Papacy

For the country itself, see The Papal State.

For the government form, see Papacy.

The Papacy

The institution of the Papacy is the religious center of the Catholic faith and a moral authority for all Catholic nations. It is 'located' in the Papal States, but is separate from the country and can reform elsewhere by event if the country no longer exists, via event for any Catholic theocracy with more than one province. Cardinals now appear at random or appear via events in provinces with at least 10 Development. Each country can have at most 7 cardinals. One nation is designated the current Papal Controller, also known as the Curia Controller, earning bonuses and able to use its power diplomatically (see below).

The Papacy can be disabled if Byzantium restores the pentarchy.

Curia controller

A new Curia Controller is elected whenever the Pope (ruler of the Papal State) dies.

When this happens, every country that has at least 10 invested influence can be chosen as Curia Controller in accordance with this formula:

${\text{chance to be chosen}}={\frac {\text{influence invested by this country}}{\sum {\text{influence invested by any country}}}}$

Current chance is displyed in the Chance column in the Papacy view.

The Papal States always has a base of at least 10 invested influence to become the next curia controller.

Benefits

The Curia Controller will gain the following bonuses:

	+1%	Diplomats
	+1%	Yearly prestige
	−10%	Stability cost modifier
	+2%	Possible advisors
	−20%	Advisor cost
	+1%	Leader(s) without upkeep
	−20%	Aggressive expansion impact
	−5%	Technology cost
	10%	Clergy loyalty equilibrium
	+1	Diplomatic reputation
	-10%	Diplomatic annexation cost

• Can break royal marriages without the -1 stability hit.
• Special diplomatic actions (listed under papal actions) available during the Age of Discovery and Age of Reformation

Papal actions

The Curia controller gains several diplomatic actions available for use during the Age of Discovery and Age of Reformation. As a base requirement, these actions require the Papal States (if exists) to have a negative opinion of the targeted nations.

Excommunicate

Excommunication requires the targeted nation to be Catholic, and for the Papal States to have a negative opinion of them and for them to have less than 50.0 papal influence (note: Papal actions are located under diplomacy menu). The targeted nation cannot be the Defender of the Faith. If the Papal States do not exist the negative opinion requirement is waived and the Curia Controller can excommunicate any Catholic ruler that is not the Defender of the Faith. Excommunication gives every neighbouring Catholic nation a casus belli against the targeted nation. It can be lifted if the curia controller has good relations with the excommunicated nation.

Excommunication penalties

• −2 Yearly prestige
• −10 Yearly papal influence
• −5 Yearly devotion
• −3 Tolerance of the True Faith
• −50 Relation with Catholic nations
• −200 Relation with Catholic theocracies

Call a crusade

The Curia controller can also call a crusade against a single target (note: Papal actions are located under diplomacy menu). This target must be a heathen and the Papal States must have an opinion of -50 or below of the target. Catholic nations that border the crusade target receive a Casus Belli against it, and all Catholic nations at war with the crusade target receive bonuses to manpower, morale, prestige and yearly papal influence while they are at war with them, controls at least 1 province owned by the crusade target and the Army Maintenance slider is at maximum. Crusades may no longer be called as of the Age of Absolutism, but if a crusade called before it starts hasn't expired yet, it will continue to stay in effect until 30 years have passed since its start, as before. However, the Curia controller can extend this period using a golden bull.

Crusade bonuses:

• +30% National manpower modifier
• +10% National tax modifier
• +10% Morale of armies
• +1 Yearly prestige
• +1 Yearly papal influence
• +0.25 Yearly devotion

Appoint Cardinal

Only available to The Papal State. Appointing a Cardinal costs 25 + 2 x the currently active cardinals + 20 x the amount of cardinals already active in the target nation. This amount can either be spend using The Papal States own money or the Curia Treasury. This will also increase the target nations Opinion of The Papal State by +50.

