This is a list of all Enlightenment events for Flavour and Events Expanded
Coffee House Gathering
A group of philosophers, scientists and "thinkers" have started regularly meeting in one of our capital's newly opened coffee houses. In addition to greatly benefiting local café business, their free exchange of thoughts brings new ideas to the fore, and occasionally acts as the source of a new breakthrough that people in the know assures us is ery exciting.
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Trigger conditions
- Has country modifier “The Enlightenment”
- None of:
- Has country modifier “Coffee House”
- None of:
- Has country modifier “Strong Censorship”
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Mean time to happen
600 months
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Immediate effects
- Hidden effect:
- Gain country modifier “Coffee House” for 3650 days, giving the following effects:
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Make sure they discuss the challenges facing $COUNTRY$. - Gain country modifier “Coffee House Gatherings” for 3650 days, giving the following effects:
It does little harm to let them babble freely. |
Enlightened Absolutism
While many enlightenment thinkers are critical of monarchies, and many monarchs are suspicious of enlightened ideals, there are those who realise the enlightened path is the way of the future. Ideas developed by modern philosophers can aid our bureaucracy and lend even greater legitimacy to our absolute rule. On the other hand, some of them speak of terrifying things like self-determination and pluralistic governments.
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Trigger conditions
- Has country modifier “The Enlightenment”
- Government is Absolute Monarchy
- None of:
- Has ruler modifier “Enlightened Absolutism Check”
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Mean time to happen
480 months
Modifiers
- Ruler's administrative skill is at least 4: ×0.8
- Ruler's administrative skill is at least 6: ×0.8
- Has activated Innovative Ideas: ×0.8
- Has activated Administrative Ideas: ×0.8
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Immediate effects
- Hidden effect:
- Gain ruler modifier “Enlightened Absolutism Check” for the rest of the game, giving the following effects:
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$MONARCH$ is a modern monarch, embracing the enlightened ideals! - Gain ruler modifier “Absolutist Traditionalism” for the rest of the game, giving the following effects:
- −10% Stability cost modifier
- +5% Idea cost
These ideas are ridiculous, and should not be legitimised. - Gain ruler modifier “Enlightened Absolutism” for the rest of the game, giving the following effects:
- +10% Stability cost modifier
- −5% Idea cost
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Supporting the Scientific Revolution
In our modern day and age, the methods of the natural scientists of antiquity are coming up short. No longer is thinking and imagining the universe enough to discover the truth. Instead, self-styled "scientists" have begun developing strict methodologies to ensure that the theories they posit can be tested and developed.
It is undeniable that this has led to some incredible advances, but although they CLAIM to be thoroughly tested, the fact is that many "scientific" discoveries seem to go against clerical teaching.
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Trigger conditions
- Year is 1580 or later
- None of:
- None of:
- At least one of:
- Has country modifier “Supported Scientific Revolution”
- Has country modifier “Opposed Scientific Revolution”
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Mean time to happen
300 months
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Knowing the truth means holding the advantage. We will support them, for $COUNTRY$! - Lose 15 administrative power
- Lose ducats equal to 0.2 years of income
- Gain country modifier “Supported Scientific Revolution” for the rest of the game, giving the following effects:
The truth has already been written out for us. It's right there in the bible! - Gain 15 papal influence
- Gain 25 fervor
- Gain 25 church power
- Gain 1 stability
- Gain country modifier “Opposed Scientific Revolution” for the rest of the game, giving the following effects:
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Discoveries of the Scientific Revolution
Following the development of new scientific practices, and greater emphasis on certainty even over sensibility, great new discoveries about our world seems to be made every other day. The human body, physics and even mathematics does not always work the way one would think, and our support for academic institutions and prolific scientists has helped greatly.
