Odoyev

Primary culture

Ryazanian (East Slavic)

Capital province

Oka (4116)

Government

Russian Principality

State religion

Orthodox

Technology group

Eastern

Odoyev ideas

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Traditions:

+20% Fort defense

+1 Diplomatic reputation

Heirs of Chernigov

+1 Yearly legitimacy

Dynamic Diplomacy

+1 Diplomat

Commit to Tatar Ties

−10% Cavalry cost

Safeguard Agnatic Seniority

+50% Chance of new heir

Cities of the Upper Oka Valley

−10% Infantry cost

Fortification Efforts

−20% Fort maintenance

Strengthen the Oka River Trade

+20% Caravan power

Ambition:

+1 Merchant

Odoyev is a one province minor in Russia (region). It is surrounded by Muscovy, Ryazan and Lithuania.

Missions[edit | edit source]

Main article: Russian Principalities missions

Decisions[edit | edit source]

Odoyev has the ability to form Russia.

id

Form Russian Nation

Through conquest and diplomacy Russia has managed to transform from a mere settlement into a dominant principality. After several eastern expeditions the Mongol hordes have finally been subdued and a centralized Russian state, ruled under the suzerainty of the Tsar, is emerging. Influences from Western Europe are helping us modernize and reform our nation and Western style of education is being adopted.

Potential requirements

The country:

was never an end-game nation.
is not the Papal State, the Holy Roman Empire, Russia or Poland.
has not yet enacted this decision.
is not a colonial nation.
has Muscovite, Novgorodian or Ryazanian as primary culture.

If the country is AI-controlled, then it:

is not a custom nation
is not a former colonial nation.
has at least 3 cities
Russia does not exist

Playing with normal or historical nations

Allow

Russia does not exist
The country:

has an administrative technology of at least 10.
is not a subject nation other than a tributary state.
is not at war.
is not a nomad nation.
has not enacted the 'States General' government reform.
owns its core provinces:
- Moskva (295)
- Novgorod (310)
- Smolensk (293) or Ryazan (301)
- Tver (294) or Yaroslavl (308)
- Nizhny Novgorod (306) or Vladimir (307)

Effects

The country:

becomes Russia.
gains 25 prestige.
gets new missions.
gets the event ‘New Traditions & Ambitions’, unless it is a custom nation.
becomes an empire.
removes all provinces from the Holy Roman Empire, if it is a member and not an elector or the emperor.
if is not revolutionary
- becomes a monarchy if is not already
- enacts 'Tsardom' government reform ^[1].
gains a permanent claim on:
- Russia (region)
- Pontic Steppe region
- Ural region
(Hidden) if was formed by Novgorod:
- completes the missions Invade Novgorod and Conquer Novgorod without rewards.
gets “Increased Centralization” for 20 years, giving:
- −0.05 monthly autonomy change,
- +1 national unrest.

Strategy[edit | edit source]

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

Finding an Ally[edit | edit source]

The first objective of Odoyev is finding a strong ally, Muscovy is usually willing to protect the little nation but is a low risk low reward alliance, as it’ll take years to gather favors before they will be willing to further Odoyev’s cause. Lithuania is usually not an option, considering they will fall under a Personal Union with Poland most of the time, and with the Poles usually having no interest in the little nation of Odoyev, any alliance in the west could be considered impossible. Odoyev’s best bet for fast expansion is allying Novgorod, if the player is able to help Novogord win its initial war against Muscovy that is. If the player manages to do this, then the road for expansion is pretty much open. If enough and the right provinces were taken by Odoyev in the initial war with Muscovy, the player might consider taking either Ryazan or Tver on his own while waiting for the truce with Muscovy to expire, as these are easy targets to pick off presuming they don’t find any allies.

The Great Betrayal[edit | edit source]

After around 3 wars with Muscovy, Odoyev should generally turn out to be stronger than Novgorod. If this is indeed the case then the player should start looking for new allies, so that they can break the alliance with Novgorod in order to secure the provinces needed to form Russia. At this stage of the game Poland is certainly a good option assuming they got their Personal Union over Lithuania, if this isn’t the case then either Lithuania, Denmark or a free Sweden is a good option.

Ideas[edit | edit source]

It is advantageous to take administrative ideas as the first or second idea group, as the player will have quite a few relatively rich provinces to core, and can save on admin points early on this way. The other of the first two idea groups will likely be a military one. It is up to the player to decide on which one that complements the Odoyevian military traditions best. The first diplomatic idea group could be exploration ideas, allowing the player to colonize the East and later the Americas, or possibly influence ideas to lower the aggressive expansion impact and allow for quicker vassal annexation - the player may choose to release and feed vassals in order to save on admin points, aggressive expansion and unrest when conquering the Central Asian Sunni nations.

Due to the likelihood of conquering Sunni territory, the player would likely need to take either humanist ideas or religious ideas to either pacify or quickly convert heretic territories.