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EU5: Guide to Increasing Control in Provinces
This guide discusses eight ways to increase control in provinces in Europa Universalis V, which directly affects the amount of taxes collected. Methods include building cities and temples, developing infrastructure, striving for centralization, integrating provinces, building bailiffs, stationing troops, and avoiding rebellions and wars on your own territory.
1. Introduction to Control in Europa Universalis V
- ✅ Control is a key parameter affecting the amount of taxes.
- ✅ The higher the control, the greater the revenue from a given location.
- ✅ Discussion of seven direct and one indirect way to increase control.
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1. Introduction to Control in Europa Universalis V
- ✅ Control is a key parameter affecting the amount of taxes.
- ✅ The higher the control, the greater the revenue from a given location.
- ✅ Discussion of seven direct and one indirect way to increase control.
01:09 - 02:58
2. 🏘️ Building Cities and Towns and Maximum Control
- ✅ Cities increase maximum control by 10%.
- ✅ Towns increase maximum control by 5%.
- ✅ The cost of building a town is 350 gold coins, and a city is 1400.
02:59 - 03:59
3. ⛪ Temples and an Additional 5% to Control
- ✅ Temples give an additional 5% to maximum control.
- ✅ Temples can be built in towns and cities.
04:00 - 06:46
4. 🛣️ Infrastructure: Roads and Bridges Reducing Proximity Cost
- ✅ Building roads and bridges reduces the cost of proximity, which affects control.
- ✅ Proximity cost affects control in a given province.
- ✅ Different types of roads offer different reductions in proximity cost: dirt roads (-20%), paved roads (-25%), modern roads (-30%), railroad tracks (-35%).
- ✅ Bridges also reduce the cost of proximity.
06:47 - 07:31
5. Striving for Centralization of the State
- ✅ Centralization of the state gives bonuses, including a reduction in proximity cost.
- ✅ Maximum centralization gives -10% to proximity cost.
07:32 - 08:37
6. 🌍 Integration of Unintegrated Provinces
- ✅ Unintegrated provinces have zero control.
- ✅ Integration of provinces increases control.
- ✅ Province integration can be achieved through an appropriate official in the government.
08:38 - 10:08
7. 🏰 Building Bailiffs in Strategic Locations
- ✅ Bailiffs increase control, providing a local source of proximity (+20).
- ✅ It is recommended to place bailiffs in provinces with valuable resources and far from the center of the state.
- ✅ Bailiffs increase the local power of the nobility, so avoid placing too many of them.
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8. Military and Its Impact on Control
- ✅ Stationing troops increases control in a given province.
- ✅ The larger the army, the greater the increase in control.
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9. Avoiding Rebellions and Wars on Your Own Territory
- ✅ Rebellions and wars on the territory of the state reduce control.
- ✅ Rebuilding control after uprisings takes a long time (5-10 years).
- ✅ It is important to maintain stability and avoid internal conflicts.