Westphalia

Primary culture

Westphalian (Germanic)

Capital province

Hessen (81)

Government

Constitutional Monarchy

State religion

Protestant

Technology group

Western

German ideas

Notes:

For countries in the Germanic culture group.

Traditions:

−15% Mercenary maintenance

+10% Infantry combat ability

Zunft

+10% Production efficiency

Frühlings- und Herbstmesse

+5% Trade efficiency

+10% Domestic trade power

Reichskreis

+1 Diplomatic reputation

Polizeiordnung

−1 National unrest

Cuius regio, eius religio

+1% Missionary strength

Thurn und Taxis

+1 Diplomatic relation

Residenzstadt

+1 Yearly prestige

Ambition:

−5% Technology cost

For the area, see Westphalia (area).

Westphalia is a formable nation in North Germany, and can be formed by any countries with their capital in Westphalia (area). The country exists as vassal of France if the game is started between 9 July 1807 and 13 October 1813.

Historically, the Kingdom of Westphalia was a French client state created by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1807 as part of the Confederation of the Rhine. It was dissolved 6 years later in 1813 after the Battle of Leipzig.

Formation[edit]

Form Westphalia

As the ideas of the Enlightenment are sweeping through Europe, we may choose to embrace them ourselves in Westphalia. Our future model state will feature ideas as revolutionary as equal rights for all male population, freedom for serfs and emancipation for the Jews, as well as enabling of free enterprise through abolition of socage and the guilds.


Potential requirements Westphalia does not exist. The country: is not the Holy Roman Empire, Hanover, the Papal State, Germany, Prussia or Switzerland. is not a colonial nation. is not the celestial empire. has Westphalian or Rhenish as primary culture or its capital in Westphalia (area). has not passed this decision before. If the country is AI-controlled, it can not be a former colonial nation. it can not be a custom nation.	Allow The country: has an administrative technology of at least level 10. is not a subject nation other than a tributary state. is not a nomad nation. is not at war. has its capital in Westphalia (area). is either an elector or not a member of the HRE. owns its core provinces: Magdeburg (52), Westfalen (82), Hanover (1758), Kassel (1762), Paderborn (2972).

Effects If Kassel (1762): is a part of the Holy Roman Empire but the country is not a member of the HRE then Kassel (1762) is removed from the HRE. the emperor of the HRE: loses 1 imperial authority. gets the modifier “Removed provinces from the Empire” towards the country, worth −50 opinion with a yearly decay of 1. The country: changes to Westphalia. changes government to a administrative monarchy. sets capital to Kassel (1762). gets the modifier “Increased Decentralization” for 20 years with the following effects: +0.05 monthly autonomy change, −1 national unrest. gets permanent claims on all provinces of Westphalia (area) and Lower Saxony that it does not own. gets permanent claims on the provinces Magdeburg (52), Hessen (81), Kassel (1762) and Altmark (2964) that are not owned by Westphalia. gains 25 prestige. If Westphalia is a duchy then it becomes a kingdom. A random owned province: gains 1 base tax.