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The Law of the Seven Towns

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Recognizing the immense strategic and financial value of the northern territories, King Charles Robert of Anjou bypassed the unruly local barons by granting special 'Royal Free Town' status to the primary mining centers, such as Banská Štiavnica and Kremnica. These settlements were removed from the jurisdiction of local lords and placed directly under the Tavernicus (the royal treasurer), creating a direct financial link between the mountain mines and the throne. This legal framework has fostered a loyal, urbanized tax base and a German-Slavic merchant class that has operated independently of feudal land rights. This administrative shift has ensured that our nation has a reliable source of ready coin, funding the central government's efforts to stabilize the realm and professionalize the royal bureaucracy.

RequiresMedieval AdministrationAdvancerequires

Conditions

Potential

Is or was Slovakia

Exact conditions

Advance tree

1. Written Alphabet
2. Codified Laws
3. Legalism
4. Medieval Administration
5. The Law of the Seven Towns

Modifiers

• Expand Mining Cost−10%
• Income from Minting+10%

Connections

Requires 2

Advances

• Medieval AdministrationTraditionsRequires

Formable Countries

• SlovakiaPotential

Belongs to 1

• TraditionsAge

Definitionin_game/common/advances/culture_slovak.txt:18

age = age_1_traditions

icon = banking_advance

▾potential = {

has_or_had_tag = SLO

}

expand_rgo_mining_cost_modifier = -0.1

minting_income_factor = 0.1

requires = medieval_administration

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