Switzerland — Not random

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1419
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1438)

Description

The Swiss Confederation was made up of around 10-20 seperate entities during the EU2 timeframe. These entities were made up of rural cantons and Urban city-states and each governed themselves to a large degree. However effects affecting the confederation as a whole would be put to a diet where each canton and city would contribute, these diets would be held regularly, one of which is now being held. We now have a choice by choosing whether the Urban or Rural Cantons will be dominant and which we think would best benefit the Confederation at this time.

Actions

A. Rural Cantons Dominant

• Monarch Tagsatzung will never rule
• Monarch I Tagsatzung - Rural becomes active

B. Urban Cantons Dominant

• Monarch Tagsatzung will never rule
• Monarch I Tagsatzung - Urban becomes active

Switzerland — Not random

Conditions

• Own Schwyz
• Tyrol exists
• Switzerland controls Schwyz

Will happen within 10 days of January 2, 1424
Checked again every 10 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1439)

Description

Sigismund of Tyrol also ruled areas in the midst of Switzerland, the Habsburg possessions such as the County of Kyburg (north of Zurich) which later became the seat of a bailiff from Zurich and in which Zurich was very interested in obtaining. Since he was always in financial trouble, he soon searched for someone to grant him a credit - this is an opportunity to consolidate our rule and give the Habsburgs the chance to expand, preferably far from us in the east in Austria...

Should we lend Sigismund gold with Kyburg as pawn?

Actions

A. Accept and add the county to the city of Zürich

• -25
• +500 population in Schwyz
• +1 base tax value in Schwyz
• +1 base manpower in Schwyz
• Event 322026 - Zurich lends us money for the County of Kyburg for Tyrol is triggered immediately

B. Refuse to negotiate with a Habsburg

• -20 relations with Tyrol
• -10 relations with Austria
• -10 relations with Styria
• Event 184028 - Zurich war with Habsburg intervention for Switzerland will never fire

Switzerland — Not random

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1439
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1458)

Description

The Swiss Confederation was made up of around 10-20 seperate entities during the EU2 timeframe. These entities were made up of rural cantons and Urban city-states and each governed themselves to a large degree. However effects affecting the confederation as a whole would be put to a diet where each canton and city would contribute, these diets would be held regularly, one of which is now being held. We now have a choice by choosing whether the Urban or Rural Cantons will be dominant and which we think would best benefit the Confederation at this time.

Actions

A. Urban Cantons Dominant

• Monarch Tagsatzung will never rule
• Monarch II Tagsatzung - Urban becomes active

B. Rural Cantons Dominant

• Monarch Tagsatzung will never rule
• Monarch II Tagsatzung - Rural becomes active

Switzerland — Not random

Will happen within 120 days of January 2, 1440
Checked again every 120 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1446)
unless prevented by
Action A of 322026 - Zurich lends us money for the County of Kyburg for Tyrol

Description

In 1440 Zurich allied with the Habsburgs against the Cantons of Schwyz and Glarus over the title of the extinct count of Toggenburg.

Actions

A. Oh, well...

• A random province revolts
• Global revolt risk +2 for 60 months
• Stability -1

Switzerland — Not random

Will happen within 120 days of January 2, 1440
Checked again every 120 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1446)
unless prevented by
Action B of 184027 - County of Kyburg for Switzerland

Description

In 1440, the Swiss town of Zürich allied with the Habsburgs against the Cantons of Schwyz and Glarus over the title of the extinct count of Toggenburg - the town of Zurich gave the County of Kyburg back to the Habsburgs as payment for their aid.

Actions

A. Zurich must be subdued

• A random province revolts
• A random province revolts
• Global revolt risk +4 for 60 months
• Stability -3
• -500 population in Schwyz
• -1 base tax value in Schwyz
• -1 base manpower in Schwyz
• Event 322027 - We are rewarded for Tyrol is triggered immediately

Switzerland — Not random

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1459
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1478)

Description

The Swiss Confederation was made up of around 10-20 seperate entities during the EU2 timeframe. These entities were made up of rural cantons and Urban city-states and each governed themselves to a large degree. However effects affecting the confederation as a whole would be put to a diet where each canton and city would contribute, these diets would be held regularly, one of which is now being held. We now have a choice by choosing whether the Urban or Rural Cantons will be dominant and which we think would best benefit the Confederation at this time.

Actions

A. Urban Cantons Dominant

• Monarch Tagsatzung will never rule
• Monarch III Tagsatzung - Urban becomes active

B. Rural Cantons Dominant

• Monarch Tagsatzung will never rule
• Monarch III Tagsatzung - Rural becomes active

Switzerland — Not random

Conditions

• Switzerland owns Schwyz
• Tyrol exists

Will happen within 120 days of January 2, 1460
Checked again every 120 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1461)

Description

When the Pope excommunicated Duke Sigismund of Tyrol, the Swiss Confederation used the excommunication to conquer and annex Thurgau.

Actions

A. Excellent!

• +1 base manpower in Schwyz
• +1 base tax value in Schwyz
• Event 322025 - The Swiss dare to steal our lands for Tyrol is triggered immediately

Switzerland — Not random

Conditions

• Burgundy is a neighbor
• France exists
• Austria exists
• None of the following must occur:
  • Switzerland and Austria are at war
  • Switzerland and France are at war
  • Burgundy is a vassal of Switzerland

Will happen within 120 days of January 2, 1474
Checked again every 120 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1476)

Description

The Swiss were allied with the South German cities and the Habsburgs (who were fearful of Charles' ambitions of conquest in Alsace), and were supported by subsidies from Louis XI of France, bitter enemy of Charles the Bold. Shall we wage war on Burgundy?

Actions

A. Curb Burgundy's Ambition

• Gain a temporary casus belli against Burgundy for 24 months
• +2000 infantry in the capital province
• +50 relations with Austria
• +50 relations with France
• -100 relations with Burgundy
• Event 170081 - French Response - Burgundy Wars for France is triggered immediately
• Event 179030 - Austrian Response - Burgundy Wars for Austria is triggered immediately

B. This is none of our Affair

• +100 relations with Burgundy
• -50 relations with France
• -50 relations with Austria
• Event 137017 - Burgundy Claim Alsace for Burgundy is triggered immediately

Switzerland — Not random

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1479
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1498)

Description

The Swiss Confederation was made up of around 10-20 seperate entities during the EU2 timeframe. These entities were made up of rural cantons and Urban city-states and each governed themselves to a large degree. However effects affecting the confederation as a whole would be put to a diet where each canton and city would contribute, these diets would be held regularly, one of which is now being held. We now have a choice by choosing whether the Urban or Rural Cantons will be dominant and which we think would best benefit the Confederation at this time.

Actions

A. Urban Cantons Dominant

• Monarch Tagsatzung will never rule
• Monarch IV Tagsatzung - Urban becomes active

B. Rural Cantons Dominant

• Monarch Tagsatzung will never rule
• Monarch IV Tagsatzung - Rural becomes active

Switzerland — Not random

Will happen within 120 days of January 2, 1481
Checked again every 120 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1482)

Description

In 1481 Two new members were added to the Swiss confederation - that of Fribourg and Solothurn. However these were two cities and the Rural Cantons did not want to see more power going to the cities and tried to block their entry. The hermit Saint Nikolaus of Flue mediated between the two groups and the two new members were accepted.

Actions

A. Welcome Brothers

• +1 base tax value in Bern

Switzerland — Not random

Conditions

• Own Bern
• Control Bern

Will happen within 5000 days of January 2, 1490
Checked again every 5000 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1600)

Description

The medieval Inquisition tried a large number of witches, but collective witch-hunting was exclusively a modern phenomena. Individual maleficium (Latin for witchcraft) was not uncommon in many rural areas, but it wasn't until scholastic demonology related witches and Sabbaths (night meetings with strong conspiracy elements, including cannibalism, orgies and a sacred oath of loyalty to Satan himself) that societies started to get obsessed with the matter. This conspiracy paranoia can track its roots as far as to the first massacres of Jews and Lepers in the High Middle Ages, when thousands were slaughtered by defeated Crusaders and angry countrymen. But it's in the early 15th century when demonological theories will become fully accepted by the upper classes. The Councils of Constance and Basel are considered to be the first public space in which these concepts, maleficium and Sabbath were publicly related. The work of Johannes Nider (1380-1438), The Formicarius (The Anthill), was a masterpiece of scholastic demonology and marked a new era in witch-hunting. The work of Heinrich Kramer (1430-1505), Malleus Maleficarum (Hammer of the Wicked) was the first work that reaches widespread attention, and works as a inquisitorial manual for witch-hunters. But it's not the Church that tries the most in Modern Ages. On the contrary, civil courts are responsible for 85-90 percent of executions.

