User Guide

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larger garrisons and withstand longer sieg-
es; as the siege progresses, the defenders will
eventually begin to die and the attacker may
eventually breach the walls and capture the
province. Once a siege is lifted, or a prov-
ince is captured, the garrison will slowly re-
gain strength until it reaches its maximum
level once more. We’ll talk about this again
in the warfare section.
Province Religion and
Conversions
To the right of the first column of
figures, you will see a symbol
that shows the province’s religion.
While historically there were
many instances where several
faiths were practiced in the same
region, we have chosen a simpli-
fied approach by restricting each
province to having only one dom-
inant religion; however, this will
not necessarily be the same as the
official state religion of the country that owns
it. If the provincial religion is different from
the realm’s religion, there is a reduction in the
income value of the province and there is also a
potential for a much higher revolt risk. The
level of revolt risk is determined by your coun-
try’s tolerance towards that religion. Religious
tolerance is a component of domestic manage-
ment which we will look at in the next chapter.
You can send a missionary from your coun-
try’s missionary pool to attempt to convert the
population of a province that you own. To do
this, click the “send” button that is immediate-
ly below the small missionary picture in the in-
terface. It will often take a considerable period
of time and a large investment in gold to con-
vert a province, and success is far from guar-
anteed. Larger populations tend to be more
expensive to convert and
the attempt will usually
be less likely to succeed.
Your ruler’s personal ca-
pabilities (which we will
look at in the next chapter) will also influence
the likelihood of success.
You can see details of the cost, time, and
likelihood of success displayed immediately
below the missionary picture. The send button
will be greyed out if the province already fol-
lows your state religion, if you lack the neces-
sary funds in your treasury, or if you have no
available missionaries in your national pool.
You can only convert a province you own, so
the “send missionary” portion of this interface
will not be displayed when you are viewing an-
other country’s province, or one that has not
yet been colonized.
If you decide to go ahead with the conver-
sion attempt, a missionary will be removed
from your pool and the appropriate number of
ducats will be immediately deducted from your
treasury. You will see a small animated graphic
on the Main Map in that province to indicate
that a missionary is at work. Once the required
time period has elapsed, you may be fortunate
enough to have your missionary succeed and
the province will change its religion to match
your state religion. Should your missionary fail,
there is a strong likelihood that your province’s
population will object to his actions and revolt.
Province Income
Each province generates a monthly amount of
income that it contributes to your country’s
economy. This is shown in a box in the upper
right corner of the Provincial Summary. There
are two components of this income: the taxa-
tion amount and the production amount.
• The taxation amount is determined by
the base tax value of the province and the
size of its population. This will be modi-
fied by your country's stability, any dif-
ferences between the province culture or
religion and nation's culture or religion,
and any special buildings
that you construct in the
province that alter tax in-
come. Some percentage of
tax revenue is inherently