Envoy

Envoys are a special type of agent which help a country undertake certain actions. Each country has a limited number of each envoy, depending on its technology level, idea groups and other factors. It takes a certain amount of time for an envoy to complete assigned missions. There are four types of envoys: diplomats, missionaries, merchants, and colonists.

Diplomat[edit]

See also: Diplomacy#Diplomats

Diplomats are able to execute both official and covert diplomatic actions. The default number of available diplomats is two.

Gaining diplomats

	Traditions	Ideas	Bonuses	Policies
+1	Aachen traditions Ajami traditions Hausan traditions Kurdish traditions Mori traditions Samtskhe traditions Sligonian traditions Thüringian traditions Westphalian traditions	Aristocratic idea 6: International Nobility Diplomatic idea 1: Foreign Embassies Diplomatic idea 3: Grand Banquets Espionage idea 2: Agent Training Aq Qoyunlu idea 5: Expansive Diplomacy Assamese idea 7: Ahom Diplomacy Asturian idea 3: Asturian Aristocracy Ayutthayan idea 4: Embassies Baden idea 3: Active Diplomacy Bosnian idea 6: Flexible Diplomacy Butuan idea 7: Long Range Diplomacy Cherokee idea 7: Cherokee Emperor Chagatai idea 6: Scheming Nobility Cilli idea 3: Political Maneuvering Circassian idea 6: Steppe Diplomats Gelre idea 1: Feudal Elevation Iroquois idea 4: Keepers of the Fire Karamanid idea 4: Seize the Opportunity Krakowian idea 7: The Free City Lorraine idea 4: Flexible Diplomacy Luxembourg idea 7: Rivals On All Sides Manx idea 1: The Stanleys Medri Bahri idea 3: Diplomatic Flexibility Moluccan idea 7: Pragmatic Diplomacy Mushasha idea 6: Outward Pragmatism Nanbu idea 3: Connection With Kyoto Odoyev idea 2: Dynamic Diplomacy Ragusan idea 3: Patronage Rostov idea 6: Political Influence Saxon idea 1: Albertine and Ernestine lines Shawnee idea 6: Far−Reaching Relations Shiba idea 3: Consolidation of the Kanrei Position Shoni idea 3: Diplomacy through Tsushima Siddi idea 5: Siddi Diplomacy Trebizondian idea 4: Komnenoi Princesses Tyrone idea 5: Catholic Diplomacy Utsunomiya idea 1: Fujiwara Descendant Venetian idea 2: Printing Industry Vijayanagar idea 6: Adroit Diplomacy Yamana idea 1: Descendant of Nitta Yemeni idea 7: Foreign Embassies	Antemoro ambition Mapuche ambition West African ambition	Administrative-Diplomatic: The Recordkeeping Act Diplomatic-Aristocratic: The Tenures Abolition Act Diplomatic-Defensive: The Diplomatic Defense Act Espionage-Economic: The Foreign Support Act Espionage-Offensive: The Black Chamber Act Innovative-Espionage: The Espionage Act

	Triggers
+1	As Kingdom or Empire As Curia Controller As Holy Roman Emperor after ‘Institute Reichsregiment’ reform As Emperor of China after ‘Reform Seaban’ reform As Shogunate With parliament and ‘Expand the Diplomatic Corps’ as active issue for 10 years. As Tengri country and Theravada as secondary religion As AI-controlled country (reserved for short-term actions)

Missionary[edit]

See also: Religion#Conversion

Missionaries are religious envoys that can be tasked (for a monetary cost) with converting the religion of a province a country owns to that of the country's official religion. The default number of available missionaries is one.

Gaining missionaries

	Traditions	Ideas	Bonuses	Policies
+1	Asturian traditions Bamberger traditions Colognian traditions Divine traditions Sindhi traditions	Religious idea 1: Missionary Schools Ajuuraan idea 3: Gareen Imams Castilian idea 2: Spanish Inquisition Circassian idea 4: Franciscan Missionaries Ethiopian idea 5: The Ark of the Covenant Fulani Jihad idea 1: Wandering Scholars Herzegovinian idea 2: Saint Sava Jerusalem idea 4: Land of the Heathen Lotharingian idea 6: Land of Bishops Münster idea 3: Founding of Monasteries Mushasha idea 2: Messianic Legacy of Muhammad bin Falah Najdi idea 2: Hanbali School Otomo idea 5: Christian Converts Perugian idea 5: Heartbeat of Christianity Teutonic idea 6: Promote Prussian Bishops Tyrconnell idea 4: St Patrick's Purgatory Utrecht idea 5: City of Churches	Bremish ambition Leinster ambition Munster ambition Najdi ambition Northumbrian ambition	—

