Exactly how do revolutions work?

[Amaz]

I've never faced one and I'm sure not ready to dare try one, but how does it work?? Do you have to send military to fight against your own country to stop it? and what happens if they win?

[Niccolo Maciavelli]

If public order becomes very low in your capital, and there is significant clamor for refrom, there will be a revolution, the type of revolution will depened on the system of government that you currently have and class of people that were significatnly digrunteled. A Absoule monarchy for example will be become a republic if the lower class is significantly angered and there is a succesfull revolution.

Before the change of government happens though, you will have to choose whitch side to join, the revolutionaries or the current regime, if you side with the revolutionaires, you will have to take the capital city with a revolutioanary army that will be supplied to you. If you side with the current regime you will have to defend the capital.

If you side with the current regime and are defeated then the games ends, if you side with the revolutionaries and are defeated then the game ends. As the revolutionaies you will not be able to move to any other provence other then in the capital region, you must take the capital city with the force supplied to you, if you fail to do so you will inevitalby loose, and the game will end.

[Varaaki]

I really do need to try that... sounds awfully fun to have a do-or-die moment. So few of those in ETW otherwise...

[Spraetter]

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Revolutions

To change your government type, you will have to instigate a revolution (these might also come along whether you wish it or not). When the population of one or both of the classes in a region gets angry (-1 or lower public order), they will go on strike/write complaint letters the first turn, riot the second and revolt the third if nothing has still been done. If this revolt happens in your nation's home region, it will become a revolution. When these occur, you will be given the choice of joining the revolutionaries or to stay loyal to your current government and keep your current form of government.
If the lower classes are the ones that starts the revolution, the result will be a Republic. If it's the middle classes, the result will be a Constitutional Monarchy. If it's the nobility, the result will be an Absolute Monarchy. Thus, if you want to go from an Absolute Monarchy to a Constitutional one, you will first have to angry the lower classes and become a Republic, then anger the middle classes to become a Constitutional Monarchy. If you are an Absolute Monarchy and you angry the nobility, you'll still be an Absolute Monarchy, but you'll get a new King or Queen.

Note that, as mentioned above, revolutions can only occur in your home region. If the population in another region gets angry, this will not start a revolution but merely a revolt that you will have to squash before it spreads.

A few tips concerning revolutions is to move any troops out of your home region before they happen if you want to join the revolutionaries, or to move them into the capital if you want to join the current government. Troops in the capital will stay loyal to your current government. If you want to join the revolutionaries, it can also be a good idea to destroy any walls you might have built in your capital. To create a revolution more easily, you can crank up the taxes for the class you wish to start the revolution to max, while exempting all other troublesome regions than your capital from taxes, so that they don't revolt while you're occupied with your revolution.

While the country is in this state of revolution, the rest of your nation will be completely grayed out until the revolution is concluded, and nothing will happen in your other regions. Therefore make sure you end each revolution as quickly as possible.