Serfdom vs Free Subjects
Societal Value

Serfdom vs Free Subjects

serfdom_vs_free_subjects

A country with high serfdom is about exploiting the peasants as much as possible, whereas a country with free subjects treats peasants as human beings.

Serfdom
With Societal Value: ×0 at 0 → ×1 at 100
Formula: Societal Value × 0.01
Free Subjects
With Societal Value: ×0 at 0 → ×1 at 100
Formula: Societal Value × 0.01

What moves it every month, towards each side. Events and decisions that change it at once are under Connections.

Towards Serfdom

Monthly Progress to Serfdom

Cabinet InfluencingStatic Modifier+1
Aristocracy in PowerStatic ModifierPermanent+0.5
Societal Push for SerfdomStatic ModifierVaries+0.5
Textile MonopoliesStatic Modifier5 years+0.5
Serfdom Economy Country modifierEstate Privilege+0.2
French Feudal Nobility Country modifierGovernment Reform+0.2
Encomienda System Country modifierPolicy+0.2
Laws of Burgos Country modifierPolicy+0.2
Ius Maletractandi Country modifierEstate Privilege+0.1
Auxilium et Consilium Country modifierEstate Privilege+0.1
Banal Lordship Country modifierEstate Privilege+0.1
Charter of the Nobility Country modifierEstate Privilege+0.1
Mit'a System Country modifierEstate Privilege+0.1
Nobility Controlled Serfdom Country modifierEstate Privilege+0.1
Land Rights Country modifierEstate Privilege+0.1
Ordinance of Laborers Country modifierEstate Privilege+0.1
Statutes of Piotrkow Country modifierEstate Privilege+0.1
Banned Weapons for Commoners Country modifierEstate Privilege+0.1
Gabelle Country modifierGovernment Reform+0.1
Absolutism Country modifierGovernment Reform+0.1
Restricted Worker Unions Country modifierGovernment Reform+0.1
Mestnichestvo Country modifierGovernment Reform+0.1
Universal Serfdom Country modifierGovernment Reform+0.1
Voivode Country modifierGovernment Reform+0.1
Valakų Reform Country modifierGovernment Reform+0.1
Assizes of Romania Country modifierPolicy+0.1
Coutume de Normandie Country modifierPolicy+0.1
Landholders Country modifierPolicy+0.1
Court Language Country modifierPolicy+0.1
No Legal Framework Country modifierPolicy+0.1
Rural Noble Authority Country modifierPolicy+0.1
Russkaya Pravda Country modifierPolicy+0.1
Sobornoye Ulozheniye Country modifierPolicy+0.1
State Press Only Country modifierPolicy+0.1
Steppe Warbands Country modifierPolicy+0.1
End of the SmutaStatic Modifier20 years+0.1
Nobles Crushing RebellionStatic Modifier10 years+0.1
Growth of the Cattle TradeStatic Modifier30 years+0.1
Machiavellian ThinkerStatic ModifierPermanent+0.1
Malevolent ModifierTrait+0.1
Mandatory Impressment Country modifierPolicy+0.05
Subjugation Country modifierPolicy+0.05
Uneducated Masses Country modifierPolicy+0.05
Converted the BehetríasStatic Modifier10 years+0.05
Enforce SerfdomStatic ModifierPermanent+0.05
Cruel ModifierTrait+0.05

