
But what are your thoughts? Which tier 1 reform do you prefer if you're in the rare position to pick one? Not only for Japan but also in general. I don't aim for a WC, play with a lot of colonies (California, Mexico, Philippines, Malacca) and have to say I lean heavily towards Plutocracy in my situation. Especially good for colonizers like Japan, which have empires that span over different continents and have a lot of trade to steer. But the merchant is obviously way more valuable than the vassal income because of trade steering and his flexibility were you want to send him. Plutocracy (+1 Merchant): One could argue that this ones is just money too. Seems like the default pick for me if the goal is a WC to save on diplo points and even if not it's still a very viable pick.
EU4 PLUTOCRACY PLUS
Plus if I intended to play vassal heavy, I would have stayed the shogunate.And after all: It's just money (The economy, stupid!).Īutocracy (-10% unjustified demands): This can save you a lot of bird mana since the vast majority of land you annex is usually unjustified in the long run. Finally, there is a local flavor of Plutocracy, which are the monarchies of Mashgal and. And if they have you might want to integrate them anyway. See a recent post on Tumblr from tanadrin about eu4 modding. The attrition bonus to enemies and reduction to your armies can be useful later on and the general pips are ok.

the morale is incredible, the military tradition idea saves you from having more forts than you need to keep it up.

The vassal income is usually pretty marginal as long as they don't have valuable land. Defensive can be quite good as well, but if you are used to playing EU4 then you wont need it. And since they are in the chinese tech group they might even pick Plutocracy.įeudal nobility (+25% income from vassals): This seems like the obvious worst choice to me.

Since Japan loses its special government while switching tag, you are in the pretty rare position that you can freely choose a new tier 1 government reform without the 10 corruption penalty. I'm playing a Oda -> Japan run right now and just formed Japan.
