I need help with a 'situation'

[cloudwasher]

I'm playing a game as Sweden and I noticed all of the sudden my colonies have their independence desires shooting up by .05 per month. When I check the reasons it says due to 'Situation in Sweden'...

I've looked all over the wiki and cant find anything on it. Anyone know what this 'situation' is, whats causing it, and how I can fix it?

 

[IIWW]

Propably War Exhaustion

 

[FreeSoc]

I'm playing a game as Sweden and I noticed all of the sudden my colonies have their independence desires shooting up by .05 per month. When I check the reasons it says due to 'Situation in Sweden'...

I've looked all over the wiki and cant find anything on it. Anyone know what this 'situation' is, whats causing it, and how I can fix it?

It's to do with your domestic situation. Presumably you're either not doing particularly well in a war, have high war exhaustion, are being faced with rebels or something of that ilk. I'm not sure precisely what determines it, but losing wars and gaining War Exhaustion would seem like logical sources of the problem to me.

 

[cloudwasher]

Bingo. Thank you. It was war exhaustion.

I wish they'd just put 'war exhaustion' instead of a vague reference to a situation...

 

[AurochsAway]

It's to do with your domestic situation. Presumably you're either not doing particularly well in a war, have high war exhaustion, are being faced with rebels or something of that ilk. I'm not sure precisely what determines it, but losing wars and gaining War Exhaustion would seem like logical sources of the problem to me.

Sadly you get war exhaustion even when winning a war. Do colonies inevitably move towards independence then?

 

[FloatingOrb]

The simple answer is yes. The long answer is that eventually Colonies realize that there is very little you can do to keep them in line, especially if you are already losing a war.

 

[laijka]

I'm playing a game as Sweden and I noticed all of the sudden my colonies have their independence desires shooting up by .05 per month. When I check the reasons it says due to 'Situation in Sweden'...

I've looked all over the wiki and cant find anything on it. Anyone know what this 'situation' is, whats causing it, and how I can fix it?

Hah, considering the current political "chaos" Sweden is having this is almost too fitting.

I wish they'd just put 'war exhaustion' instead of a vague reference to a situation...

Possibly because it can be other things that triggers it as well? So instead of making different messages they made one generic one.

 

[IIWW]

Possibly because it can be other things to triggers it as well? So instead of making different messages they made one generic one.

What are other things that can trigger that? I have never seen them. If they are rare, then they don't really matter, I mean: make WE being named as such, and all the rest as "situation".

 

[laijka]

What are other things that can trigger that? I have never seen them. If they are rare, then they don't really matter, I mean: make WE being named as such, and all the rest as "situation".

I don't know. I was just saying that there might be other triggers (now or in the future) for that particular message and that's why it's so vague.

 

[ChildeR]

Sadly you get war exhaustion even when winning a war. Do colonies inevitably move towards independence then?

If you keep war exhaustion low, the gain is minimal. I never got any CNs to even 50% in my Portugal game, though I did keep tariffs quite low. Just buy WE down early (after the decisive battles) if it seems like a problem and use mercs when you can.