Institution

Meritocracy

meritocracy

Individuals of great prestige and power often appoint those closest to them to particularly influential positions.

The advent of Meritocracy as an institution and thought movement was largely popular in the courts of China. There, Confucius himself supported the notion that those who govern should do so on the basis of merit, not due to inherited status. This led to the replacement of the traditional Chinese aristocracy with one based solely on merit.

The development of this institution would cause ripples across and beyond the borders of Asia, eventually reaching the royal courts of Europe, even those whose nobles had a crushing grasp on the mechanisms of power and authority.

Can spawn

Continent: Asia
Has an owner
OwnerRoot: capital
Location Rank: CityorMegalopolis
Dominant Culture: OwnerCulture

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	average_location_literacy + num_pop_type:burghers × 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