Situation

War of Religions

war_of_religions

After several decades of religious strife, dissent over the correct practice of Christian worship in the Holy Roman Empire has reached a point where armed conflict between the Protestant Union and Catholic League seems impossible to avoid. While these organizations of Imperial princes are mainly concerned with the protection of their respective faiths, many leaders in Europe look at the turbulent Empire with greedy eyes. Whether it be charged with religious fervor or worldly desire, the mightiest powers of Europe are preparing their armies for a fight, as the peace of the Empire hangs in a delicate balance.

The game's hint

During the War of Religions Situation, two International Organizations try to ensure the survival of their Religions within the Holy Roman Empire. The Protestant Union and the Catholic League will offer protection to Countries of the empire. With rising tensions, both will be able to try establishing religious supremacy, altering the Laws of the Holy Roman Empire to their preference.

Recommended Actions:
Join the International Organization you want to support
Seek new Alliances with outside countries
As a non-member Country of the Holy Roman Empire, seek an Alliance with the leader of the prefered religious league

If you are a Leader of a Religious League:
Use the Situation Action Prepare Military Escalation to gain the Religious Superiority
Once you used it, you can enforce the Religious Supremacy to enforce your factions demands
Use the Situation Action Negotiate Member Removal to remove dangerous countries from the other International Organization before the War breaks out

Extra Hints:
During the War of Religious Superiority Countries will acquire War Exhaustion
If 80% of all participants desire Peace the Peace of Westphalia is achieved instead
This will force the War to an end and achieve religious peace within the Holy Roman Empire

Lifecycle

1. Start

   Chance to appear each month

   10%

   Can start when

   • Date: 1590–1836
   • Council of Trent

     • Situation is NOT active
     • Situation has ended
   • The Reformation has started

     At least one of

     • The Reformation

       At least one of

       • Situation is active
       • Situation has ended

       ↗
     • Lutheranism›Exists
     • Calvinism›Exists

     ↗
   • Any war

     • Any war participant›Religion: Catholicism
     • Any war participant

       Religion

       Has tag: protestant↗

       ↗
   • Holy Roman Empire exists
   • Holy Roman Empire

     • leader_country exists
     • Any international organization member

       • Is NOT a Subject of another Country
       • Religion: Catholicism
     • Any international organization member

       • Is NOT a Subject of another Country
       • is_protestant

   Exact conditions

   When it starts

Who takes part

• Leader of the Protestant Union
  • Has an owner
  • Owner

    • Is a member of Protestant Union
    • Is leader of Protestant Union
• Leader of the Catholic League
  • Has an owner
  • Owner

    • Is a member of Catholic League
    • Is leader of Catholic League
• Member of the Protestant Union
  • Has an owner
  • Owner›Is a member of Protestant Union
• Member of the Catholic League
  • Has an owner
  • Owner›Is a member of Catholic League
• Allied with the Leader of the Protestant Union
  • Has an owner
  • Owner

    • Any related country

      • Type: alliance
      • Is leader of Protestant Union
    • None of

      • Any related country

        • Type: alliance
        • Is leader of Catholic League
• Allied with the Leader of the Catholic League
  • Has an owner
  • Owner

    • Any related country

      • Type: alliance
      • Is leader of Catholic League
    • None of

      • Any related country

        • Type: alliance
        • Is leader of Protestant Union
• Neutral
  • Has an owner
  • Owner›Is NOT a member of Protestant UnionorCatholic League

International Organizations 2

Catholic League

• +0.05 Monthly Prestige
• +3 Diplomatic Capacity

Protestant Union

• +0.05 Monthly Prestige
• +3 Diplomatic Capacity

Situation Outcomes 3

Confessional Exhaustion Sets In

Requirements

The Peace of Westphalia

The war ends without a victor: the Holy Roman Empire takes a lasting hit to its Imperial Authority, and adopts a policy recognizing every Christian confession as legitimate within its borders.

