These Agents spawn in Catholic ruled regions with heresy. The Papal States faction also controls Inquisitors. The Papal States rarely attack a non-Excommunicated Catholic faction but it can happen. The Catholic AI is more cautious attacking the Papal States when they are an AI faction, but when the player is the Papal States the AI seems as aggressive towards them as they would be towards any other player faction. However, if the Papal States and another Catholic faction go to War, the other faction is automatically Excommunicated, even if the Papal States were the aggressor! They can offer Reconciliation with Catholic factions who have been Excommunicated in Diplomacy, which gives the Papal States an excellent Diplomatic advantage, particularly in ending wars. When playing as the Papal States, you don't send missions to other Catholic rulers, and you cannot choose to Excommunicate other factions directly. Crusades will eventually be requested by other Catholic factions and the Papal States can join them. However, the Papal States can never be Excommunicated. Normal methods to increase your standing with the Pope, such as building priests and churches, converting other religions, participating in Crusades, and listening to Papal Missions do not seem to work. Without modifying the game the relationship with the Pope seems to be stuck at a low level, which means you have to wait for someone else to call a Crusade. Very often the Pope does not like the Papal States very much! For this reason, you cannot always call Crusades as you please, you need high Papal Approval just like everyone else. The Papal States can still get generals through adoptions and Man of the Hour the same way other factions can, but these generals will never become Faction Heir or Leader.Īnother interesting thing about the Papal States is that they still have a relationship with the Pope like all factions. A new Pope spawns in his capital, usually Rome, or in the countryside of Rome if the Papal States have no regions. When the Pope dies all the Cardinals elect the next Pope from among their ranks. Their faction leader is the Pope, who cannot marry. For starters, they have no family tree at all. The Papal States is different from all the other factions. They start in the middle of the Italian Peninsula.

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