The Estates General
Fire the "The Estates General" event in Europa Universalis IV with the console command event french_revolution.1.
The Estates General
Fire this event with the event command and the event ID french_revolution.1.
What happens
With revolutionary ideas spreading across Europe, and following decades of high taxation and poor harvests, the widespread dissatisfaction at our ruler our ruler's absolutist rule can no longer be ignored. The our ruler has been forced to reconvene the Estates General, a feat unseen for over a century, to have the deputees devise a reform program that will lead to a way forward for our nation. However, compromise between the various factions will no doubt prove difficult, and already the divisions between the old order and radical groups are threatening to explode into conflict!
Player choices
When this event fires, The Estates General presents these options:
- Dire times are ahead of us.
- We must show these upstarts their place!
- Perhaps they are right...