The Royalists are a country in Europa Universalis II. In normal games their provinces are coloured dark red, in fantasia games, they are coloured light orange. They represent one faction in the English Civil Wars (also known as the Cavaliers).
Creating The Royalists[]
By Revolt[]
Provinces that can form the Royalists
The Royalists can be created by revolt or releasing a vassal at any point between 1st January 1640 and 31st December 1688 as long as the Puritans do not exist. They have no fixed culture or religion, but will be Anglo Saxon, and either Catholic, Protestant, or Reformed.
The Royalists can be made up of any combination of the following provinces:
- Lancashire
- Lincoln
- Northumberland
- Yorkshire (the default capital)
Starting Position[]
Royalists does not exist at the start of any of the campaigns.
AI Priorities[]
The Royalists use the England AI file. This means that they have the following priorities:
Colonization[]
North American and Caribbean colonies
South American colonies
African colonies
Indian colonies
Indian colonies
Australian and Pacific colonies
The Royalists will attempt to colonise up to 5 provinces at the same time, and establish a trading post 5% of the time (signifantly less than the default). Their bonus for colonising provinces next to ones they already control is 50. Their penalty for colonising provinces next to other countries is 5 (compared to a default of -50).
When colonising, they will prioritise the continent of Oceania (marked yellow on the maps), the regions of North America, Caribbean, and India (all marked blue on the maps). They will particularly prioritise the following areas (marked red on the maps):
In Aftica
- Gold
- St Helena
- Tanganyika
- The Cape
- The Mascarenes
India
- Bengal
- Carnatic
- Ceylon
North America and the Carribean
- America
- Bermuda
- Cuba
- Georgia
- Maine
- Newfoundland
- Oregon
South America
- Falklands
- Guiana
Trade[]
The Royalists will send a trader just as often as the default AI (a value of 100) and is slightly more monopolist than the default AI (having a value of 30 rather than 25 for refusing trade).
War[]
The Royalists are a warmonger (having a warmonger value of 50, as opposed to 10).
In choosing provinces to besiege, they is just as likely to focus on attacking provinces with high tax values (a value of 5.0), it has the same a slightly larger preference for besieging multiple provinces (0.2 compared to 0.1), is willing to fight further from home (value of 5 compared to default of 0.5), is less likely to defend/liberate their own provinces (1.0 vs 2.0), is more likely to attack provinces with a low Supply value (setting is 3.0 compared to 1.0), and is significantly more aggressive (4.0 vs 1.0).
The Royalists are particularly likely to declare war on the following countries:
In Europe
In The Americas
In India
In East Asia
Monarchs[]
| Name | Reigns from | Diplomacy | Administration | Military |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James I | 24 Mar 1603 | 6 | 5 | 7 |
| Charles I | 27 Mar 1625 | 4 | 5 | 7 |
| Charles II | 23 Apr 1660 | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| James II | 6 Feb 1685 | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| James III | 6 Sep 1701 | 8 | 6 | 7 |
| Charles III | 1 Jan 1766 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Henry IX | 1 Jan 1788 | 6 | 8 | 7 |
| Edgar Francis I * | 13 Jul 1807 | 8 | 6 | 8 |
Leaders[]
Generals[]
| Name | Rank | Starts | Dies | Movement | Fire | Shock | Siege |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prince Rupert | 2 | 1642 | 1682 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Charles I | 2 | 1642 | 23 Apr 1660 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
Admirals[]
| Name | Rank | Starts | Dies | Movement | Fire | Shock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prince Rupert | 2 | 1642 | 1682 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
Events[]
The Royalists have no events files.