Commonwealth

Primary culture

Polish (West Slavic)

Capital province

Krakow (262)

Government

Elective Monarchy

State religion

Catholic

Technology group

Eastern

Commonwealth(PLC) ideas

Notes:

Gained if formed by country with :

Primary culture isnt Lithuanian

Traditions:

+10% Nobility loyalty equilibrium

+2 Max promoted cultures

The Folwark System

+10% Goods produced modifier

Jagiellonian University

−10% Idea cost

Obrona Potoczna

+25% Army drill gain modifier

+1 Yearly army tradition

Winged Hussars

+30% Cavalry combat ability

May recruit winged hussars

Refinement of Golden Liberty

+1 Monthly administrative power

The Polish Royal Guards

+15% Infantry combat ability

Tempered by Neighbors

+5% Discipline

Ambition:

+3 Tolerance of heretics

Commonwealth(LPC) ideas

Notes:

Gained if formed by country with :

Primary culture is Lithuanian

Traditions:

+25% National manpower modifier

+3 Tolerance of heretics

Warlord Dukes

+1 Land leader shock

Tempered by Neighbors

+5% Discipline

New Magdeburg Laws

−10% Development cost

+5% Goods produced modifier

Reciprocal Guarantee of Two Nations

+5% All estates' loyalty equilibrium

−15% Diplomatic annexation cost

Lithuanian Hussars

+25% Cavalry combat ability

May recruit winged hussars

Statutes of Lithuania

−2 National unrest

Lithuanian Renaissance

−5% Technology cost

Ambition:

+15% Governing capacity modifier

The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Polish: Rzeczpospolita Obojga Narodów) does not exist at the beginning of the Grand Campaign, only being playable between July 1569 and 23 October 1795. It is a formable country, formable by both Poland and Lithuania.

The Commonwealth was established by the Union of Lublin in July 1569, between the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. While Poland and Lithuania were already in personal union since 1386 under the Jagiellonian dynasty, the union created a completely new political entity. Both Poland and Lithuania have the national decision to form the Commonwealth.

The Commonwealth is an elective monarchy led by a king whose power is limited by the Sejm (lower house of the parliament) resulting in unique political problems. Furthermore, the Commonwealth is a multi-cultural and multi-religious state. In the age of religious wars and persecution of minorities, this kind of state is truly unique because it has been created on fundamentals of religious tolerance and personal freedom. Unfortunately high ideals don't always work when faced with the harsh realities of the world, and the ruler of Commonwealth will have to face many internal problems and deal with them quickly. Because if the power and dominance of the Commonwealth start to crumble despotic and totalitarian neighbors will attack without hesitation.

Formation[edit | edit source]

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Form Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Poland)

Replace the personal union between Poland and Lithuania with a real union, welding the two countries together into one powerful state, capable of withstanding our enemies.

Potential requirements

The Commonwealth does not exist.
The country:

was never an end-game nation.
has never formed the Commonwealth before
is not the Holy Roman Empire.
is Poland
is not custom nation

Lithuania:

is controlled by the AI
has never been controlled by a human player
owns less than 58 provinces

Playing with normal or historical nations

Allow

Poland:

has an administrative technology of at least 10.
is not a subject nation.
is not at war.
is not a nomad nation.
has at least 1 stability.
is the senior partner in a personal union with Lithuania.
owns its core provinces:
- Danzig (43)
- Warszawa (257)
- Krakow (262)
- Marienburg (1841).

Lithuania:

has never been controlled by a human player.
owns less than 58 provinces

Mazovia does not exist

Effects

The country:

becomes the Commonwealth
inherits Lithuania
gains 25 Prestige
gets new missions.
gets "Polish-Lithuanian Union" for as long as "Polish" and "Lithuanian"are the primary culture or an accepted culture, giving:
- +1 max promoted cultures
promotes Lithuanian cultures if is not already
increases rank to kingdom, if it is a duchy
removes all provinces from the Holy Roman Empire, if it is a member and not an elector or the emperor.
gains a permanent claim on:
- Poland (region)
- White Ruthenia area
- Aukstaitija area
- Pripyat area

A random owned province with Polish culture:

gains 1 Base tax

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Form Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Lithuania)

Replace the personal union between Poland and Lithuania with a real union, welding the two countries together into one powerful state, capable of withstanding our enemies.

