When our current leader came to power, great promises were made to the underclasses about lightening their heavy tax burden. But we cannot fail to pay for our military commitments, meaning that this money must be found somewhere. Since the Nobility pay almost nothing while holding the most productive lands, it stands to reason that they should shoulder this burden, but of course we cannot expect them to accept this without grumbling. We have three imperfect solutions to this problem. First, we can reclaim lands previously granted to certain Nobility and therefore turn them back into a source of Country Adjective revenue. Our second option would be to tax the upper classes, although this is quite unorthodox. Finally, we could go back on our earlier promises, and allow things to continue as they currently are... at least, until backlash occurs, which it inevitably will.
884desc = flavor_swe.17.descWhen our current leader came to power, great promises were made to the underclasses about lightening their heavy tax burden. But we cannot fail to pay for our military commitments, meaning that this money must be found somewhere. Since the Nobility pay almost nothing while holding the most productive lands, it stands to reason that they should shoulder this burden, but of course we cannot expect them to accept this without grumbling. We have three imperfect solutions to this problem. First, we can reclaim lands previously granted to certain Nobility and therefore turn them back into a source of Country Adjective revenue. Our second option would be to tax the upper classes, although this is quite unorthodox. Finally, we could go back on our earlier promises, and allow things to continue as they currently are... at least, until backlash occurs, which it inevitably will.
885outcome = neutral
886historical_info = flavor_swe.17.historical_infoCharles Gustavus's selection as Crown Prince came about only with promises of change for the peasants and burghers at the Riksdag of 1650. Thus, when he succeeded Christina to the throne in 1654, he felt an obligation to lighten their burden as well as to strengthen the state finances. As always, there were only two real ways of accomplishing this - reduction, or increased contributions from the aristocracy. With great reluctance, the nobles agreed to a limited reduction. After all, increased contributions were almost the same thing as paying taxes, something nobles simply did not do.
SwedenCountrydynamic historical event.tag, trigger
NobilityEstateimmediate