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Personality

Trait Character Country (while in power) Command
Aesthete +25 Popularity +10% …Influence+10% Political Strength of Academics —
Agent of the Sovereign +10 Popularity — —
Ambitious +10 Prominence +10% Prestige from Army Power Projection+10% Prestige from Navy Power Projection-25% Decree Cost +5% Offense-5% Recovery Rate+25% Critical Chance+5% Coup Strength
Arrogant -25 Popularity+5 Prominence -5 Legitimacy +25% Command Limit+10% Vulnerability
Bigoted -35 Popularity +10% Radicalism increases for the Violent Hostility Status+10% Radicalism increases for the Cultural Erasure Status+10% Radicalism increases for the Open Prejudice Status-100 …Influence+100 …Authority +5% Offense+5% Morale Loss
Brave -5% Character Health+25 Popularity +5% Prestige from Army Power Projection+5% Prestige from Navy Power Projection -10% Morale Loss+25% Vulnerability+15% Critical Chance
Cautious +30% Character Health-5 Prominence -20% Infamy Generation-100 …Influence -5% Morale Loss+10% Screening+10 Accuracy-10% Critical Chance
Charismatic +50 Popularity +5% …Influence +10% Morale Recovery
Child -25 Popularity-25 Prominence -15% …Authority-5% Prestige —
Compliant -5 Prominence -10% …Authority -10% Coup Strength
Cruel -50 Popularity +10% …Authority-25% Consumption Tax Cost-1 Opposition Interest Group Approval-1 Standard of Living +10% Kill Rate
Direct +15 Popularity +25% Political Strength of Officers +10% Offense+5% Hull Attack Damage+5% Crew Attack Damage+5% Vulnerability+100% … Chance
El Excelentísimo +40 Popularity +10 Legitimacy from including the Head of State In Government —
Emperor of Japan — +5 Legitimacy —
Général Revanche +50 Popularity — —
German Unifier +50 Popularity +15% …Authority —
Hedonist -15 Popularity -10% Political Strength of Clergymen +10% Supply Consumption-10% Supply Efficiency+5% Morale Recovery
Honorable +25 Popularity -3% Piracy Income —
Imperious -35 Popularity+10 Prominence -20% Decree Cost+10% Loyalists from Political Movements-20% Radicals from Political Movements -15% Morale Loss-15% Morale Recovery+100% … Chance+5% Coup Strength
Imposing +100% … Chance+5 Prominence -25% Infamy Decay -10% Morale Loss
Innovative — +10% Technology Spread -15% Morale Loss+100% … Chance+25% Critical Chance
Meticulous +5 Prominence +5% …Bureaucracy+25% Institution Size Change Speed +5% Offense+5% Defense+10% Recovery Rate+20 Accuracy+10% Critical Chance+50% … Chance+100% … Chance
Napoleon of the Americas +60 Popularity +10 Legitimacy from including the Head of State In Government +10% Defense+5% Offense
Napoleonic Return +35 Popularity+10% Coup Strength — —
Nightingale Pledge +50 Popularity — —
Passionate Theorist +40 Popularity — —
Persistent +20% Character Health +25% Political Strength of Bureaucrats -15% Morale Loss+10% Screening
Pious — +10% Political Strength of Clergymen -10% Kill Rate-25% Morale Loss+25% Morale Recovery
Popular Radical +50 Popularity — —
President Pedro +30 Popularity +15 Legitimacy —
Professional Revolutionary +25 Popularity+10% Coup Strength-10 Loyalty — —
Reactionary Icon +25 Popularity — —
Reckless -20% Character Health+10 Popularity +20 Maneuvers per Diplomatic Play+20% Infamy Generation -10% Recovery Rate-10% Coup Strength+20% Vulnerability+10% Critical Chance
Reserved +5% Character Health-25 Popularity+100% … Chance — -10% Morale Loss-10% Critical Chance
Restitutor Orbis +50 Popularity +10 Legitimacy —
Romantic — +25% Political Strength of Aristocrats -10% Morale Loss-10% Offense+10% Vulnerability+5% Hull Attack Damage
Ruthless -15 Popularity+5 Prominence +5% …Authority+5% Piracy Income —
Tactful — +20% Improve Relations Speed +5 Defense-5% Morale Damage+100% … Chance
The Curly-Haired Orpheuse +25 Popularity — —
The Man from the River Lena +25 Popularity — —
The Spirit of San Francisco +15 Popularity — —
This Glorious Endeavor +20 Popularity — —
Tsar-Liberator +50 Popularity +10% Loyalists from high Legitimacy —
Untamed Revolutionary +40 Popularity+25% Character Health — —
Wrathful -5% Character Health +100 …Authority +5% Morale Loss+10% Morale Damage+5% Hull Attack Damage+10% Crew Attack Damage+10% Vulnerability

