Tech Levels of Minor Powers in 1492

[Doomdark]

There the conclusion was, that the surprisingly low stats of Sweden are in fact historically correct...

Yes, if you do not regard 'tech level' as a strict measure of intrinsic technology, but rather a mix of technology and general economic punch (e.g. the ability to hire hordes of mercs at short notice.)

In the case of Austria I have a hard time seeing how Bohemia could have a higher tech level from either perspective though. From what you are saying it sounds like Austria has a rather significantly lower tech level... Maybe there is still something I don't know though.

/Doomie

 

[Johan]

Its the size of countries modifier to speed of technology development.
The smaller the country, the cheaper the tech advances.


Sweden and Denmark do not get boosted in any localised version.

/Johan

 

[Johan]

You can't just compare a countrys power by comparing the cash, tech and amount of provinces. (Amount of provinces is an utterly useless stat, it is better to have total taxbase.)

Compare Denmark to Austria for example.
Denmark is 290$ ahead of Austria in land technology at january 1st 1492.

Austria has 8 provinces with a total income of 161$
Denmark has 8 provinces with a total income of 115$

However, until Hans in 1513, Denmark has a good military king in Hans (MIL 7) compared to the austrian at(MIL 5)

There are so many factors that you can not really claim A is better than B.

(Tech differences below level 3 are all within a year or two of development, so those differences are minor).

/Johan