Iasius said:
The history of France in this game was quite odd, one really disastrous war (the other wars France participated in were mostly the usual back and forth, though on the whole still bad for France) followed by a series of annexations and declarations of independance:Wooster said:
March 3, 1496 : France accepted peace with Saxony on the following terms : France pays 226d in indemnities. Zeeland to Saxony, Picardie to Lorraine, Franche Comté to Lorraine, Alsace to Lorraine & Artois to Lorraine.
May 20, 1516 : France accepted peace with Lorraine on the following terms : Full Annexation of France by Lorraine
July 1, 1516 : The people of France declared independence from Burgundy.
May 24, 1520 : France accepted peace with England on the following terms : Full Annexation of France by England
November 1, 1522 : The people of France declared independence from Lorraine.
September 14, 1525 : France accepted peace with Lorraine on the following terms : France pays 29d in indemnities. Nivernais to Lorraine. France will become a vassal.
September 14, 1525 : France became Vassals of Lorraine.
August 10, 1619 : Lorraine annexed France.
December 1, 1653 : The people of France declared independence from Auvergne.
March 8, 1658 : Auvergne accepted peace with France on the following terms : Full Annexation of Auvergne by France
June 23, 1675 : France became Vassals of Spain.
June 23, 1685 : Spain annexed France.
) "The history of France is a long and bloody one, with Spanish and Lorrainesque [made that word up] hegemony only confirmed after numerous internal conflicts, during which time the English, Lorrainesque, long-defunct Burgundian and Spanish kingdoms tussled over the carcass of the French estates..."
Hmmm, this is highly logical. There're historical events devised just for this purpose.Rowain said:Poland just annexed Lithuania... has anyone seen a turn around this amazing? The Vassalized have become the Vassalizers! The only country that rivals Poland's massive size at this point is the OE.. and me, Russia.
Iasius said:Have a monthly income of more than 1000 ducats and you get there fast with some minting.
How did I get that income? 5 merchants in every CoT in the world, a few monopolies in the colonial CoTs, lots of colonies, conquering most of the pagans, annexing other muslims, that sort of thing (I had about 250 provinces with ports at that time alone). Your basic singleplayer world domination.
No, I just had to play on easy/coward.
I actually had more than 100,000 ducats a few years earlier when I minted until I had 10% inflation (from 0%) to finance some 40 or 50 manufactories.
I know you don't get the specific increase per [type] manufactory if they aren't finished, so it windes up saving alot over those 40, but the generic increase per manufactory is still there, so you might be right about that.Philip II said:
