Missionaries

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Just a reminder that in Victoria missionaries must be treated in a totally different way from EU. In Africa missionary activity predated actual colonization by 30 to 50 years - and was very often the pretext for colonization. The activities of the Catholic White Brothers and the Church (or London) Missionary Society and Basel Missionary Society must be handled apart from the governments. Otherwise we'll have a "Swiss" empire in Tanganyika and Kenya - one of the places where the Basel mission was heavily involved.

Sponsoring missionary activity should of course increase the prestige of all nations involved, as should "humanitarian intervention" such as suppressing the slave trade.

 

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Interesting solution! I wonder how they will resolved that.

 

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it wouldnt get into a swiss empire unless,

1. Swiss had claimed the land, and
2. Swiss were the most numerous colonisers of said colony.

Dont confuse eu2 with victoria, i dont think pagans change culture when converted in victoria

none the less i agree, let missionary activity be "humanitarian" and only controlled thru intermidiaries. But I still want to sponsor the missionary activity of Holy Mother Church

 

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Originally posted by The camel
it wouldnt get into a swiss empire unless,

1. Swiss had claimed the land, and
2. Swiss were the most numerous colonisers of said colony.

Dont confuse eu2 with victoria, i dont think pagans change culture when converted in victoria

none the less i agree, let missionary activity be "humanitarian" and only controlled thru intermidiaries. But I still want to sponsor the missionary activity of Holy Mother Church

I did put "Swiss" in quotation marks. But my point is that missionary activity cannot be directly controlled by the players.

Of course you can play the Holy Mother Church. In 1835 the Papal States wer every much in existence.

I wonder how Johan will solve that problem?

 

[Owl]

We had some discussion on this in my thread with the silly title "The Missionary Position" - it's down at the bottom of the pile now ...

 

[TheArchduke]

Apart from the fact that colonisation without a port is somewhat difficult.