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Victoria 3

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The journal tracks ongoing events in a country and is used to simulate various historical events, real or counter-factual. A journal entry has a set of visibility conditions, a set of activation conditions and a set of completion conditions.

The effects of a journal entry are in place either during activation or at completion. Many journal entries provide bonuses upon completion and each has certain conditions for activation and then successful completion or failure. Some entries are time limited while others remain open until they are completed.

Most journal entries are available to all countries meeting the conditions. Country-specific journal entries can be found on those country's pages or related content pages.

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Country-specific journal entries can be found on the relevant country page or on the country content pages in the navbox at the top of the page.

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Major situations

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Government Petition

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As a loyal component of the [Ruler Title]'s government, the [Interest Group] are petitioning for [Law] to pass.

If [Law] is successfully passed, the [Interest Group] will be greatly pleased, but if this petition is ignored, the nation will face penalties, up to the [Interest Group]'s resignation from government.

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Visibility conditions: Only while active
Activation conditions: Not all of these: Is not enacting any law Any Interest Group: Is in Government Stance on any available law is greater than current None of these: Is in a Revolution Is facing a Secession Triggers through the 'government_petition_events.100' invisible Yearly Pulse Event	Effects when activated: Triggers the Event [Interest Group] Petition Government
Completion conditions: Has enacted [Law]	Effects when completed: 5% of [Interest Group] members become more Loyalist Gets Responsive Governance (Decaying) for 10 years +10 Legitimacy
Failure conditions: [Interest Group] are not part of the government	Effects when failed: [Interest Group] gets Failed Petition (Decaying) for 10 years −20 Interest Group Approval
Times out after 5 years (60 months) with the following effects: [Interest Group] gets Failed Petition (Decaying) for 10 years −15 Interest Group Approval

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The Great Hunger

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A great crop failure has brought immeasurable suffering to our people, who beg for our government to take special measures in this matter.

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Visibility conditions: Is not a Decentralized Nation
Activation conditions: Investment level for  Social Security is less than 4. At least one of these: Any Incorporated State Average Standard of Living is less than 10 Has suffered a Natural Disaster Any State Average Standard of Living is less than, or equal to 5 Any Building: Is any of:  Rye Farm  Wheat Farm  Rice Farm  Maize Farm  Millet Farm  Livestock Ranches The Workforce Occupancy is greater than, or equal to 10% Weekly Profit is less than, or equal to 0.50	Effects when activated: Triggers the event The Hard Times
Completion conditions: Wait for the famine to expire or raise the Standard of Living in your nation by 3 points.	Effects when completed: Removes Great Famine +50% mortality
Times out after 5 years (60 months) with the following effects: None
Every month, the following random events can happen: (weight:100) Nothing happens (weight:10) Bread and Blood (weight:10) In Search of a Better Life (weight:10) events#famine_events.4 (weight:10) events#famine_political.1 (weight:10) events#famine_political.2 (weight:10) events#famine_political.3 (weight:10) events#famine_political.4 (weight:10) events#famine_political.5

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Springtime of the Peoples

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Discontent with the post-Napoleonic reactionary order has exploded into a tidal wave of radical sentiment across Europe!. Liberal revolutionaries hoist tricolor flags, and cry out for liberty, equality, and fraternity.

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Visibility conditions: Has researched Egalitarianism [Capital]: Strategic region is any of: England North Sea Coast Iberia France Occitania Rhine Italy Balkans North Germany South Germany Scandinavia Danubia Poland
Activation conditions: Any country has experienced either the Liberal or the Radical movement being revolutionary, or France has proclaimed the Second Republic At least 5% of pops are  radical	Effects when activated: Triggers the Event The Rise of Radicalism
Completion conditions: Any government interest group has a Radical leader Country does not have Monarchy Country has Census Suffrage or Universal Suffrage	Effects when completed: Triggers the event The Revolution Victorious
Failure conditions: The Radical movement has been having less than 10% support while being suppressed for at least the past year No agitators nor non-marginalized IG leaders have the Radical ideology.	Effects when failed: Triggers the event The Revolution Vanquished

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The Red Scare

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The emergence of a powerful communist regime in a foreign country has aroused fear amongst certain segments of the population that [Country] will be next to fall to communism.

Domestic political currents with left-wing agendas have fallen under the scrutiny of anti-communist forces, as they are accused of being harbingers of bloody revolution, and agents of foreign powers.

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Visibility conditions: Any Country above Minor Power that we have an Interest in has researched Labor Movement
Activation conditions: Any Country above Minor Power that we have an Interest in has enacted the Council Republic Law Does not have Council Republic enacted	Effects when activated: Triggers the Event The Red Scare
Invalidation conditions: No Country above Minor Power that we have an Interest in has enacted the Council Republic Law
Failure conditions: At least one of these: Has enacted Council Republic Any revolution progress is greater than 75%
Times out after 10 years (120 months) with the following effects: Triggers the Event A Subtler Terror
Every month, the following random events can happen: (weight:300) Nothing happens (weight:10): The Nationalization of Women (weight:10): Communism Criminality (weight:10): events#red_scare.4 (weight:10): events#red_scare.5 (weight:10): events#red_scare.6 (weight:10): events#red_scare.7 (weight:10): Marching Against Peace (weight:10): In the Face of Revolution (weight:10): The White Émigrés (weight:10): Progressive Dilemmas (weight:10): events#red_scare.12 (weight:10): The Communist Ark (weight:10): events#red_scare.15

Domestic affairs

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From Farms to Factories

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A nation of peasants is a nation of the past. How can we expect progress to arrive in our homes if those homes are no more than farms?

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Visibility conditions:  Peasants is more than 60% of total population
Activation conditions: Does not have Serfdom enacted Does not have Land-Based Taxation enacted	Effects when activated: None
Completion conditions:  Peasants is less than 35% of total population Does not have Serfdom enacted Does not have Land-Based Taxation enacted  Industrialists are not Marginalized	Effects when completed: Triggers the Event Road to Progress

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Urbanize

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The future is not white or black, like the old tales say - it's gray! The color of the train that lets us visit foreign lands! The color of the factory that lets us pay for such travel! The color, my friend, of

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Visibility conditions: Any Incorporated State has an  Urban Center
Activation conditions: Any Incorporated State has a level 5 or more  Urban Center Does not have Agrarianism enacted	Effects when activated: None
Completion conditions: At least 75% of all Incorporated States have a level 5 or more  Urban Center Any Incorporated State has a level 10 or more  Urban Center	Effects when completed: Triggers the event Winds of Change

Development

Art

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Patronize Romanticism

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The Romantic artistic movement advocates for the glorious past: knights, castles, pirates, forbidden nature and lost heroes. Its appealing nature must be swiftly spread.

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Visibility conditions: Has researched Rationalism Is not Unrecognized
Activation conditions: Has researched Romanticism Does not have Realism researched Has an  Urban Center
Completion conditions: Any level 2 or higher  Arts Academy Has activated  Traditional Art Production Method The workforce Occupancy is at least 90%	Effects when completed: Triggers the Event Isn't It Romantic?
Failure conditions: Has researched Realism
Times out after 10 years (120 months) with the following effects: None

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Patronize Realist Art

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Artists are moving away from abstract, fantastical art and towards realistic portrayals of a concrete subject matter. As patrons of this movement there could be much to gain.

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Visibility conditions: Has researched Romanticism Does not have Camera researched Is not Unrecognized
Activation conditions: Has researched Realism Has an  Arts Academy
Completion conditions: All  Arts Academy: The workforce Occupancy is at least 90% Has activated  Realist Art	Effects when completed: Triggers the Event The Realist Movement
Times out after 10 years (120 months) with the following effects: None

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Establish the Photographic Arts

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Visibility conditions: Has researched Realism Does not have Film researched Is not Unrecognized

Activation conditions: Has researched Camera Has a level 3 or higher  Arts Academy

Unique buildings

Main article: Unique buildings

Canals and skyscrapers each have special journal entries related to their construction. Certain monuments also have related journal entries.

Expeditions

Main article: Expeditions

Expeditions represent historical European endeavors to explore various parts of the world, namely the American northwest, Africa's major rivers, and Antarctica, as well as the British expedition to Tibet.

References

Journal entry files can be found in /Victoria 3/game/common/journal_entries

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