Switzerland is home to the first witch-hunting process and an estimate of 5,000-10,000 burned witches makes it one of the most affected regions in Europe. Only by the early 18th century, with Illustration at the doors of Geneva, will the horrible massacre stop producing victims on the western side of the Alps.

Actions

A. Burn the heretics!

• -150 population in Bern
• -100 population in a random province
• Stability +1
• Global revolt risk -1 for 4 months

B. Be lenient with the misguided sheep

• Stability -1
• Global revolt risk +1 for 4 months

Switzerland — Not random

Conditions

• Austria exists
• Country is not at war
• The following must not occur:
  • Austria is a vassal of Switzerland

Will happen within 30 days of May 2, 1497
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1514)

Description

Maximilian I of Austria set out to reestablish by force the Habsburgs' ancestral domination of Switzerland, in alliance with the Swabian League, under the slogan 'The Swiss, too, must have a master'.

Actions

A. We will never give in to this pressure

• -50 relations with Austria
• -25 relations with the Holy Roman Emperor
• -25 relations with a random elector
• +25 relations with France
• Quality +1
• +6000 infantry in the capital province
• +10 artillery in the capital province
• Stability -1
• Event 20305 - The Swiss must have a master for Austria is triggered immediately

B. Let the mighty Habsburgs become our rulers again

• -50 relations with France
• +50 relations with Austria
• +50 relations with the Holy Roman Emperor
• +25 relations with a random elector
• +25 relations with Tyrol
• +25 relations with Styria
• Stability -3
• Global revolt risk +2 for 60 months
• Gain bailiff in a random province
• Serfdom +2
• Centralization +2
• Event 20304 - The Swiss must have a master for Austria is triggered immediately
• Event 184033 - Switzerland breaks free from the Empire for Switzerland will never fire

Switzerland — Not random

Conditions

• At least one of the following must occur:
  • France controls Lombardia
  • France controls Mantua
  • France controls Emilia
  • France controls Liguria

Will happen within 200 days of December 2, 1497
Checked again every 200 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1514)

Description

The Italian wars of Louis XII caused some trouble in Switzerland. The losses among Swiss mercenaries in the French armies were too high. Local corruption became a serious problem. Furthermore, Louis XII refused to pay the mercenaries as agreed!

Actions

A. We can't trust this bastard! He will pay for this treachery!

• -50 relations with France
• +25 relations with Papal States
• Gain a temporary casus belli against France for 12 months
• Stability +1

B. We will take charge this time, but we forbid any bribe in the future

• +20 relations with France
• -15
• Stability -1

Switzerland — Not random

Conditions

• Is not a vassal
• Country is not at war
• Country is not the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire
• Stability is at 3 or higher
• All of the following must occur:
  • Own Schwyz
  • Control Schwyz
  • Have controlled Schwyz for 10 years
  • Have owned Schwyz for 50 years
• All of the following must occur:
  • Own Bern
  • Control Bern
  • Have controlled Bern for 10 years
  • Have owned Bern for 50 years
• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Have at least one vassal
  • Country has at least 3 non-colonial provinces

Will happen within 90 days of December 31, 1498
Checked again every 90 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 31, 1819)
unless prevented by
Action B of 20303 - The Empire strikes back for Switzerland

Description

In 1648, the Thirty Years War ended with the Treaty of Westphalia. Although the independence of Switzerland from the Empire was only now formally recognized, these territories had enjoyed de facto independence for decades.

Actions

A. We are free!

• -25 relations with Papal States
• -25 relations with Austria
• +25 relations with France
• -50 relations with the Holy Roman Emperor
• -25 relations with a random elector
• -25 relations with a random elector
• -25 relations with a random elector
• -25 relations with a random elector
• -25 relations with a random elector
• -25 relations with a random elector
• -25 relations with a random elector
• Bern leaves the Holy Roman Empire
• Schwyz leaves the Holy Roman Empire
• +100 victory points
• -2 merchants
• Trade tech investment: -25

B. Let's not

• +25 relations with Papal States
• +25 relations with Austria
• +50 relations with the Holy Roman Emperor
• +25 relations with a random elector
• -20 victory points
• -1 badboy

Switzerland — Not random

Conditions

• The following must not occur:
  • Switzerland and Austria are at war

Will happen within 120 days of January 2, 1499
Checked again every 120 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1501)

Description

This was the result of a boundary dispute on the Austrian border. The Emperor was supported by the German cities, while the Swiss were allied with the French. For a few months fighting raged all along the northern and eastern frontier, the principle battles being fought at Bruderholz, Hard, Schwaderloh, Frastenz and Calven. The decisive battle was fought at Dornach, when the Swiss defeated Maximillian himself, who was forced by the treaty of Basel to grant to Switzerland virtual independence from the Empire.

Actions

A. So be it

• -50 relations with Austria
• Gain a temporary casus belli against Austria for 12 months

Switzerland — Not random

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1499
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1518)

Description

The Swiss Confederation was made up of around 10-20 seperate entities during the EU2 timeframe. These entities were made up of rural cantons and Urban city-states and each governed themselves to a large degree. However effects affecting the confederation as a whole would be put to a diet where each canton and city would contribute, these diets would be held regularly, one of which is now being held. We now have a choice by choosing whether the Urban or Rural Cantons will be dominant and which we think would best benefit the Confederation at this time.

Actions

A. Rural Cantons Dominant

• Monarch Tagsatzung will never rule
• Monarch V Tagsatzung - Rural becomes active

B. Urban Cantons Dominant

• Monarch Tagsatzung will never rule
• Monarch V Tagsatzung - Urban becomes active

Switzerland — Not random

Will happen within 120 days of January 2, 1501
Checked again every 120 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1502)

Description

The Swabian War was the result of a boundary dispute on the Austrian border. The Emperor was supported by the German cities, while the Swiss were allied with the French. For a few months fighting raged all along the northern and eastern frontier, by the end however two new members would join the Confederation, these were Basel and Schaffenhausen both of whom were allies of the Swiss during the Swabian War.

Actions

A. Welcome Brothers

• +1 base manpower in Bern
• +1 base manpower in Schwyz

Switzerland — Not random

Conditions

• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Event 17024 - The Holy League against France for Papal States has already occurred
  • Event 236006 - The Holy League against France for The Pope has already occurred

Will happen within 500 days of October 11, 1510
Checked again every 500 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after April 2, 1512)
unless prevented by
Action B, C of 17024 - The Holy League against France for Papal States
Action B, C of 236006 - The Holy League against France for The Pope

Description

In 1510 Venice submitted to the Pope, thus lessening the league of Cambrai. Conditions were hard for Venice, the Republic had to renounce her traditional power to appoint bishops as well as all jurisdiction over Papal subjects in Venetian territory and was to compensate Pope Julius II for his war expenses needed to recapture the Papal holdings in Romagna, while the Pope accepted the humble request of the Republic for pardon, cancelling the interdict. But the reconciliation between Venice and the Pope did not stop the French to continue the war against Venice with attacks to her cities in Terraferma. Julius II, in the meanwhile, had become increasingly concerned by the growing French presence in Italy and formulated plans, both to chase the French out of the Po Valley and to seize the Duchy of Ferrara, a French ally, with the intention to add the territories of Modena, Reggio and Ferrara to the Papal States. In realizing his plan the Pope immediately excommunicated Alfonso d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, declaring his fief forfeited for his remaining loyal to France, then he gained the military support of Venice, eager to recover her territories lost to the French a armies and hired an army of Swiss mercenaries to attack Milan as to isolate the French armies in Italy. However his plans failed as the French army managed to invade Romagna and occupy the cities of Bologna and Ravenna, supported by the powerful and celebrated artillery of Duke Alfonso d'Este. In addition, in response to Pope's switching sides, Louis XII of France convoked a Schismatic Council at Pisa as to have the 'Warrior Pope' deposed. Pope Julius II, having unsuccessfully pressed the Republic of Florence to refuse hosting the schismatic cardinals, proclaimed the Holy League against France and convoked a Council of his own to meet at the Lateran in Rome. The promise of territorial gains at French expense caused Ferdinand II of Aragon and Emperor Maximilian I to abandon their alliance with the French, and in October 1511, they joined the newly-formed Holy League together with Julius II and the Republic of Venice. In November, Henry VIII of England and the Swiss confederation joined as well.

