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The update adds tariffs for controlling import and export volume, regional industry bonuses, and political influence as a national resource, alongside the Across the Pillars DLC.","whyItMatters":"The update routes government actions through a dedicated political influence resource and makes market center control pay through tariffs, which shifts how players weigh administration against expansion.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe 1.4 update, titled Rio Salado, also adds circumnavigation as a high-difficulty expedition, with a large bonus going to whichever country accomplishes it. Expeditions run their events automatically once launched, so a Christian nation can send a character on pilgrimage or into the Atlantic and then react to what comes back.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTariffs let players tax or subsidize specific products to steer trade volume, and the money goes to the country holding the market center. Political influence now covers laws and ministerial appointments, drawing on the ruler\u0026#39;s abilities and the country\u0026#39;s stability and drifting day by day. Previously those actions consumed stability or legitimacy directly.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Europa Universalis V's 1.4 update is out: expeditions (including circumnavigation), tariffs on specific goods, regional industry bonuses, and political influence as a new resource for laws and appointments. Across the Pillars DLC also released.","twitterPost":"EU5 update 1.4 adds expeditions, with circumnavigation as a high-difficulty run that pays a big bonus to whoever finishes it. Tariffs steer imports and exports, political influence now funds laws and appointments, and the Across the Pillars DLC is out too.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"Paradox released the 1.4 Rio Salado update for Europa Universalis V on October 29, adding expeditions, tariffs, regional industry bonuses, and political influence as a resource for state actions. 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