already occurred

Will happen within 20 days of January 2, 1753
Checked again every 20 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 1, 1772)
unless prevented by
Action C of 179053 - The Reversion of all alliances for Austria

Description

In 1740s the problem of Maria Theresia's succession to the Austrian throne and to the Habsburg inheritance caused a big instability in the European balance of powers which led to the War of Austrian succession. The peace that followed the conflict, provoked by the foreign opposition to the Pragmatic Sanction stated by the former Emperor Charles VI and ended with the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1748, resulted in a well defined rivalry between major European powers forming essentially two main political formations: the alliance of the socalled 'Bourbon family pact' (France, Spain, Naples and the latest Parma, all with members of the same House of Bourbons) with Prussia and the alliance between Austria, Russia and England. Disappointed by England's interested approaches to the emerging power of Prussia wich led to the Convention of Westminster, a treaty with which both countries would avoid any foreign military presence or access in the German territories, Austria strengthened her political ties with Saxony, Russia and Sweden and started new diplomatic handlings with France, traditionally an arch-enemy of the Habsburgs since the old dispute over the Burgundian inheritance but for sure the most powerful antagonist to the rising British colonial empire. And an alliance with France would also mean the support of Spain and the Bourbon Italian monarchies. That diplomatic move would lead to a huge world conflict fought in the years between 1756 and 1763: the socalled 'Seven Years War'.

Actions

A. Side with the Habsburgs

• Gain a temporary casus belli against Prussia for 36 months
• +150 relations with France
• +150 relations with Austria
• +150 relations with Russia
• +150 relations with Sweden
• -150 relations with Prussia

B. Don't take sides

• Stability -1
• +25 relations with France
• -25 relations with Austria
• +25 relations with Russia
• +25 relations with Sweden
• +25 relations with Prussia

Saxony — Not random

Conditions

• Event 273049 - Economical crisis for Saxony has already occurred

Will happen within 90 days of January 2, 1764
Checked again every 90 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1765)

Description

At the beginning of Brьhl's reign, Saxony's accounts were not completely disastrous thanks to the centralisation of the fiscal machine, which allowed for higher taxes. However, by the 1750s, there was no longer enough money to support the court and the army, as well as the whims of the minister. Brьhl exchanged court-administered assets for government bonds, which fell in value. Critics of the financial policy were arrested, and the silence about financial manipulation further exacerbated the economic decline. Before the outbreak of the Seven Years' War, Saxony's tax deficit was 30 million thalers.

Actions

A. A good initiative

• Infrastructure tech investment: +50
• Trade tech investment: +50

Saxony — Not random

Conditions

• Event 273047 - Zedler for Saxony has already occurred

Will happen within 360 days of January 2, 1764
Checked again every 360 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1790)

Description

With Friedrich Christian's assumption of office in 1763, the long-planned reform measures were set in motion. After his surprisingly quick death, under Elector Friedrich August III, within a few years a remarkable restoration of the state, which had initially been largely in ruins, took place, which received justified attention and deserved recognition as the 'Saxon Recovery' (Rйtablissement). The Electorate relied on a mixture of strict spending discipline, administrative reforms and economic development. The General Consumption Excise was reintroduced, replacing the Brьhl taxes. A tax collection authority was created and local judicial institutions were restored. In addition, numerous new educational institutions were founded in response to the pronounced educational concerns of the enlightened absolutist state leadership. However, at the top of the recovery was the continued state support for the development of factories, whose spread throughout the state marked the beginning of the first phase of the industrial revolution in Saxony.'

Actions

A. Moderate Recovery

• Gain Fine Arts Academy in the capital province
• Size of loans changed to 400 ducats
• +1 base tax value in a random province
• +1 base tax value in a random province
• -5% inflation
• Stability +1
• Mercantilism -1

B. Strict Recovery

• Gain Fine Arts Academy in the capital province
• Size of loans changed to 200 ducats
• +1 base tax value in a random province
• +1 base tax value in a random province
• -10% inflation
• Stability +1
• Mercantilism -1

C. Loose Recovery

• Gain Fine Arts Academy in the capital province
• Size of loans changed to 600 ducats
• +1 base tax value in a random province
• +1 base tax value in a random province
• +1 base tax value in a random province
• +1 base tax value in a random province
• +5% inflation
• Stability -1
• Mercantilism -1

