I was thinking about the biggest "offmap" pops in the game. I was going to make a suggestion about Artisans (I do think Artisans need to come at some stage, their decline is very much important, but if you are relatively industrialized they should only be important for the early game). But truly, I think the biggest 'missing' job type across the whole game is servants.
The Victorian era is the golden age of servants. The etiquette becomes extremely complex and institutionalized, and there is a demand for servants in wealthy households throughout almost the entire game. Only at the very end of the game is the decline coming into play, and it's not until the 1960s/70s that, for "Upper Strata" pops, having servants is more seen as old-fashioned and extravagant. Historically, domestic service was the second most popular profession in the UK (after agricultural work) in the early game. You could make a case that the Obsession for English culture could be Servants, rather than Tea.
For most of the luxury goods that those Aristocrats and Capitalists are buying, they expect servants to use them. All those groceries, sugar, tea, meat, fruit, will be prepared by kitchen maids and cooks. They will need butlers and footmen to serve them wine. For those luxury clothes that get you your taxes, they are expecting to have valets dress them. And even with automobiles, any pop that is upper strata will be expecting chauffeurs. Even the middle classes aspired to have a maid to do tasks for them, and generally have a house worthy of being respected by guests of the higher social classes.
There is already a Services good, but this seems to be more hair salons, laundries, restaurants, since it is only produced by Urban Centers and Subsistence Buildings. I would say that these Services could mostly be changed to "Customer Service" or "Commercial Services", which is the staple version of the good, and represents taking your clothes to the laundry or eating at a restaurant. "Domestic Service" would be the luxury version of the good, getting your clothes pressed by a lady's maid and your food prepared by a private chef.
Servants would therefore work at three main buildings types: subsistence buildings (serving the Aristocrats in charge of the land not being used for cash crops, as well as the Clerics, and maybe some well-off yeoman farmers. There should also be some commercial services too, representing paying your neighbor to do your laundry), all agricultural buildings (serving the Aristocrats in charge, as well as Capitalists under Commercialized Agriculture), and Urban Centers (working at hotels and restaurants, as well as serving in the urban homes of Capitalists and the upper-middle class). There is an argument that they could work at factories, as either working in kitchens or serving capitalists, but those might be better off being represented as things you order in from the Urban Center. Food Industries would be a factory type where they could work, too, though. There could even be a very small number in Railways: someone needs to staff the dining car.
The servant pop would, of course, be Lower Strata. They were seen as social inferiors, and were some of the last men to achieve the vote as suffrage expanded. However, they should also be a reactionary pop once politically active, which is a way to keep things interesting for countries leaning more conservative even when you quash the power of religion/the aristocracy. Not only do some of them idolize the ways of the aristocracy, many of the more pragmatic ones understand that if there aren't people richer than them to employ them, they will be out of a job. They should support Landowners and potentially the Devout, although they could lean towards the Petite Bourgeoisie and Industrialists in the urban buildings, and maybe Rural Folk for the ones unhappy with their standard of living.
They would also be a pop that can be replaced in states with slavery, in both agricultural and urban buildings. Urban centers in countries with slavery only have free laborers right now, but servants would primarily be the way you saw them in cities (at the homes of the wealthy, or private establishments). In heavily slave-based economies, it would be unthinkable for a free person to be a servant. Will of course just say that it should be handled sensitively, as with anything on the game on that front.
Towards the end of the game, it might be possible to run out of servants. As they work very long hours and still have a not-great standard of living, many of them will look to quit for better jobs, even within the lower strata. Or even focus on producing 'commercial services', quitting being the kitchen maid in a private home to work at a restaurant in the city. There may also be too much demand to go around in industrialized countries: a high standard of living means that there is more demand for them, but not enough servants. Instead of a regular price shift issue, special journal entries with certain late-game techs could lead to a cultural shift, where there is less demand for servants, or pops accepting that they will have to seek commercial services instead. Or, of course, you can offset the low supply with immigration.
Servants would also be the lower strata pop that faces unemployment in Council Republics. The Co-operative Ownership or Command Economy should disable any production method that produces domestic services, with the only servant pops working in either cleaners' co-operatives or government-run facilities/enterprises. Some could be a base to counterrevolution, but of course, they are likely happier to be retrained than Capitalists and Aristocrats are.