Requirements

Religious Supremacy Is Imposed

The defeated side takes a severe blow to Stability and swings sharply toward Aristocracy, while the Holy Roman Empire adopts the victor's faith as its own imperial religion policy.

Requirements

Actions 5

Negotiate Member Removal

Cooldown 10 years

Requirements

What it does

Join Religious League

Requirements

What it does

Join the War of Religions

Requirements

What it does

Leave the Religious League

Requirements

What it does

Prepare Military Escalation

Cooldown 5 years

Requirements

What it does

How it runs

1. While active

   Visible when

   Has presence in: Europe

   Exact conditions

   Each month

   • Not shown in the game's tooltip

     • If

       Has Variable: war_of_religion_current_war

       Set by

       Oon_war_declaredOn Action

       Then

       • Set variable
         • Name: war_of_religions_total_war_participants_counter
         • Value: 0
       • Set variable
         • Name: war_of_religions_peace_demands_counter
         • Value: 0
       • Clear global variable list: war_of_religions_wants_war_list
       • Clear global variable list: war_of_religions_wants_peace_list
       • var:war_of_religion_current_war
         Every war participant

         • Root
           Change variable

           • Name: war_of_religions_total_war_participants_counter
           • Add: 1
         • If

           • Target war›Has been going for > 5 Years
           • At least one of

             • Target war›Has been going for > 25 Years
             • All of

               • Target war›Has been going for > 20 Years
               • War exhaustion percentage > 0.2
             • All of

               • Target war›Has been going for > 15 Years
               • War exhaustion percentage > 0.4
             • All of

               • Target war›Has been going for > 10 Years
               • War exhaustion percentage > 0.6
             • War exhaustion percentage > 0.8

           Then

           • Root
             Change variable

             • Name: war_of_religions_peace_demands_counter
             • Add: 1
           • Add to global variable list
             • Name: war_of_religions_wants_peace_list
             • Target: This

           Otherwise

           Add to global variable list

           • Name: war_of_religions_wants_war_list
           • Target: This
       • If

         var:war_of_religions_total_war_participants_counter > 0

         Then

         • Set variable
           • Name: war_of_religions_peace_demands_ratio
           • Value
             • Value: var:war_of_religions_peace_demands_counter
             • Divide: var:war_of_religions_total_war_participants_counter
         • If

           var:war_of_religions_peace_demands_ratio > 0.8

           Then

           • If

             Holy Roman Empire›Has a leader

             Then

             Otherwise

             Random in global list

             Variable: war_of_religions_wants_peace_list
           • Target country
             The Event 'The Peace of Westphalia' happens
     • If

       Has Variable: war_of_religion_current_war

       Then

       • If

         • Catholic League › Leader country exists
         • var:war_of_religion_current_war

           None of

           • Any war participant›This: Catholic League › Leader country

         ThenCatholic League › Leader country

         Join war as attacker: War: War of Religions › War of religion current war · Call in subjects: yes
       • If

         • Protestant Union › Leader country exists
         • var:war_of_religion_current_war

           None of

           • Any war participant›This: Protestant Union › Leader country

         ThenProtestant Union › Leader country

         Join war as defender: War: War of Religions › War of religion current war · Call in subjects: yes
   • Europe
     • Every present country
       • If

         • Is aware of the War of Religions Situation
         • Date: 1605–1655
         • Is in a War of the Religious Superiority Casus Belli
         • Religion: Catholicism
         • Culture: Danube BavarianorCzech
         • At least one of

           • Owns Náchod
           • Is leader of Holy Roman Empire
           • Is BohemiaorAustria

         Then

         One of these, at random

         • 1%The Event 'Target Character Last Name' happens
         • 99%Nothing happens
       • If

         • Is aware of the War of Religions Situation
         • Date: 1625–1675
         • Is in a War of the Religious Superiority Casus Belli
         • Religion: Catholicism
         • At least one of

           • Owns Florence
           • Is leader of Holy Roman Empire
           • Is SpainorAustria

         Then

         One of these, at random

         • 1%The Event 'Target Character' happens
         • 99%Nothing happens
       • If

