Law · Meritocratic Bureaucracy

Divine Mandate

Divine Mandate is a meritocratic bureaucracy in Crusader Kings III: Non-Governor Vassals can never declare War. Modifiers: Belligerent Vassal Opinion +15, Barons And Minor Landholders Vassal Opinion -20, Glory Hound Vassal Opinion -25, Parochial Vassal Opinion -25, Courtly Vassal Opinion -10 and 5 more. Patch 1.20.0.3, from game/common/laws/00_realm_laws.txt.

Non-Governor Vassals can never declare War

Modifiers

The meritocratic bureaucracy

This group is cumulative in the files: a higher law keeps what the lower ones allow.

Who can pass it

Your Liege recently adopted this Law and you will soon adopt it automatically

Can pass (can_pass) (31 lines of game script)

trigger_if = {
	limit = {
		should_synchronize_liege_law = no
	}
	has_realm_law = meritocratic_bureaucracy_2
	custom_description = {
		subject = root
		text = has_meritocratic_bureaucracy_cooldown
		NAND = {
			has_variable = imperial_bureaucracy_cooldown
			NOT = {
				culture = {
					has_innovation = innovation_all_things
				}
			}
		}
	}
}
trigger_if = {
	limit = {
		should_synchronize_liege_law = yes
		liege = {
			has_realm_law = meritocratic_bureaucracy_3
		}
	}
	custom_tooltip = {
		text = imperial_bureaucracy_pending_law_change
		always = no
	}
}
can_pass_law_ca3_trigger = yes

As written in game/common/laws/00_realm_laws.txt.

Kept while (can_keep) (9 lines of game script)

realm_law_use_meritocratic_bureaucracy = yes
trigger_if = {
	limit = {
		should_synchronize_liege_law = yes
	}
	liege = {
		has_realm_law = meritocratic_bureaucracy_3
	}
}

As written in game/common/laws/00_realm_laws.txt.

Source: game/common/laws/00_realm_laws.txt, common/law_groups and the English localisation, Crusader Kings III 1.20.0.3. A cost shows the base the files give; “varies” when it depends on your realm.