Bamberg

Primary culture

Franconian (Germanic)

Capital province

Bamberg (66)

Government

Clerical State

State religion

Catholic

Technology group

Western

Bamberger ideas

Traditions:

+1 Missionary

+0.5 Yearly devotion

+0.5 Yearly legitimacy

Bishop of Bamberg

+20% Religious unity

Bamberg Cathedral

−1% Prestige decay

City of Beer

+10% Production efficiency

Little Venice

−5% Development cost

+5% Trade efficiency

Witch Burner

+2% Missionary strength vs heretics

Vierzehnheiligen

+2 Tolerance of the true faith

Universitas Ottoniano Fridericiana

−5% Technology cost

Ambition:

+5% Discipline

Bamberg is an one province minor in the Holy Roman Empire. It is a vassal of Wurzburg. Its neighbors are Thuringia, Bayreuth, Bamberg, Ansbach and Wurzburg.

Missions[edit]

Main article: Franconian_missions

Decisions[edit]

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Form Franconia

The memory of the old Duchy of Franconia lives on in the memories of ambitious local rulers. The Prince-Bishop of Würzburg claims the title, but in practice it has lain in abeyance for centuries, its former lands riven by disunity. Should this unity be restored, then Franconia would once again become a force to be reckoned with in Germany.

Potential requirements

The country:

plays with normal or historical nations
has not been an end-game nation.
has not form any German nation
is not an AI or playing a custom nation
has not form Franconia yet
is not an colonial or former colonial nation
Franconia does not exist
has Franconian as primary culture.

Allow

The country:

is not a subject nation other than a tributary state.
is not at war
is either Wurzburg or Wurzburg does not exist
owns core province Wurzburg (79)
owns either core provinces Ansbach (71) or Nurnberg (67)
owns at least 6 core provinces in Europe continent with Franconian culture^[1]
has either 75 local development or is elector of HRE

Effects

Change country to Franconia
Gain a permanent claim on all not owned provinces in Franconia and Upper Franconia areas
gets the modifier “Increased Centralization” for 20 years with the following effects:
- −0.05 monthly autonomy change
- +1 National unrest
gain 25 prestige
if at least 100 and is elector of HRE or not member of the HRE
- then it becomes a kingdom
gets new missions.
if does not have custom ideas
- then it gets the event ‘New Traditions & Ambitions’

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Form German Nation

Regardless of the absence of a strong, central authority, our nation is prospering. The Hanseatic League, formed by hundreds of towns in northern Germany, has contributed to the prosperity of our nation. Intellectual growth, combined with sea and overland trading, has also helped spur the development and transform our country into a wealthy manufacturing center.

Potential requirements

Germany does not exist.
The country:

was never an end-game tag.
is not a colonial nation.
has one of the following cultures as primary culture:
- Westphalian, Pomeranian, Rhenish, Saxon, Bavarian, Prussian, Swabian or Franconian.

If the country is AI-controlled then it:

must have at least 15 cities and an administrative technology of at least 20.
can not be a former colonial nation.
can not be a theocracy.
can not be a custom nation.

Allow

The country:

has an administrative technology of at least 20.
is not a subject nation other than a tributary state.
is not a nomad nation.
is not at war.
is not the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
All of the following must be true:
- Owns Berlin (50)
- Owns München (65)
- Owns Brunswick (57)
- Owns Augsburg (1868) or Stuttgart (70)
- Owns Nürnberg (67) or Frankfurt (1876)
- Owns Niederhessen or Köln (85)
- Owns Königsberg (41) or Strasbourg
- Owns Hamburg (44) or Lübeck
- Owns Dresden (61) or Erfurt
50 Owned core province in:
- North Germany
- South Germany

Effects

The country:

changes to Germany.
gets empire government rank.
leaves the HRE.
The emperor of the HRE:
- gets the opinion modifier “Left the Holy Roman Empire” towards Germany worth −150 opinion with a yearly decay of 1.
- gets the event ‘Germany breaks out of the Empire’.
gets permanent claims on all provinces of North Germany and South Germany that are not owned by Germany.
gains 25 prestige.
gets the modifier “Increased Centralization” for 20 years with the following effects:
- −0.05 Monthly autonomy change
- +1 National unrest

If the country does not have custom ideas

then it gets the event ‘New Traditions & Ambitions’.

id

Elevate Bishopric to an Archbishopric

As a Prince-Elector of the Holy Roman Empire we have a much greater political power than the title Bishop would normally imply. Let us make use of this influence to convince the Holy See to elevate our Bishopric to an Archbishopric.

Potential requirements

The country: