Keeping your country small with a large number of vassals is a good idea as they provide income and support you in wars while keeping stability cost low.

This is harder than Westernisning but worthwhile as it prevents the events listed above from firing. This requires stability of +3 and a ruler with Administrative skill of 7 or above. Once you are in the Western technology group you need to modernise your military. Now you need to complete your final westernisation to Western technology and 100% research rate. If you have started as Muslim then the events above will fire and you should select accept demands. If you have started in something other than Muslim technology then the events listed above will not fire until 10 years after the last time you accepted their demands. It is possible if you stay small and trade effectively to become technology leader without needing to Westernise. If you start in Eastern technology it will take a long time for the Europeans to be sufficiently advanced to allow Westernisation, use the time to become a republic and select a suitable ruler. Next go to As Eastern technology As Eastern You will also need Stability of +3 to Westernise again so work hard on recovering stability as fast as possible. You especially cannot afford to give up Centralisation. This gives you ten years to complete the Westernisation chain without further nasty events. Regardless of the event, select the option Accept their demands.

Government officials resist westernization.

Cultural establishment resist westernization.

If you have Westernised to Muslim then soon you will get one of the following events: Muslim religion countries should consider going to +1 Narrowminded first and using a theologian to enact two religious decisions which allow Missionaries to be produced even while fully Innovative. Muslim nations start with higher technology than Europeans and you will have to wait about 50 years for the Europeans to develop a technology gap suitable for westernising. If you start as Muslim then your first goal is to get sliders and monarch ready and try to find a European neighbour. This gives the border without needing a large continent spanning empire. A common tactic is to get Military Access along from the Mamluks and the North African nations while trying to find a lower technology nation bordering a European nation in West Africa and to steal a couple of provinces. Once Westernised go to As Muslim technology.Д¬hinese and Indian nations have access to ships, this means they can go hunting for Europeans. Dealing with extra revolts takes skill but it is possible. Nomads can take the fight to the Europeans, a good tactic here is to border an Eastern technology province for the first couple of Westernisation decisions, this is particularly true for the Golden Horde or Timurids. Once sliders are ready and a suitable monarch is on the throne try to border a European nation, try North Africa where the Iberians like to expand.

Next go to As Muslim technology.ДЄs Sub Sahran African you are able to go looking for Europeans which means Westernising can be done quicker than in the New World. You also need a good Monarch so send the useless ones to go fight natives until they learn to be suitable. Forts make your land much harder to take and is useful against small colonial detachments. Your Westernisation is entirely reliant on colonisation by European powers, the best strategy is to get your sliders ready as soon as possible while concentrating on Land technology 3 for Forts. Remove country modifier = 'western_influences'.Government/land/naval technology investment -5.Add action_and_reaction modifier giving the following for 4 years.Nation is not under the effect of Resisting Western Influences.Have a ruler with administrative skills of 7 or more.Modernise Military to Western Requirements Gain the western_influences modifier until the end of the game, giving.

Move up one technology group (Eastern/Ottomans to Western, Muslim to Eastern, Everything else to Muslim).Have a ruler with administrative skill of 6 or more.The technology groups within Westernising are Western, Eastern/Ottoman, Muslim, Everybody else.Neighbour a country with a higher technology group which is 20 technology levels ahead of you.Westernising requirements and effects Westernising Requirements 1 Westernising requirements and effects.

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