Actions

A. Express Support

• Gain a temporary casus belli against France for 36 months
• -150 relations with France
• +150 relations with Austria
• +150 relations with Venice
• +150 relations with Aragon
• +150 relations with Papal States
• +150 relations with England

B. Stay neutral

• +50 relations with France
• -50 relations with Venice
• -50 relations with Austria
• -50 relations with Aragon
• -50 relations with Papal States
• +150 relations with England

C. Express Hostility

• +150 relations with France
• -150 relations with Venice
• -150 relations with Austria
• -150 relations with Aragon
• -150 relations with Papal States
• +150 relations with England

Switzerland — Not random

Conditions

• Event 228029 - Sforza restored in Milan for Milan has already occurred

Will happen within 20 days of January 2, 1513
Checked again every 20 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1514)

Description

In spite of their victories in Northern Italy, the French troops were forced to abandon the battlefield both because of financial reasons and because after the successful battle of Ravenna the Emperor was withdrawing troops and would have joined the holy league formed by Papal States, Spain, England and Venice with the help of Swiss troops hired by Pope Julius II himself and led into war by the Bishop of Sion, Mathias Schiner. Thence the decision to withdraw from Milan. Julius II recovered Ravenna, Bologna and the rest of the Romagna, while his commander, the Duke of Urbino, easily occupied Reggio and Modena, though Alfonso d'Este refused any settlement that would deprive him of Ferrara. After having chased out the French from Italy, the congress of allies which met at Mantua in August made over to the Pope Parma and Piacenza, to which he had at best a shadowy claim. The Emperor and Fernando would have been glad to give Milan to their grandson Charles but the Swiss were in possession and, supported by the Pope, made their will good. The duchy was given to Ercole Massimiliano Sforza, the elder son of Ludovico. The Venetian claims were left unsettled with Brescia still held out and the Swiss claiming Cremona and the Ghiara d'Adda for the duchy. And more, the Emperor demanded Vicenza and Verona. Florence, who in 1509 had ended her long war by the recovery of Pisa, was punished for her support of France by the restoration of the Medici. Entering Milan, Ercole Massimiliano Sforza received the keys to the city from the Swiss soldiers, who promised to protect the duchy of Milan and to help the Duke in sending to him all the troops he would need. The Duke granted them the acquisition of the ducal territories Ticino and Valtellina, the most important accesses to the Alpine passes. Genoa drew back its allegiance to the French King, who in 1506 harshly repressed a local rebellion that broke out owing to the decision taken by the French governor to grant privileges to the nobilty. But Julius II made also a treaty with his late ally, Maximilian, against Venice. The emperor was to support the Lateran council to oppose that one proclaimed by Louis XII in Pisa and to hand over Modena to the Pope, while Julius II was to join in compelling Venice to give up the fiefs which the Emperor claimed since Cambrai and to use on behalf of his new ally also the always convincing 'spiritual weapons'. When this treaty was made public, it had only the effect to drive Venice to side with France.

Actions

A. Let's protect the Duke of Milan

• Gain Milan as vassals
• +100
• +2000 population in the capital province
• +1 base tax value in the capital province
• +1 base manpower in the capital province
• +25 relations with Milan
• +25 relations with Austria
• -25 relations with France
• +25 relations with Papal States

Switzerland — Not random

Conditions

• Own Schwyz

Will happen within 2000 days of January 2, 1513
Checked again every 2000 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1539)

Description

Between 1513 and 1536, Switzerland took the shape she still has today. Five new cantons (Fribourg, Solothurn, Basel and Schaffhausen and Appenzell) had joined the Confederation already in the past three decades, and the takeover of Vaud and Valais from Savoy brought even more land and more wealth to the country. This also brought some stability to the balance of denominations, preventing the collapse of the Confederation for religious reasons.

Actions

A. Great!

• +5000 population in Schwyz
• +1 base manpower in Schwyz
• +1 base tax value in Schwyz
• Stability +2
• Event 338496 - Swiss expansion for Savoie is triggered immediately

Switzerland — Not random

Conditions

• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Switzerland and France are at war
  • Milan and France are at war
• Event 170045 - François Ier in Italy for France has already occurred

Will happen within 5 days of September 11, 1515
Checked again every 5 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1520)
unless prevented by
Action B of 170045 - François Ier in Italy for France

Description

This was fought 10 miles outside Milan and saw the Swiss troops of Bern and Central Switzerland fighting on both sides. The majority of the Swiss were fighting against the French forces of François Ier and resulted in several inconclusive engagements. The French took position at Marignano (today's Melegnano) to face the attacking Swiss and there, in the evening of 13 and in the morning of 14 September 1515, a fierce battle, also known as the Battle of the Giants, was fought. In that battle, paused only at late night of the first day (during which the two armies stood facing each other awaiting the coming day, even François Ier and his gendarmes, forming the advanced line of the French army, remained all night mounted with lance in hand and helmet on head) and then resumed at sunrise of the day after, the French army managed to defeat the most celebrated Swiss pikemen, who until then were always victorious on the battlefield, when the Venetian re-inforcements arrived to François Ier. Only 3000 Swiss escaped out of some 22,000 who fought whilst the French losses were about 8000 of about 33,000.

Actions

A. Curses!

• Stability -1
• -10 victory points
• Land tech investment: -100
• -2 base manpower in Bern
• -1 base manpower in Schwyz
• -2 base tax value in Bern
• -1 base tax value in Schwyz

Switzerland — Not random

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1519
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1538)

Description

The Swiss Confederation was made up of around 10-20 seperate entities during the EU2 timeframe. These entities were made up of rural cantons and Urban city-states and each governed themselves to a large degree. However effects affecting the confederation as a whole would be put to a diet where each canton and city would contribute, these diets would be held regularly, one of which is now being held. We now have a choice by choosing whether the Urban or Rural Cantons will be dominant and which we think would best benefit the Confederation at this time.

Actions

A. Urban Cantons Dominant

• Monarch Tagsatzung will never rule
• Monarch VI Tagsatzung - Urban becomes active

B. Rural Cantons Dominant

• Monarch Tagsatzung will never rule
• Monarch VI Tagsatzung - Rural becomes active

Switzerland — Not random

Conditions

• The following must not occur:
  • Own Savoie

Will happen within 120 days of January 2, 1535
Checked again every 120 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1537)

Description

With the Protestant cantons gaining more and more influence. Berne (a Catholic city canton) decided to try and gain more influence for the catholic cause. A way of acheiving this would be to increase its sphere of influence south-west into Savoyard lands towards Lake Geneve, at the expense of Savoy.

Actions

A. Excellent!

• Gain a temporary casus belli against Savoy for 24 months
• -50 relations with Savoy

Switzerland — Not random

Conditions

• Own Savoie

Will happen within 120 days of January 2, 1536
Checked again every 120 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1538)

Description

Vaud, Chablis, Lausanne and other territories of savoie were subdued and annexed.

Actions

A. Excellent!

• Savoie will be considered a national province

Switzerland — Not random

Conditions

• At least one of the following must occur:
  • Own Savoie
  • Event 20307 - Five new cantons for Switzerland has already occurred
• Own Bern
• Control Bern

Will happen within 30 days of July 2, 1538
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1560)

Description

Jean Chauvin or Calvin was a Picard bourgeois favoured by the bishop of Noyon. His father worked in the city government before losing the favour of the local Church. After spending some years in Paris, Calvin became interested in Lutheran teachings, and subsequently converted to Protestantism. The Affair of the Placards, which involved a direct attack to the King of France, forced him to escape from Paris as no Protestant was safe there after that event occurred. He went to Geneva, but the population expelled him. He returned in 1541 and settled there until his death, working in the Consistory. Calvin, unlike Luther, was a one-book-man. His three editions of the monumental Institutio Christianae Religionis are a masterpiece of theological Protestantism, and one of the most important books of the century, highly influential for Dutch, Scottish and English reformed Protestants. Calvin also planned a severe reform of customs and ancient practices, and in his war with local nobility, he prosecuted and expelled many of his opponents. Geneva was to be a model city, a city ''fearful of God'', tidy, clean, and with no vagabonds or idle people. Consequences for both Geneva and Switzerland were extremely important, because a ferocious moral regime was started to supervise any practices that looked dangerous to both Church and Government. Also, many foreigners were attracted by the opportunity to freely practice Protestant Eucharist and Baptism (the basis of Lutheran and reformed rituals), therefore adding more than 5,000 inhabitants to city as Geneva, Bern and Zurich.