Cardinals

The Curia is the administrative body of the Catholic Church overseen by a group of cardinals. There are in total 49 seats in the Curia. At the beginning of the game in 1444, 7 of those seats are filled with Cardinals. Should any seat be empty at the beginning of a new year, one Cardinal will randomly be appointed to a catholic nations catholic province (see below).
Cardinals are seated in provinces, so it is possible to earn the allegiance of more cardinals through conquest. The primary benefit of controlling more cardinals is to increase one's papal influence. Per cardinal controlled, a nation gains 0.5 Papal Influence per year. A country can only have 7 cardinals active at a time. If more Cardinals are gained via conquest, the nation will immideately (the next in game day) loose random cardinals, until they have only 7.
For a province to be elegible to receive a Cardinal in any way, the following conditions must be met :

• The province is Catholic
• Its owned by a catholic nation
• Its on the same continent as The Papal States capital
• It has at least 10 development

Changing the owners or the provinces religion will cause the cardinal to be lost. Should development fall below 10 or should The Papal States capital continent change, cardinals will not be lost.

Yearly Cardinal selection

Every year on the first of January, one Cardinal will be randomly appointed to one of ten provinces in the catholic world. The currently considered provinces and their chance of gaining the yearly cardinal, can be seen in the tooltip over the Active Cardinals ribbon in the papacy interface.
Every province that fullfills the above conditions gets assigned a value, according to this formula :

${\text{province value}}={\text{Province Development}}\cdot \left(1+{\frac {\text{Country Total Development}}{\text{200}}}\right)\cdot {\text{Religious Unity}}\div \left(1+{\frac {\text{Current amount of Cardinals}}{\text{2}}}\right)$

The values of the ten highest ranked provinces are added together and then each receive a percentage fraction of 100% based on their points contribution. These ten provinces may recive a cardinal.

In general, nations with high catholic development and some well developed provinces will receive cardinals until they have so many that smaller nations can catch up.

Cardinal acquisition

Additionally the the yearly Cardinal selection, there are several other ways to gain Cardinals :

• Conquering a province with a cardinal
• The event “Cardinal Across the Border” can cause a cardinal to move from one province to another.

• The Papal State can use the "appoint loyalist Cardinals" interaction (see below)
• The Papal State can use the "papal actions" diplomatic action "Appoint Cardinal" to grant a cardinal to another nation (see above)

• Japan can assign a Cardinal to themselves via the "Petition for Holy Favor" government interaction, available to them via the "Land of the Christian Sun" reform

Papal influence

Papal influence is earned by all Catholic countries except for The Papal State. A country can store at most 200 papal influence. It can be spent in exchange for various benefits.

The change in papal influence is:

+0.5 yearly	Base increase
+0.5 yearly	for each controlled cardinal, (except +1 yearly for Kingdom of God (tier 3 theocracy))
+1 yearly	if the nation bought Indulgence for your sins
+1 yearly	with loyal Clergy estate (scaling by influence)
+1 yearly	as defender of the Catholic faith
+1 yearly	for having the triggered modifier “Crusade”
+1 yearly	as England for opposing the Lollards
−1 yearly	as England for tolerating the Lollards
−10 yearly	for each violation of the Treaty of Tordesillas
−10 yearly	for having the country modifier “The Statute in Restraint of Appeals” (obtained by decision)
−10 yearly	during excommunication
−10 yearly	for having the triggered modifier “The Occupation of Rome”
−100 yearly	as revolution target

• converting a province gives papal influence on completion equal to the development of the converted province.

Also the following ideas increase the yearly papal influence:

	Traditions	Ideas	Bonuses	Policies
+2.0	Italian (minor) traditions Liège traditions Nivernais traditions Tuscan traditions	Religious idea 5: Inquisition Breton idea 4: Breton Catholicism Clanricarde idea 6: Catholic Holdouts Jerusalem idea 2: Latin Patriarch Latin idea 2: Latin Patriarch Rigan idea 1: Legacy of Bishop Albert Spanish idea 1: Devout Christianism Utrecht idea 2: Ex Cathedra	Knights Hospitaller ambition	—
+1.0	Münster traditions Wurzburgian traditions	Bavarian idea 4: Establish the Geistlicher Rat Clevian idea 3: Avid Reformers Ferraran idea 1: Papal Recognition Icelandic idea 3: Christian Identity Irish idea 4: Loyal Catholics Livonian Knight idea 4: Baptizers of Terra Mariana Moravian idea 6: Jesuit University Otomo idea 5: Christian Converts Sardinian idea 2: Papal Restoration Sardinian-Piedmontese idea 3: The Shroud of Turin Savoyard idea 2: The Shroud of Turin Teutonic idea 4: Assume Religious Authority Trierian idea 5: The Seamless Robe of Jesus Tyrone idea 5: Catholic Diplomacy Urbinate idea 6: Papal Loyalty	—	Divine-Diplomatic: Faith Advisors
+0.5	—	Sienese idea 6: The Saints of Siena	—	—

Additionally, implemented decisions and events can give gains or losses to papal influence. One of the possible bribes for a seat in Parliament is Send Delegation to Holy See, which will buy that seat's vote at a cost of 10 papal influence.

