Disasters

Disasters are a system introduced in Patch 1.9 that replaced the previous MTTH event-based system used to simulate national disasters.

Disasters can be found under the ‘Stability and Expansion’ tab. The tab lists disasters that may happen if the country's situation matches the start conditions, or the disaster that is currently in progress. Once the start conditions are met, various conditions cause the disaster's progress to tick up by a certain amount each month from 0 to 100 until it reaches 100, at which point the disaster begins with an initial event. Progress on a disaster falls, or may stop altogether and be reset, when any of the prerequisites are not fulfilled. It is also possible for progress to be "on hold" where the disaster's prerequisites are fulfilled, but none of the monthly progress conditions are fulfilled.

While in a disaster, the country suffers a detrimental modifier, and special events happen on a monthly tick (not every month will have an event). The action required to end the disaster varies: usually it includes reversing whatever condition caused it to start (which is made more difficult by the disaster modifier), and often includes defeating rebels and stabilizing the country. Ending the disaster triggers an end event and removes the detrimental modifier.

For most disasters, the nation cannot suffer the same disaster again (the main exception being estate disasters). It is also only possible to be in one disaster at a time; progress on other disasters will halt when one begins.

Currently the following disasters are possible:

General disasters

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.

Civil War The nation has effectively split in two, with brother fighting against brother. A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Coup Attempt There are people moving in the shadows attempting to overthrown our ruler.

Internal Conflicts Our country is experiencing a time of internal strife and conflict.

The Peasants' War The Peasantry's unmet demand for economic, religious and political amendments has lead to violent revolts erupting across our nation.

Religious Turmoil Too much religious differences in our country is causing a lot of intolerance and bigotry.

Court And Country Resistance to the growing centralization in our country has culminated in a period of general crisis and conflict between Court and Country. Depending on how we handle this time of crisis we might come out of it a stronger country than before.

Revolution Decades of feudal oppression, economic difficulties and religious intolerance have taken their toll on our nation and the population's desire for liberty is posing a serious threat to our Monarchy.

Estates disasters

Base estates

Aristocratic Coup The Aristocracy have grown so powerful they assumed de facto control over our country.

Plutocratic Coup The cities and guilds have grown so powerful they assumed de facto control over our country. Real power now lies in the hands of a small group of wealthy Plutocrats.

Dominance of the Clergy The Clergy have grown so powerful they assumed de facto control over our country.

Cossack estates

Cossack Independence The Cossacks have grown so powerful that they have broken off to form a country of their own, outside of our control.

Dhimmi Independence The Dhimmi have grown so powerful that they have broken off to form a state of their own, outside of our control.

Dominance of the Tribes The Tribes have grown so powerful they assumed de facto control over our country.

Dharma estates

Dominance of the Brahmins The Brahmins have grown so powerful they assumed de facto control over our country.

Rajput Independence The Rajputs have grown so powerful that they have broken off to form a country of their own, outside of our control.

Maratha Independence The Marathas have grown so powerful that they have broken off to form a country of their own, outside of our control.

Vaishya Guild Coup The Vaishya trade guilds have grown so powerful that they have assumed de facto control over our country. Real political power now lies in the hands of these wealthy organizations.

Powerful Jain Society The Jains have grown so powerful they assumed de facto control over our country.

Country related disasters

Ayutthaya / Siam

Siamese Revolution Tensions between Europeans and local customs threatened to engulf our nation, now it is all gone.

Castile

Castilian Civil War Our kingdom is being torn apart by our meddling nobility which has now thrown us into a civil war.

Dai Viet

The Northern and Southern Dynasties Conflict between the two most prominent noble families threaten to tear the country apart, dividing it between north and south.

Denmark

The Count's Feud The kingdom of Denmark is being torn apart by supporters of its newly crowned king and the previously deposed Christian II.

England

English Civil War England is being torn apart by a conflict between Parliamentarians and Royalists.

War of the Roses Following the death of our monarch our kingdom is being torn apart by supporters of two junior branches of the royal dynasty.

France

French Revolution The French people have risen to overthrow the monarchs that once ruled their country.

French Wars of Religion France is being torn apart by a string of religious civil wars.

Florence / Tuscany

Bonfire of the Vanities A radical cleric is seizing power in Florence, setting our fair city on a dangerous political and spiritual path.

Granada

Granadan War of Succession A once-loyal relative, Yusuf V, is raising an army, intent of installing himself as Emir.

Khmer

The Dark Age of Cambodia Our civilization lies in ruins. The Khmer Empire has fallen.

Majapahit

The Fall of Majapahit Nearly all of the once-glorious Majapahit Empire has been lost, and what remains is dangerously close to total collapse.

Mali

Decline of Mali Description of the disaster

Milan

Golden Ambrosian Republic In the absence of a strong claimant to the throne, idealistic scholars are establishing a fledgling republic in Milan.

Ming

Crisis of the Ming Dynasty The Ming dynasty is crumbling due to internal strife. They are at risk of losing the Mandate.

Muscovy / Russia

Time of Troubles A time of both social and economical problems, our nation is struggling with both famine and war as well as the opposition against the Church and aristocracy.

Netherlands

Dutch Revolt The Dutch people living under the rule of [Root.GetName] have become discontent and seek the creation of an independent state through violent means.

Poland / Commonwealth (if formed by Poland)

The Struggle for Royal Power Conflict rages over the authority of the monarch versus the power of the Sejm.

Sweden

The Dacke War Nils Dacke was a well-off farmer from Småland who got so fed up with the centralism, high taxes and confiscation of church property that he led the old border county in open revolt.

The Ottomans

Janissary Coup Discontent with what their lack of direct influence over the government, the Janissary Corps have revolted against their sovreign and taken control over the state.

The Emperor of China

Unguarded Nomadic Frontier The rise of a powerful Horde on our borders is casting a grim shadow over our pretentions to possess the Mandate of Heaven. If the realm is to prosper we must pacify the Nomad Frontier.

Empire of China in Name While we have succesfully secured the title of Emperor over the Chinese our Empire is one that scarcely includes any Chinese. If we are to be seen as anything but a foreign emperor we will need to integrate the Chinese as part of our government.

Footnotes

Mechanics

Customization

Nation designer • Random New World

Ages and Institutions

Ages • Institutions

Innovativeness and Technology

Innovativeness • Technology

Defense

Fort • Zone of control