Merchant Fractures
Fire the "Merchant Fractures" event in Europa Universalis IV with the console command event 5099.
Merchant Fractures
Fire this event with the event command and the event ID 5099.
What happens
A dispute has broken out between several extremely wealthy - and therefore influential - merchants over our trade policy. One group favors taking a mercantilist approach, calling for the government to ensure that the wealth generated by trade within our nation goes mainly to our traders and producers. The other dismisses this protectionist approach as old-fashioned and is in favor of free trade, which they claim would liberate them to seek profits around the world. Naturally, both sides consider the other to be at best highly unreasonable, at worst dangerous in their misguided beliefs.
Player choices
When this event fires, Merchant Fractures presents these options:
- Support mercantilist faction.
- This isn't a matter for the crown.
- Free trade is the future.