First of all ... What is it?
Second of all ... How do I use it?
Third of all ... Thanks
Second of all ... How do I use it?
Third of all ... Thanks
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When you get to the religion screen (by e.g. clicking the religion icon in the province display), you get several sliders, with which you can set your religious tolerance levels towards each of the religions in the game (the topmost is your state religion).
The tolerance thingyis a zero-sum game, you can't please everyone. If you increase tolerance toward one religion, you reduce it towards some other(s). It generally pays to have a high tolerance of the religions you have in your empire; low tolerance levels towards e.g. Protestants can lead to rebellions in your Protestant provinces, while a high tolerance towards them actually lowers the risk of rebellion. (I also think the manual states that low tolerance level to another country's state religion can hurt your relationship with them, but I'm not sure I see much of an effect.)
[This message has been edited by Kekkonen (edited 26-01-2001).]
The tolerance thingyis a zero-sum game, you can't please everyone. If you increase tolerance toward one religion, you reduce it towards some other(s). It generally pays to have a high tolerance of the religions you have in your empire; low tolerance levels towards e.g. Protestants can lead to rebellions in your Protestant provinces, while a high tolerance towards them actually lowers the risk of rebellion. (I also think the manual states that low tolerance level to another country's state religion can hurt your relationship with them, but I'm not sure I see much of an effect.)
[This message has been edited by Kekkonen (edited 26-01-2001).]
The tolerance level is also very important if you want to convert a province to your state religion. Let’s say you play a Sunni Muslim country like The Ottoman Empire. Then you will probably have Sunni Muslim, Shiah Muslim and Orthodox provinces within your borders and if you start to expand into Europe you will get a few Catholic and Protestant provinces as well. This will cause a lot of rebellions, because you can never please all those different faiths with the “Zero-Sum” tolerance level, especially if your stability drops for some reason.
You will have to convert one of those faiths to “The True Faith”, and that is of course yours.
For example, let’s say that Transylvania is Protestant, and you want to convert them into a Sunni Muslim province (your state religion). Lower the tolerance level towards Protestant provinces to Zero. This will make them rebel. You will mercilessly fight down the rebellion and this will make the province’s population drop. Keep up with this “righteous” treatment of the people (it’s for their own good anyway ) until the province’s population drops just below 5000. Now send a colonist, or several, until the population reaches 5000 again. Voila, you have just turned Transylvania into a Sunni Muslim province!
Keep in mind though, that if you have several provinces that you have lowered your tolerance level towards they will also rebel, so be sure to have them surrounded by your holy crusaders!
The tolerance level towards different faiths also affects your diplomatic status. If you play a Muslim country, you will find that Christian countries will have a very low diplomatic score towards you.
You will have to convert one of those faiths to “The True Faith”, and that is of course yours.
For example, let’s say that Transylvania is Protestant, and you want to convert them into a Sunni Muslim province (your state religion). Lower the tolerance level towards Protestant provinces to Zero. This will make them rebel. You will mercilessly fight down the rebellion and this will make the province’s population drop. Keep up with this “righteous” treatment of the people (it’s for their own good anyway
) until the province’s population drops just below 5000. Now send a colonist, or several, until the population reaches 5000 again. Voila, you have just turned Transylvania into a Sunni Muslim province!Keep in mind though, that if you have several provinces that you have lowered your tolerance level towards they will also rebel, so be sure to have them surrounded by your holy crusaders!
The tolerance level towards different faiths also affects your diplomatic status. If you play a Muslim country, you will find that Christian countries will have a very low diplomatic score towards you.
what would happen if you wanted everything protestant and had no tolerance for other relgions?
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'Those who live for the moment, have no future.'
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Martin Luther has saved us all.
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'Those who live for the moment, have no future.'
-Myself
Martin Luther has saved us all.
is it possible to be pwerful enough to do this, and calm the rebellions? Maybe I'll only conquer protestant provinces at first and then get stronger and conquer other religions and change them to Protestants
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'Those who live for the moment, have no future.'
-Myself
Martin Luther has saved us all.
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'Those who live for the moment, have no future.'
-Myself
Martin Luther has saved us all.
Well, its not gonna work in big cities, you cant kill that many people. And your run the risk of them declaring independence. All in all, its better not to convert people, just tolerate them, it lead to having a stronger nation with fewer revolts. You also dont get many VP's for conversion.
Or you can be careful with what kind of provinces you grab, try to avoid getting any provinces which either are big or with a different religion than you.... But remember there is an event that changes the religion of your provinces to the statereligion, well one province at least...
Cobos
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If you are not part of the solution you are part of the precipitate.
You can manage 4 different religions with no problem as long as you are at peace and with max stability.
I try not to have more than three different religions, even if it means force converting some provinces to my state religion.
I try not to have more than three different religions, even if it means force converting some provinces to my state religion.
If a nation has only one minority religion, might that religion be fully tolerated?
Example. Venice (surprise, surprise) snags Greece from Turkey. Can I set tolerance for the Orthodox church to maximum and be spared any sort of religious insurrection? Or is there a bar for the Catholic state religion, as well?
Also, must a Counter-Reformed Catholic gov't set a tolerance level for regular ol' Catholics?
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'A set of local sovereign states can be no more than a transitory political configuration.'- Toynbee
Example. Venice (surprise, surprise) snags Greece from Turkey. Can I set tolerance for the Orthodox church to maximum and be spared any sort of religious insurrection? Or is there a bar for the Catholic state religion, as well?
Also, must a Counter-Reformed Catholic gov't set a tolerance level for regular ol' Catholics?
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'A set of local sovereign states can be no more than a transitory political configuration.'- Toynbee
Mariani,
A country has a bar for the state religion as well as others, so in the case you described Venice wouldn't want to set tolerance towards Orthodox to maximum, but could easily set it high enough so that there would be no chance of revolt in Orthodox provinces except in exceptional circumstances.
If I remember correctly, there is no tolerance distinction between Catholics and Counter-Reformed Catholics since the only way provinces can become counter-reform is through being colonized by a country with state religion set to counter-reform and these provinces still become regular Catholic after the Edict of Toleration anyway. Counter-Reform becomes available as a state religion after the Council of Trent religious event, but unlike the Luther and Calvin religious events, the Council of Trent doesn't cause provinces to adopt the newly available religion.
A country has a bar for the state religion as well as others, so in the case you described Venice wouldn't want to set tolerance towards Orthodox to maximum, but could easily set it high enough so that there would be no chance of revolt in Orthodox provinces except in exceptional circumstances.
If I remember correctly, there is no tolerance distinction between Catholics and Counter-Reformed Catholics since the only way provinces can become counter-reform is through being colonized by a country with state religion set to counter-reform and these provinces still become regular Catholic after the Edict of Toleration anyway. Counter-Reform becomes available as a state religion after the Council of Trent religious event, but unlike the Luther and Calvin religious events, the Council of Trent doesn't cause provinces to adopt the newly available religion.