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Trigger conditions
- Has country modifier “Supported Scientific Revolution”
- None of:
- Has country modifier “Science event check”
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Mean time to happen
240 months
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Immediate effects
- Hidden effect:
- Gain country modifier “Science event check” for the rest of the game, giving the following effects:
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It is time for the practical implementation of this knowledge. - Gain country modifier “Technological Developments” for 7200 days, giving the following effects:
Continue striving for ever greater discoveries. - Gain country modifier “Development of Empiricism” for 7200 days, giving the following effects:
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$COUNTRY$ Suffers From Lack of Scientific Innovation
With many other countries in Europe actively supporting new developments in the eternal search for human knowledge, our insistence on adherence to the time-tested old ways means that most significant discoveries are being made elsewhere. If we do not act, $COUNTRY$ risks falling behind in crucial areas like irrigation or military ideas.
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Trigger conditions
- Has country modifier “Opposed Scientific Revolution”
- None of:
- Has country modifier “Science event check”
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Mean time to happen
240 months
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Immediate effects
- Hidden effect:
- Gain country modifier “Science event check” for the rest of the game, giving the following effects:
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- Gain country modifier “Falling Behind” for 7200 days, giving the following effects:
Time to shake up our scientific establishment. |
Thinker Publishes Grand Work
With a long and winding title in modernized Latin, one of our foremost and brightest thinkers has, after decades of work, published their principal piece. Spanning many volumes and enough complex scientific formula or philosophical formulations to make anyone's head spin, they have illustrated an impeccable grasp of the world around us.
Even if we cannot exactly claim to understand what it all means, it will cement $COUNTRY$'s position on the ideological world stage.
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Trigger conditions
- At least one of:
- Has country modifier “The Enlightenment”
- All of:
- Has country modifier “Supported Scientific Revolution”
- None of:
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Mean time to happen
1200 months
Modifiers
- Has country modifier “Supported Scientific Revolution” : ×0.8
- Has Philosopher advisor: ×0.9
- Has country modifier “Opposed Scientific Revolution” : ×1.2
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Immediate effects
- Hidden effect:
- If:
- Limited to:
- Has country modifier “The Enlightenment”
- 75% chance of:
- Gain country modifier “Great Work Check” for 720 days, giving the following effects:
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Option conditions
Enabled if:
- Has country modifier “Great Work Check”
Our magistrates should take note of this thesis on government. - Gain 100 administrative power
- Gain 10 prestige
- Gain country modifier “Great Work” for 3650 days, giving the following effects:
- −5% Administrative technology cost
- +10% Production efficiency
- Hidden effect:
- Remove country modifier "Great Work Check"
Enabled if:
- Has country modifier “Great Work Check”
What a revolutionary view on the development of cultures. - Gain 100 diplomatic power
- Gain 10 prestige
- Gain country modifier “Great Work” for 3650 days, giving the following effects:
- −5% Diplomatic technology cost
- 5% Trade efficiency
- Hidden effect:
- Remove country modifier "Great Work Check"
Enabled if:
- Has country modifier “Great Work Check”
To even think about deploying this invention on the killing fields. - Gain 100 military power
- Gain 10 prestige
- Gain country modifier “Great Work” for 3650 days, giving the following effects:
- −5% Military technology cost
- −1% Army tradition decay
- −1% Navy tradition decay
- Hidden effect:
- Remove country modifier "Great Work Check"
Enabled if:
- None of:
- Has country modifier “Great Work Check”
What a marvellous new mill design. - Gain 100 administrative power
- Gain 10 prestige
- Gain country modifier “Great Work” for 3650 days, giving the following effects:
- −5% Administrative technology cost
- +10% Production efficiency
Enabled if:
- None of:
- Has country modifier “Great Work Check”
This new rig designs will make our ships far more durable in storms. - Gain 100 diplomatic power
- Gain 10 prestige
- Gain country modifier “Great Work” for 3650 days, giving the following effects:
- −5% Diplomatic technology cost
- 5% Trade efficiency
Enabled if:
- None of:
- Has country modifier “Great Work Check”
A new way of mixing gunpowder that will require half the resources?! - Gain 100 military power
- Gain 10 prestige
- Gain country modifier “Great Work” for 3650 days, giving the following effects:
- −5% Military technology cost
- −1% Army tradition decay
- −1% Navy tradition decay
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Philosopher Criticizes the Church
One of $COUNTRY$'s most prominent Enlightenment philosophers has voiced some sharp criticism of the way the church operates in our country.
