Aspiration for Liberty

Aspiration for Liberty The population's strive for liberty and the desire for enactment of enlightened ideals have spurred a revolution that seems all but unavoidable.

Aspiration for Liberty is a general disaster that can occur in countries without a parliament in the ‘Age of Revolutions’.

Prerequisites

It is currently the ‘Age of Revolutions’ and the country:

• did not have this disaster before.
• did not have the Revolution disaster before.
• has less than 1 seat in parliament.
• is not a subject nation other than a tributary state.
• is not revolutionary.
• has at least 5 cities.
• does not use doom mechanics.
• if Emperor is active:
  • if Rights of Man is active:
    • is not a great power
  • if Rights of Man is not active:
    • has less than 800 total development.
  • at least 20% of the country's development has revolution.
  • One of the following is true:
    • has revolution spread to its capital
    • the capital is in Europe.
    • a neighboring country is revolutionary
    • a neighboring country has a parliament
• if Emperor is not active:
  • has less than 30 cities.
  • the revolution target exists.
  • One of the following is true:
    • has its capital in Europe.
    • a neighboring country is revolutionary
    • a neighboring country has a parliament

If these prerequisites are met, the monthly progress can begin.

Monthly progress starts if	Monthly progress halts if
this country: does not have an ongoing disaster. has embraced enlightenment. has negative stability. does not have the modifier “Liberal Constitution”. Monthly progress This country: +1.0% • has at least 5 war exhaustion. +1.0% • is bankrupt. +0.5% • has between 25 and 50 absolutism. +1.0% • has between 50 and 75 absolutism. +2.0% • has at least 75 absolutism.	at least one of the following is true for this country: has an ongoing disaster. has 3 stability.

Start

If the progress reaches 100%, the disaster will start with the following event:

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Aspiration for Liberty

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The questionable rule of $MONARCH$, the populations' strive for liberty and the desire for enactment of enlightened ideals has spurred a revolution that seems all but unavoidable. The common people has united and taken to arms in an attempt to topple the government and thereby initiating one of the bloodiest revolutions of our time.

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Trigger conditions None	Is triggered only by the start of the ‘Aspiration for Liberty’ disaster.
Immediate effects The country loses 6 stability. Revolutionary rebels (size 3) rise in revolt in the capital province. Revolutionary rebels (size 2) rise in revolt in a random own province.
Dire times are ahead of us The country loses 5 prestige.

While the disaster is ongoing the country gets:

• +10 National unrest
• −3 Yearly legitimacy

Also the following events are triggered by a monthly pulse.

Monthly events

The weight that no event is triggered is 1000 and for each monthly event it is 100.

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Governmental Incompetence

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The government's inept inability to cope with the national crisis has allowed new insurrections to spring up. The population is demanding the immediate dissolution of the current administration and is determined to achieve that goal at any cost.

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Trigger conditions None	Is triggered only by the monthly pulse of the ‘Aspiration for Liberty’ disaster.
It is nothing to be concerned about Every own non-overseas province with revolutionary rebels as likely rebels: gains 1 local unrest. Prevent them from advancing further The country: loses 1 year of income. loses 5 absolutism. Every own non-overseas province with revolutionary rebels as likely rebels that is not the capital: gains 15 local autonomy.

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Battles on Foreign Ground

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$COUNTRY$'s prospect of financial success has looked quite bleak the last couple of years. $MONARCH$'s continuous investments in wars on foreign soil, the governments financial neglect and the political instability have almost decimated the nation's funds bringing $COUNTRY$ close to bankruptcy.

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Trigger conditions The country: is at war. has at least 1 ally. has at least 5 loans, at least 5% inflation or at least 5 war exhaustion. does not have the modifier “Decreased Morale”. does not have the modifier “Reduced War Expenditures”.

Is triggered only by the monthly pulse of the ‘Aspiration for Liberty’ disaster.

The treasury isn't even close to empty The country gains “Decreased Morale” until the end of the disaster, giving: −10% morale of armies, −10% morale of navies. A random ally gets the opinion modifier “Munificent Ally” ( +50 opinion / −2 yearly decay / 10 years) towards us. Cut down on war expenditures The country gains “Reduced War Expenditures” until the end of the disater, giving: +0.1 monthly war exhaustion. A random ally gets the opinion modifier “Reduced War Expenditures” ( −80 opinion / +2 yearly decay / 10 years) towards us.

Finishing conditions

One of the following is must be true for this country:

• has a Parliament with at least one seat assigned.
• has 3 stability and no rebel controlled provinces.

then it loses the above-mentioned effects and the following event is triggered:

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Order is Restored

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After some gruesome years, order has finally settled amongst our people.

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Trigger conditions None	Is triggered only by the end of the ‘Aspiration for Liberty’ disaster.
OK The country: loses the modifiers “Decreased Morale” and “Reduced War Expenditures”. loses 10 absolutism. If the country has a stability of less than +3, then it gains 1 stability, else it gains 50 administrative power.

The disaster also ends if the revolutionaries can enforce their demands.