Westphalia

Primary culture

Westphalian (Germanic)

Capital province

Oberhessen (81)

Government

Constitutional Monarchy

State religion

Protestant

Technology group

Western

Westphalian ideas

Traditions:

+1 Diplomat

+20% Land force limit modifier

Jewish Rights

−10% Idea cost

Westphalian Decentralization

−5% Development cost

−10% State maintenance

Universal Conscription

+20% National manpower modifier

Assimilation of the Rhenish People

+1 Max promoted culture

−25% Cost of advisors with ruler's culture

Tax Reforms

+10% National tax modifier

Religious Toleration

+1 Tolerance of heretics

+1 Tolerance of heathens

Cities of the Rhineland

+15% Provincial trade power modifier

Ambition:

+5% Discipline

For the areas, see North Westphalia‎‎ or South Westphalia.

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 | edit source]

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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 Playing with normal or historical nations. The country: has not been an end game nation. has not formed any German regional nation. has not enacted this decision before. is not Hanover, the Papal State, or Switzerland. does not have the Celestial Empire reform. has Westphalian or Rhenish as primary culture. is not a colonial nation. is player-controlled, unless it: is not a custom nation. is not a former colonial nation. owns core provinces Westfalen and Niederhessen, plus one of Köln, Trier, Mainz, or Münster. Westphalia does not exist.	Allow The country: has an administrative technology of at least 10. is not a subject nation other than a tributary state. is not a nomad nation. is not at war. owns core provinces Westfalen and Niederhessen, plus one of Köln, Trier, Mainz, or Münster. owns at least 12 core provinces in the North Germany region with Westphalian or Rhenish culture.

Effects The country: becomes Westphalia. increases rank to kingdom, if it either is an elector of the Holy Roman Empire or is not a member. promotes Rhenish and Westphalian cultures. 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 unowned provinces in the areas South Westphalia, North Westphalia, Hesse, Palatinate, North Rhine, and Lower Rhineland. gets permanent claims on all unowned provinces in the continent of Europe with Westphalian or Rhenish culture that aren't in the above areas. gains 25 prestige. gets new missions. gets the event ‘New Traditions & Ambitions’, unless it is a custom nation.