[EU4] Milan as a monarchy points powerhouse
Youtuber Reman's Paradox shows why Milan and republics are strong. Milan has a diplomatically central position amid the great powers, a flexible and strong set of national ideas, and access to rich provinces. Most importantly, however, Milan has an event that allows a switch to the Ambrosian Republic government type early. Republics generate super-leaders by reelecting rulers at the cost of republican tradition. As reelection increases one of a leader's attributes and attributes directly generate monarch points, long-reigning leaders generate many more monarch points than leaders without boosted attributes. A new "Strengthen Government" action for republics buys republican at the cost of military monarch points, which in turn allows the leader to be elected yet again, sustaining the combo. Despite a recent buff to monarchy governments, Reman calculates that republics still average higher monarch point generation. Reman's video (as we've seen before) is very tight with insightful fact-driven commentary ideal for what we want to showcase here, so check out the short video in full: