This is the bastard child of all the previous exploits. For starters, I needed money. Every nation needs money and Ryukyu has the good fortune of having Ming's trade node all to themselves, for as long as Ming fails to control their own faction system. Ryukyu makes 7 - 8 ducats per month on game start.
They are also completely isolated, so they do not get many options for missions. On one of my many thinking sessions I recruited some troops and took the "accumulate money" mission. Here it is for those who read Paradox code.
Code:
get_minor_cash_reserve = {
type = country
category = ADM
allow = {
NOT = { years_of_income = 0.5 }
NOT = { num_of_loans = 1 }
}
abort = {
num_of_loans = 1
}
success = {
years_of_income = 1.0
}
chance = {
factor = 1000
}
effect = {
add_years_of_income = 0.25
}
}
If you have less than half a year's income and no loans, this mission
can trigger. As soon as you have a year's worth of income, you are rewarded with 3 months' of income. For our little 1444 Ryukyu, that's about twenty something ducats per completion. But wait, Ryukyu doesn't -have- many other missions and there is nothing to prevent this mission firing again. If we pause, recruit some boats, take the mission, cancel the boats then let one single day tick by, we can chain this mission endlessly.
But that's no good! it'll take forever to get any serious amount of money this way.
But what if paradox were absolutely bonkers enough to make other things count towards "years_of_income"
Ridiculous things like...war reparations
...and sold provinces income
...and
LOOTING
And that, is what kills the Ming.