Actions

A. Yes, let him preach in our city. We need more discipline

• -50 relations with France
• -25 relations with Papal States
• -25 relations with Austria
• Infrastructure tech investment: +750
• Religion in Savoie changes to reformed
• +1000 population in Bern
• Stability -1
• Global revolt risk +3 for 48 months
• Innovativeness -2

B. Expell this French scum

• +50 relations with France
• +25 relations with Papal States
• +25 relations with Austria
• -20 victory points

Switzerland — Not random

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1539
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1558)

Description

The Swiss Confederation was made up of around 10-20 seperate entities during the EU2 timeframe. These entities were made up of rural cantons and Urban city-states and each governed themselves to a large degree. However effects affecting the confederation as a whole would be put to a diet where each canton and city would contribute, these diets would be held regularly, one of which is now being held. We now have a choice by choosing whether the Urban or Rural Cantons will be dominant and which we think would best benefit the Confederation at this time.

Actions

A. Rural Cantons Dominant

• Monarch Tagsatzung will never rule
• Monarch VII Tagsatzung - Rural becomes active

B. Urban Cantons Dominant

• Monarch Tagsatzung will never rule
• Monarch VII Tagsatzung - Urban becomes active

Switzerland — Not random

Conditions

• Event 5007 - Miguel Servet for France has already occurred
• State religion is reformed
• The following must not occur:
  • Innovativeness is at 8 or higher

Will happen within 120 days of October 28, 1553
Checked again every 120 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after March 30, 1555)
unless prevented by
Action B of 5007 - Miguel Servet for France

Description

Miguel Servet (or Servetus) was an aragonese physician who was trained in Lyon and Paris and whose theological ideas became very polemic. He believed that God is unitary and that the Trinity is not founded in scripture. He anonymously published 'Restitution of Christianity', a book outlining his theological views, but was persecuted when his authorship was discovered. His old friend John Calvin was especially angered by these ideas. Servet also proposed that the blood traveled from the heart through the pulmonary artery and back through the pulmonary vein, without actually passing through the septum. After being persecuted by the french church, Servet fled for Italy, traveling through Geneva, where Jean Calvin had the power and Servet hoped to find some support from him. But Calvin was very angered by the philosophical and theological ideas of Servet, so Calvin had Servet arrested, and condemned him to burning at the stake, which took place 27th october 1553.

Actions

A. To the flames with him!

• Stability +1
• Global revolt risk -5 for 12 months

B. No, Servet must be protected

• Innovativeness +1
• -25 relations with France
• Global revolt risk +7 for 12 months

Switzerland — Not random

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1559
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1578)

Description

The Swiss Confederation was made up of around 10-20 seperate entities during the EU2 timeframe. These entities were made up of rural cantons and Urban city-states and each governed themselves to a large degree. However effects affecting the confederation as a whole would be put to a diet where each canton and city would contribute, these diets would be held regularly, one of which is now being held. We now have a choice by choosing whether the Urban or Rural Cantons will be dominant and which we think would best benefit the Confederation at this time.

Actions

A. Rural Cantons Dominant

• Monarch Tagsatzung will never rule
• Monarch VIII Tagsatzung - Rural becomes active

B. Urban Cantons Dominant

• Monarch Tagsatzung will never rule
• Monarch VIII Tagsatzung - Urban becomes active

Switzerland — Not random

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1579
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1598)

Description

The Swiss Confederation was made up of around 10-20 seperate entities during the EU2 timeframe. These entities were made up of rural cantons and Urban city-states and each governed themselves to a large degree. However effects affecting the confederation as a whole would be put to a diet where each canton and city would contribute, these diets would be held regularly, one of which is now being held. We now have a choice by choosing whether the Urban or Rural Cantons will be dominant and which we think would best benefit the Confederation at this time.

Actions

A. Rural Cantons Dominant

• Monarch Tagsatzung will never rule
• Monarch IX Tagsatzung - Rural becomes active

B. Urban Cantons Dominant

• Monarch Tagsatzung will never rule
• Monarch IX Tagsatzung - Urban becomes active

Switzerland — Not random

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1599
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1618)

Description

The Swiss Confederation was made up of around 10-20 seperate entities during the EU2 timeframe. These entities were made up of rural cantons and Urban city-states and each governed themselves to a large degree. However effects affecting the confederation as a whole would be put to a diet where each canton and city would contribute, these diets would be held regularly, one of which is now being held. We now have a choice by choosing whether the Urban or Rural Cantons will be dominant and which we think would best benefit the Confederation at this time.

Actions

A. Urban Cantons Dominant

• Monarch Tagsatzung will never rule
• Monarch X Tagsatzung - Urban becomes active

B. Rural Cantons Dominant

• Monarch Tagsatzung will never rule
• Monarch X Tagsatzung - Rural becomes active

Switzerland — Not random

Conditions

• Own Bern
• Control Bern

Will happen within 5000 days of January 2, 1600
Checked again every 5000 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1700)

Description

The medieval Inquisition tried a large number of witches, but collective witch-hunting was exclusively a modern phenomena. Individual maleficium (Latin for witchcraft) was not uncommon in many rural areas, but it wasn't until scholastic demonology related witches and Sabbaths (night meetings with strong conspiracy elements, including cannibalism, orgies and a sacred oath of loyalty to Satan himself) that societies started to get obsessed with the matter. This conspiracy paranoia can track its roots as far as to the first massacres of Jews and Lepers in the High Middle Ages, when thousands were slaughtered by defeated Crusaders and angry countrymen. But it's in the early 15th century when demonological theories will become fully accepted by the upper classes. The Councils of Constance and Basel are considered to be the first public space in which these concepts, maleficium and Sabbath were publicly related. The work of Johannes Nider (1380-1438), The Formicarius (The Anthill), was a masterpiece of scholastic demonology and marked a new era in witch-hunting. The work of Heinrich Kramer (1430-1505), Malleus Maleficarum (Hammer of the Wicked) was the first work that reaches widespread attention, and works as a inquisitorial manual for witch-hunters. But it's not the Church that tries the most in Modern Ages. On the contrary, civil courts are responsible for 85-90 percent of executions.

Switzerland is home to the first witch-hunting process and an estimate of 5,000-10,000 burned witches makes it one of the most affected regions in Europe. Only by the early 18th century, with Illustration at the doors of Geneva, will the horrible massacre stop producing victims on the western side of the Alps.

Actions

A. Burn the heretics!

• -150 population in Bern
• -100 population in a random province
• Stability +1
• Global revolt risk -1 for 4 months

B. Be lenient with the misguided sheep

• Stability -1
• Global revolt risk +1 for 4 months

Switzerland — Not random

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1619
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1638)

Description

The Swiss Confederation was made up of around 10-20 seperate entities during the EU2 timeframe. These entities were made up of rural cantons and Urban city-states and each governed themselves to a large degree. However effects affecting the confederation as a whole would be put to a diet where each canton and city would contribute, these diets would be held regularly, one of which is now being held. We now have a choice by choosing whether the Urban or Rural Cantons will be dominant and which we think would best benefit the Confederation at this time.

Actions

A. Urban Cantons Dominant

• Monarch Tagsatzung will never rule
• Monarch XI Tagsatzung - Urban becomes active

B. Rural Cantons Dominant

• Monarch Tagsatzung will never rule
• Monarch XI Tagsatzung - Rural becomes active

Switzerland — Not random

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1639
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1658)

Description

The Swiss Confederation was made up of around 10-20 seperate entities during the EU2 timeframe. These entities were made up of rural cantons and Urban city-states and each governed themselves to a large degree. However effects affecting the confederation as a whole would be put to a diet where each canton and city would contribute, these diets would be held regularly, one of which is now being held. We now have a choice by choosing whether the Urban or Rural Cantons will be dominant and which we think would best benefit the Confederation at this time.

Actions

A. Urban Cantons Dominant

• Monarch Tagsatzung will never rule
• Monarch XII Tagsatzung - Urban becomes active

B. Rural Cantons Dominant

• Monarch Tagsatzung will never rule
• Monarch XII Tagsatzung - Rural becomes active

Switzerland — Not random

Conditions

• Country is not at war
• Serfdom is at 8 or higher

Will happen within 120 days of January 2, 1653
Checked again every 120 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1655)

Description

The Rural cantons were always weary of the dominance of the great Urban regions, especially Zurich, Lucerne and Berne. In such times that the oligarchs of these cities exerted continual dominance, the members of the rural areas would voice their anger. In 1653 the peasants of the rural population between Lucerne and Bern revolted against the undemocratic rule of the cities. The peasants are revolting.