While initially contained to a small circle of over-educated acquaintances, a pamphlet has now been written and is circulating with the aim of disseminating the philosopher's critique.
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Trigger conditions
- Has country modifier “The Enlightenment”
- None of:
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Mean time to happen
1200 months
Modifiers
- Has Philosopher advisor: ×0.9
- Has country modifier “Strong Censorship” : ×0.9
- Religion is Catholic: ×0.8
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Option conditions
Always enabled:
We cannot pretend everything about our system is perfect. - Lose 30 papal influence
- Lose 50 church power
- Lose 50 fervor
- Lose 10 prestige
- Lose 3 legitimacy
Always enabled:
If we cannot prove the philosopher wrong, employ stronger measures.
Enabled if:
- Has country modifier “Strong Censorship”
Our censorship office will ensure his ideas aren't heard. - Gain 10 administrative power
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Philosopher Criticizes the Government
In a display of contempt for order, an Enlightenment philosopher has loudly voiced criticisms of our [Root.GovernmentName] in the public sphere. While it is abundantly clear to anyone that our ways of doing things are superior to anything found elsewhere on the continent or in the world, it is simply not good enough for this philosopher.
We could have ignored the criticism, of course, but for some reason people seem to be listening to the philospher, and agreeing with certain points.
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Trigger conditions
- Has country modifier “The Enlightenment”
- None of:
- Has ruler modifier “Enlightened Absolutism”
- None of:
- Government is Constitutional Republic
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Mean time to happen
1000 months
Modifiers
- Government is Feudal Monarchy: ×0.8
- Government is Despotic Monarchy: ×0.8
- Government is Constitutional Monarchy: ×1.4
- Government is English Monarchy: ×1.2
- Government is Administrative Republic: ×1.2
- Government is Merchant Republic: ×0.9
- Is at war: ×0.8
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Let people talk, they are too far beneath us to understand the complexity of rule. Let us see if a few choice reforms calms the critics. - Lose 30 administrative power
- Lose 30 diplomatic power
- Lose 30 military power
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Thinker Goes Abroad
In an apparent act of protest against the lack of stability and the attempt at control of public discourse in our government, one of our foremost thinkers has departed $CAPITAL$ to go abroad. While they are likely to be back - coffee just never tastes as good as the one at home, after all - their departure does not reflect well on our state.
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Trigger conditions
- Has country modifier “The Enlightenment”
- None of:
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Mean time to happen
800 months
Modifiers
- None of:
- Stability is at least 0: ×0.7
- Has country modifier “Strong Censorship” : ×0.8
- Has ruler modifier “Enlightened Absolutism” : ×1.3
- Government is republic: ×1.2
- Is at war: ×0.7
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Cover it up as an international exchange of ideas. Make sure they stay where they are. - Lose 5 legitimacy
- Lose 5 republican tradition
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Military Thought Suffers Under Rationalism
With the scientific concepts of empiricism and knowledge spreading into diverse ideologies as rationalism, thinkers are starting to consider many widely accepted military practices as downright barbaric. With public opinion turning against the less savoury aspects of war and bloodshed, military innovation develops slower than it should. Indeed, some even hold pacifist dreams of abolishing warfare althogether, replacing warriors with diplomats.
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Trigger conditions
- Has country modifier “The Enlightenment”
- Is not at war
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Mean time to happen
800 months
Modifiers
- Has activated Quality Ideas: ×1.2
- None of:
- Army tradition is at least 30: ×0.8
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We must build public support for a strong army. Ah, to dream of a world where peace is just as viable as warfare. - Gain country modifier “Suffering Military Thought” for 1825 days, giving the following effects:
- +0.5% Army tradition decay
- +5% Military technology cost
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Rationalism Aids Trade
With the development of rationalist ideas, thinkers have considered the way we have been doing trade for centuries, and found them lacking. By using samples taken from the vast number of transactions made by our merchants in markets and harbours every day, we can attempt to predict the outcome of new economic policies. Some of these ideas seem like they could be quite beneficial!
