How to trigger the Courts and Country event in the less disruptive way

[byebytoad]

and once triggered how do I get out of it?

In the least disruptive way.
In my games I slowly expand (usually I reach 200 provinces around 1750) and so my stability is normally always very high.

 

[Badesumofu]

I generally stack war exhaustion and overextension to get national unrest positive. Tank stability helps as well. The disaster itself is pretty tame, and once it starts you can feel free to put your country back to normal. You will have to squish some rebels here and there, but it's nothing too crazy.

 

[bly08]

If you have too much unrest reduction then need to stack war exhaustion or else -3 stab doesn't give enough unrest.

 

[Dominion]

I usually reduce my last target to an OPM, force it to annull treaties and trucebreak immediately.
Keeping my war exhaustion from my previous war as well as getting low stab + a war I can easily keep going forver.

Put a 1k stack on their capital, never gain warscore, never get call for peace. Peace out once court and country triggers.

 

[I_am_Nemo]

Be sure to have admin/dip saved so you can get unrest down as soon as it triggers. Otherwise you get separatist spam as well as the disaster's rebels.

 

[HydroAC]

There is a great YouTube guide on how to maximize Absolutism, and how manage the crisis, and how and when to get out of it by "Reman's Paradox". It is well worth a look.