Galicia

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Capital province
Government
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- −15% Light ship cost
- +1 Yearly navy tradition
- +10% National tax modifier
- +20% Fort defense
- −10% Stability cost modifier
- +5% Ship durability
- +10% Morale of armies
- −20% Morale hit when losing a ship
- +10% Infantry combat ability
- +1 Merchant
Galicia is located on the Iberian Peninsula. It does not exist in any start, but can be formed due to rebellions, as part of a war settlement or as a peacefully released vassal. In 1444, Castile controls Galicia's core.
Decisions[edit | edit source]
An independent Galicia can form
Spain.
Form Spanish Nation Militarily
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Global expansion in newly discovered areas and the establishment of colonies is transforming Spain into one of the most powerful and wealthiest nations of our time. Spanish explorers are constantly moving into new lands and extending our borders. Immense amounts of gold and silver are being brought back to our motherland, filling the coffers of our state Treasury.
Potential requirements
The country:
If the country is AI-controlled then it:
Playing with normal or historical nations |
Allow
No Muslim nation owns a province in Iberia region. |
Provinces map
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Effects
The country:
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- AI will always take this decision
- AI gives "high priority" (400) to this decision
Strategy[edit | edit source]

To play as Galicia one has to release it from Castile as a
vassal. While simple release at the beginning of the game might work, independence from
Castile allied to
Portugal and with
Aragon under
personal union may be too hard to achieve. As such, there are many ways to weaken
Castile prior to releasing Galicia.
Weakening Castile[edit | edit source]
Usual part of weakening an overlord nation is going into bankruptcy. One can take about 10 loans (due to limitations in when money can be gifted) and gift these money to smaller nations far away or maybe Navarra and
Granada to strenghten them and conversely weaken
Aragon and
Portugal a bit. Then take all possible loans and invest them in claiming defender of faith title and upgrading centres of trade. If necessary, repay loans and take them again and again.
It's recommended to develop Galician provinces with any monarch power points one has. Since Juan II de Trastámara starts with 1/1/2 stats, one should have 42 administrative power, 42
diplomatic power and 98
military power. After enacting Encourage Development edict in Galicia area it's possible to develop Lugo for 45 points, so one might wait until December to get these missing
administrative power and
diplomatic power points. Then it's important to develop
tax and
production first and
manpower after that, unless one hired any advisors in November. One might want to not develop manpower in Lugo twice, instead establish a Franciscan holy order in Galicia for 50
military power.
There are two Castilian forts, in Toledo and Burgos. Both are worth deleting so that the player is not restricted with their movement and that any Castilian rebels can siege half of Castile and enforce demands before 1450.
The player may also wish to give away some of their provinces. It is advised to be careful, though, as releasing León means that Galicia shares no land border with
Castile and may only take land reaching from the southern coast. While it's possible to seize land from vassals, Galicia won't be able to take it without breaking aliance and aliances at the beginning may prove scarce.
One may, however, insult Aragon and
Portugal hoping to give them incentive to support independence of Galicia. Setting them as rivals might be useful, too. Having diplomatic relations limit in mind it might be okay to ally or marry a willing one province minor, as remaining slots will be occupied by vassals.
Other ideas include removing states from non-capital states and lowering estates' loyalty and/or increasing their influence. While abdicating Juan II for Enrique might seem like a good idea, it may lead to spawn of pretender rebels, which overrun the country and then stabilize it and provide free army, so it's strongly discouraged.
Preparations during the truce[edit | edit source]
After switching to Galicia the player has five years of truce to find support for their independence. Any Castilian rival should be willing, provided they have an access to Castilian territory (sometimes Burgundy would rival
Castile and be unable to reach their lands).
France will be especially valuable here due to their strength and proximity, however,
England and
Aragon should be alright as well. Getting
Portugal to support Galician independence will be trickier and probably impossible due to them being historical friends with
Castile. If one has a chance, though, it's definitely recommended, as
Portugal is the main threat for Galician existence. Besides, there is also
Morocco that might support Galician independence after sufficiently improved relations and/or Castilian insult earlier on.
One thing to have in mind is that when "Surrender of Maine" event fires and England declares on
France, they both won't support Galician independence until the peace treaty. Thus starts where
Aragon rivals
Castile are more reliable.
There is no point in building an army too early, as the player starts with 1000 manpower anyways. It's better to wait until the last year before the truce with building units to save money. Moreover, should Castile be attacked by anybody, it may be beneficial to sabotage Castilian war efforts to maybe even be released from vassalage in peace resolution.
If the ruler of Galicia has 4 or more military monarch skill, then it may be possible to achieve 4th military technology level with some help from the national focus and a level 1 military advisor, but it shouldn't matter much, as with right support there would be little need to fight with own forces. There is one use for monarch points, however — establishing a holy order in Galicia — again. That holy order established earlier as
Castile should be gone, but development shouldn't, giving opportunity to reap benefits again. Which one to establish is up to the player, though Dominicans are not recommended for their bonus is pretty useless there and Galician provinces have rather bad trade goods.