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Trigger conditions
- Has country modifier “The Enlightenment”
- None of:
- Has country modifier “Rationalist Trade Practices”
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Mean time to happen
800 months
Modifiers
- Has activated Trade Ideas: ×0.9
- None of:
- Has at least 1 port: ×1.4
- Mercantilism is at least 0.4: ×1.2
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Ask thinkers to suggest some viable trade reforms for $COUNTRY$. Wait, flee flow of trade can bring in more money than mercantilism? - Gain country modifier “Rationalist Trade Practices” for 1825 days, giving the following effects:
These ideas for new tolls are amazing! - Gain ducats equal to 0.3 years of income
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Mercantilism Questioned
For centuries we have adhered to the idea that our country needs to build up treasury reserves by always exporting more value than we import. While this leads to high tariffs that can sometimes contribute to famine and goods shortages, it always ensured we had cash at hand.
However, the new idea seems to be that mercantilism often worsens economic downturns, and reduces the value of our national goods in the long term. While this idea is counterintuitive and quite frankly sounds ridiculous, it has enough supporters to be worth consideration.
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Trigger conditions
- Has country modifier “The Enlightenment”
- Mercantilism is at least 3
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Mean time to happen
900 months
Modifiers
- Mercantilism is at least 0.6: ×0.8
- Government is Merchant Republic: ×0.8
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Let us take steps to test out this concept of "free trade." We need to see evidence of this before we put anything into practice. - Gain country modifier “Dubious Mercantilist Practices” for 1825 days, giving the following effects:
- −1% Trade power abroad
- 1% Trade efficiency
No, we have to make sure we have the most silver of all the countries! - Lose 200 diplomatic power
- Gain 5% mercantilism
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Advances in Military Practices
While human universalism and occasionally even pacifism are observable among a large number of thinkers in our country, occasionally one of them will do something useful by making a realisation about military doctrine. Whether it is a technological advancement, a logistical development, or a deeper understanding of soldiers and the execution of warfare, we welcome every new idea that can help us defeat the enemies lurking at our doorstep.
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Trigger conditions
- Has country modifier “The Enlightenment”
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Mean time to happen
800 months
Modifiers
- Has activated Innovative Ideas: ×0.8
- Has activated Aristocratic Ideas: ×1.3
- Army tradition is at least 60: ×0.9
- Has activated Quality Ideas: ×0.9
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Military practice is more important to us. Military ideology is more important to us. |
War Criticised
In a recent pamphlet that has just started circulation, a prominent and - more dangerously - popular philosopher has explained in detail why the war our nation is fighting can be seen as unjust. Obviously unfamiliar with the political complexity of the situation, the philosopher could cause great harm to the war effort if public opinion was to turn.
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Trigger conditions
- Has country modifier “The Enlightenment”
- Any country in the world:
- Is defending in a war against Our country
- None of:
- Has country modifier “War Criticism Circulating”
- Any owned province:
- Development is at least 15
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Mean time to happen
240 months
Modifiers
- Any country in the world:
who = ROOT
value = -10
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- Any country in the world:
- Is defending in a war against Our country
- Has country modifier “The Enlightenment” : ×0.8
- At least 3 of the following are true:
- Any owned province:
- None of:
- Is a core of same as our country: ×0.8
- War exhaustion is at least 3: ×0.8
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Let the pamphlets spread. People know better than to not support their country's wars. - Lose 10 prestige
- One random owned province:
- Limited to:
- Development is at least 15
- Gain province modifier “War Criticism Circulating” for 3650 days, giving the following effects:
- +2 Local unrest
- +1% Development cost
- One random owned province:
- Limited to:
- Development is at least 15
- Gain province modifier “War Criticism Circulating” for 3650 days, giving the following effects:
- +2 Local unrest
- +1% Development cost
- One random owned province:
- Limited to:
- Development is at least 15
- Gain province modifier “War Criticism Circulating” for 3650 days, giving the following effects:
- +2 Local unrest
- +1% Development cost
- Gain country modifier “War Criticism Circulating” for 3650 days, giving the following effects:
- +5% Cost of reducing war exhaustion
Do everything in our power to ensure that the philosopher never criticizes $COUNTRY$ again. - Lose 5 legitimacy
- Lose 1 stability
- Gain country modifier “Enlightenment Thinker Repressed” for 730 days, giving the following effects:
- −1 National unrest
- +1% Stability cost modifier
- −0.025 Yearly legitimacy
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Anti-government Radicalism
The liberal ideas fronted by so many contemporary philosophers have blossomed into an entire movement. Radicals are singing their beliefs in the streets, and state soldiers are viewed with distrust. There hasn't been an open revolt yet, but so many philosophers seem to be trying to instigate exactly that.