Actions

A. Put down the revolts

• Global revolt risk +6 for 24 months
• Stability -1
• A random province revolts
• A random province revolts
• A random province revolts

B. Try to Placate the peasants

• A random province revolts
• Global revolt risk +3 for 12 months
• -200
• Serfdom -2
• Event 184071 - Peasant Unrest for Switzerland will never fire

Switzerland — Not random

Conditions

• Country is not at war
• Serfdom is at 6 or higher
• The following must not occur:
  • Serfdom is at 8 or higher

Will happen within 120 days of January 2, 1653
Checked again every 120 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1655)
unless prevented by
Action B of 184072 - Peasant Revolts for Switzerland

Description

The Rural cantons were always weary of the dominance of the great Urban regions, especially Zurich, Lucerne and Berne. In such times that the oligarchs of these cities exerted continual dominance, the members of the rural areas would voice their anger. In 1653 the peasants of the rural population between Lucerne and Bern revolted against the undemocratic rule of the cities. The peasants are becoming restless.

Actions

A. They will have to wait until the next Diet

• Global revolt risk +4 for 12 months
• Stability -1

B. Placate the Rural Cantons

• Global revolt risk +2 for 6 months
• -100
• Serfdom -1

Switzerland — Not random

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1659
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1678)

Description

The Swiss Confederation was made up of around 10-20 seperate entities during the EU2 timeframe. These entities were made up of rural cantons and Urban city-states and each governed themselves to a large degree. However effects affecting the confederation as a whole would be put to a diet where each canton and city would contribute, these diets would be held regularly, one of which is now being held. We now have a choice by choosing whether the Urban or Rural Cantons will be dominant and which we think would best benefit the Confederation at this time.

Actions

A. Urban Cantons Dominant

• Monarch Tagsatzung will never rule
• Monarch XIII Tagsatzung - Urban becomes active

B. Rural Cantons Dominant

• Monarch Tagsatzung will never rule
• Monarch XIII Tagsatzung - Rural becomes active

Switzerland — Not random

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1679
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1698)

Description

The Swiss Confederation was made up of around 10-20 seperate entities during the EU2 timeframe. These entities were made up of rural cantons and Urban city-states and each governed themselves to a large degree. However effects affecting the confederation as a whole would be put to a diet where each canton and city would contribute, these diets would be held regularly, one of which is now being held. We now have a choice by choosing whether the Urban or Rural Cantons will be dominant and which we think would best benefit the Confederation at this time.

Actions

A. Rural Cantons Dominant

• Monarch Tagsatzung will never rule
• Monarch XIV Tagsatzung - Rural becomes active

B. Urban Cantons Dominant

• Monarch Tagsatzung will never rule
• Monarch XIV Tagsatzung - Urban becomes active

Switzerland — Not random

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1699
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1718)

Description

The Swiss Confederation was made up of around 10-20 seperate entities during the EU2 timeframe. These entities were made up of rural cantons and Urban city-states and each governed themselves to a large degree. However effects affecting the confederation as a whole would be put to a diet where each canton and city would contribute, these diets would be held regularly, one of which is now being held. We now have a choice by choosing whether the Urban or Rural Cantons will be dominant and which we think would best benefit the Confederation at this time.

Actions

A. Urban Cantons Dominant

• Monarch Tagsatzung will never rule
• Monarch XV Tagsatzung - Urban becomes active

B. Rural Cantons Dominant

• Monarch Tagsatzung will never rule
• Monarch XV Tagsatzung - Rural becomes active

Switzerland — Not random

Conditions

• Country is not at war
• Serfdom is at 8 or higher

Will happen within 120 days of January 2, 1717
Checked again every 120 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1722)

Description

The Rural cantons were always weary of the dominance of the great Urban regions, especially Zurich, Lucerne and Berne. In such times that the oligarchs of these cities exerted continual dominance, the members of the rural areas would voice their anger. In 1717 the peasants of the rural population of Werdenberg revolted against the undemocratic rule of the cities. The peasants are revolting.

Actions

A. Put down the revolts

• Global revolt risk +6 for 48 months
• Stability -1
• A random province revolts
• A random province revolts
• A random province revolts

B. Try to Placate the peasants

• A random province revolts
• Global revolt risk +3 for 24 months
• -200
• Serfdom -2
• Event 184077 - Peasant Unrest for Switzerland will never fire

Switzerland — Not random

Conditions

• Country is not at war
• Serfdom is at 6 or higher
• The following must not occur:
  • Serfdom is at 8 or higher

Will happen within 120 days of January 2, 1717
Checked again every 120 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1722)
unless prevented by
Action B of 184078 - Peasant Revolts for Switzerland

Description

The Rural cantons were always weary of the dominance of the great Urban regions, especially Zurich, Lucerne and Berne. In such times that the oligarchs of these cities exerted continual dominance, the members of the rural areas would voice their anger. In 1717 the peasants of the rural population of Werdenberg revolted against the undemocratic rule of the cities. The peasants are becoming restless.

Actions

A. They will have to wait until the next Diet

• Global revolt risk +4 for 24 months
• Stability -1

B. Placate the Rural Cantons

• Global revolt risk +2 for 12 months
• -100
• Serfdom -1

Switzerland — Not random

Conditions

• Country is not at war
• Serfdom is at 8 or higher

Will happen within 120 days of January 2, 1717
Checked again every 120 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1729)

Description

The Rural cantons were always weary of the dominance of the great Urban regions, especially Zurich, Lucerne and Berne. In such times that the oligarchs of these cities exerted continual dominance, the members of the rural areas would voice their anger. In 1717 the peasants of the rural population of Wilchingen revolted against the undemocratic rule of the cities. The peasants are revolting.

Actions

A. Put down the revolts

• Global revolt risk +6 for 240 months
• Stability -1
• A random province revolts
• A random province revolts
• A random province revolts

B. Try to Placate the peasants

• A random province revolts
• Global revolt risk +3 for 120 months
• -200
• Serfdom -2
• Event 184075 - Peasant Unrest for Switzerland will never fire

Switzerland — Not random

Conditions

• Country is not at war
• Serfdom is at 6 or higher
• The following must not occur:
  • Serfdom is at 8 or higher

Will happen within 120 days of January 2, 1717
Checked again every 120 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1729)
unless prevented by
Action B of 184076 - Peasant Revolts for Switzerland

Description

The Rural cantons were always weary of the dominance of the great Urban regions, especially Zurich, Lucerne and Berne. In such times that the oligarchs of these cities exerted continual dominance, the members of the rural areas would voice their anger. In 1717 the peasants of the rural population of Wilchingen revolted against the undemocratic rule of the cities. The peasants are becoming restless.

Actions

A. They will have to wait until the next Diet

• Global revolt risk +4 for 120 months
• Stability -1

B. Placate the Rural Cantons

• Global revolt risk +2 for 60 months
• -100
• Serfdom -1

Switzerland — Not random

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1719
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1738)

Description

The Swiss Confederation was made up of around 10-20 seperate entities during the EU2 timeframe. These entities were made up of rural cantons and Urban city-states and each governed themselves to a large degree. However effects affecting the confederation as a whole would be put to a diet where each canton and city would contribute, these diets would be held regularly, one of which is now being held. We now have a choice by choosing whether the Urban or Rural Cantons will be dominant and which we think would best benefit the Confederation at this time.

Actions

A. Urban Cantons Dominant

• Monarch Tagsatzung will never rule
• Monarch XVI Tagsatzung - Urban becomes active

B. Rural Cantons Dominant

• Monarch Tagsatzung will never rule
• Monarch XVI Tagsatzung - Rural becomes active

Switzerland — Not random

Conditions

• Event 5900 - The Russian Academy of Sciences for Russia has already occurred

Will happen within 720 days of April 2, 1726
Checked again every 720 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 2, 1752)
unless prevented by
Action A of 5900 - The Russian Academy of Sciences for Russia

Description

The Swiss Leonhard Euler was, perhaps, the best mathematician of the 18th century. His work included: number theory, infinitesimal analysis including its emerging branches, differential equations and the calculus of variations and rational mechanics. He viewed these three fields as intimately interconnected. Studies of number theory were vital to the foundations of calculus, and special functions and differential equations were essential to rational mechanics, which supplied concrete problems.

Actions

A. We have the best mathematician in the world!

• Infrastructure tech investment: +100
• Land tech investment: +50

Switzerland — Not random

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1739
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1758)

Description

The Swiss Confederation was made up of around 10-20 seperate entities during the EU2 timeframe. These entities were made up of rural cantons and Urban city-states and each governed themselves to a large degree. However effects affecting the confederation as a whole would be put to a diet where each canton and city would contribute, these diets would be held regularly, one of which is now being held. We now have a choice by choosing whether the Urban or Rural Cantons will be dominant and which we think would best benefit the Confederation at this time.

