Livonian Order

Primary culture

Balten (Germanic)

Capital province

Livland (37)

Government

Monastic Order

State religion

Catholic

Technology group

Western

Livonian Knight ideas

Traditions:

+2 Max promoted cultures

+1 Missionary

Livonian Brothers of the Sword

+5% Discipline

Merchants of the Hansa

+10% Global trade power

Castles of the Order

−15% Fort maintenance

Baptizers of Terra Mariana

+2% Missionary strength

+1 Yearly papal influence

+5% Church power

Local Serfs

+10% Production efficiency

Promote Local Bishops

+1 Tolerance of the true faith

Military Reforms

+10% Infantry combat ability

Ambition:

+20% Manpower in true faith provinces

The Livonian Order is a large Monastic Order based in the Baltics. It lies on the coast of the Baltic sea and borders Teutonic Order to the southwest, Lithuania to the south, Novgorod to the east, and contains Riga as an enclave within its borders. It is a historical friend of the Teutonic Order and Riga.

Missions[edit | edit source]

Main article: Livonian Order missions

Events[edit | edit source]

Main article: Livonian Order events

Decisions[edit | edit source]

The Livonian Order is able to form Livonia and Kurland.

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Reform into Livonia

The age of crusading knights is fading fast. There will come a time when we no longer have anything to gain by holding on to the trappings of a monastic order. Besides, the Landmeister would much rather be a Duke... or King. By reforming into a secular state, we can revitalize our administration and gain the respect of our neighbors.

Potential requirements Playing with normal or historical nations The country was never an end-game tag None of: Country flag `formed_livonia_flag` is set At least one of: Is player-controlled Is not playing a custom nation At least one of: Is Riga Is Livonian Order None of: Livonia exists At least one of: Is player-controlled The Protestant religion is enabled The Reformed religion is enabled The Hussite religion is enabled The Anglican religion is enabled	Allow Administrative technology is at least 10 Is not a steppe horde Is not at war At least one of: Religion is Protestant Religion is Reformed Religion is Hussite Religion is Anglican Owns core province Livland (37) Owns core province Wenden (4241) Owns core province Latgalia (273) Province Livland (37): Is in a state

Effects Province Livland (37): Province becomes the new capital. If it was in the empire and the country isn't, it is removed from the empire. Country becomes Livonia If: Limited to: None of: Latvian is accepted culture Gain Latvian as an accepted culture If: Limited to: None of: Estonian is accepted culture Gain Estonian as an accepted culture Gets new missions Gain 10 prestige If: Limited to: The country does not have custom ideas Trigger country event “New Traditions & Ambitions” Gain country modifier “Increased Centralization” for 10 years, giving the following effects: −0.05 Monthly autonomy change +1 National unrest If: Limited to: Government is theocracy Change government to monarchy Every neighbouring country: Limited to: Government is monarchy Gain opinion modifier “Secularized Monastic Order” ( +25 opinion / −2.5 yearly decay / +25 max) towards Our country Set country flag `formed_livonia_flag`

AI decision factors:

Base weight: 1
Base weight * 0 if the following are true:
- None of:
  - Owns core province Livland (37)
- None of:
  - Owns core province Wenden (4241)
- None of:
  - Owns core province Latgalia (273)

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Reform into Kurland

The Northern Crusade has long come to an end. Our Crusader identity will soon bring us no more than nothing and maybe one day, it will eventually become a burden... By secularizing the state and reforming it into a duchy which is led by the former Grandmaster and his knights - now the Duke and his vassals - we can rouse the state from decadence and ameliorate our diplomatic situation.

Potential requirements

Kurland does not exist.
The country:

was never an end-game nation.
has not yet enacted this decision.
is either the Livonian Order or Riga.

If the country is AI-controlled then:

it can not be a custom nation.
Protestant, Reformed, Anglican or Hussite religion must be enabled.

Playing with normal or historical nations.

Allow

The country:

has an administrative technology of at least 10.
is not at war.
is not a nomad nation.
is { Protestant, Reformed, Anglican or Hussite
owns its core provinces:
- Goldingen (39)
- Mitau (1935).

Mitau (1935) is part of a state

Effects

The country:

becomes Kurland.
gains 10 prestige.
becomes a monarchy, if it is a theocracy
gets the event ‘New Traditions & Ambitions’, unless it has custom ideas.
gets “Increased Centralization” for 10 years, giving:
- −0.05 monthly autonomy change,
- +1 national unrest.

Every neighbouring monarchies:

gets the opinion modifier “Secularized Monastic Order” ( +25 opinion / −2.5 yearly decay / +25 max) towards Kurland.

If Mitau (1935) 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.

Mitau (1935):

becomes the new capital of the owner country.

The Livonian Government[edit | edit source]

Taking the Livonian Path as the Livonian Order allows you to get 1 of 15 very Unique Government Reforms.

After completing the Mission "Reform the Government" you will start to get a chain of 6 Events.

Each of the Events has a MTTH of 60 months, with different factors reducing their MTTH.