Skill

Trait Character Country (while in power) Command
Artillery Commander — — +5% Siege Artillery Offense+5% Shrapnel Artillery Offense+5% Cannon Artillery Offense+5% Mobile Artillery Offense+100% … Chance+50% … Chance+5 Popularity
Bandit -25 Popularity -5% Prestige-50% Infamy Decay+100 …Authority +10% Morale Damage+50% Pirating Capacity
Basic Entrepreneur +10 Popularity — —
Celebrity Commander +30% Command Limit+30 Popularity +15% Prestige —
Colonial Administrator — +10% Colony Growth Speed —
Convoy Raider — — -10% Visibility+5 Popularity+5% Submarine Hull Attack Damage
Defense in Depth Specialist — — +20 Defense+250% … Chance+250% … Chance
Defensive Strategist — — +10% Defense+100% … Chance+100% … Chance+5 Popularity
Demagogue +35 Popularity — —
Diplomat +10 Popularity +5% …Influence +25% Morale Recovery
Dockyard Organizer — — +20% Supply Efficiency
Elder +25 Popularity+5 Prominence +15% Political Strength of Peasants+10% Political Strength of Farmers-5% Prestige-50% Infamy Decay+100 …Authority -10% Supply Consumption+10% Home Offense+10% Home Defense
Engineer — +5 …Construction+20% Political Strength of Engineers+10% Political Strength of Machinists +5% Ship Armor+100% … Chance+100% … Chance
Erudite — +20% Political Strength of Academics+10% Political Strength of Bureaucrats -10% Command Limit
Experienced Artillery Commander — — +10% Siege Artillery Offense+10% Shrapnel Artillery Offense+10% Cannon Artillery Offense+10% Mobile Artillery Offense+200% … Chance+50% … Chance+10 Popularity
Experienced Colonial Administrator — +20% Colony Growth Speed —
Experienced Convoy Raider — — +10% Detection-10% Visibility+10 Popularity+5% Submarine Hull Attack Damage
Experienced Defensive Strategist — — +20% Defense+200% … Chance+200% … Chance+10 Popularity
Experienced Diplomat +25 Popularity +10% …Influence +50% Morale Recovery
Experienced Entrepreneur +15 Popularity +5% Company Throughput Bonus+5% …Influence —
Experienced Extractor — +15% Extraction Throughput+10% Colony Growth Speed+1% Mortality —
Experienced Naval Commander — — +10% Hull Attack Damage-10% Vulnerability+10 Popularity
Experienced Offensive Planner — — +10% Offense+50% … Chance+10 Popularity
Experienced Political Operator +10 Prominence +10% …Authority +10% Coup Strength
Expert Artillery Commander — — +15% Siege Artillery Offense+15% Shrapnel Artillery Offense+15% Cannon Artillery Offense+15% Mobile Artillery Offense+300% … Chance+50% … Chance+20 Popularity
Expert Colonial Administrator — +40% Colony Growth Speed —
Expert Convoy Raider — — +5% Ship Speed+10% Detection-10% Visibility+10% Submarine Hull Attack Damage+20 Popularity
Expert Defensive Strategist — — +30% Defense+300% … Chance+300% … Chance+20 Popularity
Expert Entrepreneur +25 Popularity +10% …Influence+1 Free Company Charters+10% Company Throughput Bonus+10% Company Construction Bonus —
Expert Naval Commander — — +10% Hull Attack Damage+10% Screening-10% Vulnerability+10% Blockade Strength+20 Popularity
Expert Offensive Planner — — +20% Offense+150% … Chance+20 Popularity
Expert Political Operator +15 Prominence +20% …Authority +15% Coup Strength
Explorer +20 Popularity+200% Expedition Opportunity +10 Prestige+50% Expedition Opportunity —
Firebrand +50 Popularity — —
Inept -15 Popularity -5 Legitimacy -25% Morale Recovery-10% Defense-10% Offense-10% Hull Attack Damage-10% Crew Attack Damage+10% Vulnerability-10% Coup Strength
Inexperienced +10 Popularity -5 Legitimacy +10% Morale Recovery-5% Defense-5% Offense-5% Hull Attack Damage-5% Crew Attack Damage+5% Vulnerability
Influential Planter — +10% Plantations Throughput+10% Ranches Throughput+10% Colony Growth Speed —
Inspirational Orator +25 Popularity — —
Literary +10 Prominence+10 Popularity +5% Prestige+25% Infamy Decay —
Local Appointee +30 Popularity -10% Radicals from Political Movements+10% Loyalists from Political Movements-0.05 Weekly Liberty Desire —
Master Bureaucrat — +10% …Bureaucracy+10% Political Strength of Bureaucrats —
Masterful Diplomat +50 Popularity +20% …Influence +100% Morale Recovery
Military Governor — -10% Suppression impact on Political Movement attraction+10% Conscriptable Battalions+10% …Authority +20% Command Limit
Mountain Combat Expert — — +25% Defense in Elevated Terrain+400% … Chance
Naval Commander — — +5% Hull Attack Damage-5% Vulnerability+5 Popularity
Offensive Planner — — +5% Offense+5 Popularity
Open Terrain Commander — — +25% Offense in Flat Terrain
Pillager — — +800% … Chance+25% Devastation-10 Popularity
Political Appointee -10 Popularity -5 Legitimacy-10% Attraction of Interest Groups In Government -25% Coup Strength
Political Operator +5 Prominence +5% …Authority +5% Coup Strength
Prominent Businessman — +10% Supply Ships Construction Efficiency+5% State Construction Efficiency-10% Loan interest rate —
Social Bandit +25 Popularity -5% Prestige-50% Infamy Decay+100 …Authority+3% Piracy Income +10% Morale Damage+25% Pirating Capacity
Stalwart Defender — — +10% Defense+5 Popularity
Supply Requisitions Expert — — -10% Supply Consumption+100% … Chance-90% … Chance
Surveyor — — +10% Home Offense+10% Home Defense+400% … Chance+200% … Chance+100% … Chance
Traditionalist Commander — +5% Prestige +10% Command Limit+20% Admiral Blockade Strength-20% Aircraft Carrier Hull Attack Damage
Trench Rat — — +10 Defense+100% … Chance+100% … Chance
Woodland Combat Expert — — +25% Defense in Forested Terrain+400% … Chance

