Institution

Legalism

legalism

The theories behind Legalism have been integral to Chinese society for hundreds of years. The concept that strict laws, centralized authority, and bureaucratic efficiency lead to a stable, prosperous state with a powerful army is deeply rooted in many ideologies throughout East Asia.

As merchants and migrants facilitated the exchange of ideas across the world, Legalism entered the vast Muslim sphere, where it became part of the symbiotic relationship between believers and non-Muslim subjects.

In Europe, Legalism emerged from the dying gasps of the Roman Empire. After its decline, its systematic legal codes were adapted and transformed into the foundational jurisprudence for many nations on the continent.

Can spawn

Continent: Europe
Has an owner
num_pop_type:nobles > 0

Exact conditions

How it spreads

Into a location

From friendly neighbouring locations	average_location_literacy × 0.05
From any neighbouring location	average_location_literacy × 0.01
Through imports	development × 0.03 + average_location_literacy × 0.1
Through exports	development × 0.03 + average_location_literacy × 0.1
To locations in the same market	average_location_literacy × 0.03
To the market centre	1
To the capital, once the country has embraced it	average_location_literacy × 0.05
Control scaling, once the owner has embraced it	2
Chance to be promoted	num_pop_type:clergy × 10

Institution Growth speeds up all of these: Institution Growth (in the location)Institution Growth (country-wide)

Through diplomacy

Each month, countries send the institutions they have embraced to their partner's capital.


Sharing Knowledge	To the country receiving it	0.5
Reined in Junior Diplomacy	To the country receiving it	0.5
Colonial Nation	Both ways	0.5
Conquistador	Both ways	0.5
Dominion	Both ways	0.5
Fiefdom	Both ways	0.5
Member of the Hansa	Both ways	0.5
March	Both ways	0.5
Pradhāna-Mahā-Sāmanta	Both ways	0.5
Secessionists	Both ways	0.5
State Bank	Both ways	0.5
Trade Company	Both ways	0.5
Appanage	Both ways	0.3
Agitate for Liberty	To the country receiving it	0.2
Alliance	Both ways	0.2
Officers Sent	To the country receiving it	0.2
Direct Imperial Free City	Both ways	0.2
Familial Governor	Both ways	0.2
Imperial Free City	Both ways	0.2
Mahā-Sāmanta	Both ways	0.2
Prónoia	Both ways	0.2
Ṭā'ifa	Both ways	0.2
Tǔsī	Both ways	0.2
Uç Bey	Both ways	0.2
Vassal	Both ways	0.2
Fleet Basing Rights	Both ways	0.1
Sponsorship of Military Order	To the country receiving it	0.1
Strengthened Family Ties	To the country receiving it	0.1
Loyalists Supported	To the country receiving it	0.1
Military Supported	To the country receiving it	0.1
Sāmanta	Both ways	0.1
Tributary	Both ways	0.1