Netherlands unification

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

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

• Netherlands must not already exist.
• One must not have declined the event previously.
• One must have either Dutch or Flemish as primary culture.
• One must own these provinces: Zeeland, Holland, Utrecht and Friesland.
• 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 20%: Gelre, Breda, Vlaanderen.
• The Bureaucracy national idea decreases the MTTH by 20%.
• 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 cores on the following provinces:

• Vlaanderen, Breda, Zeeland,, Holland, Utrecht, Gelre and Friesland.

You also receive the following when you become Netherlands:

• Gain 1 Merchant.
• Gain 5 Prestige.
• Gain 1 base tax in a random province you own.
• Move 2 towards Centralization.

If you decline to become Netherlands:

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