And that’s why that was one of the reasons for the decline of Poland-Lithuania…although everything was very democratic,when the Polish nobles did not agree,that in the long run ended up weakening the country,as happened in the deluge of the mid-seventeenth century…
And I am about the complexity of the factions of aoe 3,that’s why I clarified above on the subject of the metropoli and the decks of cards…
its not really democratic, for 1 the vast majority of the population wasn’t involved. second of all having a system where anyone can veto anything isn’t truly a democracy.
and also you need to understand that nobles having power was generally speaking a bad thing, it made countries too inert even in countries with less noble representation than poland, if you need to make a reform you cant have that be blocked just because the nobility doesnt like it.
Turin should definitely be the home city to reflect the Kingdom of Sardinia starting point. Rome would make for a good option to go to the final age since it was the last part to be added to Italy.
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Ok,it was not the best system of all,but it was better than the prevailing absolutism in Western Europe…
no, absolutism was an improvement of this system.
before absolutisme monarchs constantly had to vie for the supports of Nobels which made everything extremely inefficient, you could never make the necessary reforms and forming an army or making new ideas like general schooling was just hard because the nobles actively opposed it.
enlighten absolutisme is a great system, sure its not democracy but it beats feudalisme by a long shot.
The enlighted absolutism is the best form of government as someone once said. However, to ensure the enlightment in it is the problem…
Its interesting that Britain was probably the only European state which experienced very limited absolutism (during Cromwell) and yet it became the global superpower…
I must side with @MatM1996 the Polish system was not the best and optimal. What I appreciate is the ability to share the power. Of course there was the privilege of veto which makes the system broken.
Similar system works in Bohemia prior to 30Yrs war but without the veto privilege and there were different vote counts: higher nobility had 2 votes and lower nobility had 1 vote (because they were more numerous) and it worked. The amazing thing is this happened amid religious friction, social inequality, poor level of communication etc.
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the thing about the UK is that it is geographically set up to dominate the world, all you need in the UK is a big navy and then you are basically untouchable, and once you have a big navy and is safe then colonial adventures are fairly simple.
another thing is that a lot of the British nobility had some form of early nationalisme in them, something that is usually a prerequisite for a working democracy.
Western European absolutism (especially the enlightened ones) was much better than Polish democracy. Compare what the absolute states turned into and what democratic Poland turned into.
I say this as a Pole.
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ok,I understand your point of view…we agree on that…
I would in fact extend British absolutism to the entire Stuart dynasty (1603-1688),starting from the failure of the gunpowder conspiracy in 1605 until the Glorious Revolution of 1688,which gave rise to modern parliamentarianism…
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Exactly,the geographical location of the United Kingdom gave it a strong advantage over its neighbors in Europe,made it difficult to invade without a strong navy and that Philip II of Spain and Napoleon tried unsuccessfully;in addition that early nationalism was also impregnated in the American idiosyncrasy,which germinated in the American revolution…
A new building could be implemented for Europeans that was in the Napoleonic era mod. This would unlock new units and technologies and would only be present in the industrial or imperial age.
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ok,if you say it,I believe you…
Of course,they could put the university as a European building,or at least give it to the Italians…
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But this would make the other civilizations look a bit poor in comparison. I’ve always thought that American civilizations need a flagship building of some kind. Something like a temple or administrative building, or a fort with elite military technologies. Europeans have capitols, Asians have wonders, Africans have universities.
They could put staggered pyramids to the Native American civs,although they already have the community plaza…
It is a bonus building. Nothing special.
I like the idea,but we would have to look for other wonders/monuments for Asian and African civs,they also took out of the game the mention of crazy horse,so they could not put their memorial (in addition to leaving the chronology of the game) and for more inri would be the controversy about the Hagia Sophia,which could generate criticism in the European Union…
Only to the poorest in emblematic buildings. (Pre-Hispanic civilizations)