Lorraine

Primary culture

Burgundian (French)

Capital province

Lothringen (189)

Government

Feudal Nobility

State religion

Catholic

Technology group

Western

Lorraine ideas

Traditions:

−10% Infantry cost

+20% Caravan power

The Vosges

+20% Fort defense

Mines of Lorraine

+10% Production efficiency

Lotharingia

−25% Cost to fabricate claims

Flexible Diplomacy

+1 Diplomat

Two Languages, One Land

+1 Max promoted culture

Trois-Évêchés

+2 Tolerance of the true faith

Place Stanislas

+1 Yearly prestige

Ambition:

+10% National tax modifier

Lorraine is a two province minor in eastern France (region). It starts as a junior partner in a personal union under Provence. Lorraine is a member of the Holy Roman Empire.

Missions[edit]

Main article: Holy Roman Empire missions

Lorraine uses the missions for monarchies in the HRE.

Decisions[edit]

id

Restore the Kingdom of Lotharingia

As the new claimants to the Lotharingian crown, we draw our legitimacy by appealing to the legacy of Charlemagne and Lothair. Under our patronage, the exploits of our ancestors have once again become common knowledge, both among our own people and throughout the courts of Europe.

Potential requirements

playing with normal or historical nations
has not been an end game nation.
country flag formed_lotharingia_flag is not set
Lotharingia does not exist
is either Lorraine or if the ‘Emperor’ DLC is not enabled Burgundy.
AAA

Allow

The country:

is not at war.
is not a subject nation other than a tributary state.
is not a nomad nation.
Lotharingia does not exist
owns at least 30 provinces
owns its core provinces:
- Aachen (1878)
Either:
- Is the HRE emperor
- NOT = {hre_size = 1 }

Effects

If Aachen (1878) 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.

Aachen (1878):

becomes the new capital of the owner country.

The country:

becomes Lotharingia
gets new missions.
If government rank is Duchy:
- Set government rank to Kingdom
gets a permanent claim on every province of the Low Countries that it does not own.
gets the modifier “Increased Centralization” for 20 years with the following effects:
- −0.05 monthly autonomy change,
- +1 national unrest.
Gain 25 prestige
Trigger country event "New Traditions & Ambitions" unless using custom ideas
set country flag formed_lotharingia_flag

id

Form French Nation

This year will mark the beginning of an evolutionary period for our nation. The old feudal ways will begin to make way for a more modern centralized nation. Although struggling financially due to miscalculated projects and military campaigns, we have managed to transform ourselves into one of the most dominant powers of Europe.

Potential requirements

The country:

has never been an end-game tag.
is not the Holy Roman Empire, France, the Papal States or Spain.
has either a culture of the French culture group or Basque or Breton as primary culture.
is not a colonial nation.
has not yet enacted this decision.

If the country is AI-controlled then it:

can not be a custom nation.
can not be former colonial nation.

Allow

France does not exist.
The country:

is not at war.
is not a subject nation other than a tributary state.
is not a nomad nation.
owns its core provinces:
- Maine (177), Berry (179), Vermandois (182), Paris (183), Orleanais (184), Nemours (185), and Champagne (186).

Effects

If Paris (183) 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.

Paris (183):

becomes the new capital of the owner country.

The country:

becomes France.
gets new missions.
gets a permanent claim on every non-owned province in the region of France.
gets the modifier “Increased Centralization” for 20 years with the following effects:
- −0.05 monthly autonomy change,
- +1 national unrest.
gains 25 prestige.

If France:

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 custom ideas
- then it gets the event ‘New Traditions & Ambitions’.