User Guide

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• Various circumstances can lead to a prov-
ince's population revolting against its own-
er. An army of rebels will form and attempt
to gain control of the provincial capital. If
they are successful and can maintain con-
trol for a period of time, the province may
subsequently declare itself free from its op-
pressor and form a new, independent coun-
try. Ownership of the province will be au-
tomatically transferred and will become
the new national capital of the fledgling
realm.
• There are occasions when you will be able
to voluntarily grant a province its freedom.
When you do so, the new nation will be-
come your vassal and be given ownership
of the province. We'll talk about this in the
Domestic Management chapter.
• One of the many diplomatic actions that
are available in the game is for a country to
purchase a province from another country.
If the proposal is accepted, the ownership
of the province will be transferred in ex-
change for gold.
Province Interface
When you click on a land province that you
own, the Province Management interface will
appear in the lower-left portion of the screen.
The display is divided into approximately two
halves: the left half shows a picture of the pro-
vincial capital, and the right half contains a
“Provincial Summary” as well as a few impor-
tant interface buttons. The Provincial Sum-
mary portion of the interface will be almost
identical when you click on another country’s
province or an un-owned province, but most of
the extra interface buttons will be removed.
Provincial Summary
The Provincial Summary is divided into sev-
eral distinct areas that provide information
about the province’s details, religion, income,
and trade. We’ll look at each of these in turn.
Province Details
The banner that runs across the top of the Pro-
vincial Summary shows the name of the prov-
ince and has a small “X” button at the right-
hand end which you can click to close the Prov-
ince Interface. You may also close it by clicking
a second time on the province on the Main
Map. You don’t need to close the interface to
change to a different province. Just click on an-
other location on the map and the display will
change to the newly selected province.
Below the banner you will see some detailed
information about the province. Each item has
an associated tool tip that provides additional
details about the values displayed:
• Population:
A province’s population has
a significant impact on the wealth of the
province. The larger the population, the
more tax income it will generate for its
owner. When a country has positive na-
tional stability, a province’s population will
usually grow. There are various factors that
may also cause a province’s population to