Saxony — Not random

Conditions

• France owns Kцln
• France owns Pfalz
• France owns Elsass

Will happen within 10 days of January 2, 1806
Checked again every 10 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1813)

Description

More than 20,000 Saxon soldiers fought on the Prussian side against the armies of Napoleonic France in 1806. However, they only shared the complete defeat of the Hohenzollern alliance partner to a limited extent. The defeated electoral state was initially ordered to pay high tribute and to pay for the maintenance of French occupying troops. But then, in the Peace of Posen the triumphant Emperor of the French conceded surprisingly favourable conditions to the militarily subjugated state. Frederick Augustus III joined the Confederation of the Rhine under French protectorate, promised to provide a contingent of up to 20,000 soldiers for the further warfare to Napolйon - and in return was elevated to king by the Elector, in which capacity he was henceforth entitled to call himself Frederick Augustus I.

Actions

A. Finally a King's crown

• +50 victory points
• +3 diplomats
• Monarch's diplomatic skill +1 for 180 months
• -100 relations with Austria
• +50 relations with France
• Gain a royal marriage with France

Saxony — Not random

Conditions

• The following must not occur:
  • Saxony is a vassal of Poland

Triggered by

Action A of 3501 - The Return of August the Strong for Poland

Description

Stanislaw Leszczynski had been elected Polish King in the light of the supreme power of Sweden in Eastern Europe. When that supremacy was lost on the Steppes of Russia in 1709, Russia picked up the mantle of supremacy. In the light of these new circumstances the Polish Szlachta easily found consensus for returning Friedrich Augustus II to the throne.

Actions

A. I am back!

• Gain Poland as vassals
• +150 relations with Poland
• Stability +2

Saxony — Not random

Conditions

• Saxony is a vassal of Poland

Triggered by

Action A of 3501 - The Return of August the Strong for Poland

Description

Stanislaw Leszczynski had been elected Polish King in the light of the supreme power of Sweden in Eastern Europe. When that supremacy was lost on the Steppes of Russia in 1709, Russia picked up the mantle of supremacy. In the light of these new circumstances the Polish Szlachta easily found consensus for returning Friedrich Augustus II to the throne.

Actions

A. I am back!

• Break vassalization with Poland
• Gain a royal marriage with Poland
• +150 relations with Poland
• Stability +4

Saxony — Not random

Conditions

• Event 273037 - The sale of Friesland for Saxony has already occurred

Triggered by

Action A of 22008 - The sale of Friesland for Burgundy

Description

Charles II of Burgundy accepted our offer of selling Friesland to him for 200 ducats.

Actions

A. Splendid!

• Cede Friesland to Burgundy
• +200
• Break vassalization with Friesland
• Event 22025 - The sale of Friesland for Friesland is triggered immediately

Saxony — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 319002 - Partition of the Wettin lands for Meissen

Description

While Albrecht remained in Dresden and got the richest part of the Wettin possessions, his brother Ernst moved to the old capital of the electorate, Wittenberg, and was formally in a superior rank. Nevertheless, after less than a century, the Albertine branch proved to be more powerful and achieved hegemony over the Ernestines.

Actions

A. OK

• Move capital to Sachsen
• Break vassalization with Meissen
• Gain an alliance with Meissen
• +200 relations with Meissen

Saxony — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 215000 - Ernst of Saxony, Archbishop of Magdeburg for Magdeburg

Description

In 1475 Ernst, the son of the Saxonian elector Ernst, became Archbishop of Magdeburg. During his reign, he relied on his father's and uncle's support.

Actions

A. OK

• +50 relations with Magdeburg
• Gain Magdeburg as vassals
• Gain an alliance with Magdeburg

Saxony — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 48006 - The Claim for the Electorat for Hanover

Description

The Duke of Hanover wants to stress his arguments and shows a token of his wealth.