Their aim is to replace our well-functioning institutions with inefficient liberal bastardisations. It should not be this way, but the thinkers of our country seem to have declared their own ideological war against the state.
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Trigger conditions
- Has country modifier “The Enlightenment”
- None of:
- Has country modifier “Anti Timer”
- None of:
- At least one of:
- Government is Constitutional Republic
- Government is Administrative Republic
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Mean time to happen
1800 months
Modifiers
- Government is Feudal Monarchy: ×0.8
- Government is Despotic Monarchy: ×0.8
- Government is Noble Republic: ×0.8
- Government is Oligarchic Republic: ×0.8
- None of:
- Stability is at least 0: ×0.8
- Has at least 10 loans: ×0.8
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Immediate effects
- Hidden effect:
- Gain country modifier “Anti Timer” for the rest of the game, giving the following effects:
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Not all their points are useless, and an awful lot of people seem to be supporting them... - Gain country modifier “Anti-government Sentiment” for 7300 days, giving the following effects:
- +1 National unrest
- +1% Stability cost modifier
If they want a war, then we will show them the might of a [Root.GetAdjective] [Root.Monarch.GetTitle]. - Lose 2 stability
- Gain country modifier “Enlightenment Thinker Repressed” for 730 days, giving the following effects:
- −1 National unrest
- +1% Stability cost modifier
- −0.025 Yearly legitimacy
- Lose 10 prestige
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Anti-religious Work Circulates
In an utterly distasteful display that not too long ago would be described as heresy, a book detailing the "wrong" practices of the church in $COUNTRY$ has been circulating widely for some time. While it is hardly a new reformation, it does pose some challenging questions that the clergy has answered less than well.
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Trigger conditions
- Has country modifier “The Enlightenment”
- None of:
- Has country modifier “Anti-religious work timer”
- None of:
- Has country modifier “Strong Censorship”
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Mean time to happen
1400 months
Modifiers
- Has country modifier “Anti-government Sentiment” : ×0.8
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Immediate effects
- Hidden effect:
- Gain country modifier “Anti-religious work timer” for 1825 days, giving the following effects:
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Option conditions
Enabled if:
By the Virgin Mary, how dare they! - Gain country modifier “Anti-religious Work Circulating” for 1825 days, giving the following effects:
- −1 Yearly papal influence
Enabled if:
Hardly ninety-five theses. Let's just ignore it. - Gain country modifier “Anti-religious Work Circulating” for 1825 days, giving the following effects:
Enabled if:
God chooses for us all, and He chose for this philosopher to be an ass. - Gain country modifier “Anti-religious Work Circulating” for 1825 days, giving the following effects:
Enabled if:
- None of:
- At least one of:
- Religion is Catholic
- Religion is Protestant
- Religion is Reformed
This is an insult to a national institution. - Gain country modifier “Anti-religious Work Circulating” for 1825 days, giving the following effects:
Always enabled:
Not too long ago indeed. Burn the philosopher on the stake for heresy! - Lose 1 stability
- Lose 5 legitimacy
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Ah, it seems like not so long ago we worried about criticism from a rampant philosopher. Now that we have seen the errors of our ways, those condemnations hardly seem to matter anymore.
