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attacking other Catholic nations and keeping up your relations with the Pope. If the<br />
Pope decides that you are not behaving properly enough, he can excommunicate you.<br />
You then lose all bonuses and other Catholic kingdoms can attack you without penalty,<br />
and may even declare a crusade against you. The Catholic kingdoms are the only ones<br />
that can call for crusades.<br />
Orthodox<br />
The Orthodox church is based in Eastern and Southeastern Europe. The<br />
Orthodox church’s patron is the Patriarch. If you play an orthodox kingdom,<br />
you will at first be subordinate to the Byzantine Patriarch. As a subordinate,<br />
you will automatically receive income and piety bonuses, but your armies will have a<br />
lower morale than normal. At any point later on, you can declare your church to be<br />
independent. To do so, your Royal Court must contain a level five Cleric, who then becomes<br />
your own Patriarch. The Cleric has to be a normal knight and not a member of<br />
the Royal Family. When you become an Independent Orthodox kingdom, you will have<br />
a book bonus and your armies’ morale will be normal but the gold and piety bonuses<br />
will be gone. Your Patriarch ages normally and will eventually die of old age. When this<br />
happens, you have to have an eligible replacement or your church will lose its independence<br />
and you will again be subordinate to Byzantium. Of course, you can play<br />
as the Byzantine empire. When you do so, you do not suffer the morale penalty, and<br />
still enjoy the benefits of the piety and gold bonuses. Additionally, you will have a new<br />
income subject on your balance sheet where you receive a constant payment from all<br />
subordinated Orthodox kingdoms.<br />
Muslim<br />
The Muslim kingdoms are based in North Africa and the Middle East as well<br />
as southern Spain in the early periods of the game. The Muslim religion<br />
gives a bonus on your units’ morale. This religion doesn’t have a patron.<br />
Only Muslim nations can call a Jihad, which is for defensive purposes only. When a<br />
Jihad is called, rebel armies spawn at the Mosques and attack any infidel army within<br />
the kingdom’s territory.<br />
Paganism<br />
The pagan kingdoms are mainly descendants of the tribes that invaded Europe during<br />
the Dark Ages. If you play as a pagan kingdom, you don’t collect piety at all and you<br />
suffer a penalty to your kingdom’s income.<br />
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