Actions

A. You are welcome

• +50

Saxony — Not random

Triggered by

Action B of 200103 - The Cleves succession for Cleves
Action B of 200101 - The Cleves succession for Cleves
Action B of 200107 - The Cleves succession for Cleves
Action C of 200105 - The Cleves succession for Cleves

Description

Duke Johann Wilhelm of Jьlich, Cleves and Berg died on March 25th 1609, in a state of complete insanity and without a child or brother. While in the United Duchies a woman could not succeed to the throne herself, succession through a female relative was possible. Hence the husbands of Johann Wilhelm's sisters claimed the inheritance. Duke Albrecht Friedrich of Prussia, married to the oldest sister Marie-Eleonore, had no male heir himself and ceded his claim to the husband of his daughter Anna, Elector Johann Sigismund of Brandenburg. This claim was questioned by the husband of the second sister Anna, Philipp Ludwig of Palatinate-Neuburg, who wanted the inheritance for his son WolfgangWilhelm. The Count of Nevers-Rethel, originally a sidebranch of the Cleves ducal dynasty, and the Elector of Saxony considered themselves legitimate heirs by virtue of several treaties, and the Emperor, desiring to expand the Habsburgs' supply base near the rebellious Netherlands, declared both female succession and the treaties invalid and was about to confiscate the United Duchies as a lapsed fief. Our legitimate claim eventually prevailed and we are now in possession of the whole United Duchies.

Actions

A. Great!

• Pomerelia will be considered a claim province
• Kleef will be considered a claim province
• Jьlich will be considered a claim province
• Mark will be considered a claim province
• Inherit the realms of Cleves
• -50 relations with Brandenburg

Saxony — Not random

Triggered by

Action B of 235003 - The succession in Jьlich-Berg for Berg
Action C of 235002 - The succession in Jьlich-Berg for Berg
Action A of 235007 - The succession in Jьlich-Berg for Berg
Action B of 235005 - The succession in Jьlich-Berg for Berg
Action C of 235004 - The succession in Jьlich-Berg for Berg

Description

Wilhelm IV of Jьlich-Berg died in 1511, lacking a male heir. His only daughter had been betrothed to Johann, the son of Duke Johann of Kleve-Mark, and by a hereditary union in 1496 Kleve-Mark and Jьlich-Berg had guaranteed each other right of succession in case of one of them lacking a direct heir. Nevertheless, Karel of Guelders and the elector also made claims to Jьlich-Berg. Fortunately our claim has prevailed and we can add Jьlich-Berg to our possessions.

Actions

A. Great!

• Berg will be considered a claim province
• Jьlich will be considered a claim province
• Inherit the realms of Berg
• -50 relations with Cleves

Saxony — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 179167 - Lusatia for Austria

Description

As a reward for the defeat of the Bohemian Utraquists and Lutherans, which was mostly and rightly perceived as a betrayal of the faith by German Protestantism outside Electoral Saxony, Johann Georg I received the two Lusatian territories (Upper and Lower Lusatia) from the Emperor - initially as a pledge, then in 1635 as a Bohemian hereditary fief.

Actions

A. OK

• Lausitz will be considered a claim province

Saxony — Not random

Triggered by

Action A, C, D of 200103 - The Cleves succession for Cleves
Action A, C, D of 200101 - The Cleves succession for Cleves
Action A, C, D of 200107 - The Cleves succession for Cleves
Action A, B, D of 200105 - The Cleves succession for Cleves

Description

Duke Johann Wilhelm of Jьlich, Cleves and Berg died on March 25th 1609, in a state of complete insanity and without a child or brother. While in the United Duchies a woman could not succeed to the throne herself, succession through a female relative was possible. Hence the husbands of Johann Wilhelm's sisters claimed the inheritance. Duke Albrecht Friedrich of Prussia, married to the oldest sister Marie-Eleonore, had no male heir himself and ceded his claim to the husband of his daughter Anna, Elector Johann Sigismund of Brandenburg. This claim was questioned by the husband of the second sister Anna, Philipp Ludwig of Palatinate-Neuburg, who wanted the inheritance for his son Wolfgang Wilhelm. The Count of Nevers-Rethel, originally a sidebranch of the Cleves ducal dynasty, and the Elector of Saxony considered themselves legitimate heirs by virtue of several treaties, and the Emperor, desiring to expand the Habsburgs' supply base near the rebellious Netherlands, declared both female succession and the treaties invalid and was about to confiscate the United Duchies as a lapsed fief. The protestant princes of Brandenburg and Palatinate-Neuburg however, encouraged by the Evangelic Union, France and the Netherlands, managed to agree on a common administration in order to fight off all other claimants. They proclaimed complete religious toleration for all Christian confessions in the Duchies and were acknowledged by the Estates in Jule 1609. Unable to push his claim and unwilling to go to war over the matter, the Elector of Saxony made no real attempt to conquer the territories. The titles of Duke Jьlich,Cleves and Berg and Count of Mark and Ravensberg were however used by the Electors of Saxony until the 18th century.

