Internal Conflicts

Internal Conflicts Our country is experiencing a time of internal strife and conflict.

Internal Conflicts is a general disaster that can occur in countries with at least 10 cities after 1500.

Prerequisites

The year is at least 1500 and the country:

• owns at least 10 cities.
• does not have doom.
• is not a subject nation other than a tributary state.
• did not have this disaster up to now.

If these prerequisites are met, the monthly progress can begin.

Progress

Monthly progress starts if	Monthly progress halts if
This country: does not have an ongoing disaster. has national unrest of at least 1. has stability of less than 0. Monthly progress the country: +1.0% has religious unity of less than 100%. +1.0% has revolts in at least 10% of the provinces. +1.0% has stability of less than 0. +0.5% has army maintenance set to less than 100%.	at least one of the following is true for the country: has an ongoing disaster. has national unrest of less than 0.

Start

If the progress reaches 100%, the disaster will start with the following event:

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Internal Conflicts

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Beginning in $YEAR$, $COUNTRY$ faced almost a decade of utter chaos slowly consuming the country from within and bringing it to the verge of collapse. Our nation is struggling both socially and economically as famine and war plague our people and the growing opposition against the aristocracy and church has resulted in a series of rebellions and assassination attempts against the monarch.

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Trigger conditions None	Is triggered only by the start of the ‘Internal Conflicts’ disaster.
Immediate effects The country: loses 2 stability. Noble rebels (size 2) rise up in revolt and occupy a random province of the country with a fort that is not the capital. Peasants (size 2) rise up in revolt and occupy a random province of the country that is not the capital.
Dire times are ahead of us None

While the disaster is ongoing the country gets:

• +50% stability cost modifier
• −33% goods produced modifier

Also the following events are triggered by a monthly pulse.

Monthly events

The weight that no event is triggered is 1000 and for each monthly event it is 100.

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Religious Struggles

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The government of $COUNTRY$ is constantly faced with the problem of outside forces trying to influence the local population to convert their religious beliefs. The outbursts that have followed have been particularly violent in $PROVINCENAME$ and the possibility of the riots spreading outside of the province's borders is becoming a serious threat to the surrounding areas.

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Trigger conditions The country: does not have the modifier “Religious Intolerance”. does not have the modifier “Religious Tolerance”. is at war. owns at least 1 province that: is not overseas. does not have the religion of its owner.

Is triggered only by the monthly pulse of the ‘Internal Conflicts’ disaster.

One nation, one belief! The country: loses 50 diplomatic power. gets the modifier “Religious Intolerance” for 10 years, giving the following effects: −2 tolerance of heretics, −2 tolerance of heathens, +1% missionary strength vs heretics. Tolerate all beliefs The country: loses 50 administrative power. gets the modifier “Religious Tolerance” for 10 years, giving the following effects: +1 tolerance of heretics, +1 tolerance of heathens, −2 tolerance of the true faith, −10% stability cost modifier.

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National Instability

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The mental strain of war, declining population numbers and the conniving of nobles, attempting to preserve and strengthen their authority, has hardly improved our nation's critical condition. Peasant uprisings are becoming increasingly common and without drastic measures, we are facing a long recovery.

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Trigger conditions The country: is at war. has a stability of less than 0. does not have the modifier “Domestic Improvements”.	Is triggered only by the monthly pulse of the ‘Internal Conflicts’ disaster.
The war is our main concern Every province of the country except the capital: gains 15 local autonomy. Our domestic problems are our main concern If the country has the ‘Internal Conflicts’ disaster ongoing then it: gets the modifier “Domestic Improvements” until the end of the disaster, giving the following effect: −5 diplomatic reputation.

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Unrest Among the Peasants

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Starvation, plague and our increased effort to control the legal and economic status of the peasants are draining the strength of the common people. Unrest is brewing among the lower classes of society and is threatening to worsen the disorder of our already tormented nation.

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Trigger conditions The country: does not have the modifier “Enforce Serfdom”. does not have the modifier “Restrict Serfdom”.

