Situs Requirements

• You begin the game in 1444 as a loyal union under Denmark. However, the Danes are obsessed with the expensive wars against the Hansa and their ambitions across Europe. The situs requirement for Sweden is a bit undefined, because you start as a loyal subject, but the more the Danes do that requires Sweden soldiers and/or gold that does not benefit Sweden directly, that should make your population grow in disloyalty greatly. Of course, this does not mean that you are instantly rebellious at the first stance Denmark takes to expand their own power. But you are not loyal for free either. These instances should build up conflict between Denmark and Sweden.

• You are not allowed to declare a war for independence without proper RP conflict built up.

• You are welcome to allow foreign nations to influence you diplomatically, but remember, if your goal is to be independent, then your goal is not to ruin Denmark or Norway in the process. 

• You might be playing as a union and subject, but you should still develop the narrative and story in Sweden. What is the goal and ambitions of the different powerful factions? You have lots of options both in the game and in the RP besides becoming independent.

• Unless the Catholic Church does an extra job to shepherd Scandinavia and stop focusing only on affairs in middle and southern Europe, then the factions in Sweden find the things from the reformation very appealing. This point is not to force you to pick reformed or protestant, but to remind the player that Scandinavia is not well represented in the Catholic Church and finds reforming it appealing.

• Absolutism was very appealing to the Swedes historically. The Age of Absolutism spawns 10 years after Global Trade in 1600. It is high encouraged to go down this historical path of absolutism. It could be as follows:

If you are still a subject by this time, the factions within Sweden demand absolute power to the throne. If the Danish King doesn’t maximize his absolutism and rapidly focuses on becoming a world great power that sets the stage, then you could rebel and seek independence and put the task of Scandinavian Absolutism and world dominance as your primary focus. Historically, the period of Sweden's status as a world great power with their military supremacy was from 1611 to 1721.