Meiou And Taxes 3.0 Guide

| Mistake | Consequence | Solution | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Conquering too fast | -90% Communication Efficiency, 0 tax from new lands | "Core" provinces first. Build roads before annexing. | | Ignoring food supply | Mass peasant death, depopulation | Build granaries. Don't recruit during winter. | | Revoking privileges day 1 | Instant civil war (1445) | Wait for "Noble Loyalty" above 60. Revoke one every 20 years. | | Building only churches | No urban growth, no indirect tax | Build "Market Squares" before "Churches." | | Negative Crown Power | Reforms cost 10x, monarch dies in debt | Sell crown land to Burghers, not Nobility. |

You do not rule the country. You negotiate with the country.

Assign crown land (your domain provinces). Every province you directly control (not delegated to a noble) gives +0.5 monthly crown power. Every province controlled by an estate gives them power.