Eu4 Venice Vs Genoa
The holy roman emperor gets the opinion modifier supporting ghibellines towards genoa for 10 years worth 20 opinion with a yearly decay of 2.
Eu4 venice vs genoa. This means that you have to choose powerful allies and rely on them to survive until you can wage war by yourself. Genoa gets some strong missions. There were four bouts of open warfare in which the fighting between the two republics took place largely at sea. Venice is actually enjoyable as it s in the position of forming both greece croatia and italy all with very good ideas.
The venetian genoese wars were a series of struggles between the republic of genoa and the republic of venice at times allied with other powers for dominance in the mediterranean sea between 1256 and 1381. Genoa goes through iberia. Genoa is a merchant republic centred on liguria in northwest italy with colonies throughout the mediterranean and the black sea. This series is best viewed from the playlist.
In venice you can still get everything from asia by pushing it through the gulf of aden and alexandria but you have no way of getting anything from africa or the new world except for mexico rio grande and california which you can push back through asia. Genoa starts with low ru high unrest and everyone wanting a piece of you. Strong allies will dissuade them from attempting to take the mainland european venetian culture lands. Genoa has expansion options in crimea.
Milan has some of the most developed provinces in the world and will seek the return of their core on brescia. They went to war multiple times and sunk each others trade ships etc. I just think it would be better for realism. Let s play some europa universalis iv as venice with the new 1 26 mughals patch and the new dharma expansion.
Genoa has a stronger trade node. Venice starts larger and richer. Venice has less unrest at the start. France gets the opinion modifier against guelphs towards genoa for 10 years worth 30 opinion with a yearly decay of 3.
In 1444 genoa finds itself in a precarious position surrounded by more powerful countries and losing the sustaining mediterranean trade to the vastly more powerful venice. Venice seems stronger but genoa is in the better position to grow. Genoa gains 1 republican tradition. Genoa is under no real threat from game start.