Forming Great Britain

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The unification of Great Britain works differently in different versions of the game. In EU3 and Napoleon's Ambition, it was implemented as country event that, when the preconditions were met, could be accepted or declined, but only once. In Nomine has changed this unification to a decision. The article below lists the requirements and effects for each version separately.

In Nomine

To take this decision:

1. Great Britain may not exist.

2. Country cannot be the Papal States.

3. Primary culture must be British or Welsh.

4. You must own and have cores on London, Oxfordshire, Wessex, Lothian and Aberdeen.

Taking this decision will retag your country as Great Britain. It is a good idea to save your game and reload at this point, since sometimes the retag causes problems with casus belli and accepted cultures.

The decision will also:

1. Grant cores on London, Cornwall, Wessex, Kent, Oxfordshire, East Anglia, Gloucestershire, Marches, Glamorgan, Gwynedd, Lincoln, Lancashire, Yorkshire, Northumberland, Cumbria, Lothian, Ayrshire, Fife, Aberdeen, Highlands, Western Isles, Orkney, Ulster, Meath, Leinster, Munster and Connaught.

2. Gain one colonist.

3. Gain +1 base tax in a random owned British culture province.

4. Gain two points toward centralization.

5. Gain +5 prestige.

6. Change the capital to London.

Napoleon's Ambition and EU3

This is an event that lets one change one's country name to Great Britain.

The following conditions must be met for the event to fire:

• Great Britain must not already exist.
• One must not have declined the event previously.
• One must belong to the British culture group.
• One must own these provinces: London, Oxfordshire, Wessex, Lothian, Aberdeen.
• One must not be at war.

The mean time to happen for this event is 216 months.

• For each of these provinces owned the MTTH is decreased by 5%: Cornwall, Gloucestershire, Marches, Glamorgan, Lincoln, Gwynedd, Lancashire, Yorkshire, Cumbria, Northumberland, Kent, East Anglia, Ayrshire, Fife, Highlands, Western Islands, Orkney, Ulster, Meath, Leinster, Munster and Connaught.
• The Bureaucracy national idea decreases the MTTH by 30%.
• Centralization steps 2, 3 and 4 decrease the MTTH by 10% each. (30% total)
• Decentralization steps 2, 3 and 4 increase the MTTH by 10% each. (30% total)

This map shows both the required provinces and the optional ones needed to decrease the MTTH. The capital provinces of those countries with the correct national culture to receive the event are marked with a star.

You receive the following provinces as cores:

• London, Cornwall, Wessex, Kent, Oxfordshire, East Anglia, Gloucestershire, Marches, Glamorgan, Gwynedd, Lincoln, Lancashire, Yorkshire, Northumberland, Cumbria, Lothian, Ayrshire, Fife, Aberdeen, Highlands, Western Isles, Orkney, Ulster, Meath, Leinster, Munster, and Connaught.

You also receive the following when you become Great Britain:

• Gain 1 Colonist.
• Gain 5 Prestige.
• Gain 1 base tax in a random province you own.
• Move 2 towards Centralization.
• The capital will be moved to London.

If you decline to become Great Britain:

• Move 2 towards Decentralization.
• Lose 1 base tax in a random province you own.