How do I keep the Prince-Electors pleased with me as HRE Emperor? (Austria)
I am planning to play Europa Universalis IV as Austria, which starts off as the HRE Emperor.
The Prince-Electors at the start of the game are Bohemia, Burgundy, Cologne, Mainz, Saxony, Trier, and The Palatinate.
Austria has five diplomacy slots available at the start of the game, and I'm thinking of allying & royal marrying Bohemia, Castille, Hungary, and Poland. That leaves one slot for a Prince-Elector (probably The Palatinate?).
Moving forward, how do I keep the Prince-Electors pleased to keep me on as Emperor?
Is it advisable early on to use more than the five "free" diplomacy slots to ally Prince-Electors, and then get the Diplomacy idea group?
Also – if a member state within the HRE is fully-annexed by a neighbour and I issue "Demand Unlawful Territory", is IA (Imperial Authority) awarded if the demand is accepted? Or do I have to release the member state through war?
Best Answer
The same way, you keep everybody happy. Raise opinion, make alliances, royal marriages. Also protect the empire, when it's member states are attacked an don't vassalize the electors, this incurs a massive penalty with all other electors and laso costs you IA every month. PU is fine though.
Ususally it simply is a bidding war between which elector likes which nation best and with Austria you are in a prime position.
Yes, diplomacy ideas are usually a good choice, when playing within the empire.
Demand unalwful teritory: You shouldn't let it even come to that as this would imply you lost a war or refused a defensive call. In any case, it doesn't award IA, as a province you can demand unlawful territory on is already part of the empire, the current owner simply doesn't have a core on it and IA is only awared for adding new provinces to the empire.
If the demand is accepted the province returns to the original owner or to you rule, if the original owner doesn't exist anymore, but it's very unlikely to happen. ON refusal you'll get a CB and incur siginifcant penalties on the province making it fairly useless, but you also lose 1 IA.
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