The yearly change of papal influence is affected by the opinion of the Papal state towards a country, namely by 0.5% times this opinion. If the Papal state does not exist, this modifier is always zero.

${\text{yearly papal influence}}=\left(1+{\frac {\text{opinion of the Papal state}}{200}}\right)\sum {\text{modifiers}}$

Curia treasury

Every month all Catholic countries provide a tithe of money into the Curia coffers. The amount is calculated as follows :

${\text{monthly tithe}}={\frac {{\text{total income}}\cdot {\text{Clergy estate crownland share}}}{\text{10}}}$

Additionally, several Curia interactions and events can increase the Curia treasury. The current Curia controller can spend the Curia Treasury on several different interactions.

Curia interactions

All catholic nations, except The Papal State have access to the "Buy Indulgence for your sins" interaction :

• Spend 6 months worth of income (25% of which will go into the curia treasury) to gain +1 yearly Papal influence for 5 years. This will also increase The Papal States opinion of the country by +75

Papal influence interactions

Papal influence can be spent in the following manner:

Action	Prerequisites	Papal Influence cost	Effect
Invest influence	Has at least 1 cardinal	5 + 0.5 * current invested influence	Gain +10 invested influence towards election of next Curia controller
Levy church tax	Is at peace with The Papal State Does not have the modifier “Papal Sanction for Increased Taxes”	50	Gain the “Papal Sanction for Increased Taxes” modifiers for 20 years: -10% Construction Cost +15% National Tax Modifier
Bless ruler	Is at peace with The Papal State Does not have the modifier “Papal Blessing”	50	Gain the “Papal Blessing” modifier for 20 years: +10% Morale of Armies +1 Yearly Prestige
Sanction Dynasty	Is at peace with The Papal State Does not have the modifier “Papal Sanction for our Dynasty”	50	Gain the “Papal Sanction for our Dynasty” modifier for 20 years: +1 Yearly Legitimacy +1 Yearly horde unity +1 Yearly meritocracy +1 Yearly devotion +0.2 Yearly republican tradition +10% Improve Relations
Beatify local saint	Is at peace with The Papal State Has less than 3 stability	100	Gain 1 Stability
Forgive usury	Is at peace with The Papal State Does not have the modifier “Usury Forgiven”	50	Gain the “Usury Forgiven” modifier for 20 years: +0.1 Yearly Inflation Reduction -0.25 Interest Per Annum -0.04 Yearly Corruption
Proclaim holy war	Is at war Is at peace with The Papal State Does not have the modifier “Papal Sanction of War”	50	Gain the “Papal Sanction of War” modifier for 20 years: +15% Manpower Recovery Speed -5% Land Maintenance Modifier
Send papal legate	Is at peace with The Papal State Does not have the modifier “Papal Legate” Is not Curia Controller.	50	Gain the “Papal Legate” modifier for 20 years: +1 Diplomatic Reputation -10% Diplomatic Annexation Cost
Sanction commercial monopoly	Is at peace with The Papal State Has less than 100% mercantilism	50	Gain 1% Mercantilism

The Papacy from the Papal States perspective

Papal State specific interactions

The Papal State does not have access to Papal influence. Instead they have three unique Curia interactions, which replace the "Buy indulgence for Sins" and "Invest Papal Influence" interactions :

• Call the Eucomenic council : Spend 6 months worth of income (25% of which will go to the curia treasury) to gain 10 Invested influence
• Appoint loyalist Cardinal : Spend 25 ducats to add a cardinal to a random owned province and gain +0.5 corruption. The cost is increased by : 2 x the total amount of cardinals and 3 x the amount of cardinals The Papal State currently has
• Investigate Heresy : Spend 500 ducats out of the Curia treasury to reduce reform desire by -5%. This will cause reform desire to permanently increase 50% faster. Only available if the The Papal State is the current Curia controller

Golden bulls

Golden Bulls are bonuses that the Papal Controller can enact using the Curia Coffers that benefits all Catholic Countries! They last until the current Pope dies.