The 6 Events are : "Administrative Chaos in the Office", "Questions of Warfare", "Livonian Estates demand Privileges", "Little Economical Golden Age", "Religious Debate within Livonia" and "The Role of the Duke".

The MTTH of "Administrative Chaos in the Office" is reduced by having OE, starting with 30 Months at 25% OE and turning into 0.075 Months at 200% OE.
The MTTH of "Questions of Warfare" gets cut in half up to 3 times for any of these conditions that are met :
- Having an Army the Size of at least 90% of your Force Limit,
- Being at War,
- Making at least 5mil per month.
The MTTH of "Livonian Estates demand Privileges" gets cut in half up to 3 times for every of these events that already happened :
- "Administrative Chaos in the Office" or "Questions of Warfare" or "Little Economical Golden Age"
The MTTH of "Little Economical Golden Age" gets cut in half up to 5 times for any of these conditions that are met :
- Having at least 2 Stability,
- Having completed Economical Ideas,
- Having a Trader/ Treasurer/ Master of Mint of atleast skill 2,
- Having doubled your starting Income,
- Not running a Deficit.
- However the MTTH is doubled up to 2 times if you :
  - Are running a Deficit,
  - Have at least 3 Loans.
- Note that this event cannot fire if you are Bankrupt or Have at least 10 Loans or Have at least 10 Corruption.
The MTTH of "Religious Debate within Livonia" gets cut in half up to 2 times for any of these conditions that are met :
- Having an Inquisitor/ Thelogian of atleast Skill 2,
- Having completed "Humanist"/ "Religious"/ "Divine" Ideas
The MTTH of "The Role of the Duke" gets cut in half up to 6 times for any of these conditions that are met :
- Your Ruler is a General,
- You are Defender of the Faith,
- Your Ruler has a Skill of atleast 3 in every category
- Your Ruler has a Skill of atleast 4 in every category
- You have at least 95 Legitimacy
- you have at least 50 Prestige
- Note that this Event cannot fire if you are in any Disaster or are Bankrupt or are at War.

Every Event has 3 options to choose from, a Administrative Option, a Diplomatic Option and a Military Option.

Each Option has 2 effects, the primary one beeing to increase your Focus for the Governments that you will get in the end.

The secondary effects of the Options wont be explained here, as they are not relevant to the Government Building Process.

During the Event chain, your country has 3 internal counters , representing your Focus for the new Government. These 3 counters are, Administrative, Diplomatic and Military.

Thus, every option of the Events increase their correlating Counter by 1.

In the end, after all the Events have fired, you will have different values for your Focus and resulting from this the different Governments will become available for you.

To get the new Governments you will need to complete the Mission "The Livonian Monarchy" which will fire the "The Government of Livonia" event.

This Event will always have atleast 3 options, the standart "Livonian Monarchy", 1 - 4 special Governments depending on your choices and the Option to pick none.

The exact values needed for every Reform can be found on the Government Reforms - Monarchy, Page.

The Governments can be sorted into 4 different "Tiers", requiring either 3 points of your focus to be matching, or 4/5/6, respectivly.

The Governments that require 3/4/5 points, need them to be put into one Category of the 3 (adm/dip/mil), while the Tier 4 Reforms need them to be spread over 2/3 Categories.

Some Notes :

The "Livonian Enlightened Monarchy" is the most specific of the Reforms, requiring 2 points to be put into every Category of your Focus. Going for this Reform means you wont get any other options besides it and the Standart "Livonian Monarchy"
You can get the most Options possible by putting 5 points of your Focus into Dip (the last point does not matter). This will unlock the "Livonian States General", "Livonian Admiralty", "Livonian States Council" and "Livonian Elective Monarchy" reforms, aswell as the Standart "Livonian Monarchy".

Strategy[edit | edit source]

The below is one of many player suggested strategies for Livonian Order. Bear in mind, due to the dynamic nature of the game, it may unfold differently for other players.

You start in a windy corner of Europe hemmed in on 3 sides by some powerful rivals. The Livonian Order is weak early on but if you can get going, your national ideas are extremely powerful.

This may take a few restarts depending on how the AI picks rivals but ally Sweden and Teutonic Order. Build up an army and attack Novgorod. Take a few provinces and money. Build an additional fort on the Lithuanian Border and Diplomatic Annex Riga.

Wait. If Lithuania remains peaceful then don’t provoke them and work on Novgorod. If Lithuania has a bad war going through jump in and take some land. Stay out of Europe as much as possible. Instead roll up Novgorod and then go after Muscovy. Pick an Eastern Ally depending on the specifics of your game. Keep gobbling up Russian Territory. If Lithuania attacks, defend and wait for Sweden to help you out. Aim for White Peaces, you actually want Lithuania as a buffer for later.

For ideas I actually recommend a double Economic start with Trade and Economic followed by Quality and Religious. Keep rolling East and South towards the Crimea. Convert along the way. Your ideas are great for that and you can use your influence to become papal controller.

Once you get going you are basically a strange Russia. If possible you can betray Sweden and take most of Scandinavia. But in general you should focus on heretical nations so you can convert. Later on invade Holy Land.

Expectation wise it's very hard for a Livonian world conquest or mega nation.