Potential requirements

The Commonwealth does not exist.
The country:

was never an end-game nation.
has never formed the Commonwealth before
Is not the Holy Roman Empire.
is Lithuania
is not custom nation

Poland:

is controlled by the AI
has never been controlled by a human player
owns less than 32 provinces

Playing with normal or historical nations

Allow

Lithuania:

has an administrative technology of at least 10.
is not a subject nation.
is not at war.
is not a nomad nation.
has 3 stability.
Is the senior partner in a personal union with Poland.
owns its core provinces:
- Vilna (272)
- Minsk (276)
- Kiev (280)
- Turov (1941)

Poland:

has never been controlled by a human player.
owns less than 32 provinces

Mazovia does not exist

Effects

The country:

becomes the Commonwealth
inherits Poland
gains 25 Prestige
gets new missions.
gets "Polish-Lithuanian Union" for as long as "Polish" and "Lithuanian"are the primary culture or an accepted culture, giving:
- +1 max promoted cultures
promotes Polish cultures if is not already
increases rank to kingdom, if it is a duchy
removes all provinces from the Holy Roman Empire, if it is a member and not an elector or the emperor.
gains a permanent claim on:
- Poland (region)
- White Ruthenia area
- Aukstaitija area
- Pripyat area

A random owned province with Lithuanian culture:

gains 1 Base tax

id

Enforce Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

Poland and Lithuania has a common history of close cooperation and through the Union of Vilnius and Radom our respective aristocracies where integrated with one another in 1413. While fate has since then brought us apart our interests remain closely aligned and now that we control both the core of the Lithuanian and Polish lands it is perhaps time we let our old friends become stakeholders in a joint state.

Potential requirements

The Commonwealth does not exist.
The country:

was never an end-game nation.
has never formed the Commonwealth before
Is not the Holy Roman Empire.
is Lithuania or Poland
is not custom nation

Poland and Lithuania are not in a personal union together
If the country is not AI-controlled then:

Lithuania or Poland does not exist

Playing with normal or historical nations

Allow

The country:

has an administrative technology of at least 10.
is not a subject nation other than a tributary state.
is not at war
is not a nomad nation
has 3 stability.
Owns its core provinces:
- Danzig (43)
- Warszawa (257)
- Krakow (262)
- Vilna (272)
- Minsk (276)
- Kiev (280)
- Marienburg (1841)
- Turov (1941)

Mazovia does not exist

Effects

The country:

becomes the Commonwealth
gains 25 Prestige
gets new missions.
gets "Polish-Lithuanian Union" for as long as "Polish" and "Lithuanian"are the primary culture or an accepted culture, giving:
- +1 max promoted cultures
promotes Polish and Lithuanian cultures if are not already
increases rank to kingdom, if it is a duchy
removes all provinces from the Holy Roman Empire, if it is a member and not an elector or the emperor.
gains a permanent claim on:
- Poland (region)
- White Ruthenia area
- Aukstaitija area
- Pripyat area

A random owned province with our primary culture:

gains 1 Base tax

Events[edit | edit source]

Main article: Polish events

The Commonwealth has a large number of events tying into handling the Sejm (parliament). Most of these are covered under the Polish events page.

The most prevalent of these is a coin flip each time a new ruler is elected which decides whether the Sejm will agree or disagree overall with your ruler's ideas; this will either increase or decrease various things like technology cost and inflation.

Missions[edit | edit source]

Main article: Commonwealth missions

Most of the Commonwealth missions are shared with Poland and have similar aims including the subjugation and conquest of neighboring rivals: the Teutonic Order, the Ottomans and Russia.

Decisions[edit | edit source]

If Lithuania forms Commonwealth, it has the decision to move capital to Warsaw. This decision can only be made once - that is, if Poland moves the capital to Warsaw (also raising its development) before forming the Commonwealth, it cannot make the decision a second time.

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Move Capital to Warsaw

With the incorporation of the duchy of Mazovia Warsaw has become the seat of the Sejm. Perhaps it would be wise to move the seat of royal government there so we can work better with the nobility?

Potential requirements

This country:

is Poland or the Commonwealth.
owns Warszawa (257).
Warszawa (257) is part of a state.
does not have Warszawa (257) as capital.
has not yet made this decision.
if it is AI-controlled then it is not a custom nation.

Playing with normal or historical nations.

Allow

is not at war
Warszawa (257) is a core province.

Effects

gain 20 Prestige.
If Warszawa (257) is part of the HRE, but its owner is not a member then:
the province is removed from the HRE.
the Holy Roman Emperor:
- gets the opinion modifier “Removed provinces from the Empire” towards the owner, worth −50 opinion with a yearly decay of 1.
- loses 1 imperial authority.