My Norse North Sea Empire (2024)

So there it is... my Norse North Sea Empire - I tried to culture convert as much as I could and also went for traditional Baltic/Scandinavian "Inner" Sea:

- Scandinavian culture (picked Norway, for the flag and sprites)

- Bergslagen (took it from Sweden during independence war)

- Scornfully insulted Papacy for Declare Statute in Restraint of Appeals

- When declaring war of independence aimed for a 5-5-5 AND a scolar/sinner king, since I misread the prerequisites... a real nightmare *shivers* It took me AGES...and a lot of save scumming. I was about to quit way too many times. As it turned out my perseverance was to pay dividends pretty soon...

Man, was I lucky - I didn't wait long for the Norse event chain to fire - it can fire with no guarantees within 100 years during Age of Discovery (only lasts about a 60 years and when age of Reformation hits its all over and you can restart.)

During the event chain all your provinces switches to Norse (sweet!) and your country culture turns Norse which in consequence blocks you from forming Scandinavia (and getting additional missions) but I didn't mind.

You also have an option to switch to Norse ideas (oh yes, I did enjoy raiding the English Node).

Below I present screenshots of most important events of my run in spoiler tabs (for those who want to experience this first hand.

PS. Burgundian inheritance was a pleasant surprise for sure, but unexpected.

Cheers!

Nostalgium said:

It makes me just a little bit upset that the name can't stretch over the actual North Sea...

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Perhaps I should've annexed Gaeldom.

Yhekal said:

Perhaps I should've annexed Gaeldom.

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Wouldn't have mattered, I'm afraid. The most narrow point of the North Sea is still two sea zones away from Shetland, so the name can't stretch. Names can only stretch over one sea zone.

Yhekal said:

Code:

norse_ideas = { start = { land_morale = 0.15 may_perform_slave_raid_on_same_religion = yes } bonus = { infantry_power = 0.15 } trigger = { primary_culture = norse religion = norse_pagan_reformed NOT = { has_country_flag = refused_norse_ideas } } free = yes norse_ideas_eternal_struggle = { manpower_recovery_speed = 0.15 war_exhaustion = -0.03 } norse_ideas_norse_seamen = { naval_morale = 0.15 } norse_ideas_a_wall_of_shields_for_the_king = { leader_land_shock = 1 leader_naval_shock = 1 } norse_ideas_norse_artisans = { development_cost = -0.1 } norse_ideas_berserkir = { discipline = 0.05 } norse_ideas_leifs_legacy = { may_explore = yes colonists = 1 } norse_ideas_ancestral_faith = { tolerance_own = 2 }}

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Out of date, it doesn’t give discipline anymore and gives +20% shock damage instead, along with +1 naval combat off Owned coast

currylambchop said:

Out of date, it doesn’t give discipline anymore and gives +20% shock damage instead, along with +1 naval combat off Owned coast

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Yes, pardon me. I'm still finishing my game with patch 1.34.3.