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Trigger conditions
- At least one of:
- All of:
- Has country modifier “Anti-religious Work Circulating”
- None of:
- All of:
- Has country modifier “Anti-religious Work Circulating”
- None of:
- All of:
- Has country modifier “Anti-religious Work Circulating”
- None of:
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Mean time to happen
3 months
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What were we ever concerned about. - Remove country modifier "Anti-religious Work Circulating"
- Remove country modifier "Anti-religious Work Circulating"
- Remove country modifier "Anti-religious Work Circulating"
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The Age of Enlightenment Fades
As with every age, one must fade to give way for a new. While we may not know what awaits our nation, the past centuries have taught us and the rest of Europe about the very nature of knowledge. Whatever the future brings, we know that we will be better prepared to face the unknown than we have ever been before.
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Trigger conditions
- Year is 1760 or later
- Has country modifier “The Enlightenment”
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Mean time to happen
300 months
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- Remove country modifier "The Enlightenment"
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The Enlightenment Ends in Revolution
With the dawn of the revolution, the enlightenment has come to an end. For a century and more the people of Europe have been studying the world to divine its future, and that future is eternal change. Never again will the world be shackled by the way things are and always have been, for now everyone has seen that things can be different. The world works only the way people make it. A new age has dawned, and there is fire on the horizon.
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Mean time to happen
3 months
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Immediate effects
- Remove country modifier "The Enlightenment"
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"We have seen the new world. To arms!" (Nothing)
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A Literary Salon
A group of writers and thinkers have started regularly meeting for events where they exchange works, comments and advise. They seem to be helping each other develop coherent arguments and craft masterful literature, while also enjoying each others company and developing ideas.
Now a true masterpiece has sprung forth from one of these literary salons, an absolutely stunning work possibly unparallelled in our language, at least if the literary critics are to be believed.
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Trigger conditions
- Has country modifier “The Enlightenment”
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Mean time to happen
800 months
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Make sure the work is videly circulated. - Gain 1 stability
- One random neighbouring country:
- Limited to:
- Has country modifier “The Enlightenment”
- Gain opinion modifier “Popular Literary Work” towards Our country
Present it as the finest our nation has to offer. - Gain country modifier “Literary Work Presented” for 1825 days, giving the following effects:
- −1 National unrest
- −1% Prestige decay
- Gain 10 prestige
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Academic Society
At one of our country's finest academic institutions, a group of self-styled "scientists" in search of knowledge has grouped together to develop standardised practices for empirical experimentation. They have published their own handbook, and the early results of their work are promising.
It might be that the breakthrough they are looking for would come if we "encouraged" them in a particularly useful direction.
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Trigger conditions
- Has country modifier “The Enlightenment”
- None of:
- At least one of:
- Has country modifier “Academic Society”
- Has country modifier “Academic Society”
- Has country modifier “Academic Society”
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Mean time to happen
800 months
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Have them look into new production methods. - Gain country modifier “Academic Society”, giving the following effects:
- −10% Administrative technology cost
We need better methods of weighing and proofing. - Gain country modifier “Academic Society”, giving the following effects:
- −10% Diplomatic technology cost
If they can't invent a new cannon, we're not interested. - Gain country modifier “Academic Society”, giving the following effects:
- −10% Military technology cost
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Dawn of the Age of Enlightenment
Following conflict and bloodshed, as well as the development of new scientific and ideological practices, the authority of religion has been shaken, and the truth of the world no longer seems as simple as it once did. Humans know more now than we ever have before, and yet the only thing we are certain of is that there are so many answers yet to find.
Nevertheless, every year sees new discoveries and ideas, and philosophers are no longer just developing traditions, but ideas and worldviews.
With these developments happening in our country as well as across Europe, we have entered the Age of Enlightenment.
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Mean time to happen
1 month
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Immediate effects
- Set country flag had_start_of_enlightenment
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These are the times we live in. - Gain country modifier “The Enlightenment” for the rest of the game, giving the following effects:
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