Actions

A. Claim the titles, but not the territories

• +20 victory points
• -50 relations with Brandenburg
• -50 relations with Cleves

B. The Cleves inheritance is rightfully ours!

• Pomerelia will be considered a claim province
• Kleef will be considered a claim province
• Jьlich will be considered a claim province
• Mark will be considered a claim province
• -100 relations with Brandenburg
• -100 relations with Cleves
• Stability -1

Saxony — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 398000 - The Hussite Wars for Romanists
Action A of 401000 - The Hussite Wars for Hussites

Description

The Czech priest and professor Jan Hus developed radical reformatory demands on the base of the teachings of John Wyclif. Despite a guarantee of safe-conduct by Emperor Sigismund, he was executed at the stake for heresy at the Council of Constance in 1415. This could however not stop the Hussite movement in Bohemia. Hus' followers were rapidly growing, and when King Vaclav IV of Bohemia died and his brother Sigismund, already Emperor and King of Hungary was to succeed him, they, unwilling to forgive him the betrayal of Hus and afraid that he would suppress them, refused to acknowledge him and gained control of most of Bohemia proper - while the lands of the Bohemian crown and the catholic part of Bohemia accepted Sigismund. Due to its radical anti-clerical and anti-feudal tendencies Hussitism posed a big threat to the church and nobility in the countries adjacent to Bohemia. Several German and European princes therefore decided to oppose the Hussites and to support Sigismund in his struggle with them that lasted for almost two decades. Should we decide to fight these heretics, we should be aware that this would be internationally regarded as an intervention in favour of Sigismund as rightful King of Bohemia rather than a war of conquest, and that therefore, if Sigismund prevails and manages to restore royal authority, we would be expected to turn over any conquests in Bohemia to the Kingdom of Bohemia.

Actions

A. Express hostility

• -200 relations with Hussites
• Gain a temporary casus belli against Hussites for 120 months

B. Covertly provide aid

• -25
• +25 relations with Hussites
• Event 401057 - Saxon Aid for Hussites is triggered immediately

Saxony — Not random

Triggered by

Action B of 4105 - The Polish Succession of 1690 for Poland

Description

Your Majesty, the recent election of the Polish Sejm following the death of the late Queen Christina has deliberated on the succession in their lands and has elected to offer the crown to none other than your son, Augustus the Strong. My Lord, the great Wettin dynasty shall now also rule as Kings of Poland!

Actions

A. The Wettin Dynasty in Poland

• Gain Poland as vassals
• Conditions:
  
  • All of the following must be true for :
    • At least one of the following must occur:
      • State religion is catholic
      • State religion is counterreform
  Change religion to catholic
• +100 victory points
• +100 relations with Poland
• Stability +1
• Centralization +1
• Gain an alliance with Poland

Saxony — Not random

Conditions

• The following must not occur:
  • Saxony is a vassal of Poland

Triggered by

Action A of 258084 - The Polish Succession of 1697 for Poland
Action A 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.

Actions

A. The Wettin Dynasty in Poland

• Gain Poland as vassals
• Conditions:
  
  • All of the following must be true for :
    • At least one of the following must occur:
      • State religion is catholic
      • State religion is counterreform
  Change religion to catholic
• +200 victory points
• +100 relations with Poland
• -100 relations with France
• +100 relations with Russia
• Stability +2
• Centralization +2

Saxony — Not random

Conditions

• Saxony is a vassal of Poland

Triggered by

Action A of 258084 - The Polish Succession of 1697 for Poland
Action A 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.

