Government

Ecclesiastical

Ecclesiastical is a government type in Crusader Kings III; its rulers hold temple holdings. Ruler modifiers: Treasury from Vassals +85%, Treasury excluding Vassals +85%, Piety +0.25/month, Accolades -1, Number of Knights -3 and 3 more. Its laws: Church Authority, Salary Budget Allocation, Ministry Budget Allocation, Military Budget Allocation, Cardinal Budget Allocation and 1 more. Patch 1.20.0.3, from game/common/governments/02_theocratic_government_types.txt.

Ecclesiastical is a Theocratic Government Form held by Christian Clergy Rulers, such as Bishops and Archbishops.

Most Ecclesiastical rulers are theocratic Vassals who Lease their Temple Holdings from a secular Liege and answer to the Head of Faith, although a Bishop who possesses Landed Titles that are not Leased may rule as an Independent Ecclesiastical Ruler in their own right. The power such a ruler holds over their own Vassals is determined by their Church Authority.

Cannot declare Claim, De Jure, conquest, invasion, Vassalization or subjugation Wars. Only Holy Wars, independence wars, and wars started by events are available.

In an ecclesiastical government, all authority belongs to a Christian religious institution. It is ruled by a priest or priestess who carries out the will of the divine on Earth.

Ruler modifiers

Laws it uses

Government rules

The rules switched on in the files (the game's keys):

treasury
replace gold cost by treasury
add religious subordinates for treasury
use as base on landed
disable regnal numbers
sticky government
allow accolades
landless playable

Who can get it (can_get_government) (10 lines of game script)

theocratic_lay_clergy_trigger = yes
trigger_if = {
	limit = {
		has_variable = {
			name = city_construction_is_temple_citadel
			name = city_construction_is_castle
		}
	}
	always = no
}

As written in game/common/governments/02_theocratic_government_types.txt.