Towards Free Subjects

Monthly Progress to Free Subjects

Cabinet InfluencingStatic Modifier+1
Societal Push for Free SubjectsStatic ModifierVaries+0.5
Commoners At high estate powerEstate+0.33
Frisian Freedom Country modifierGovernment Reform+0.33
Creaghts Country modifierEstate Privilege+0.2
Masaniello's Fight Country modifierEstate Privilege+0.2
Revolutionary Republic Country modifierGovernment Reform+0.2
Presbyterian Education Act Modifier when in debateParliament Issue+0.2
Sindicat Remença Country modifierEstate Privilege+0.1
Caballeros Villanos Country modifierEstate Privilege+0.1
Tractatus de Iuribus Incorporalibus Country modifierEstate Privilege+0.1
Ḥabshī Advisors Country modifierEstate Privilege+0.1
Land-Owning Peasants Country modifierEstate Privilege+0.1
Novi Fori Country modifierEstate Privilege+0.1
Partial Yield Country modifierEstate Privilege+0.1
Autonomous Villages Country modifierEstate Privilege+0.1
Fewer Levies Country modifierEstate Privilege+0.1
Free Mobility for the Common People Country modifierEstate Privilege+0.1
Exempt from Poll Tax Country modifierEstate Privilege+0.1
Represented in Parliament Country modifierEstate Privilege+0.1
Yeomanry Country modifierEstate Privilege+0.1
Ungovernable Agriculturalists Country modifierEstate Privilege+0.1
Kholop Protection Rights Country modifierEstate Privilege+0.1
Alsnö Stadga Country modifierGovernment Reform+0.1
Generalitat de Catalunya Country modifierGovernment Reform+0.1
Humanitarian Administration Country modifierGovernment Reform+0.1
Joyous Entry Country modifierGovernment Reform+0.1
Peasant Land Inheritance Country modifierGovernment Reform+0.1
Magna Carta Country modifierGovernment Reform+0.1
Military Allotment Country modifierGovernment Reform+0.1
National Assemblies Country modifierGovernment Reform+0.1
Malikâne Country modifierGovernment Reform+0.1
Peasant Republic Country modifierGovernment Reform+0.1
Petition of Rights Country modifierGovernment Reform+0.1
Razriadnyi Prikaz Country modifierGovernment Reform+0.1
Arti Minori Country modifierPolicy+0.1
Brehon Law Country modifierPolicy+0.1
Cameralism Country modifierPolicy+0.1
Carta de Logu Country modifierPolicy+0.1
Constitucions de Catalunya Country modifierPolicy+0.1
Court of Appeals Country modifierPolicy+0.1
Danske Lov Country modifierPolicy+0.1
Decent Conditions Country modifierPolicy+0.1
Favor the Common People Country modifierPolicy+0.1
Enclosure Disallowed Country modifierPolicy+0.1
Expanded Levies Country modifierPolicy+0.1
Free Oarsmen Country modifierPolicy+0.1
Free Press Country modifierPolicy+0.1
Common Language Country modifierPolicy+0.1
Commoner-Controlled Mining Operations Country modifierPolicy+0.1
Pyrenean Law Country modifierPolicy+0.1
Sinicized Legal Framework Country modifierPolicy+0.1
Statutes of Lithuania Country modifierPolicy+0.1
Tradition Country modifierPolicy+0.1
Allowed Country modifierPolicy+0.1
Peasants Regency ModifierRegency+0.1
Clerical Poverty ModifierReligious Aspect+0.1
Dionysian Mysteries ModifierReligious Aspect+0.1
Samothracian Mysteries ModifierReligious Aspect+0.1
Sola Fide ModifierReligious Aspect+0.1
Matters of the CommonersStatic ModifierPermanent+0.1
Hunting Permits Country modifierEstate Privilege+0.05
Local Army Organization Country modifierGovernment Reform+0.05
Nakaz Country modifierGovernment Reform+0.05
Regional Laws of Denmark Country modifierPolicy+0.05
Meritocratic Leadership Country modifierPolicy+0.05
Gathering by the Commoners Country modifierPolicy+0.05
Possessors Country modifierPolicy+0.05
Virtues of Politeia Country modifierPolicy+0.05
Zaydī Jurisprudence Country modifierPolicy+0.05
Preserved the Rights of BehetríasStatic Modifier10 years+0.05
Restrict SerfdomStatic ModifierPermanent+0.05
Sided with the RevolutionStatic ModifierPermanent+0.05
Benevolent ModifierTrait+0.05
Just ModifierTrait+0.05
Divine Justice Country modifierPolicy+0.03
Protection of the Poor Country modifierPolicy+0.03

References 2

Required by 52

Changed by 133

Referenced by 8

Events
Disasters
Estates
Rebel Demands
Scripting 9

References 1

Required by 1

Changed by 37

Referenced by 2

Weighed by the AI in 2

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