If the player tried to bankrupt Castile, it is usually declared as early as in January 1445. The goal, however, is not to lower Castilian army morale in the upcoming war for independence, as 5 years of lowered morale end just as the truce runs out. The real purpose is to discourage anybody from allying
Castile and destabilize country. Given their initial military National Focus and weak administrative monarch skills, it should take
Castile more than five years to simply increase their
stability to even −2 (it takes 67 months to accumulate 100
administrative power with Juan II as monarch). It usually ends in The Peasants' War or Civil War.
Choosing moment for strike[edit | edit source]
It is wise to attack as early as possible. If player refuses to do so, Asturias and
León might decide to go for it by their own, either fighting against Galicia or denying them any meaningful territorial gains. On the other hand, it's crucial to get support from at least one big nation, not for the fight itself, rather for that this alliance carries over after the war and is vital for deterring
Portugal from attacking.
One thing to have in mind is that Aragon alliance will be costly, as they expect the player to give them their fair share of land after the war. The same applies to
Morocco or unlikely
Portugal ally. This may be an incentive to risk a bit and wait for the "Surrender of Maine" war end should
England or
France want to support Galician independence.
Bankrupted Castile may still be ravaged by rebels in 1450. In this unlikely scenario (if the player didn't forget to remove forts) it is better to wait until they collapse as there are important sieges to get before Galician allies do — and, besides, engaging rebel troops and sieging rebel-controlled land only works in Castilian favour, and Galician allies will surely do it.
Strategy of fight[edit | edit source]
The goal is to get as many sieges for Galician name as possible to be able to optimally divide conquered territories between allies. The key to that is letting allies attach to one's 1k stacks. Hopefully Castile has no more than 6 or 7k troops, allowing Galicia to carpet siege northern Castilian territories. If possible, send one or two units to get key siege of Sevilla and maybe provinces around it. Sevilla is the best province one can get from the war and allows the player to fabricate claims on
Granada later.
It is advised to keep most carpet-sieging 1k stacks close to each other so that in case of Castilian attack the others can reinforce the fight. The Sevillan stack is the exception, as their goal is to get key sieges and maybe distract Castilian army.
Actually sieging Canaries is not worth the hassle, as there is no fort here and Castile is unable to transport meaningful amount of troops to the mainland.
It's possible to siege most of Castile without ever engaging their army. The benefit of that is conserving that precious early game manpower.
The diplomats should not be idle during the war. It may be wise to build spy network in Castile to reduce
aggresive expansion from demanded provinces. The other diplomat should improve relations with
Portugal and/or
Aragon, unless already improved.
Securing independence in peace treaty[edit | edit source]
Once warscore is high enough, it's time to make peace. Besides obvious independence, there are three provinces to choose from: Sevilla, Cadiz and Huelva. Of these, Sevilla is the best possible, as it has the center of trade and the highest development. Taking Murcia is risky as it puts the player as the target for
Aragon. Then, Gran Canaria is good for future colonization, but it can be taken after the next Castilian war as well and one has to fabricate claims somehow for Castilian lands first.
One thing to have in mind when taking Sevilla is to have land connection to Galician capital. The player should not expect to get land access from Castile, so taking either Badajoz or Cordoba for themselves or for
León is crucial to maintain the connection though Leónese lands. Another option is to take Huelva and ask
Portugal, but, unlike
León, they are not guaranteed to accept and even if they are, they may turn hostile if they start to desire your lands. Especially since
Portugal gets permanent claims for Galician area early on.
The player can opt not to satisfy all their allies with peace treaty, if there is any alliance they wish to drop soon after the war. The prime example of such an ally is Asturias, because they are weak and have easily accessible provinces.
Soldifying power in Iberia[edit | edit source]
The most important thing to do after gaining independence is to find enough allies to avoid Portuguese declaration of war. If any of the superpowers already supported Galician independence, it should be enough to feel safe for the time being.
There is no way for Leónese–Asturian alliance to hold, as both have core in Asturias. The player may, however, opt to keep both as allies for the time being, observing, who they both ally.
If the player managed to ally Aragon or
Portugal, then the most obvious target for Galicia is
Granada. One may wish to call their ally on promise of land, should
Granada ally any of the Northern African naval powers like
Tunis or
Morocco, as Galicia don't have the economy to sustain a navy that could fight back incoming transport ships.
If the player allied Morocco, then
Granada should be toast, unless they allied
Mamluks or
Ottomans who actually commit their forces to defend Granadan land. This risk can be reduced by waiting for
Mamluks /
Ottomans to get involved in a war somewhere far away.
If the player allied England or
France, then there are no obvious targets other than
Asturias and even then the player might wish not to give away any Asturian land. The best strategy is to eat
Asturias and be opportunistic with Portuguese weakness.
Further steps[edit | edit source]
Once Galician economy allows this, it may be wise to build a fort in Lugo. It denies land access to the capital and Galicia has +20% fort defense as their second idea.
As an Iberian country, one might wish to go colonizing to profit from being in Sevillan trade node. This involves usual steps of taking exploration and building three light ships for an expedition (especially since Galicia has −15% light ship cost in their traditions). Financially supporting a colony is generally mutually exclusive with a fort in Lugo, so one should make this choice depending on their goals. Is this more of a Mare Nostrum run or building a colonial empire?
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