Whatever religion is the largest in all of the new vassal's cores everywhere in the world (even if currently not owned by the nation) in terms of development will become the vassal's state religion (cores belonging to its original religion apparently count double) the number of provinces following any given religion is not the determining factor. You'll have to conquer a province with both an Iraqi core and a Levantine culture.

However, this province's culture is Kurdish, which is in the Iranian culture group Iraq's historical culture is Mashriqi, which is in the Levantine culture group.Īs such, it is not possible to release Iraq from Hisn Kayfa.

Releasing nation owns and controls provinces that have the target nation's cores and a culture in the same group as their primary culture.įor example, Iraq has a core on Hisn Kayfa.

Nations are eligible for release when the following conditions are satisfied: Click the Create Vassals button and choose the nation to release as a vassal.If the button is gray and not clickable then either there are no nations to release or the player is at war.In the bottom right hand corner of the menu that pops up, there is a button called Create Vassals.If the player's country is not shown, click on View Own Country in the bottom right of the menu.

The method of releasing a nation is as follows: One can also release a vassal in order to reconquer its core provinces in future wars for less aggressive expansion and no administrative power cost for either country. This can help after gaining provinces in a peace deal that can't be cored or sold, drive overextension too high, or are extremely rebellious. Releasing a nation Ī nation at peace may release another nation whose lands it controls. The Holy Roman Emperor can also vassalize members of the Holy Roman Empire by passing the penultimate Imperial Reform, 'Revoke The Privilegia'. They can also receive autonomy from a larger country, either as a normal nation or as a client state. Countries can be force vassalized in a Peace Treaty or can agree to vassalization via a diplomatic offer. There are several different ways to vassalize a nation. Please help with verifying or updating this section.

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