         • Is aware of the War of Religions Situation
         • Date: 1625–1645
         • Is in a War of the Religious Superiority Casus Belli
         • Religion: Catholicism
         • At least one of

           • Owns Trent
           • Is leader of Holy Roman Empire
           • Is Austria

         Then

         One of these, at random

         • 1%The Event 'Target Character' happens
         • 99%Nothing happens
       • If

         • Is aware of the War of Religions Situation
         • Date: 1615–1645
         • Is in a War of the Religious Superiority Casus Belli
         • Religion: Catholicism
         • At least one of

           • Owns Arras
           • Is leader of Holy Roman Empire
           • Is Austria

         Then

         One of these, at random

         • 1%The Event 'Target Character' happens
         • 99%Nothing happens
       • If

         • Is aware of the War of Religions Situation
         • Date: 1625–1665
         • Is in a War of the Religious Superiority Casus Belli
         • Religion: Catholicism
         • At least one of

           • Owns Longwy
           • Is leader of Catholic League
           • Is Bavaria

         Then

         One of these, at random

         • 1%The Event 'Target Character' happens
         • 99%Nothing happens
       • If

         • Is aware of the War of Religions Situation
         • Date: 1605–1645
         • Is in a War of the Religious Superiority Casus Belli
         • Religion: Catholicism
         • At least one of

           • Owns Nivelles
           • Is leader of Holy Roman EmpireorCatholic League

         Then

         One of these, at random

         • 1%The Event 'Target Character' happens
         • 99%Nothing happens
       • If

         • Is aware of the War of Religions Situation
         • Date: 1615–1645
         • Is in a War of the Religious Superiority Casus Belli
         • Religion: Catholicism
         • At least one of

           • Owns Luxembourg
           • Is leader of Holy Roman EmpireorCatholic League

         Then

         One of these, at random

         • 1%The Event 'Target Character' happens
         • 99%Nothing happens
       • If

         • Is aware of the War of Religions Situation
         • Date: 1615–1665
         • Is in a War of the Religious Superiority Casus Belli
         • Religion: Catholicism
         • At least one of

           • Owns Augsburg
           • Is leader of Holy Roman EmpireorCatholic League

         Then

         One of these, at random

         • 1%The Event 'Target Character' happens
         • 99%Nothing happens
       • If

         • Is aware of the War of Religions Situation
         • Date: 1615–1645
         • Is in a War of the Religious Superiority Casus Belli
         • Religion: Catholicism
         • At least one of

           • Owns Eichstätt
           • Is leader of Holy Roman EmpireorCatholic League

         Then

         One of these, at random

         • 1%The Event 'Target Character' happens
         • 99%Nothing happens
       • If

         • Is aware of the War of Religions Situation
         • Date: 1615–1645
         • Is in a War of the Religious Superiority Casus Belli
         • Religion: Catholicism
         • At least one of

           • Owns Genoa
           • Is Spain

         Then

         One of these, at random

         • 1%The Event 'Target Character' happens
         • 99%Nothing happens
       • If

         • Is aware of the War of Religions Situation
         • Date: 1615–1645
         • Is in a War of the Religious Superiority Casus Belli
         • Religion: Catholicism
         • At least one of

           • Owns Naples
           • Is Spain

         Then

         One of these, at random

         • 1%The Event 'Target Character' happens
         • 99%Nothing happens
       • If

         • Is aware of the War of Religions Situation
         • Date: 1615–1645
         • Is in a War of the Religious Superiority Casus Belli
         • Religion

           Has tag: protestant↗

           ↗
         • At least one of

           • Owns Luxembourg
           • Is leader of Protestant Union
           • Is Rhine

         Then

         One of these, at random

         • 1%The Event 'Target Character' happens
         • 99%Nothing happens
       • If

         • Is aware of the War of Religions Situation
         • Date: 1605–1640
         • Is in a War of the Religious Superiority Casus Belli
         • is_protestant
         • At least one of

