Samtskhe

Primary culture

Georgian (Caucasian)

Capital province

Kars (2204)

Government

Autocracy

State religion

Orthodox

Technology group

Eastern

Samtskhe ideas

Traditions:

+1 Diplomat

+25% Rebel support efficiency

Atabegs of Samtskhe

+1 Yearly legitimacy

Proactive Diplomacy

+20% Spy network construction

Fortresses of Samtskhe

+20% Fort defense

Independent Ambitions

+10% Morale of armies

Protect the Trade Routes

+10% Trade efficiency

Frontier Warriors

−10% Cavalry cost

A Sacred Land

+2 Tolerance of the true faith

Ambition:

+2 Tolerance of heathens

For the area, see Samstkhe (area).

Samtskhe is a country located in the Caucasus region. It shares the Georgian culture with Georgia to the Northeast and Imereti to the Northwest, to which it has a core on the latter. Samtskhe also borders Trebizond to the west, and its independence is threatened by Qara Qoyunlu to the south.

Decisions[edit]

Samstkhe may reform Georgia if Georgia ceases to exist itself.

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Unite Georgia

Ever since the abdication of Alexander I, Georgia has been divided and devastated by in-fighting. This has allow ed other countries to control the internal politics of the region and oppress our people. The time has come to once again unite the Georgian people and reforge the kingdom that was once lost!

Potential requirements

The country:

has not yet enacted this decision.
has Georgian as primary culture.
is not the Papal State or the Holy Roman Empire.
was never an end-game tag
is not a colonial nation.

If the country is AI-controlled,

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

Allow

Georgia 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:
- Imereti (422), Tbilisi (423), Kakheti (2203), Kars (2204) and Kartli (4301).
- Odishi (462), Guria (2196) or Oltu (4303).

Effects

The country:

changes to Georgia.
gets permanent claims on Kartli-Kakheti, Samstkhe (area) and Imereti (area) 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.
gains 25 prestige.

If Georgia:

is a member of the Holy Roman Empire but not the emperor or an elector then
- all its provinces are removed from the HRE.
it is a duchy then
- becomes a kingdom.
does not have custom ideas then
- it gets the event ‘New Traditions & Ambitions’.