New Providence

Primary culture

English (British)

Capital province

Bahamas (482)

Government

State religion

Protestant

Technology group

Western

Piratical ideas

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Notes:

For pirate republics.

Traditions:

+1 Yearly navy tradition

-10% Naval maintainance modifier

Religious Apathy

Heretic and heathen provinces do not give any penalties

Plunder!

+25% Looting speed

Buccaneers

−10% Infantry cost

Sail in Consort

+20% Global naval engagement

Elected Quartermasters

−2 National unrest

+10% Morale of navies

Pirate Bays

+1 Naval combat bonus off owned coast

Life of Liberty

+25% Rebel support efficiency

+10% Sailor recovery speed

Ambition:

−25% Unjustified demands

New Providence is a pirate republic in the Caribbean with its own ideas. New Providence does not exist in historical starts and is only formed by event.

Formation[edit | edit source]

id

The Pirate Republic

Nassau has fallen! The pirates of New Providence have become so emboldened by the absence of civilized government in the Bahamas that they have overrun the fort and proclaimed a Republic of Pirates.

Chief among them is the pirate captain Benjamin Hornigold. Hornigold maintains a tenuous leadership over the traitors and criminals of the island; the ruthless lieutenants under his command watch him closely for signs of weakness.

This ‘Republic of Pirates’ is not only a violation of our sovereignty over the Bahamas, but an affront to all civilized peoples. Anarchy reigns in New Providence.

This event happens only once during a campaign.

Trigger conditions

New Providence does not exist.
The country:

has not enacted the “Pirate Republic” government reform.

Either the country:

is not a subject,
has at least 2 cities,
owns its core province Bahamas (482).

or one of its subjects:

has at least 2 cities,
owns its core province Bahamas (482).

One of the following must be true:

Treasure fleet recently passed through the trade node of Bahamas (482).
Privateers have at least 5% trade power in the trade node of Bahamas (482).
A country with its capital in Caribbeans has at least 5 war exhaustion.

The event ‘The Golden Age of Piracy’ has happened.

Mean time to happen

12 months

Immediate effects

Bahamas (482):

becomes a core province of New Providence.
is discovered by New Providence.

Enabled if: the country is controlled by a human player.

A pirate's life for me!

The owner of Bahamas (482):

releases New Providence as an independent state.

New Providence:

becomes a republic.
enacts “Pirate Republic” government reform.
gains government reform progress spent on current reforms by this country.
gains 50 republican tradition.
gets the religion and primary culture of this country.
gets regiments up to the land force limit (80% , 20% ).
gets ships up to the naval force limit (30% , 30% , 30% ).
gets a new ruler:
- named ‘Benjamin’ of the ‘Hornigold’ dynasty.
- with the following skill: 3, 3, 5.
- Ruler gains the personality trait Legendary Pirate
gains new national ideas.
obtains new missions.

The human player plays as New Providence.

Always enabled:

They will hang for this!

The owner of Bahamas (482):

releases New Providence as an independent state.

New Providence:

becomes a republic.
enacts “Pirate Republic” government reform.
gains government reform progress spent on current reforms by this country.
gains 50 republican tradition.
gets the religion and primary culture of this country.
gets regiments up to the land force limit (80% , 20% ).
gets ships up to the naval force limit (30% , 30% , 30% ).
gets a new ruler:
- named ‘Benjamin’ of the ‘Hornigold’ dynasty.
- with the following skill: 3, 3, 5.
- Ruler gains the personality trait Legendary Pirate
gains new national ideas.
obtains new missions.

If the player has difficulty to fire the formation event, be sure to have >25% privateer power in the Caribbean using light ships. This will fire the "Golden Age of Piracy" and soon after the decision to form this nation.

Missions[edit | edit source]

Main article: Pirate missions

Strategy[edit | edit source]

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

Any country that colonizes the Bahamas can spawn an event to release or play as New Providence and with its Pirate Republic mechanics. The easiest way to do this is to colonize the Bahamas and then privateer the Caribbean. You can send ships to privateer the Caribbean (even if it does not appear on the list of trade nodes to privateer from) by opening the Trade map mode and manually clicking the Caribbean node while the privateering mission list is open for your fleet. When it is early into the game and there are no competing powers in the Caribbean, this will easily set the pirate control over the 5% needed to fire the Golden Age of Piracy event. Subsequently, in about a year, the Pirate Republic event will fire.