文化科技

Culture technology is one of the five major categories of technology. Like Commerce, Culture is not really technology in the normal sense, but rather it is the learning and adopting of new concepts in philosophy, aestestics and psychology.

Culture subcategories

Aesthetics

The Aesthetics subcategory provides the player with more prestige. Remember that this is in the form of shared prestige so the later you delay these techs the less prestige you will get.

Technology Name	Activation Year	Default Cost	Effects from technology	Effects from inventions
Classicism & Early Romanticism	1836	3600	Prestige gain: +5%	-
Romanticism	1836	7200	Prestige gain: +5%	Shared Prestige: +15
Realism	1836	10800	Prestige gain: +5%	Shared Prestige: +30
Impressionism	1850	14400	Prestige gain: +5%	Shared Prestige: +45
Expressionism	1870	18000	Prestige gain: +5%	Shared Prestige: +60
Mass Culture & The Avant-Garde	1900	21600	Prestige gain: +5%	Shared Prestige: +175

Philosophy

The Philosophy subcategory provides the player with a big research points modifier. Inventions will also give shared prestige.

Technology Name	Activation Year	Default Cost	Effects from technology	Effects from inventions
Late Enlightenment Philosophy	1836	3600	Research Points: +50%	-
Idealism	1840	7200	Research Points: +50%	Shared Prestige: +15
Empiricism	1860	10800	Research Points: +50%	Shared Prestige: +20
Analytic Philosophy	1870	14400	Research Points: +100%	Shared Prestige: +60
Phenomenology & Hermeneutic	1880	18000	Research Points: +100%	Shared Prestige: +40
Anti Rationalism	1900	21600	Research Points: +100%	Shared Prestige: +100

Social Thought

The Social Thought subcategory provides the player with more education efficiency and colonial migration.

Technology Name	Activation Year	Default Cost	Effects from technology	Effects from inventions
Malthusian Thought	1836	3600	Education Eff.: +10% Colonial Migration: +5%	-
Positivism	1836	7200	Education Eff.: +10% Colonial Migration: +5%	-
Functionalism	1836	10800	Education Eff.: +10% Colonial Migration: +5%	-
Biologism	1850	14400	Education Eff.: +10% Colonial Migration: +5%	Education Eff.: +50% War exhaustion: -5%
Social Science	1870	18000	Education Eff.: +10% Colonial Migration: +5%	Consciousness in Non-Colonial: +0.03 Colonial Prestige: +10%
Social Alienation	1900	21600	Education Eff.: +10% Colonial Migration: +5%	Consciousness in Non-Colonial: +0.05 War Exhaustion: -25% Plurality: +10%

Political Thought

The Political Thought subcategory provides the player with an increased national focus cap. The inventions are mainly focused on making your population more politically aware, in the form of plurality, reform desire, rebel organisation gain etc. Remember that you still need enough population to get more focus points, as these techs only increase the national focus cap.

Technology Name	Activation Year	Default Cost	Effects from technology	Effects from inventions
The Rights of Man	1836	3600	Max National Focus: +1	Plurality: +20% Organisation Regain Rate: +5% Suppression Efficiency: -5%
Ideological Thought	1836	7200	Max National Focus: +1	Plurality: +30% Suppression Efficiency: -10% Political Reform Desire: +10% Consciousness in Non-Colonial: -0.02 Militancy in Non-Colonial: -0.01
State & Government	1840	10800	Max National Focus: +1	Plurality: +10% Political Reform Desire: +5% Social Reform Desire: +5% Diplomatic Points +20% Colonial Prestige: +10% Min. Liferating: -10%
Nationalism & Imperialism	1850	14400	Max National Focus: +1 War justification efficiency: +0.1%	War Exhaustion: -15% Morale: +10% Colonial Migration: +5% Separatism: +50% Nationalist Rebel organisation gain: +33%
Revolution & Counterrevolution	1870	18000	Max National Focus: +1 Diplomatic Points: +25%	Allow Anarchic Bomb Throwers Allow Terrorist Cells Communist Rebel organisation gain: +25% Suppression Efficiency: +25% rebel organisation gain: -25% Mobilization Impact: -20% War Exhaustion: -15% Military Hospitals: +1% Reactionary Rebel organisation gain: +50% Communist Rebel organisation gain: +75%
Mass Politics	1900	21600	Max National Focus: +1	Fascist Rebel organisation gain: +100% Suppression Efficiency: +25% rebel organisation gain: -25%

Psychology

The Psychology subcategory provides the player with increased reinforcement speed and starting experience. The last technology also unlocks Radios.

Technology Name	Activation Year	Default Cost	Effects from technology	Effects from inventions
Introspectionism	1836	3600	Reinforcement: +5% Reg. Experience: +5	-
Associationism	1836	7200	Reinforcement: +5% Reg. Experience: +5	-
Phenomenalism	1836	10800	Reinforcement: +5% Reg. Experience: +5	-
Experimental Psychology	1850	14400	Reinforcement: +5% Reg. Experience: +5	-
Psychoanalysis	1870	18000	Reinforcement: +5% Reg. Experience: +5	-
Behaviorism	1900	21600	Reinforcement: +5% Reg. Experience: +5	Allows Radio Factory Activate: Radio Education Eff.: +25% Suppression Efficiency: -5% Consciousness in Non-Colonial: +0.03 Suppression Efficiency: -10% Shared Prestige: +20