Tver

Primary culture

Muscovite (East Slavic)

Capital province

Tver (294)

Government

Russian Principality

State religion

Orthodox

Technology group

Eastern

Tverian ideas

Traditions:

+15% Provincial trade power modifier

+20% Land force limit modifier

Tverian Merchants

+10% Trade efficiency

Defend Against Muscovy

+20% Fort defense

Patriarch of Tver

−10% Stability cost modifier

Tverian Architects

−15% Construction cost

Cloth Business

+10% Production efficiency

Tverian Tercio

+10% Infantry combat ability

National Army

+33% National manpower modifier

Ambition:

+15% Reinforce speed

Tver is a country located in Russia (region). It is surrounded by Novgorod, Rostov and Muscovy, and has a core on one of the latter's provinces.

Missions[edit]

Main article: Russian Principalities missions

Decisions[edit]

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

Playing with normal or historical nations
Was never an end-game tag

The country:

is not the Papal State, the Holy Roman Empire, Poland or Russia.
has Muscovite, Novgorodian or Ryazanian as primary culture.
is not a colonial nation.
has not yet enacted this decision.

If the country is AI-controlled, then it:

must have at least 3 cities.
can not be a former colonial nation.
can not be a custom nation.
Russia does not exist

Allow

Russia does not exist

The country:

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

Effects

If is Novgorod:

complete missions "Invade Novgorod" and "Conquer Novgorod"

The country:

changes to Russia.
gets new missions.
gets empire government rank.
gains a permanent claim on all unowned settled provinces in the regions:
- Russia, Pontic Steppe and Ural.
gains 25 prestige.
gets the modifier “Increased Centralization” for 20 years with the following effects:
- −0.05 monthly autonomy change,
- +1 national unrest.

If the country:

is not a monarchy and not revolutionary
- then change government type to monarchy
is not revolutionary
- then it enacts the Level 1 Government Reform Tsardom^[1].
is a member of the Holy Roman Empire but not the emperor or an elector
- then all its provinces are removed from the HRE.
does not have custom ideas
- then it gets the event ‘New Traditions & Ambitions’.

Strategy[edit]

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

Immediately fabricate a claim on your bordering province with Novgorod. At the same time, increase relations with Denmark, Poland, and Kazan. If Kazan gets messed up before the Great Horde does, try to ally the Great Horde. At first, it may seem like they won't ally you, but once you build an army and the game progresses a few years they will. If Poland doesn't get the PU over Lithuania, ally Lithuania. As soon as Muscovy invades Novgorod, take as many provinces as possible even if it says Muscovy will coalition you. You need to occupy all of the south before Muscovy does. After taking 100% war score worth of territory from Novgorod, which should include the province of Novgorod and Neva, fabricate a claim on the Livonian order and invade when they or their allies are busy. Take as much land as possible also from Riga. At this point, you need to spend some years killing rebels and building an army. You might even get a peasants war but don't panic, may as well deal with it now rather than later. Either Muscovy invades you, or you reach a point where you feel confident to invade them. The first war is the hardest, and you should at least try to get your core in Rzehv and parts of Pskov. 2nd war, you have to go for Moscow itself and surrounding cities. At that point, it's pretty easy. I ended up invading Norway, taking Iceland, and colonizing Canada.