The Curia controller can enact a golden Bull, which will apply its modifiers to all Catholic nations and will last until the current Pope dies. Enacting a golden bull costs 400 out of the curia treasury.

Golden bull	Effects	Requirements
Illius Qui Se Pro Divini The soldiers of Christ must once again spill their blood upon the shores of the Holy Land. The spirit of the Crusades must be revived, for God wills it!	−10% Aggressive expansion impact Enables Crusades after age limit.	It is not the age of discovery and not the age of reformation.
Apostolicae Servitutis In spite of many prohibitive laws of the Church, some ecclesiastics had drifted into the habit of occupying themselves with worldly business and pursuits. This is outrageous and should stop.	−50% Curia powers cost
Christiana Pietas As good Christians we must lead by example. We shall invite the Jews and other unbelievers to our lands so that they may see the grace of Christian rule and accept the Lord into their hearts.	+2 Tolerance of heathens −5% Development cost
Immensa Aeterni Dei Reorganize the Roman Curia, establishing permanent congregations of cardinals to advise the Pope on various subjects.	−10% Embracement cost +25% Institution spread Cardinals spread institutions
Libertas Ecclesiae Libertas ecclesiae is the notion of freedom of ecclesiastical authority from secular or the temporal power, which guided the Reform movement which began in the 11th century. But what if a puppet of the Holy Roman Emperor is sitting on the Throne of Saint Peter?	+20% Imperial authority growth modifier +5 Approval of imperial reforms by Catholic princes	The country is the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire which has Catholicism as the official unchangeable faith.
Dei Gratia Rex In their hearts, all the faithful know that God ultimately selected our ruler, and thus they rule by His Grace and by His Word.	+0.5 Yearly absolutism −2 Unrest in Catholic provinces −25% Regiment drill loss

Council of Trent

Council of Trent GUI

The Council of Trent models the friction between Catholic and other Christian faiths during the reformation.

The system is initiated by counter-reformation event. At which point all nations with cardinals get a follow-up event (The Council of Trent) asking them to select a national position.

National positions

The position of all Catholic countries is neutral. Nations with a cardinal may choose a position at the start of the council. Whenever a new ruler comes into power a nation may change its position, but can not be neutral again. The modifiers gained from the chosen Side are lost once the council ends.

Harsh position	Neutral position	Conciliatory position
+25% Resistance to reformation −10 Opinion of heretics +2% Missionary strength −25% Institution spread	−33% Resistance to reformation	+25% Resistance to reformation +5 Opinion of heretics −5% Heretic missionary strength +25% Improve relations

Concessions

The curia controller may select a number of concessions to either the conciliatory or harsh sides. Enacting these concessions costs between 500 and 2000 depending on how many cardinals have the same position as the concession being enacted. All of the selected concessions apply to all Catholic countries, their chosen Side only matters for the Cost and the "position" modifier (see above). Note that the "Opinion of heretics" modifier applies to all non-Catholics, not just Protestant and Reformed. The modifiers gained from the concessions are kept permanently, even after the council ends.

#	Harsh		Conciliatory
1	Heresy Trials	−10 Opinion of heretics +2% Missionary strength vs heretics	Secret Confessions	+5 Opinion of heretics +2 Tolerance of heretics
2	Roman Catechism	−10 Opinion of heretics +30% Institution spread in true faith provinces	Non-Latin Bible	+5 Opinion of heretics +10% Institution spread
3	Soldiers of Christ	−10 Opinion of heretics +10% Manpower in true faith provinces	Rescinding Celibacy	+5 Opinion of heretics +5% National manpower modifier
4	Catholic Mysticism	−10 Opinion of heretics −10% War score cost vs other religions	Sola Fide	+5 Opinion of heretics −10% Curia powers cost

References

Mechanics

Customization

Nation designer • Random New World

Ages and Institutions

Ages • Institutions

Innovativeness and Technology

Innovativeness • Technology

Defense

Fort • Zone of control