Tripoli

Primary culture

Tunisian (Maghrebi)

Capital province

Tripoli (354)

Government

Iqta

State religion

Sunni

Technology group

Muslim

Berber ideas

Notes:

For countries in the Maghrebi culture group.

Traditions:

−25% Naval attrition

May raid coasts

Barbary Pirates

+25% Naval force limit modifier

Desert Warfare

+1 Attrition for enemies

Trans-Saharan Trade

+10% Trade efficiency

+20% Caravan power

Corsairs

+1 Yearly navy tradition

+10% Privateer efficiency

Tuareg Cavalry

+10% Cavalry combat ability

+10% Looting speed

Dual Diplomacy

+1 Diplomatic relation

The Brothers Barbarossa

+20% Galley combat ability

Ambition:

+10% Global trade power

Tripoli is a formable country in the Maghreb. It can be formed by any country with Tunisian or Berber culture and with their capital in Tripolitania or Fezzan. It can also be formed due to rebellions and can be released as a vassal.

Tripoli exists as of 1503.

Formation[edit]

id

Form Tripolitania

In order to further our claims on this region we must control the Mediterranean coast. Once we rule the port of Tripoli itself the world will recognize us for more than the petty kingdom they consider us to be now.

Potential requirements

The country:

is not Morocco, Tunis, Tlemcen, Algiers or Tripoli.
was never an end-game tag.
has Tunisian or Berber as primary culture.
has its capital in the areas Tripolitania or Fezzan.
is not a colonial nation.
has not yet enacted this decision.

If the country is AI-controlled, then it:

is not a former colonial nation.

Allow

Tripoli 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:
Tripoli (354) and Thubaqt (2451).
Sirt (355) or Tataouine (353).

Effects

If Tripoli (354) is part of the HRE, but its owner is not a member then:

the province is removed from the HRE.
the Holy Roman Emperor:
- gets the opinion modifier “Removed provinces from the Empire” towards the owner, worth −50 opinion with a yearly decay of 1.
- loses 1 imperial authority.

Tripoli (354):

becomes the new capital of the owner country.

The country:

changes to Tripoli.
changes primary culture to Tunisian.
gains permanent claims on all provinces of Tripolitania that are not owned by Tripoli.
gains 25 prestige.

If Tripoli:

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

Provinces in orange must be owned and cored to form Tripoli, also one of the red. Forming Tripoli grants permanent claims to all coloured provinces.

Raid coasts[edit]

Costal Raiding is a naval ability added in the Mare Nostrum expansion which allows fleets belonging to nations with the Raid Coasts idea, which in the base game belongs to the Maghrebi culture group ( Morocco, Tlemcen, Tunis and the formable nations of Algiers and Tripoli), Habsan and The Knights to raid the coasts of other nations of a different religion for loot (ducats) and sailors. This idea is also available to Custom Nations.

The Golden Century DLC introduces Pirate Republics (specifically; New Providence, Tortuga, Port Royal, So, Palembang (through an event) and Custom Nations with the Pirate Republic government), which also have the ability to raid coasts and are capable of raiding the coasts of countries with the same religion.

Historically, this ability reflects the raids carried out by Barbary pirates which were active in the Mediterranean Sea during the mid-16th to early 19th centuries while in the case of the three Pirate Republics, it simulates the Golden Age of Piracy in the Caribbean Sea from the mid-16th to the early 18th century. So is a special case, as it represents a resurgence of the Japanese Wokou Pirates that raided the coasts of East Asia intermittently from the 4th century to the 17th century.

Raiding can provide a significant early-game boost to the income and sailor pools of nations that can do it and can also serve as a way to damage the economy of other nations. An example of this is So, which can employ Coastal Raiding against Ming to pile up devastation and cause Ming to potentially lose the Mandate of Heaven and collapse.