Actions

A. The Wettin Dynasty in Poland

• Break vassalization with Poland
• Conditions:
  
  • All of the following must be true for :
    • At least one of the following must occur:
      • State religion is catholic
      • State religion is counterreform
  Change religion to catholic
• +200 victory points
• Gain a royal marriage with Poland
• +100 relations with Poland
• -100 relations with France
• +100 relations with Russia
• Stability +5
• Centralization +2

Saxony — Not random

Conditions

• The following must not occur:
  • Saxony is a vassal of Poland

Triggered by

Action A 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, Stanislaw Leszczynski and his opponent, August III of Saxony, supported by Austria and Russia. The Sejm finally agreed on Stanislaw, but this was rejected by Austria and Russia starting the war of Polish Succession. The war ended with August III on the Polish throne. We have been elected!

Actions

A. Risk Major War for this Kingdom

• Gain a royal marriage with Poland
• Gain an alliance with Poland
• Gain Poland as vassals
• +100 relations with Poland
• +200 relations with Russia
• +150 relations with Austria
• -150 relations with France
• +100 relations with Prussia
• -100 relations with Sweden
• Stability +1

B. Back down

• Event 3487 - Friedrich Augustus Wettin backs down for Poland is triggered immediately
• -100 relations with Poland
• -100 relations with Russia
• -100 relations with Austria
• +150 relations with France
• -100 relations with Prussia
• +100 relations with Sweden
• Stability -2
• Event 3136 - The Polish Succession of 1733 for France will never fire
• Event 3429 - The Polish Succession of 1733 for Russia will never fire
• Event 3204 - The Polish Succession of 1733 for Austria will never fire
• Event 285271 - The Polish Succession of 1733 for Spain will never fire
• Event 275025 - The Polish Succession of 1733 for Savoy will never fire
• Event 390029 - The Polish Succession of 1733 for Parma will never fire
• Event 390025 - Regno delle Due Sicilie for Parma will never fire
• Event 3625 - The Effects of the Pragmatic Sanction for Saxony will never fire
• Event 285096 - The Kingdom of Naples and Sicily for Spain will never fire
• Event 239025 - The Bourbon Dynasty in Naples for Naples will never fire

Saxony — Not random

Conditions

• Saxony is a vassal of Poland

Triggered by

Action A 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, Stanislaw Leszczynski and his opponent, August III of Saxony, supported by Austria and Russia. The Sejm finally agreed on Stanislaw, but this was rejected by Austria and Russia starting the war of Polish Succession. The war ended with August III on the Polish throne. We have been elected!

Actions

A. Risk Major War for this Kingdom

• Break vassalization with Poland
• Stability +4
• Gain a royal marriage with Poland
• Gain an alliance with Poland
• +200 relations with Poland
• +200 relations with Russia
• +200 relations with Austria
• -100 relations with France
• +100 relations with Prussia
• -100 relations with Sweden

B. Back down

• -100 relations with Poland
• -100 relations with Russia
• -100 relations with Austria
• +150 relations with France
• -100 relations with Prussia
• +100 relations with Sweden
• Stability -2
• Event 3487 - Friedrich Augustus Wettin backs down for Poland is triggered immediately
• Event 3136 - The Polish Succession of 1733 for France will never fire
• Event 3429 - The Polish Succession of 1733 for Russia will never fire
• Event 3204 - The Polish Succession of 1733 for Austria will never fire
• Event 285271 - The Polish Succession of 1733 for Spain will never fire
• Event 275025 - The Polish Succession of 1733 for Savoy will never fire
• Event 390029 - The Polish Succession of 1733 for Parma will never fire
• Event 390025 - Regno delle Due Sicilie for Parma will never fire
• Event 3625 - The Effects of the Pragmatic Sanction for Saxony will never fire
• Event 285096 - The Kingdom of Naples and Sicily for Spain will never fire
• Event 239025 - The Bourbon Dynasty in Naples for Naples will never fire

Saxony — Not random

Triggered by

Action 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, Stanislaw Leszczynski and his opponent, August III of Saxony, supported by Austria and Russia. The Sejm finally agreed on Stanislaw, but this was rejected by Austria and Russia starting the war of Polish Succession. The war ended with August III on the Polish throne. The evil Stanislaw have been elected!

