Subject Types

Elder Scrolls Universalis features many changes to pre-existing subject types and introduces three new ones.

### General

All subjects may have their own subjects and can declare independence war regardless of their Liberty Desire.

Any subject except personal unions and colonial nations can ask their overlord to cancel the subject status. The subject will gain a large amount of Liberty Desire and military buffs for thirty years should their overlord refuse. Additionally Vassals, Marches, Holy Orders and Treethanes can take a decision to rebel against their suzerain if they have 100% liberty desire and at least 35% of their overlords army strength.

Negative "Liberty Desire from Development" means more developed subjects have *less* Liberty Desire.

### Personal Union

* Claim throne of country with same dynasty, less cities and prestige
* -25% Prestige from Naval Battles
* **+0.25** Yearly Legitimacy
* **+0.15** Yearly Meritocracy
* **+1** Yearly Absolutism

### Vassal

* Diplomatic Action
* **-35%** Liberty Desire while having Overlord's Dynasty
* +50% Liberty Desire from Overlords Prestige
* **-35%** Development Cost
* -35% Morale of Armies
* -35% Morale of Navies
* -15% Discipline
* -15% Mercenary Discipline
* **+1000** Manpower

While creating Vassals is an excellent way to reduce the administrative burden on your empire and increase development without occupying a relations slot their crippling Military debuffs leave them fairly helpless without their Overlord when called into war. Having too many Vassals may be a hinderance to your war efforts.

#### March

* **-50%** Liberty Desire from Development
* +50% Liberty Desire from Overlords Prestige
* +35% Embracement Cost
* +25% Construction Cost
* +10% Technology Cost
* **+25%** Fort Defense
* **-50%** Fort Maintenance Modifier
* **-15%** Naval Maintenance Modifier
* **+15%** Manpower Recovery Speed
* **+2.5** Land Force Limit

Uses individual Army strength for Liberty Desire.

#### Holy Order

* Subject has Overlords Religion
* Subject Borders a heretic or heathen country
* **-50%** Liberty Desire from Development
* +50% Liberty Desire from Overlords Prestige
* **+15%** Religious Unity
* **+5%** Missionary Strength
* **+1** Missionaries
* +25% Idea Cost
* -15% Institution Spread in True Faith Provinces
* **+25%** Naval Force Limit Modifier
* **+15%** National Manpower Modifier
* **+0.1** Prestige per Development from Missionary
* **+1.5** Tolerance of the True Faith
* -3.5 Tolerance of Heretics
* -3.5 Tolerance of Heathens
* **+1%** Missionary Strength vs Heathens

Holy Orders are a voluntary Designation, meaning that a Vassal has to accept for it to be applied, which they far more likely to do if they border their Overlord's rival or are the same culture as their Overlord. The most noteworthy aspect of Holy Orders is their ability to declare war on independent heretic/heathen nations. Upon becoming a Holy Order the country will get the Theocracy government form. Uses individual army strength for Liberty Desire.

### Treethane

* Overlord owns Summer Site (820)
* **-25%** Liberty Desire while having Overlord's Dynasty
* +100% Liberty Desire from Overlord's Prestige
* -1 Diplomatic Relations
* +15% Unjustified Demands
* **+5%** National Tax Modifier

Treethanes are transferred to any Bosmer country which conquers Summer Site.

### Tributary

* Cyrodiilic Emperor
* Nordic Emperor
* Tribal
* Vampire
* War
* +100% Liberty Desire from Overlords Prestige
* +15% Liberty Desire from Development
* **-10%** Liberty Desire while having Overlord's Dynasty
* **-15%** Tech Cost when behind Overlord
* **+100** Yearly Tax if subject has 50 cities

### Native Reservation

* Subject doesn't have federation members
* Overlord is not Native
* +100% Liberty Desire from Overlords Prestige
* +25% Liberty Desire from Development
* **-5%** Liberty Desire while having Overlord's Dynasty
* -25% Domestic Trade Power
* +35% Institution Spread
* +5 National Unrest
* **50%** of Subjects Trade Power
* **+5%** Caravan Power if subject has 5 cities

Allows for easier annexation of native tribes.

### Alliance Member

* Overlord is Tribal or Alliance Leader
* +100% Liberty Desire from Overlords Prestige
* +10% Liberty Desire from Development
* **-15%** Liberty Desire while having Overlord's Dynasty
* **+10%** Reduction of Morale Damage Taken in Reserves
* -10% Recover Army Morale Speed
* -10% Recover Navy Morale Speed
* -0.5 Diplomatic Reputation

### Trade Protectorate

* Subject capital and Overlord Capital are on different continents
* Overlord is not a subject or native
* **+25%** Institution Spread
* **+15%** Production Efficiency
* -1 Diplomatic Relations
* **-25%** Technology Cost if they own less than 150 Development
* **+5%** Global Trade Power
* **+2.5%** Goods Produced Modifier
* **+2.5%** Trade Steering
* Tariffs