Europa Universalis IV · Progression strategy
Saving monarch points for technology
Technology competes with other actions for monarch points. The discussion lists coring, integrating vassals, ideas, province development, stability, inflation and war exhaustion reduction, leaders, policies, and events as other potential uses.
How it works
Holding off on some expenditures can leave more points available for technology. The specific pool affected depends on the action; the discussion gives coring as a reason a country may fall behind in administrative technology. This is a resource-allocation choice, not a separate technology modifier.
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