Greece

Primary culture

Greek (Byzantine)

Capital province

Athens (146)

Government

Feudal Nobility

State religion

Orthodox

Technology group

Eastern

Greek ideas

Notes:

For countries with Greek primary culture.

Traditions:

−20% Galley cost

−10% Sailor maintenance

Greek Orthodox Faith

+2 Tolerance of the true faith

Maritime Heritage

+1 Yearly navy tradition

Klephtic Recruitment

+10% Infantry combat ability

Greek Diaspora

−10% Advisor costs

Control the Mediterranean Trade

+10% Trade efficiency

Philhellenism

+1 Diplomatic reputation

+1 Diplomatic relation

Greek Enlightenment

−10% Idea cost

Ambition:

−10% Core-creation cost

Greece is a formable nation in the Balkans.

Events[edit]

The following event^[1] fires only if neither Greece nor Byzantium exists. It removes all Byzantine core provinces and instead it adds cores for Greece in Morea, Northern Greece and Macedonia.

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Greek Separatism

With the Byzantine Empire reduced to a distant memory most Greeks have come to lead their lives under foreign rulers. Some have left their old home region altogether as merchants or to serve in the various courts of Europe while most remain in Greece, leading lives in the countryside similar to before the fall of the Empire. Others even thrive under their new rulers. The independent Greek identity has however remained strong, and will in time make itself even more known among the unruly mountain Klephts or by the patriot dreams of intellectuals in foreign lands.
While restoration of the Byzantine Empire remains an unattainable dream many have come to yearn to be free of the rule foreign tax collectors and hope for a new Greek state centered on the ancient homeland of their people.

Trigger conditions

The country:

does not have Greek or Pontic as primary culture.
has an administrative technology of at least level 20.
owns a province of Morea, Northern Greece or Macedonia that has Greek culture.

Greece and Byzantium do not exist.
This event fires only once during a campaign.

Mean time to happen

120 months

Ok.

Every province in Morea, Northern Greece and Macedonia becomes a core province of Greece.
If Kastoria (1853) does not have Greek culture:

then it gets Greek culture.

If the owner of Kastoria (1853) does not have Greek or Pontic as primary culture

then Kastoria (1853) gets 4 local unrest.

Byzantium loses all its core provinces.

Formation[edit]

All nations with Greek as primary culture can form Greece.^[2]

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Form Greece

For years Hellas has been divided among several kingdoms or occupied by foreigners at the pleasing of our common enemies. To unite the Greek lands under a sole flag and one ruler is our only way to greatness.

Potential requirements

Greece does not exist.

The country:

was never an end-game tag.
has Greek as primary culture.
is not a colonial nation.
has not enacted this decision before.

Byzantium does not exist. If the country is AI-controlled, then it:

can not be a former colonial nation.
must have at least 5 cities.

Allow

The country:

has an administrative technology of at least 10.
is not at war.
is not a subject nation other than a tributary state.
is not a nomad nation.
owns its core province Athens (146).
owns at least 10 core provinces that:
- have Greek culture,
- are in Balkans or Anatolia.

Effects

The country:

changes to Greece.
gains 10 prestige.
gets the modifier ‘Increased Centralization’ for 20 years with the following effects:
- −0.05 monthly autonomy change,
- +1 national unrest.
gets permanent claims on every province in Aegean Archipelago, Northern Greece, Morea (area) and Macedonia that it does not already own.

If Greece:

is a member of the Holy Roman Empire, but not the emperor or an elector
- then all its provinces are removed from the HRE.
is a duchy
- then it becomes a kingdom.
does not have Greek ideas and is not a custom nation
- then it gets the event ‘New Traditions & Ambitions’.
does not have its capital in Morea, Northern Greece or Macedonia
- then Athens (146) becomes the capital.

A random province of Greece with Greek culture

gains 1 base tax.

Provinces in yellow must be owned and cored to form Greece. Provinces in blue are permanently claimed after formation.

Decisions[edit]

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Restore Constantinople

The city of Constantinople was once a shining beacon of the Eastern Roman Empire before the Turkish conquest and conversion of the city. We must recapture the city and restore it to its former glory.

Potential requirements

The country:

has Greek primary culture.
is Orthodox.

Constantinople (151):

is Muslim or has Turkish culture.

Either Ottomans or Rûm:

has enacted the decision ‘Make Constantinople Capital’.

Allow

The country:

is not at war.
owns its core province Constantinople (151).

Effects

Constantinople (151):

changes its culure to Greek.
becomes Orthodox.
changes province capital name to Constantinople.

Achievements[edit]

It's All Greek To Me

Form Greece and own and have cores on Zeta, Thatta, Lamba, and Roh.

References[edit]

↑ For the script code of the event see in /Europa Universalis IV/events/falvorGRE.txt.
↑ For the script code of the formation decision see in /Europa Universalis IV/decisions/MiscCountryFormations.txt.

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