Actions

A. Urban Cantons Dominant

• Monarch Tagsatzung will never rule
• Monarch XVII Tagsatzung - Urban becomes active

B. Rural Cantons Dominant

• Monarch Tagsatzung will never rule
• Monarch XVII Tagsatzung - Rural becomes active

Switzerland — Not random

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1759
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1778)

Description

The Swiss Confederation was made up of around 10-20 seperate entities during the EU2 timeframe. These entities were made up of rural cantons and Urban city-states and each governed themselves to a large degree. However effects affecting the confederation as a whole would be put to a diet where each canton and city would contribute, these diets would be held regularly, one of which is now being held. We now have a choice by choosing whether the Urban or Rural Cantons will be dominant and which we think would best benefit the Confederation at this time.

Actions

A. Urban Cantons Dominant

• Monarch Tagsatzung will never rule
• Monarch XVIII Tagsatzung - Urban becomes active

B. Rural Cantons Dominant

• Monarch Tagsatzung will never rule
• Monarch XVIII Tagsatzung - Rural becomes active

Switzerland — Not random

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1779
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1798)

Description

The Swiss Confederation was made up of around 10-20 seperate entities during the EU2 timeframe. These entities were made up of rural cantons and Urban city-states and each governed themselves to a large degree. However effects affecting the confederation as a whole would be put to a diet where each canton and city would contribute, these diets would be held regularly, one of which is now being held. We now have a choice by choosing whether the Urban or Rural Cantons will be dominant and which we think would best benefit the Confederation at this time.

Actions

A. Urban Cantons Dominant

• Monarch Tagsatzung will never rule
• Monarch XIX Tagsatzung - Urban becomes active

B. Rural Cantons Dominant

• Monarch Tagsatzung will never rule
• Monarch XIX Tagsatzung - Rural becomes active

Switzerland — Not random

Conditions

• Event 170095 - The Commune of Paris for France has already occurred

Will happen within 10 days of August 11, 1792
Checked again every 10 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1795)

Description

The Paris mob, inflamed by the heinous writings of Marat, stormed the Tuileries Palace. The King escaped but most Swiss guards were killed. The other Swiss Regiments in the French Army were later disbanded. This was felt like an affront in all Switzerland.

Actions

A. We are deeply shocked! France adds insult to injury!

• -75 relations with France
• Gain a temporary casus belli against France for 24 months
• +5000 infantry in the capital province
• +20 artillery in the capital province

B. We are very sorry but this is not our problem

• Stability -1
• Global revolt risk +3 for 12 months
• Lose 1000 troops in a random province

Switzerland — Not random

Will happen within 30 days of January 2, 1799
Checked again every 30 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 31, 1819)
unless prevented by
Action A of 170106 - The Helvetic Republic for France

Description

The Swiss Confederation was made up of around 10-20 seperate entities during the EU2 timeframe. These entities were made up of rural cantons and Urban city-states and each governed themselves to a large degree. However effects affecting the confederation as a whole would be put to a diet where each canton and city would contribute, these diets would be held regularly, one of which is now being held. We now have a choice by choosing whether the Urban or Rural Cantons will be dominant and which we think would best benefit the Confederation at this time.

Actions

A. Rural Cantons Dominant

• Monarch Tagsatzung will never rule
• Monarch XX Tagsatzung - Rural becomes active

B. Urban Cantons Dominant

• Monarch Tagsatzung will never rule
• Monarch XX Tagsatzung - Urban becomes active

Switzerland — Not random

Conditions

• Event 20311 - A troubled period begins for Switzerland has already occurred
• Event 12124 - General Bonaparte First Consul for France has already occurred

Will happen within 2000 days of March 2, 1803
Checked again every 2000 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 31, 1819)

Description

With his Mediation Act of 1803, Napoléon eventually restored order and stability. This new constitution reestablished a political structure similar to that of the old Confederation of 13 cantons. Some new cantons were even added. In return for this more suitable regime, however, the Swiss had to maintain not less than 16,000 men in the French army on a permanent basis.

Actions

A. OK

• Flag graphics set to default
• Monarch Tagsatzung becomes active
• Stability +3
• Infrastructure tech investment: +500
• Trade tech investment: +500
• +5000 population in a random province
• +1 base tax value in the same province

Switzerland — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 170106 - The Helvetic Republic for France

Description

Following its mission to 'liberate' all the European populations from the grasp of the Ancien Régime, the French post-revolutionary governments abolished the Confederation and established the Helvetic Republic, with a single constitution, giving little consideration for the history and traditions of the Swiss country. Internal disorder would arise and steadily worsen. The pro-French puppet state would be unable to cope with the new 'innovative' situation. Anarchy prevailed then for years until the Restoration of Vienna re-established the Confederate government and confirm Switzerland perpetual neutrality.

Actions

A. We are in deep trouble

• Stability -6
• A random province revolts
• A random province revolts
• Lose courthouse in a random province
• Global revolt risk +5 for 36 months
• Monarch Helvetic Republic becomes active
• Flag graphics extension set to "Republic"
• Schwyz leaves the Holy Roman Empire
• Bern leaves the Holy Roman Empire

Switzerland — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 179030 - Austrian Response - Burgundy Wars for Austria

Description

The Austrians have subsidised our struggle against the Burgundians.

Actions

A. Huzzah!

• +200

Switzerland — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 170081 - French Response - Burgundy Wars for France

Description

The French have subsidised our struggle against the Burgundians.

Actions

A. Huzzah!

• +200

Switzerland — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 20300 - Unrest in Alsace for Burgundy

Description

Charles the Bold's greatest dream was to establish a grand duchy which would link the North Sea to the Mediterranean. To expand in Italy, he needed to secure the Alps passes. In 1474, encouraged by Louis XI, the Swiss seized the opportunity of a rebellion in Alsace to anticipate this expansion and declared war on Burgundy.

Actions

A. Charge!

• -100 relations with Burgundy
• +25 relations with France
• +10000 infantry in the capital province
• +1000 cavalry in the capital province
• Gain a temporary casus belli against Burgundy for 12 months
• Leader Hans von Hallwil becomes active

B. We will find a diplomatic solution to this threat

• +50 relations with Burgundy
• -20 relations with France
• +20 relations with Savoy
• +1 diplomats

Switzerland — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 3128 - Protestants expelled from France for France

Description

Louis XIV embarked on a policy of persecuting the Protestants. Finally, in 1685, he declared that the majority of Protestants had been converted to Catholicism and that the Edict of Nantes of 1598, having thus become superfluous, was revoked. Thousands of French Protestants fled abroad to escape the violent persecutions which followed immediately. Switzerland, like England, the Netherlands and other Protestant states, appealed to many highly skilled and industrious people, who strenghtened her economy.

Actions

A. We welcome them with open arms

• +5000 population in the capital province
• +1 base tax value in the capital province
• +5000 population in a random province
• +1 base tax value in the same province
• Infrastructure tech investment: +1000
• Trade tech investment: +1000

Switzerland — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 170042 - The destiny of Ludovico Sforza for France

Description

When in 1499 the French troops invaded Milan, Ludovico il Moro escaped to Innsbruck in Austria at the court of Maximilian I to ask his protection. Louis XII remained in Milan only a couple of months, then he made return to France and left Trivulzio there as his viceroy. But Trivulzio's way to administrate provoked deep Milanese resentments as much as to long for a Sforza's return and in January 1500, hearing that Sforza was assemblying troops to conquer Milan, an Anti-French revolt broke out in the city, the french troops were forced to abandon Milan except the garrison in Castello Sforzesco. In facts, with the gold he brought with, il Moro could hire mercenary troops and by February 1500 he made his entrance in Milan. After Milan, Sforza retook all the cities in the duchy and beyond Ticino River, where in Novara he had to face a French counterattack led by La Trémouille, also hiring Swiss mercenaries. The Swiss troops hired by il Moro, probably lured by the French gold and incited by their fellow-countrymen in the opposite camp refused to fight. 'The Duke's forces were composed of different races: German 'landsknechte', Burgundians who were commanded by the same Claude de Vauldray who had fought with the Good Knight in his first tournament, and Swiss mercenaries. There were bands of Swiss fighting on the side of the French, and those within the city declared that they would not fight against their fellow-countrymen in the other camp. They laid down their arms, and neither threat nor promise availed. Soon it was discovered that one of the gates of Novara had been opened by treachery, and that the French were entering the city. Then, as a last hope, Ludovico and his companions put on the dress of common soldiers and mixed with them in the ranks. But the unfortunate Duke was betrayed by one of the Swiss captains, who was put to death later by his own countrymen as a traitor.'(Bayard: The Good Knight Without Fear And Without Reproach, e-book by Christopher Hare) Ludovico Sforza was recognised and captured, then sent as prisoner to France where he miserably died, some years later, in the Castle of Loches, in Turenne. On 15 April 1500 The French troops made their second entrance in Milan.