The Victorian era is the golden age of servants. The etiquette becomes extremely complex and institutionalized, and there is a demand for servants in wealthy households throughout almost the entire game. Only at the very end of the game is the decline coming into play, and it's not until the 1960s/70s that, for "Upper Strata" pops, having servants is more seen as old-fashioned and extravagant. Historically, domestic service was the second most popular profession in the UK (after agricultural work) in the early game. You could make a case that the Obsession for English culture could be Servants, rather than Tea.
For most of the luxury goods that those Aristocrats and Capitalists are buying, they expect servants to use them. All those groceries, sugar, tea, meat, fruit, will be prepared by kitchen maids and cooks. They will need butlers and footmen to serve them wine. For those luxury clothes that get you your taxes, they are expecting to have valets dress them. And even with automobiles, any pop that is upper strata will be expecting chauffeurs. Even the middle classes aspired to have a maid to do tasks for them, and generally have a house worthy of being respected by guests of the higher social classes.
There is already a Services good, but this seems to be more hair salons, laundries, restaurants, since it is only produced by Urban Centers and Subsistence Buildings. I would say that these Services could mostly be changed to "Customer Service" or "Commercial Services", which is the staple version of the good, and represents taking your clothes to the laundry or eating at a restaurant. "Domestic Service" would be the luxury version of the good, getting your clothes pressed by a lady's maid and your food prepared by a private chef.
Servants would therefore work at three main buildings types: subsistence buildings (serving the Aristocrats in charge of the land not being used for cash crops, as well as the Clerics, and maybe some well-off yeoman farmers. There should also be some commercial services too, representing paying your neighbor to do your laundry), all agricultural buildings (serving the Aristocrats in charge, as well as Capitalists under Commercialized Agriculture), and Urban Centers (working at hotels and restaurants, as well as serving in the urban homes of Capitalists and the upper-middle class). There is an argument that they could work at factories, as either working in kitchens or serving capitalists, but those might be better off being represented as things you order in from the Urban Center. Food Industries would be a factory type where they could work, too, though. There could even be a very small number in Railways: someone needs to staff the dining car.
The servant pop would, of course, be Lower Strata. They were seen as social inferiors, and were some of the last men to achieve the vote as suffrage expanded. However, they should also be a reactionary pop once politically active, which is a way to keep things interesting for countries leaning more conservative even when you quash the power of religion/the aristocracy. Not only do some of them idolize the ways of the aristocracy, many of the more pragmatic ones understand that if there aren't people richer than them to employ them, they will be out of a job. They should support Landowners and potentially the Devout, although they could lean towards the Petite Bourgeoisie and Industrialists in the urban buildings, and maybe Rural Folk for the ones unhappy with their standard of living.
They would also be a pop that can be replaced in states with slavery, in both agricultural and urban buildings. Urban centers in countries with slavery only have free laborers right now, but servants would primarily be the way you saw them in cities (at the homes of the wealthy, or private establishments). In heavily slave-based economies, it would be unthinkable for a free person to be a servant. Will of course just say that it should be handled sensitively, as with anything on the game on that front.
Towards the end of the game, it might be possible to run out of servants. As they work very long hours and still have a not-great standard of living, many of them will look to quit for better jobs, even within the lower strata. Or even focus on producing 'commercial services', quitting being the kitchen maid in a private home to work at a restaurant in the city. There may also be too much demand to go around in industrialized countries: a high standard of living means that there is more demand for them, but not enough servants. Instead of a regular price shift issue, special journal entries with certain late-game techs could lead to a cultural shift, where there is less demand for servants, or pops accepting that they will have to seek commercial services instead. Or, of course, you can offset the low supply with immigration.
Servants would also be the lower strata pop that faces unemployment in Council Republics. The Co-operative Ownership or Command Economy should disable any production method that produces domestic services, with the only servant pops working in either cleaners' co-operatives or government-run facilities/enterprises. Some could be a base to counterrevolution, but of course, they are likely happier to be retrained than Capitalists and Aristocrats are.
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