Currently, most government reforms are a thing you interact with once throughout a playthrough: when you have enough reform progress, you select the best one and then never think about that level again. Rarely if ever do I think about swapping reforms I have already taken. The Revolution offers a fantastic opportunity to add more life and depth to the government reform system!
This concept involves a slight rework of the current revolution system. Once at least one province within a country has been "revolutionized", the revolution would then spread to all other provinces within that country similarly to an institution. The spread would be influenced by province development (higher development -> faster spread) and the government reforms a nation has.
By tying government reforms to the spread of the revolution, a player would be incentivised to swap from "mathematically ideal" government reforms to "worse" reforms to reduce or stop the spread of the revolution in their nation. For example, "Strengthen Noble Priveleges" is considered better than "Curtail Noble Priveleges" since manpower is a scarcer resource than money. If "Strengthen Noble Priveleges" caused a +0.5 monthly increase in revolution desire in all provinces, players not wanting to revolutionize would be forced to swap government reforms. In general, reforms that strengthen the power of the monarchy (e.g. Corvée System, Royal Decree, L’état c’est moi) should increase revolution spread while those that decrease power (e.g. Curtail Noble Privileges, Parliamentarism) should reduce revolution spread.
In general, swapping reforms should cause influence and loyalty changes in related estates. In the event of swapping from "Strengthen Noble Priveleges" to "Curtail Noble Priveleges," the Nobility Estate could lose a lot of loyalty or even revolt, with the condition of their winning that you are forced to revert to "Strengthen Noble Priveleges." Events could also happen in the Age of Revolutions where you get the choice to swap to a certain reform or face revolts/revolution progress/income penalties.
Finally, the revolution should occur by taking the average level of revolution present in a nation's provinces (or even just provinces in states?) rather than counting the development of provinces with 100% revolution. This will allow large multi-continent empires to revolutionize easier.
This concept involves a slight rework of the current revolution system. Once at least one province within a country has been "revolutionized", the revolution would then spread to all other provinces within that country similarly to an institution. The spread would be influenced by province development (higher development -> faster spread) and the government reforms a nation has.
By tying government reforms to the spread of the revolution, a player would be incentivised to swap from "mathematically ideal" government reforms to "worse" reforms to reduce or stop the spread of the revolution in their nation. For example, "Strengthen Noble Priveleges" is considered better than "Curtail Noble Priveleges" since manpower is a scarcer resource than money. If "Strengthen Noble Priveleges" caused a +0.5 monthly increase in revolution desire in all provinces, players not wanting to revolutionize would be forced to swap government reforms. In general, reforms that strengthen the power of the monarchy (e.g. Corvée System, Royal Decree, L’état c’est moi) should increase revolution spread while those that decrease power (e.g. Curtail Noble Privileges, Parliamentarism) should reduce revolution spread.
In general, swapping reforms should cause influence and loyalty changes in related estates. In the event of swapping from "Strengthen Noble Priveleges" to "Curtail Noble Priveleges," the Nobility Estate could lose a lot of loyalty or even revolt, with the condition of their winning that you are forced to revert to "Strengthen Noble Priveleges." Events could also happen in the Age of Revolutions where you get the choice to swap to a certain reform or face revolts/revolution progress/income penalties.
Finally, the revolution should occur by taking the average level of revolution present in a nation's provinces (or even just provinces in states?) rather than counting the development of provinces with 100% revolution. This will allow large multi-continent empires to revolutionize easier.
