Res Publica
The English Civil War led to major developments in political theory about the nature of sovereignty, freedom, and self-government. The Levellers came to prominence at the end of the First English Civil War (1642–1646) and were committed to popular sovereignty, extended suffrage, equality before the law and religious tolerance with their ideas were presented in their manifesto "Agreement of the People". A group known as the True Levellers in 1649, in reference to their split from the Levellers, and later as Diggers because of their attempts to farm on common land, tried (by "levelling" land) to reform the existing social order with an agrarian lifestyle based on their ideas for the creation of small, egalitarian rural communities. The establishment of the Protectorate ended the nascent experiment with popular sovereignty, paving the way for the return of monarchy. What route will the people of England and Britain go now?
Res Publica ensures that significant effort across the ages must be invested to build the institutions (laws, values, buildings and estate privileges) that are required to maintain a republic (high republican tradition). This effect is amplified by the added decay which (as a base) requires significantly higher percentages of investment in the republican court to maintain high tradition. As a general guide monarchies are more capable at expanding territorially i.e. with fiefdoms and personal unions, and republics are more capable at expanding economically i.e. slightly better development growth, trade and advances.
Added content is displayed in the screenshots, with additional cosmetic changes explained below:
- No ruler portrait displayed, instead custom flag display & outline (with thanks to Glorp UI)
- Protectorate and Commonwealth are two different names and ruler titles
- Constitutional British Republic given a new flag to replace the four-nations flag
- Republic rulers will only wear monarch clothing if they rule a non-subject monarchy
Additional changes not displayed in the above screenhots are:
- Can now change from monarchy to republic if in a union
- No base peasant enfranchisement
- Individualism societal value gives +25% artist skill (and no estate satisfaction loss) at max
- Development growth from develop province cabinet action reduced to 20% of original effect
- Cromwell origin event does not reduce stability & legitimacy if already a republic
- Non-accepted culture ruler event won’t fire if culture is accepted (in addition to vanilla conditions of not firing if primary or kindred view)
- Conditions for Revolution disaster adjusted so will occur for absolutist monarchies and not for republics (unless very absolutist)
- Status: Stability
- Advance: Republican Virtue (Age II)
- Advance: Popular Sovereignty (Age V)
- Advance: Rights of Man (Age VI)
- Societal Value: Liberalism
- Government Reform: Constitutional Republic
- Government Reform: Provincial Assembly
- Government Reform: An Agreement of the People
- Parliament: Constitutional Parliament
- Succession: Term-limited rulers
- Law: Parliament (Distribution of Power)
- Building: House of Parliament
- Building: Supreme Court
Anyone welcome to use part/all of this mod in their own, and if so credit with a reference appreciated.
Github link[github.com] to mod repository.
This satirical print depicts Oliver Cromwell ordering the felling of the Royal Oak of Britain, symbol of the English monarchy.[commons.wikimedia.org], 1649
Revisions:
Old revisions of this mod are available below. Click the link to download.