+1 missionary from being Defender of the Faith (Christian or Muslim only)
+1 with parliament and ‘Propagation of State Religion’ as active issue for 10 years.
The following triggered modifiers award more missionaries:
- +1 missionary from being Christian and owning Mecca.
- +1 missionary from being Muslim and owning Mecca and Medina.
- +1 missionary from being Christian, Muslim or Jewish and owning Jerusalem.
- +1 missionary from being non-Catholic Christian or Muslim and owning Rome.
- +1 missionary from being Coptic and owning Alexandria.
- +1 missionary from being Orthodox and owning and converting Rome, Constantinople, Antioch, Jerusalem, and Alexandria.
- +1 missionary from being Mahayana, Theravada or Vajrayana Buddhist and owning Pataliputra.
  - +1 missionary from being Mahayana Buddhist and owning Louyang.
  - +1 missionary from being Vajrayana Buddhist and owning Lhasa.
  - +1 missionary from being Theravada Buddhist and owning Kandy.
- +1 missionary from being Hindu and owning Varanasi
- +1 missionary from being Sikh and owning Doaba.
- +1 missionary from being fully reformed Mayan and owning Sotuta.
- +1 missionary from being fully reformed Aztec and owning Cholula.
- +1 missionary from being fully reformed Inti and owning Pachacamac.
+2 missionaries from joining the Counter-Reformation.
+1 missionary from being Shinto and having Isolationism level 3
+1 missionary from having the Feudal Theocracy government reform
+1 missionary from assimilating the Cushitic culture group with the Mughal Diwan government reform

Merchant[edit]

See also: Trade#Merchants

Merchants manipulate the flow of ducats at trade nodes, where they can either transfer trade on to the next node in the route, or collect trade for their country's treasury in trade nodes other than their capital's. If collecting in their capital, they will increase the ducats collected by +10%, but are not needed to collect trade in the capital. The default number of available merchants is two.

Gaining merchants

+3 from the trade idea group
+1 from the expansion idea group
+1 from the plutocracy idea group
+1 from the East India Merchant Company event
With the Wealth of Nations DLC, Western nations get +1 merchant for each trade company they control with the majority of the provincial trade power in a region.
With the El Dorado DLC, Western nations get +1 merchant for each colonial nation they control with more than 10 provinces.

Colonist[edit]

See also: Colonization#Colonists

Colonists are sent to uncolonised provinces to govern and expand a colony. They can be kept in a colony in order to increase the chance of gaining extra settlers each month, but can also be recalled from a colony in progress for other missions after setting up a colony (such as setting up an additional colony, although each colony over the number of available colonists will rapidly grow in cost). With , colonists can be sent to provinces to allow the province to increase development; when and which area (base tax, production, and manpower) the increase in development occurs is random, with chances decreasing as the province becomes more developed.

The default number of available colonists is zero; unlike the other types of envoys, countries generally do not begin the game with colonists, and instead gain them by taking ideas or as part of their national ideas.

Gaining colonists

	Traditions	Ideas	Bonuses	Policies
+1	—	Expansion idea 1: Additional Colonists Expansion idea 6: General Colonization Law Exploration idea 2: Colonial Ventures American idea 3: Manifest Destiny Andalusian idea 6: Expeditionary Sentiment Asturian idea 4: Voyage to the New World Australian idea 1: Outback Stations Canadian idea 3: Settling the Interior Carib idea 5: Carib Seafarers Castilian idea 4: Inter Caetera Leonese idea 3: Conquest of the New World Nizhny Novgorod idea 5: To The East! Norwegian idea 3: Pioneer Spirit Russian idea 2: Siberian Frontier Spanish idea 2: Inter Caetera	Hadramhi ambition Icelandic ambition Kiwi ambition West Indies ambition	—

Mesoamerican religions also gain additional bonuses. Passing a Mayan, Inti, and Nahuatl religious reform allows a nation to select a Colonist as one of the five options. Selecting the Clan Migration Native idea, for nations with a Native Council government, also provides a Colonist. Parliaments also may pass a bill granting an extra colonist for 10 years.

Travel time[edit]

Travel time depends on the distance envoys must travel from the player's capital. It differs between the different envoy-types:

A diplomat performs (or, for maintained actions, begins) their action instantly, then spends time travelling back.
A merchant spends time travelling both to and from the destination. A merchant can be sent directly between trade nodes without having to return to the capital.
A missionary is both sent and recalled instantly.
A colonist spends time travelling to the destination, but is recalled instantly after waiting one day.

Envoy travel time[edit]

Envoy travel time influences the travel speed of diplomats, merchants and colonists (since 1.28.3). (See Colonization#Travel_time for further information on colonist travel time).

	Traditions	Ideas	Bonuses	Policies
−33%	—	Spanish idea 5: Casa de Contratación	—	—
−25%	Brazilian traditions	Influence idea 6: Postal Service Ajami idea 4: Persian Language and Court Culture Ilkhanid idea 4: The Yam Kongo idea 4: Diplomacy With European Monarchs Mongolian idea 5: Yams of the Great Khan West African idea 6: The Great River	—	—
−20%	—	Exploration idea 5: Viceroys	—	—
−10%	—	Great Yuan idea 5: A Thousand Miles as if at Home	—	—