Savoy

Savoy is a minor faction in Empire: Total War, a country in Northern Italy. 

Starting Position

Basics at start

• Protectorates – None
• Allies – Austria
• Trade Partners – France
• Enemies – Barbary States, Pirates
• Religion – Catholic
• Government – Absolute Monarchy

Ruler – Victor Amedeus II (King) Population – 652,308 Prosperity - Destitute Prestige – Feeble Treasury – 7500 Technology – None Gentlemen – Severiano Gagliano (Turin) Missionaries – None Rakes – Lucio Amaroso (Turin)

Europe Theatre

Turin, Savoy

Starting Buildings – Military Governor’s Encampment Infrastructure - Basic Roads Population – 652,308 Wealth – 2675 Religion – Catholicism 80.0%, Protestantism 20.0% Starting Towns/Ports – Provence Vineyards (Wineries), Nice (Trading Port), Chambery (Craft Workshops Weavers) Later Villages/Ports – Chieri (Village)

General Information

Savoy exists on territory required by France for conquest in the short and long campaigns of the Grand Campaign. Its AI generally declares war on whoever owns France or territories in the Italian peninsula.

Unit Roster

Savoy's unit roster is largely generic, with the exception of the fact that it can train Heavy Cavalry.

History

The Duchy of Savoy was a country in northern Italy and a regional power during the 18th century, mainly siding with Austria and opposing France and Spain (as it is represented in-game). In 1713, it obtained the island of Sicily from Spain; in 1720, it had to trade the island to Austria in exchange of Sardinia. It thus became a kingdom and it is generally referred to, in this period, as Piedmont-Sardinia. After the Napoleonic Wars, Piedmont and its ruling House of Savoy would eventually conquer and annex all the other Italian states in 1860, unificating Italy in the process.