The emperor of the HRE also gets manpower benefits from that status. Each army unit recruited (1000 men or 10 artillery) decreases the manpower pool by 1.Ī country's total manpower is determined by the provinces it owns, its domestic policy, and its vassals. Manpower is decreased only by recruitment of land units. Even the smallest country can have a manpower pool of size 4. However, there is a minimum gain of 1 manpower per month thus, no matter how small a country's manpower is, it can still recruit 12000 soldiers per year so long as it never lets the manpower pool fill up. When a country's manpower is below its maximum manpower, each month its manpower will increase by its total manpower divided by 12. You cannot see the manpower for foreign countries in the game. The manpower in your own cities create can be viewed in the ledger, page 31. The manpower created by any city can be seen on its province screen. If you mouse over that number, you can get a tooltip which shows you more information, including the total manpower. When you are a playing a country, you can see your current manpower at the top of the main map. There is a maximum manpower, which is usually twice total manpower but it cannot be less than 4. Manpower decreases when you recruit troops and increases monthly when it is below its maximum. Manpower, Total Manpower, and Maximum Manpower įollowing the FAQ at the EU2 forums, we distinguish between 'manpower', the number shown on the map screen, and 'total manpower', which is the sum of adjusted per-province manpower and vassal-derived manpower, as modified by domestic policy (see below). The manpower a country has is drawn from its owned provinces and from vassals, and may be modified by its domestic policies.

1.1 Manpower, Total Manpower, and Maximum ManpowerĪ country's manpower is an integer which represents the quantity of men it has access to for recruiting new armies and supporting existing one.

Eu4 manpower on unit deletion