Actions

A. I want revenge

• +100 relations with Poland
• +200 relations with Russia
• +150 relations with Austria
• -150 relations with France
• +100 relations with Prussia
• -100 relations with Sweden
• Stability +1
• Event 3528 - The Polish Succession of 1733 for Prussia is triggered immediately

B. Let's listen to some poetry instead

• -100 relations with Poland
• -100 relations with Russia
• -100 relations with Austria
• +150 relations with France
• -100 relations with Prussia
• +100 relations with Sweden
• Stability +3
• Event 3136 - The Polish Succession of 1733 for France will never fire
• Event 3429 - The Polish Succession of 1733 for Russia will never fire
• Event 3204 - The Polish Succession of 1733 for Austria will never fire
• Event 285271 - The Polish Succession of 1733 for Spain will never fire
• Event 275025 - The Polish Succession of 1733 for Savoy will never fire
• Event 390029 - The Polish Succession of 1733 for Parma will never fire
• Event 390025 - Regno delle Due Sicilie for Parma will never fire
• Event 285096 - The Kingdom of Naples and Sicily for Spain will never fire
• Event 239025 - The Bourbon Dynasty in Naples for Naples will never fire

Saxony — Not random

Triggered by

Action A, B of 179088 - The candidate to the imperial crown for Austria

Description

In the same way as his father did for him, at the end of his life Emperor Maximilian made attempts to keep the imperial title amongst the members of the House of Habsburg. But his son Philip died unexpectedly early in 1506, leaving two male heirs, Charles and Ferdinand which were respectively born in 1500 and 1503. Maximilian decided to support Charles, who in 1516 was already Archduke of Burgundy, King of Spain, Sicily and Naples, in his investiture as King of the Romans and future Holy Roman Emperor. But this diplomatic move would have been very expensive. Most of the German princes were already supporting the French candidate, King Franзois Ier. Maximilian seemed to successfully convoy the favour of the imperial electors towards the Habsburg cause, by means of granting investitures and making promises of large sums of money with the help of bankers such as the Fuggers and the Welsers. The Pope, who couldn't accept the presence of an Emperor with territorial claims in Italy as it was under the rule of Emperor Frederick II, would have supported a German prince like Friedrich III of Saxony, with no particular interest laying beyond the Alps. Looking for international credit, also Henry VIII King of England took part in the imperial election offering his candidature but withdrew soon after the first consultations.

Actions

A. We have no chance to persuade the electors

• Stability +1
• +30 relations with Austria
• +30 relations with Spain
• +30 relations with France
• -30 relations with Papal States

B. We have some chances to get the title

• -150
• -25 relations with Spain
• -25 relations with France
• +30 relations with Papal States
• +15 relations with Bavaria
• +15 relations with Bohemia
• +15 relations with Brandenburg
• +15 relations with Bremen
• +15 relations with Austria
• +15 relations with Hanover
• +15 relations with Hesse
• +15 relations with Cleves
• +15 relations with Cologne
• +15 relations with Lorraine
• +15 relations with Mainz
• +15 relations with Mecklenburg
• +15 relations with Berg
• +15 relations with Oldenburg
• +15 relations with Palatinate
• +15 relations with Pomerania
• +15 relations with Styria
• +15 relations with Prussia
• +15 relations with Romanists
• +15 relations with Holstein
• +15 relations with Strasburg
• +15 relations with Stettin
• +15 relations with Tyrol
• +15 relations with Meissen
• +15 relations with Wirtemberg

C. We may have good chances with a 'holy' support

• Stability -1
• -300
• -50 relations with Spain
• -50 relations with France
• +30 relations with Bavaria
• +30 relations with Bohemia
• +30 relations with Brandenburg
• +30 relations with Bremen
• +30 relations with Austria
• +30 relations with Hanover
• +30 relations with Hesse
• +30 relations with Cleves
• +30 relations with Cologne
• +30 relations with Lorraine
• +30 relations with Mainz
• +30 relations with Mecklenburg
• +30 relations with Berg
• +30 relations with Oldenburg
• +30 relations with Palatinate
• +30 relations with Pomerania
• +30 relations with Styria
• +30 relations with Prussia
• +30 relations with Romanists
• +30 relations with Holstein
• +30 relations with Strasburg
• +30 relations with Stettin
• +30 relations with Tyrol
• +30 relations with Meissen
• +30 relations with Wirtemberg
• Event 251065 - The candidate to the imperial crown for Papal States is triggered immediately