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The Bulgarian Cloth Industry
The Bulgarian towns will be transformed into the industrial heartland of the peninsula through the specialized production of Aba (a durable, thick woolen cloth) and Gaitan (decorative braid). By organizing the local weavers and shepherds into powerful, self-governing guilds, the Bulgarian merchants will be able to secure massive state contracts for the outfitting of the regional armies and the growing urban middle classes of the Mediterranean. This economic surge creates a merchant aristocracy that will signal the transition of the Bulgarian people from a rural peasantry to a sophisticated, proto-industrial society with the financial power to dictate terms to their neighbors.
PhysiocracyAdvancerequiresBulgarianCulturepotentialAdvance tree
Modifiers
Cloth Output+10%
Fine Cloth Output+10%
Definitionin_game/common/advances/country_BUL.txt:293
295icon = zmw_merchant_taxes
297potential = {
298OR = {
}
}