User Guide

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There are nearly a dozen different types of
buildings and six incremental levels of fortifi-
cation that you can construct in your provinces,
although a few of these have special restrictions
that limit where they may be built, and you will
first need to achieve the required level of tech-
nology to make them available. There are also
six different types of manufactory in the game.
A province may only contain one manufactory,
so you will need to choose carefully when de-
ciding which one to construct. A complete list
of buildings, manufactories, and their effects
can be found in Appendix B.
Building New Improvements
To begin construction of a new
province improvement, click on the
left-most of the three buttons locat-
ed below the Province Details information.
The province information will be replaced by a
new interface that shows all of the possible
buildings and manufactories that you can or-
der.
An improvement’s button will be greyed out
if you are currently unable to build it. This will
happen if you have not yet reached the required
technology level for the improvement to be-
come available, or if you lack sufficient funds
in your treasury. There are some buildings that
can only be constructed in coastal provinces,
and there are a few improvements that are mu-
tually exclusive (details are in Appendix B). As
we mentioned a moment ago, you can only
have one manufactory in a province, so the
other five types of manufactory will be greyed
out if you have already
constructed one.
A tool tip will ap-
pear when you hover
your mouse over one
of the improvement
buttons. You will see
the name of the im-
provement, its effects,
and the cost and time
required to construct
it. If the item is greyed out, the tool tip will
also explain why. Clicking the “back” button
on the banner will return to the city view, and
clicking the small “X” at the right end of the
banner will close the Province Management
interface. Click on any available improvement
to order construction to begin in that prov-
ince. The necessary funds will be deducted
from your treasury and a graphic will appear
on the Main Map to show that an improve-
ment is being built. Hovering your mouse over
this graphic will show you the expected date of
completion.
You may only construct one building at a time
in each of your provinces. Until it has been
completed, it is also extremely vulnerable to an
enemy attacks. If an enemy army besieges and
captures the province before the construction
is complete, all progress that has been made on
the improvement -- and your financial invest-
ment -- will be lost. Once you have regained
control of the province, you will be forced to
start all over again.
Military Recruitment
There are two other but-
tons located to the right
of the Build Improve-
ment button in the Province Management in-
terface. These are used to recruit new regi-
ments to serve in your army, or new ships to
become part of your navy. We will look at these
in the Military section of the manual. For obvi-
ous reasons, you will only be able to build ships
in provinces that are located on a coastline
(that is why the “Build
Ship” button is greyed
out in this graphic); it
is important to re-
member that you can-
not recruit regiments
or build ships in a
province unless it is
considered a core
province by at least
one country.