The Dacke War

The Dacke War Nils Dacke was a well-off farmer from Småland who got so fed up with the centralism, high taxes and confiscation of church property that he led the old border county in open revolt.

The Dacke War is a disaster in Sweden.

Prerequisites

This country:

• is Sweden.
• is not a subject nation other than a tributary state.
• does not have doom.
• owns at least 1 province in Norrland, Västra Svealand, Östra Svealand, Östra Götaland, Västra Götaland or Skåneland.
• did not have this disaster before.

If these prerequisites are met, the monthly progress can begin.

Monthly progress starts if	Monthly progress halts if
Sweden: does not have an ongoing disaster. is Protestant. has the modifier “Centralization Reforms”. Monthly progress Sweden +1.0% • has a stability of less than 1. +1.0% • has a war exhaustion of at least 4. +1.0% • has an average non-overseas autonomy of less than 10%.	at least one of the following is true for Sweden: has an ongoing disaster. is not Protestant.

Start

If the progress reaches 100%, the disaster will start with the following event

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The Dacke War

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Nils Dacke was a well-off farmer from Småland who got so fed up with the centralism, high taxes and confiscation of church property that he led the old border county in open revolt. Thousands of peasants with improvised weaponry marched across the border into Östergötland. Initially the peasants were successful, but when the king brought in German mercenaries their fortunes quickly reversed. In the forests of Småland, Nils Dacke is still regarded as a hero of the common folk.

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Trigger conditions None	Is triggered only by the start of ‘The Dacke War’ disaster.
Immediate effects Sweden: loses 3 stability. If Sweden owns Kalmar (3): then mark Kalmar (3) and 1 random other core province of Sweden that is not the capital else mark 1 random core province of Sweden in the Norrland, Västra Svealand, Östra Svealand, Östra Götaland, Västra Götaland or Skåneland that is not the capital.
Crush the Rebellion particularist rebels (size 2) led by Nils Dacke rise up in revolt and occupy the marked provinces. Swedish particularist get +10% progress until next uprising.

While the disaster is ongoing Sweden gets:

• +5 national unrest.

Also the following events are triggered by a monthly pulse.

Monthly events

The weight that no event is triggered is 1000 and for each monthly event it is 100.

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Dacke Revolt Spreads

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The majority of the farmers in [Root.GetName] have decided to rise in support of Dacke and take up arms against the Crown! Their demands include lower taxes, exemption from conscription and increased local autonomy.

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Trigger conditions At least 1 province of Norrland, Västra Svealand, Östra Svealand, Östra Götaland, Västra Götaland or Skåneland: is controlled by Sweden. is not under siege. has a local autonomy of less than 50%. does not have the province flag ‘Dacke province’.	Is triggered only by the monthly pulse of ‘The Dacke War’ disaster.
Immediate effects (hidden) A random core province that: is controlled by Sweden. is not under siege. has a local autonomy of less than 50%. does not have the province flag ‘Dacke province’. is in Norrland, Västra Svealand, Östra Svealand, Östra Götaland, Västra Götaland or Skåneland, gets the province flag ‘Dacke province’.
We will crush them as well! Particularist rebels (size 2) rise in revolt in every core province with the province flag ‘Dacke province’. Negotiate with them Sweden: loses 25 diplomatic power. Every core province with the province flag ‘Dacke province’: gains 10 local autonomy. Give in to their demands Every core province with the province flag ‘Dacke province’: gains 50 local autonomy.

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Support for Dacke Spreads

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The support for the ideals of Nils Dacke due to the revolt has left the local population on the brink of starvation. An effective embargo against them might strangle the revolt there for good.

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Trigger conditions At least 1 province of Norrland, Västra Svealand, Östra Svealand, Östra Götaland, Västra Götaland or Skåneland: is controlled by Sweden. is not under siege. has a local autonomy of less than 50%. does not have the modifier “Local Trade Embargo”.	Is triggered only by the monthly pulse of ‘The Dacke War’ disaster.
Immediate effects (hidden) A random core province that: is controlled by Sweden. is not under siege. has a local autonomy of less than 50%. does not have the modifier “Local Trade Embargo”. is in Norrland, Västra Svealand, Östra Svealand, Östra Götaland, Västra Götaland or Skåneland. gets the flag ‘Dacke trade embargo’.
Enforce an embargo Every core province with the flag ‘Dacke trade embargo’ gets: the the modifier “Local Trade Embargo” until the end of the disaster giving: −10% local production efficiency −25% local manpower modifier −3 local unrest It will only hurt us later Particularist rebels (size 1) rise in revolt in every core province with the flag ‘Dacke trade embargo’.

Finishing conditions

If Sweden:

• has a stability of at least +1.
• has no particularist rebels active.

then it loses the above-mentioned effects and the following event is triggered:

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The Dacke War Ends

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What has become known as the Dacke Feud is finally over. Troops loyal to the state once again control all provinces

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Trigger conditions None	Is triggered only by the end of ‘The Dacke War’ disaster.
Immediate effects (hidden) Remove the province flags ‘Dacke province’ and ‘Dacke trade embargo’ from every province owned by Sweden. Remove the province modifier ‘Local Trade Embargo’ from every province owned by Sweden.
Order has been restored If Sweden has a stability of less than +3, then it gains 1 stability, else it gains 50 administrative power.