Institution

Printing Press

printing_press

The ability to mass-produce the written word would revolutionize the spread of information and, in many ways, society as a whole. Pioneered by talented individuals, such as Venetian printer Aldus Manutius, this new art helped fuel the Renaissance by making the translated classics more widely available. Later, the Reformation benefitted greatly from the ability to spread critical publications and translations of the Holy Scriptures.

Now that printing has matured as a technique and spread throughout Europe, hundreds of thousands of copies of everything from religious and political pamphlets, to scientific treatises, to etiquette guides are circulating the continent. With print shops growing ever more commonplace, rulers have found it hard to contain the new technique, as the comparatively easy means of production means censorship can be sidestepped by moving one's business across a border — or even just changing the name on a title page.

Can spawn

At least one of

All of
- Has game rule: Random City
- Location Rank: CityorMegalopolis
All of
- Has game rule: Historical
- This: Mainz
All of
- Has game rule: Dynamic
- - Ownerproduced_in_country:paper > 5
  - Has Renaissance
  - num_pop_type:burghers > 1
  - Has a University with at least one level
  - OwnerMore than 20 towards Innovative
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Exact conditions

How it spreads

Into a location

From friendly neighbouring locations	average_location_literacy × 0.0375
From any neighbouring location	average_location_literacy × 0.005
Through imports	development × 0.01 + average_location_literacy × 0.025
Through exports	development × 0.01 + average_location_literacy × 0.025
To locations in the same market	average_location_literacy × 0.012
To the market centre	1
To the capital, once the country has embraced it	average_location_literacy × 0.025
Where it could have appeared	institution_spread_from_was_possible_spawn_mid
Control scaling, once the owner has embraced it	2
Chance to be promoted	average_location_literacy + average_location_literacy × 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