Four central Italian provinces that are well-developed, good early-game manpower for such a small state, excellent tax revenue, and a single-province vassal ready to use as a buffer for overextension are all in the plus column.īe friendly with them and wait, alt-f4, reload, or replay. The two have the following effects: The conversions are usually meaningless, as these provinces start Catholic and rarely end up under the control of a non-Catholic country by 1540. On top of this, the Papal State has a −25% cost to fabricate claims bonus. Naplesto the southeast, waters of the Tyrrenean Sea (Western Mediterranean area) to the south. As with all theocracies, the Papal State cannot have royal marriages or personal unions, and since it is not a monastic order cannot make its leader a general unless the government reform 'Magister Militum Dei' is taken. Normally, when the Papal State is destroyed, which it is due to your converted CK2 save, another catholic theocracy becomes the Papal State. I think there's an exception to this due to the formation of Italy. Time to let Common Sense rule the day as we jump back into the dangerous and tumultuous world of EU4.
