Absolute Monarchy Forever

**Zoring** · 03-22-2009, 11:24

I have had absolute monarchy cranking along and its 1784 now, low taxes for the pesants, mediums for the uppers, few dragoon units about and im still making 30-40k a year while spewing out as many men as i can. Don't even have a pleasure garden for every province either.

I did demolish those troublesome universities except for two major ones when i was down to the last couple of techs however, imagine what history would have to say about that behvaiour :P

**Belid Hagen** · 03-22-2009, 12:15

I've completed half a dozen campaigns, never even had a revolution. Long live the king!

(not counting newly conquered provinces)

**Darth Venom** · 03-22-2009, 12:37

Originally Posted by Belid Hagen

I've completed half a dozen campaigns, never even had a revolution. Long live the king!

(not counting newly conquered provinces)

Yeah, me neither, unless I wanted them. The recipe I use:
1st town: if own religion < 100% = build church; else build happy building (pleasure gardens)
2nd: either school or money maker, schools only in provinces with major cities and more than 3 towns for additional happy buildings
3rd: happy building
4th: money maker
5rd: happy building
6th: money maker
...

You might not need as many happy buildings in lots-of-towns provinces, individual checking is neccessary here.

**Monsieur Alphonse** · 03-22-2009, 20:47

Originally Posted by Darth Venom

Yeah, me neither, unless I wanted them. The recipe I use:
1st town: if own religion < 100% = build church; else build happy building (pleasure gardens)
2nd: either school or money maker, schools only in provinces with major cities and more than 3 towns for additional happy buildings
3rd: happy building
4th: money maker
5rd: happy building
6th: money maker
...

You might not need as many happy buildings in lots-of-towns provinces, individual checking is neccessary here.

Usually one happy maker should be enough. It depends on the amount of villages. A huger region with lots of villages should have a church and two pleasant gardens to keep it happy.

There is a advantage in being a republic though. In my recent Dutch campaign after researching and building everything I was able to raise taxes to the highest level without a red faces popping up. And no garrisons either.

**Lemur** · 03-22-2009, 21:01

In my Russian campaign the lower classes demanded a Republic pretty quickly, but it didn't feel right. Oh, I let them have their Republic and "vote" and whatnot, but it didn't ring true. So I cranked up taxes on the middle class, built a horde of churches in Muscovy (since they only make the peons happy) and waited for the bursers and grocers and tailors to rebel.

They did, and now Russia is a parliamentary monarchy. Much better. Now it feels okay. (I do wish there were a way to go from Absolute Monarchy to Parliamentary without that ugly Republic in between.)

**Beskar** · 03-22-2009, 23:10

Just build light dragoons to keep repression, it is very simple.

**Maladin** · 03-22-2009, 23:20

There is a problem with this solution as France: you can recruit dragoons only in the theaters other than Europe. So, if you, like me, decided to sell your outremer possessions to focus on Europe alone...

In my game as France, all my towns but the ones starting with an education building were converted to religious schools. Never had an unrest problem until I decided, forty turns later, to turn those into workshops... Granted, you really need to spam Indiamans and hog the trade spots like a pig to get any decent income in the early game that way.