General Information[]
Flanders, at its start, is a Chalcedonian Flemish feudal monarchy located in the Flanders area, Low Countries region of the Western Europe subcontinent. The kingdom emerges from Chalcedonian Lotharingia and West Francia land in 862, gaining cores, bordering fellow Chalcedonian West Francia southwest and Lotharingia east and the waters of the Coast of Holland (North Sea area, North Atlantic region).
Flanders will be annexed into Catholic Netherlands on January 5, 1447, losing cores in 1900 and never appearing on-map again.
Called "Flanders" on-file
See also: Holland, Brabant, England, Burgundy, Netherlands, Spain
Decisions[]
Form Belgium[]
- Requirement(s):
- Is not: The Papal State, Holy Roman Empire, Netherlands, France or European Union
- Culture is: Flemish (Germanic) or Walloon (French)
- Belgium does not exist
- Has at least 76 Administrative Technology
- Is not a subject
- Is not at war
- Own core province(s): Brabant (92), Vlaanderen (90), Anvers (1744), Gent (1865) and Hainaut (91)
- Effect(s):
- Random owned province gains 1 Base Tax
- Government Rank changes to Kingdom
- Gain 25 Prestige
- Change country to Belgium
- Gain 'Increased Centralization' for 20 years:
- Can switch to "Belgian" Idea and Traditions
Form Dutch Nation[]
- Requirement(s):
- Is not:
- One of the following must be true:
- Primary Culture Dutch
- Primary Culture Flemish
- Is Burgundy
- Administrative Technology at least 55
- Is Independent or a Tributary
- Is not a nomad nation
- Is not at war
- Netherlands does NOT exist
- Own core province(s): Breda (95), Zeeland (96), Amsterdam (97), Utrecht (98), Gelderen (99) and Friesland (100)
- Effect(s):
- Country is removed from the HRE
- If Burgundy then:
- Capital moves to Amsterdam (97)
- Change Primary Culture to Dutch
- If France exists then:
- If a Catholic Theocracy then:
- Change government to an Administrative Monarchy
- The Papal State becomes 'displeased' with you
- If a Protestant Theocracy then:
- Any subject country owned in the France region cedes provinces to France
- Country changes to Netherlands
- Obtain new missions
- Gain a permanent claim on Region(s): Low Countries
- Gain permanent claim on Area(s): Wallonia and Picardy
- Change Government Rank to Kingdom
- Gain 25 Prestige
- Can embrace Dutch Ideas and Traditions
Strategy[]
Flanders has a very similar strategy to Holland's, and that is to do a few things: Break free from Burgundy (if you start under a PU with them), conquer all provinces in the English Channel trade node, form the Netherlands, and to colonize the New World.