Zaporozhie

Primary culture

Ruthenian

Capital province

Zaporozhia (283)

Government

Steppe Nomads

State religion

Orthodox

Technology group

Nomadic

Zaporozhian ideas

Traditions:

+10% Manpower recovery speed

+25% Looting speed

Fast Fort Builders

−10% Development cost

Hetmanate

−1 National unrest

Steppe Riders

−15% Land attrition

Hit And Run

+1 Land leader maneuver

Brutal Diplomacy

+1 Diplomatic reputation

Steppe Tolerance

+25% Religious unity

Army First

−10% Infantry cost

−10% Cavalry cost

Ambition:

+20% National manpower modifier

Hetmanate of Zaporozhie is a small Ruthenian state located in Ruthenia (region). It exists from 1555 to 1647 as a vassal of Poland (later Commonwealth), is briefly independent between 1648 and 1653 and from 1654 to 1763 is a vassal of Russia.

Decisions[edit]

As country with Ruthenian as primary culture Zaporozhie can form Ruthenia.

Reclaim Ruthenian Legacy

Centuries ago the land of the Rus' was united under a single banner and ruled from the legendary city Kiev. But then came the Mongol hordes, advancing from the great steppe, pillaging and burning. They destroyed our kremlins and the towns fell one by one, even Kiev itself could not avoid this fate. In terror our people fled the plains of Rus' and went north. Into the forests and hinterlands of the land we today call Russia.
Now a new and arrogant city of the north is on the rise. It draws in the petty states around it and its ruler envisions a new Rus'. A Rus' centered in Moscow and not Kiev.
However us Ruthenians will not go silent into the pages of history. We will not allow newcomers and pretenders to claim the legacy of our forefathers. Kiev shall rise once gain and we shall restore it to its former glory and splendor. So too shall the Rus'.


Potential requirements Ruthenia does not exist. The country: is not the Papal State or the Holy Roman Empire. has Byelorussian or Ruthenian as primary culture. If the country is Ai-Controlled then it: can not be a custom nation. can not be a former colonial nation. must have at least 3 cities.	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: either its core provinces: Kiev (280), Halicz (261), Volhynia (279) and Zaporozhia (283). or its core provinces: Kiev (280) and Zaporozhia (283) and has further a ruler with a diplomatic skill of at least 5.

Effects The country: gets permanent claims on all provinces of Ruthenia (region) and Red Ruthenia that are not owned and nota claim of this country. changes to Ruthenia. gains 25 prestige. changes capital to Kiev (280). If Ruthenia: is a member of the Holy Roman Empire and not an elector or the emperor then all its provinces are removed from the HRE. is a duchy or a kingdom then it becomes an empire. has Veche Republic or Russian Principality government then it becomes a Tsardom. does not have custom ideas then it gets the event ‘New Traditions & Ambitions’.