           • Owns Německý Brod
           • Is leader of Protestant Union
           • Is Bohemia

         Then

         One of these, at random

         • 1%The Event 'Target Character' happens
         • 99%Nothing happens
       • If

         • Is aware of the War of Religions Situation
         • Date: 1625–1665
         • Is in a War of the Religious Superiority Casus Belli
         • is_protestant
         • At least one of

           • Owns Stockholm
           • Is Sweden

         Then

         One of these, at random

         • 1%The Event 'Target Character' happens
         • 99%Nothing happens
       • If

         • Is aware of the War of Religions Situation
         • Date: 1625–1665
         • Is in a War of the Religious Superiority Casus Belli
         • is_protestant
         • At least one of

           • Owns Ekholm
           • Is Sweden

         Then

         One of these, at random

         • 1%The Event 'Target Character' happens
         • 99%Nothing happens
       • If

         • Is aware of the War of Religions Situation
         • Date: 1625–1665
         • Is in a War of the Religious Superiority Casus Belli
         • is_protestant
         • At least one of

           • Owns Uppsala
           • Is Sweden

         Then

         One of these, at random

         • 1%The Event 'Target Character' happens
         • 99%Nothing happens
       • If

         • Is aware of the War of Religions Situation
         • Date: 1625–1665
         • Is in a War of the Religious Superiority Casus Belli
         • At least one of

           • Owns Mouzon
           • Is France

         Then

         One of these, at random

         • 1%The Event 'Target Character' happens
         • 99%Nothing happens
     • If

       Does NOT have Global Variable: wor_ruler_died_gloriously

       ThenRandom present countrywhere

       • The War of Religions is currently happening
       • Has a Ruler
       • Ruler

         Is leading a Unit in active Combat

         • At least one of

           • Is a General
           • Is an Admiral
         • Unit›Is in Combat

         ↗
       • Is in a War of the Religious Superiority Casus Belli

       One of these, at random

       • 40%The Event 'The Final Charge of Target Ruler?' happens
       • 60%Nothing happens
   • Hanau
     Controller

     If

     • Date: 1639–1836
     • The War of Religions is currently happening

     Then

     One of these, at random

     • 50%The Event 'Target Artist' happens
     • 50%Nothing happens

   Exact script

2. End

   After it ends

   • Clear global variable list: war_of_religions_wants_war_list
   • Clear global variable list: war_of_religions_wants_peace_list
   • Remove variable: war_of_religions_total_war_participants_counter
   • Remove variable: war_of_religions_peace_demands_counter
   • Remove variable: war_of_religions_peace_demands_ratio
   • Random country
     • Protestant Union is destroyed
     • Catholic League is destroyed
   • Remove global variable: wor_ruler_died_gloriously
   • International organization chooses new leader: Holy Roman Empire

   Exact script

Connections

Requires 15

Situations

• Council of TrentCan start

Religions

• CatholicismCan start, Each month…

Cultures

• CCzechEach month
• DDanube BavarianEach month

Casus Belli

• Religious SuperiorityEach month

International Organizations

• Catholic LeagueMap color, Each month…
• Holy Roman EmpireCan start, Each month…
• Protestant UnionMap color, Each month…

Countries

• BohemiaEach month
• FranceEach month

Show all 15

Triggers 23

Events

• Target Characterwar_of_religions.1Each month
• Target Characterwar_of_religions.10Each month
• Cracks in the Religious PeaceWhen it starts
• The Union and the LeagueWhen it starts
• Strife in the Holy Roman EmpireWhen it starts
• Target Characterwar_of_religions.11Each month
• Target Characterwar_of_religions.12Each month
• Target Character Last NameEach month
• Target Characterwar_of_religions.13Each month
• The Peace of WestphaliaEach month

Show all 23

Grants 2

• Catholic LeagueWhen it starts
• Protestant UnionWhen it starts

Removes 2

• Catholic LeagueAfter it ends
• Protestant UnionAfter it ends

References 4

International Organizations

• Catholic LeagueEach month, When it starts
• Holy Roman EmpireAfter it ends, Each month…
• Protestant UnionEach month, When it starts