Is triggered only by the monthly pulse of the ‘Internal Conflicts’ disaster.

Restrict serfdom If the country has the ‘Internal Conflicts’ disaster ongoing then it: gets the modifier “Restrict Serfdom” until the end of the disaster, giving the following effects: −1 national unrest, −25% national manpower modifier. Noble rebels (size 1) rise up in revolt a random province of the country. Keep the masses in chains If the country has the ‘Internal Conflicts’ disaster ongoing then it: gets the modifier “Enforce Serfdom” until the end of the disaster, giving the following effects: +1 national unrest, +25% national manpower modifier. Peasants (size 1) rise up in revolt a random province of the country.

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War Exhaustion

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With plague, starvation and war ravaging our country, our people find themselves in a state of extreme mental and physical fatigue. Our population is begging our government to ease their misery and put an end to their sacrifice and suffering.

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Trigger conditions The country: does not have the modifier “Decreased Morale”. has a war exhaustion of at least 5.	Is triggered only by the monthly pulse of the ‘Internal Conflicts’ disaster.
There is no immediate solution at hand If the country has the ‘Internal Conflicts’ disaster ongoing then it: gets the modifier “Decreased Morale” until the end of the disaster, giving the following effects: −10% morale of armies, −10% morale of navies. Let their voices be heard The country: loses 50 military power. loses 25% of annual manpower increase.

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Conspiracies

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Due to poor administration, $MONARCH$ has become the victim of several conspiracies by ambitious opponents. The opposition is growing stronger by the day and it is becoming apparent that $MONARCH$ most certainly isn't the right person to lead our nation in such troubled times.

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Trigger conditions The country: does not have the modifier “Support our Monarch”. does not have the modifier “Oppose our Monarch”. is a monarchy. owns at least 1 province that has a development of at least 8. has a ruler with at least 1 skill of less than 3.

Is triggered only by the monthly pulse of the ‘Internal Conflicts’ disaster.

Leave the nation's fate in his hands If the country has the ‘Internal Conflicts’ disaster ongoing then it: gets the modifier “Support our Monarch” until the end of the disaster, giving the following effect: +0.5 yearly legitimacy. Pretender rebels (size 3) rise up in revolt up to two provinces of the country with a development of at least 8. Oppose $MONARCH$ If the country has the ‘Internal Conflicts’ disaster ongoing then it: gets the modifier “Oppose our Monarch” until the end of the disaster, giving the following effects: +1 national unrest. Noble rebels (size 3) rise up in revolt a random province of the country with a development of at least 8. Noble rebels (size 2) rise up in revolt a random province of the country.

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Famine Strikes $COUNTRY$

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Widespread crop failure has left our people with very little, or nothing to eat. The people are crying out for the government to relieve their suffering, but to help so many will be very costly.

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Trigger conditions The country: does not have the modifier “Alleviate Population”. does not have the modifier “Starvation”.

Is triggered only by the monthly pulse of the ‘Internal Conflicts’ disaster.

Try to alleviate the suffering The country: loses 1 years of income. If the country has the ‘Internal Conflicts’ disaster ongoing then it: gets the modifier “Alleviate Population” until the end of the disaster, giving the following effect: −1 national unrest. We are helpless in the face of such a disaster... If the country has the ‘Internal Conflicts’ disaster ongoing then it: gets the modifier “Starvation” until the end of the disaster, giving the following effect: +0.05 monthly autonomy change.

Finishing conditions

If the country:

• does not have provinces controlled by rebels.
• does not have rebels.
• has a national unrest of less than 1.
• has a stability of at least 1.

then the country loses the above-mentioned effects and the following event is triggered:

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The End of the Internal Conflicts

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The instability of the past years now finally seems to be over!

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Trigger conditions None	Is triggered only by the end of the ‘Internal Conflicts’ disaster.
Restore order If the country has a stability of less than +3, then it gains 1 stability, else it gains 50 administrative power.