Condition

Trait Character Country (while in power) Command
Alcoholic -10% Character Health-10 Popularity +2% …Influence -10% Morale Damage
Beetle Eared -30% Character Health — —
Cancer -80% Character Health — —
Cocaine Addict -10% Character Health+20 Popularity — —
Expensive Tastes +25 Popularity +5% Tax Waste+5% Prestige —
Grifter -25 Popularity +1% Tax Waste+5% Piracy Income +5% Supply Consumption-5% Supply Efficiency+50% Pirating Capacity
Kidney Stones -30% Character Health — -10% Offense-10% Defense
Opium Addict -10% Character Health-25 Popularity +5% Opium Plantations building Throughput —
Psychological Affliction -20% Character Health-50 Popularity — —
Scarred +10 Popularity-10% Character Health — —
Senile -25% Character Health-50 Popularity -5% …Influence +10% Morale Loss-25% Command Limit
Shell Shock -20% Character Health-30 Popularity — +20% Morale Loss-20% Offense-20% Defense
Sickly -20% Character Health — —
Syphilis -50% Character Health -10% …Influence —
Tuberculosis -60% Character Health — —
War Criminal -50 Popularity — +10% Kill Rate
Wounded -40% Character Health — +10% Morale Loss

Country effects apply while the character heads their IG in government or rules · command effects apply to led formations