Countries

• FranceWhen it starts

Mentions 3

Religion Groups

• ChristianityDesc

Casus Belli

• Religious SuperiorityGuide

Peace Treaties

• Religious SupremacyGuide

Required by 12

Events

• An Elevation to Prince-Elector?Trigger
• AA Triumphant CelebrationTrigger
• The Sack of Target LocationTrigger
• The Looting of Target LocationTrigger

Situation Outcomes

• A Confessional Settlement Is ReachedTrigger

On Actions

• Oon_ending_warEffect
• Oon_war_declaredEffect

Actions

• Join Religious LeagueAllow
• Leave the Religious LeagueAllow
• Prepare Military EscalationAllow

Show all 12

Members 36

Events

• Target Characterwar_of_religions.1by nameEvent namespace
• Target Characterwar_of_religions.10by nameEvent namespace
• Cracks in the Religious Peaceby nameEvent namespace
• The Union and the Leagueby nameEvent namespace
• Strife in the Holy Roman Empireby nameEvent namespace
• Target Characterwar_of_religions.11by nameEvent namespace
• Target Characterwar_of_religions.12by nameEvent namespace
• Target Character Last Nameby nameEvent namespace
• Target Character, a Traitor?by nameEvent namespace
• The Rescue of Target Characterby nameEvent namespace

Show all 36

Referenced by 4

Events

• The Peace of WestphaliaOption

On Actions

• Oon_ending_warEffect
• Oon_war_declaredEffect

Peace Treaties

• Religious SupremacyEffect

Mentioned in 5

Events

• An Elevation to Prince-Elector?Desc
• The Holy Roman Empire Leader Title Weighs Bavaria Country's RequestDesc
• Request Denied by the Holy Roman EmpireDesc

Actions

• Join Religious LeagueDesc
• Join the War of ReligionsDesc, Name

Scripting 31

Requires 5

Variables

• Wwar_of_religion_current_warEach month
• Wwar_of_religions_peace_demands_ratioEach month
• Wwar_of_religions_total_war_participants_counterEach month
• Wwor_ruler_died_gloriouslyEach month

Defines

• NNMapColors|DEFAULT_COLORMap color

Grants 3

• Wwar_of_religions_peace_demands_counterEach month, When it starts
• Wwar_of_religions_peace_demands_ratioEach month, When it starts
• Wwar_of_religions_total_war_participants_counterEach month, When it starts

Removes 4

Variables

• Wwar_of_religions_peace_demands_counterAfter it ends
• Wwar_of_religions_peace_demands_ratioAfter it ends
• Wwar_of_religions_total_war_participants_counterAfter it ends
• Wwor_ruler_died_gloriouslyAfter it ends

Uses 4

Scripted Triggers

• Ccharacter_in_combatEach month
• Iis_allied_withtarget = scope:protestant_union_leaderWhen it starts
• Iis_protestantCan start, Each month…
• Rreformation_is_enabledCan start

References 4

Script Values

• Mmonthly_spawn_chance_ultimateMonthly spawn chance

Variables

• Wwar_of_religion_current_warEach month
• Wwar_of_religions_peace_demands_counterEach month
• Wwar_of_religions_total_war_participants_counterEach month

Mentions 10

Game Concepts

• ActionGuide
• AllianceGuide
• CountryGuide
• International OrganizationGuide
• LawGuide
• PeaceGuide
• ReligionGuide
• SituationGuide
• WarGuide
• War ExhaustionGuide

Referenced by 1

• Rreformation_end_triggerOR

Definitionin_game/common/situations/war_of_religions.txt:1

hint_tag = hint_war_of_religions

▾outcome = {

name = "war_of_religions_religious_supremacy_imposed"

desc = "war_of_religions_religious_supremacy_imposed_desc"

▾trigger = {

▾custom_tooltip = {

text = war_of_religions_peace_treaty_enforced_tt

always = no

}

}

}

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