Actions

A. We can't fight against our brothers!

• Stability -1
• +75
• Monarch's military skill -2 for 12 months

Switzerland — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 251021 - The Swiss Guard in Rome for Papal States

Description

When, at the end of the 15th century, with Charles VIII the Italian Wars began, the Swiss were described by the Italian historian Guicciardini, as 'the nerve and the hope of an army'. In 1495 the life of the King of France was saved thanks to the immovable firmness of his Swiss foot-soldiers. At the beginning of the 16th century the Vatican began to employ Swiss mercenaries, who had a reputation of courage, noble sentiments and loyalty. Because of their faithful and disinterested service Pope Julius II in 1505 asked the Swiss Federal Tagesatzung to provide him with a constant core of 200 Swiss mercenaries for the protection of the Apostolic palace in Rome. In September 1505, a first contingent of 150 soldiers started their march towards Rome, they entered for the first time the Vatican in the evening of the 22nd of January 1506, where they were blessed by Pope Julius II. The prelate Johann Burchard of Strasbourg, Master of Pontifical Ceremonies at that time, and author of a famous chronicle, noted that event in his diary. Their first, and most significant, hostile engagement was on May 6, 1527 when 147 Guards, including their commander, died fighting the lansquenets lead by Charles de Bourbon, Constable of France, in the Sack of Rome.

Actions

A. We swear to faithfully, honestly and honorably serve the Pope

• +100
• +20 relations with Papal States
• -1 national manpower

Switzerland — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 179072 - Swiss asking for independence for Austria

Description

Over the years the House of Habsburg was losing its influence on the policies of the Swiss cantons, mostly becasue of the Calvinist doctrines professed early in Geneva and then in the neighbouring cities which were against the Roman Catholicism to which the Austrian and Spanish royals were highly devoted. That would cause strong religious conflicts between peripheries and central authority. Only after the promulgation of the Edict of Tolerance, which stated that all religions had equal dignity, Switzerland was formally acknowledged her independence from the Holy Roman Empire.

Actions

A. OK

• Break vassalization with Austria
• Stability +4
• Offensive Doctrine -1
• +20 relations with France
• +20 relations with Austria
• +20 relations with Spain
• +20 relations with a random country
• +20 relations with a random country
• +20 relations with a random country

Switzerland — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 170163 - Swiss asking for perpetual peace for France

Description

The fightings between the French and the Swiss troops during the Italian Wars meant the end of the Swiss military tecnique based on the use of pikemen only, the most efficent up until those times, and the beginning of a new way of fighting with the coordination of infantry, cavalry and artillery forces. Until the battle of Marignano in 1515, Switzerland had always provided mercenaries to the best hirer: her soldiers were the most requested troops of those times because of their reputation of courage and loyalty. However Switzerland decided to negotiate a perpetual peace with the French Kings, a peace that would endure until the French Revolution, and promised she wouldn't any longer provide mercenary troops in military campaigns against France. Switzerland's day was over, its neutral status would begin.

Actions

A. OK

• Break vassalization with France
• Stability +4
• Offensive Doctrine -1
• +20 relations with France
• +20 relations with Austria
• +20 relations with Spain
• +20 relations with a random country
• +20 relations with a random country
• +20 relations with a random country

Switzerland — Random

Conditions

• Country is at war

Description

The Swiss Confederation was made up of around 10-20 seperate entities during the EU2 timeframe. These entities were made up of rural cantons and Urban city-states and each governed themselves to a large degree. However effects affecting the confederation as a whole would be put to a diet where each canton and city would contribute, these diets would be held regularly, including times of extreme danger, an emergency meeting has been called.

Actions

A. Mobilise the Cantons!

• -50
• +5000 infantry in a random province

B. Seek diplomatic solutions

• +100
• +3 diplomats

Switzerland — Random

Conditions

• Country is at war

Description

The Swiss Confederation was made up of around 10-20 seperate entities during the EU2 timeframe. These entities were made up of rural cantons and Urban city-states and each governed themselves to a large degree. However effects affecting the confederation as a whole would be put to a diet where each canton and city would contribute, these diets would be held regularly, including times of extreme danger, an emergency meeting has been called.

Actions

A. Mobilise the Cantons!

• -50
• +5000 infantry in a random province

B. Seek diplomatic solutions

• +100
• +3 diplomats

Switzerland — Random

Conditions

• Country is at war

Description

The Swiss Confederation was made up of around 10-20 seperate entities during the EU2 timeframe. These entities were made up of rural cantons and Urban city-states and each governed themselves to a large degree. However effects affecting the confederation as a whole would be put to a diet where each canton and city would contribute, these diets would be held regularly, including times of extreme danger, an emergency meeting has been called.

Actions

A. Mobilise the Cantons!

• -50
• +5000 infantry in a random province

B. Seek diplomatic solutions

• +100
• +3 diplomats

Switzerland — Random

Conditions

• Country is not at war
• Serfdom is at 8 or higher

Description

The Rural cantons were always weary of the dominance of the great Urban regions, especially Zurich, Lucerne and Berne. In such times that the oligarchs of these cities exerted continual dominance, the members of the rural areas would voice their anger. As we can see the peasants are furious at the present conditions.

Actions

A. Try to Placate the peasants

• A random province revolts
• Global revolt risk +3 for 12 months
• -200
• Serfdom -2

B. Put down the revolts

• Global revolt risk +6 for 24 months
• Stability -1
• A random province revolts
• A random province revolts
• A random province revolts

Switzerland — Random

Conditions

• Country is not at war
• Serfdom is at 8 or higher

Description

The Rural cantons were always weary of the dominance of the great Urban regions, especially Zurich, Lucerne and Berne. In such times that the oligarchs of these cities exerted continual dominance, the members of the rural areas would voice their anger. As we can see the peasants are furious at the present conditions.

Actions

A. Try to Placate the peasants

• A random province revolts
• Global revolt risk +3 for 12 months
• -200
• Serfdom -2

B. Put down the revolts

• Global revolt risk +6 for 24 months
• Stability -1
• A random province revolts
• A random province revolts
• A random province revolts

Switzerland — Random

Conditions

• Country is not at war
• Serfdom is at 8 or higher

Description

The Rural cantons were always weary of the dominance of the great Urban regions, especially Zurich, Lucerne and Berne. In such times that the oligarchs of these cities exerted continual dominance, the members of the rural areas would voice their anger. As we can see the peasants are furious at the present conditions.

Actions

A. Try to Placate the peasants

• A random province revolts
• Global revolt risk +3 for 12 months
• -200
• Serfdom -2

B. Put down the revolts

• Global revolt risk +6 for 24 months
• Stability -1
• A random province revolts
• A random province revolts
• A random province revolts

Switzerland — Random

Conditions

• Country is not at war
• Serfdom is at 6 or higher
• The following must not occur:
  • Serfdom is at 8 or higher

Description

The Rural cantons were always weary of the dominance of the great Urban regions, especially Zurich, Lucerne and Berne. In such times that the oligarchs of these cities exerted continual dominance, the members of the rural areas would voice their anger. As we can see the peasants are upset at the present conditions.

Actions

A. Placate the Rural Cantons

• Global revolt risk +2 for 6 months
• -100
• Serfdom -1

B. They will have to wait until the next Diet

• Global revolt risk +4 for 12 months
• Stability -1

Switzerland — Random

Conditions

• Country is not at war
• Serfdom is at 6 or higher
• The following must not occur:
  • Serfdom is at 8 or higher

Description

The Rural cantons were always weary of the dominance of the great Urban regions, especially Zurich, Lucerne and Berne. In such times that the oligarchs of these cities exerted continual dominance, the members of the rural areas would voice their anger. As we can see the peasants are upset at the present conditions.

Actions

A. Placate the Rural Cantons

• Global revolt risk +2 for 6 months
• -100
• Serfdom -1

B. They will have to wait until the next Diet

• Global revolt risk +4 for 12 months
• Stability -1

Switzerland — Random

Conditions

• Country is not at war
• Serfdom is at 6 or higher
• The following must not occur:
  • Serfdom is at 8 or higher

Description

The Rural cantons were always weary of the dominance of the great Urban regions, especially Zurich, Lucerne and Berne. In such times that the oligarchs of these cities exerted continual dominance, the members of the rural areas would voice their anger. As we can see the peasants are upset at the present conditions.

