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9/13/2025, 2:38:09 AM
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EUV has the Victoria 3 Shadow Economy
Pack it up, boys. The hype died. Europa Universalis 5 is going to fail at the one thing it set out to do. It's not going to have a realistic economy. It features a Shadow Realm giving POPs an infinite amount of Credit. That's a crutch so the economy can work properly.
Here is an example from the experience of a playtester:
>food price is subject to global supply and demand, but separated into markets
>if your markets have enough food to cover demand, but the global price is high, then EVERYONE will starve to death, because they can't afford food
>the equivalent of this in the real world would be White people voluntarily starving themselves, because Africans can't afford food
>BUT this is actually not happening, because Paradox "fixed" this oversight by letting POPs/Estates just buy goods on Shadow Banking Credit, as long as it's available
>but only the government can go into debt, not POPs, so your people are basically being funded by invisible Shadow Demons, who give them infinite credit
This has further implications with the nobility. Earlier playtesters reported that building the "Bailiff" building is an excellent idea, because it spreads control in places outside your capital and before you can build proper infrastructure. But the hidden feature of the Bailiff is that it provides your nobility with jobs and since the nobility have the most demands of any POP, but get an infinite credit card, they can super-charge your economy by buying up all of the goods. The scribbles on the right is from a playtester, who reported that nobility have:
>60 ducats income
>pay 20 ducats in tax
>spend 350 ducats on goods
It seems like the competency crisis is so severe Paradox is unable to hire a genius autist and enough sugary drinks to make him code an actually functioning economy. Even if they want to create a realistic economy simulation, they are not able to. They simply aren't competent enough.
Here is an example from the experience of a playtester:
>food price is subject to global supply and demand, but separated into markets
>if your markets have enough food to cover demand, but the global price is high, then EVERYONE will starve to death, because they can't afford food
>the equivalent of this in the real world would be White people voluntarily starving themselves, because Africans can't afford food
>BUT this is actually not happening, because Paradox "fixed" this oversight by letting POPs/Estates just buy goods on Shadow Banking Credit, as long as it's available
>but only the government can go into debt, not POPs, so your people are basically being funded by invisible Shadow Demons, who give them infinite credit
This has further implications with the nobility. Earlier playtesters reported that building the "Bailiff" building is an excellent idea, because it spreads control in places outside your capital and before you can build proper infrastructure. But the hidden feature of the Bailiff is that it provides your nobility with jobs and since the nobility have the most demands of any POP, but get an infinite credit card, they can super-charge your economy by buying up all of the goods. The scribbles on the right is from a playtester, who reported that nobility have:
>60 ducats income
>pay 20 ducats in tax
>spend 350 ducats on goods
It seems like the competency crisis is so severe Paradox is unable to hire a genius autist and enough sugary drinks to make him code an actually functioning economy. Even if they want to create a realistic economy simulation, they are not able to. They simply aren't competent enough.
