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Tinto Flavour #20 - 23rd of May 2025

Hello, and welcome one more week to Tinto Flavour, the happy Tuesdays & Fridays in which we take a look at the content of Europa Universalis V!

Today we will be taking a look at the content of Muscovy, and its ‘successor state’, Russia, after Grand Prince Ivan III ‘the Great’ proclaimed himself ‘Sovereign of All Russia’. This is a special TF, because it’s the first one in which we show the content for one of the seven ‘Tier 1’ counties, those that we consider the most important in the 1337-1836 period, and thus, that have the most content in the game.

Let’s start taking a look at it, as usual:

The Grand Principality of Muscovy stands at a crossroads of political maneuvering, and economic troubles under the Tatar Yoke, and an ongoing power struggle among East Slavic principalities, each vying for supremacy within the fragmented Rus' territories. The Tatar invasion continues to cast a long shadow over the region and Muscovy, like many other Rus' principalities, remains a tributary to the formidable Golden Horde.

Guiding Muscovy through these complexities is Grand Prince Ivan Rurikovich, a leader keenly aware of the delicate balance required for survival under Tatar dominion. He has skillfully managed the principality's affairs through diplomatic initiatives and strategic alliances and now seeks to consolidate power and enhance Muscovy's standing within the Yoke, with aspirations to unite the Rus' land under one banner.

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As usual, consider all UI, 2D and 3D art WIP.

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This is the starting diplomatic situation of Muscovy:
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Muscovy starts in a Personal Union with a bunch of principalities, including Novgorod, which is a Republic that elects its rulers among those of other countries.

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This is the current starting state of the Tatar Yoke, with Muscovy being entitled as the ‘Grand Prince of Vladimir’ - or, in other words, the ‘tribute collector’ for the Tatars. We won’t talk about this feature today, but in the Tinto Flavour devoted to the Golden Horde.

These are some of the privileges that the Russian countries have available from the start:
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Also, this starting Legal Code Policy:
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Here you have some of the advances available for Muscovy and Russia through the ages, as usual:
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And now let’s move into the narrative content. Muscovy has 109 Dynamic Historical Events available, while there are another 73 unlockable after having formed Russia, which makes for a total of 182 available DHEs - that’s what being a ‘Tier 1’ country means, in regards to content. Many of them will unlock very different types of other content assets, as you’ll see now:

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This is an event that may trigger if Novgorod elects another ruler, as happened historically.

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If you build the Kremlin, there will be further events related to it.

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If Byzantium falls, and some other conditions are met, you might be able to marry a Greek princess, and proclaim your country as the ‘Third Rome’.

If you expand your country, you might be able to form Russia at a certain point:
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The Russian Principalities account for approximately 460 locations, so you need to conquer some more from the Golden Horde to get to the 508 required. I forced it through the console to show it to you, but one of our QA testers made a recent run, and he was able to form it around 1500, OOC.

When the Age of Reformation starts, there will be this advance available for the Russian countries:
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That unlocks:
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It’s also possible for a unique disaster to trigger, the Time of Troubles:
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Time of Troubles has many different events happening, on top of the DHEs:

If you overcome it, there’s even more late-game content, of course:

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… And much more, but that’s all for today! As today is Friday, this will be the schedule for next week:
  • Monday -> Tinto Flavour about Venice and Genoa
  • Tuesday -> Tinto Flavour about Serbia and Georgia
  • Wednesday -> Tinto Talks about the Orthodox and Miaphysite religions
  • Thursday -> Third ‘Behind the Scenes’ video!
  • Friday -> Tinto Flavour about the Roman Empire, AKA Byzantium
And also remember, you can wishlist Europa Universalis V now! Cheers!
 
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I'm surprised that neither Brandenburg nor the Timurids and their successor states are not considered Tier 1. I'd be surprised if it isn't:
  • England
  • France
  • Moscow
  • Spain
  • Portugal
And the remaining two are among China, the Ottomans, Austria, and Poland, in that order of likelihood in my mind.

If I'm right, that's pretty regionally concentrated on Western Europe, but it looks like there's a decent amount of content outside of the tier 1, so hopefully it's enough to keep the rest of the world interesting until content updates bring other areas into similar levels of flavour. I almost wish I didn't know there was an internal group of countries with priority, even if it makes sense to have.
 
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Seems cool! I'm wondering if the removal of the Tatar Yoke will be a gradual process with multiple distinct events, or like the 100 Years' War?
 
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One question: will Muscovy's flavors be added to those of Russia? Or when I form the Russian empire will they be exchanged for the flavors of Russia?
Edit: And if it is added together, will this also be applied to other formable nations?
Additive, as it's the country that formed it. Similar cases are those of ENG/GBR, or CAS/SPA.
 
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Tsardom clearly refers to an imperial entity. If I'm not mistaken Eastern Romans and Bulgarians fought entire wars over this matter in the middle ages. I agree though, that there should be some flavour regarding the "Western shift" from Tsardom to Empire.
Yea but they're already giving this treatment to the Bulgarian Tsardom, making them Kingdom rank because "they weren't really recognised as an empire." Might as well be consistent and bundle that in with the westernisation stuff.
 
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Very nice. Three questions.

1. Is there a flag of modern Ukraine under Prince face? What does that mean? The saint George flag killing the snake is clear.
2. Does Moscovy/Russia/Novgorod has something related to wooden architecture? Like -10% of stone and +10% of wood for construction?
3. I hope the event for Kremlin building requires good relation with one of Italian country? I think the architect of Kremlin was from Italy.
 
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Is there an event to potray Peter the Greats adoption of the Emperor title. To add to that, shouldn't russia be the Russian Tsardom first and only change to Empire later.
 
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Is most of the game already done? What is being worked on at the moment?

Are the UI and artwork now considered final?
1. When the game is done, we will announce a release date.
2. 'As usual, consider all UI, 2D and 3D art WIP.'
 
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Yea but they're already giving this treatment to the Bulgarian Tsardom, making them Kingdom rank because "they weren't really recognised as an empire." Might as well be consistent and bundle that in with the westernisation stuff.
Oh okay, I wasn't aware of that... Not sure I like that since the Eastern Roman Empire is still imperial rank even though the political situation in 1337 says very much otherwise.
 
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I have a suggestion in mind. What about the formable being called "Russia" or "Tsardom of Russia" and the title of "Russian Empire" being achieved through an event or a decision after the "Times of Troubles" disaster? After all, it was Peter the Great who created the Russian Empire, while his predecesors were only rulers of the Russian Tsardom. Its a little bit silly maybe, but this could help with the in-game inmersion.

Also, I'm very exited for next Friday's Tinto Flavor.
 
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Also can you say who the other tier 1 countries are? France, England, Spain and the Ottomans are safe bets. What else? Ming China? the Japanese Shogun? Austria?
If I tell you now, now, it wouldn't be as fun and rewarding as figuring it out and finding it in each Tinto Flavour. :D
 
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