Actions

A. Placate the Rural Cantons

• Global revolt risk +2 for 6 months
• -100
• Serfdom -1

B. They will have to wait until the next Diet

• Global revolt risk +4 for 12 months
• Stability -1

Switzerland — Random

Conditions

• Country is not at war

Description

The Pikemen of the Swiss Confederation gained a deserved reputation in Renaissance Europe as some of the finest. Any noble with the necessary means to do so would attempt to try and hire the Swiss mercenaries for any adventure they were undertaking and would consider it well worth the money. This would continue until 1515AD when the Swiss found themselves involved in problematic ventures in North Italy and from this date would begin to become more neutral in European ventures. A foreign power wishes to hire our troops.

Actions

A. Agree to the Transaction

• -2 national manpower
• +200

B. Our men are not for sale

• -25 relations with a random country
• +25 relations with a random country
• +25 relations with a random country
• +25 relations with a random country
• +25 relations with a random country
• +25 relations with a random country
• Land tech investment: -10
• Monarch's diplomatic skill +1 for 12 months

Switzerland — Random

Conditions

• Country is not at war

Description

The Pikemen of the Swiss Confederation gained a deserved reputation in Renaissance Europe as some of the finest. Any noble with the necessary means to do so would attempt to try and hire the Swiss mercenaries for any adventure they were undertaking and would consider it well worth the money. This would continue until 1515AD when the Swiss found themselves involved in problematic ventures in North Italy and from this date would begin to become more neutral in European ventures. A foreign power wishes to hire our troops.

Actions

A. Agree to the Transaction

• -2 national manpower
• +200

B. Our men are not for sale

• -25 relations with a random country
• +25 relations with a random country
• +25 relations with a random country
• +25 relations with a random country
• +25 relations with a random country
• +25 relations with a random country
• Land tech investment: -10
• Monarch's diplomatic skill +1 for 12 months

Switzerland — Random

Conditions

• Country is not at war

Description

The Pikemen of the Swiss Confederation gained a deserved reputation in Renaissance Europe as some of the finest. Any noble with the necessary means to do so would attempt to try and hire the Swiss mercenaries for any adventure they were undertaking and would consider it well worth the money. This would continue until 1515AD when the Swiss found themselves involved in problematic ventures in North Italy and from this date would begin to become more neutral in European ventures. A foreign power wishes to hire our troops.

Actions

A. Agree to the Transaction

• -2 national manpower
• +200

B. Our men are not for sale

• -25 relations with a random country
• +25 relations with a random country
• +25 relations with a random country
• +25 relations with a random country
• +25 relations with a random country
• +25 relations with a random country
• Land tech investment: -10
• Monarch's diplomatic skill +1 for 12 months

Switzerland — Random

Conditions

• Country is not at war

Description

The Pikemen of the Swiss Confederation gained a deserved reputation in Renaissance Europe as some of the finest. Any noble with the necessary means to do so would attempt to try and hire the Swiss mercenaries for any adventure they were undertaking and would consider it well worth the money. This would continue until 1515AD when the Swiss found themselves involved in problematic ventures in North Italy and from this date would begin to become more neutral in European ventures. A foreign power wishes to hire our troops.

Actions

A. Agree to the Transaction

• -2 national manpower
• +200

B. Our men are not for sale

• -25 relations with a random country
• +25 relations with a random country
• +25 relations with a random country
• +25 relations with a random country
• +25 relations with a random country
• +25 relations with a random country
• Land tech investment: -10
• Monarch's diplomatic skill +1 for 12 months

Switzerland — Random

Conditions

• Country is not at war

Description

The Pikemen of the Swiss Confederation gained a deserved reputation in Renaissance Europe as some of the finest. Any noble with the necessary means to do so would attempt to try and hire the Swiss mercenaries for any adventure they were undertaking and would consider it well worth the money. This would continue until 1515AD when the Swiss found themselves involved in problematic ventures in North Italy and from this date would begin to become more neutral in European ventures. A foreign power wishes to hire our troops.

Actions

A. Agree to the Transaction

• -2 national manpower
• +200

B. Our men are not for sale

• -25 relations with a random country
• +25 relations with a random country
• +25 relations with a random country
• +25 relations with a random country
• +25 relations with a random country
• +25 relations with a random country
• Land tech investment: -10
• Monarch's diplomatic skill +1 for 12 months

Switzerland — Random

Conditions

• Country is not at war
• Serfdom is at 1 or higher
• The following must not occur:
  • Serfdom is at 3 or higher

Description

The Urban cantons would often find themselves playing second fiddle to the will of the Rural cantons. As continued Rural dominance prevaled, the Urban cantons would tend to prevaricate and provide as much difficulty as they could to the workings of the Rural councils. As we can see the oligarchs are upset at the present conditions.

Actions

A. Placate the Urban Cantons

• Monarch's military skill -2 for 120 months
• Monarch's administrative skill -2 for 120 months
• Serfdom +1

B. They will have to wait until the next Diet

• Global revolt risk +4 for 12 months
• Stability -1

Switzerland — Random

Conditions

• Country is not at war
• Serfdom is at 1 or higher
• The following must not occur:
  • Serfdom is at 3 or higher

Description

The Urban cantons would often find themselves playing second fiddle to the will of the Rural cantons. As continued Rural dominance prevaled, the Urban cantons would tend to prevaricate and provide as much difficulty as they could to the workings of the Rural councils. As we can see the oligarchs are upset at the present conditions.

Actions

A. Placate the Urban Cantons

• Monarch's military skill -2 for 120 months
• Monarch's administrative skill -2 for 120 months
• Serfdom +1

B. They will have to wait until the next Diet

• Global revolt risk +4 for 12 months
• Stability -1

Switzerland — Random

Conditions

• Country is not at war
• Serfdom is at 1 or higher
• The following must not occur:
  • Serfdom is at 3 or higher

Description

The Urban cantons would often find themselves playing second fiddle to the will of the Rural cantons. As continued Rural dominance prevaled, the Urban cantons would tend to prevaricate and provide as much difficulty as they could to the workings of the Rural councils. As we can see the oligarchs are upset at the present conditions.

Actions

A. Placate the Urban Cantons

• Monarch's military skill -2 for 120 months
• Monarch's administrative skill -2 for 120 months
• Serfdom +1

B. They will have to wait until the next Diet

• Global revolt risk +4 for 12 months
• Stability -1

Switzerland — Random

Conditions

• Country is not at war
• The following must not occur:
  • Serfdom is at 1 or higher

Description

The Urban cantons would often find themselves playing second fiddle to the will of the Rural cantons. As continued Rural dominance prevaled, the Urban cantons would tend to prevaricate and provide as much difficulty as they could to the workings of the Rural councils. As we can see the oligarchs are furious at the present conditions.

Actions

A. Try to Placate the Oligarchs

• Monarch's diplomatic skill +1 for 240 months
• Monarch's military skill -2 for 240 months
• Monarch's administrative skill -2 for 240 months
• Serfdom +2

B. Prepare for the Repurcussions

• Global revolt risk +6 for 24 months
• Stability -1
• A random province revolts
• A random province revolts
• A random province revolts

Switzerland — Random

Conditions

• Country is not at war
• The following must not occur:
  • Serfdom is at 1 or higher

Description

The Urban cantons would often find themselves playing second fiddle to the will of the Rural cantons. As continued Rural dominance prevaled, the Urban cantons would tend to prevaricate and provide as much difficulty as they could to the workings of the Rural councils. As we can see the oligarchs are furious at the present conditions.

Actions

A. Try to Placate the Oligarchs

• Monarch's diplomatic skill +1 for 240 months
• Monarch's military skill -2 for 240 months
• Monarch's administrative skill -2 for 240 months
• Serfdom +2

B. Prepare for the Repurcussions

• Global revolt risk +6 for 24 months
• Stability -1
• A random province revolts
• A random province revolts
• A random province revolts

Switzerland — Random

Conditions

• Country is not at war
• The following must not occur:
  • Serfdom is at 1 or higher

Description

The Urban cantons would often find themselves playing second fiddle to the will of the Rural cantons. As continued Rural dominance prevaled, the Urban cantons would tend to prevaricate and provide as much difficulty as they could to the workings of the Rural councils. As we can see the oligarchs are furious at the present conditions.

Actions

A. Try to Placate the Oligarchs

• Monarch's diplomatic skill +1 for 240 months
• Monarch's military skill -2 for 240 months
• Monarch's administrative skill -2 for 240 months
• Serfdom +2

B. Prepare for the Repurcussions

• Global revolt risk +6 for 24 months
• Stability -1
• A random province revolts
• A random province revolts
• A random province revolts