手工业者是一种人群类型，在人口中属于中产阶级。手工业者独立生产低质量的商品，以此作为收入来源。手工业者需要资源来生产商品，当他们买不起生产商品所需的资源时就无法工作，这可能会造成一个问题：手工业者陷入“因为没有收入，所以无法创造收入”的贫穷死循环。这种问题通常由征税过度或商品价格下跌导致，以手工业者转职为其他类型而结束。在建立工厂前，手工业者是生产制成品的唯一方式。
Needs
| Life Needs | |
|---|---|
 Grain
|
2.5 |
 Fish
|
1 |
 Fruit
|
1 |
 Wool
|
1 |
 Cattle
|
0.75 |
| Everyday Needs | |
|---|---|
 Liquor
|
5 |
 Paper
|
5 |
 Regular Clothes
|
5 |
 Tea
|
5 |
 Furniture
|
4 |
 Tobacco
|
3 |
 Coal
|
1 |
 Glass
|
1 |
| Luxury Needs | |
|---|---|
 Wine
|
10 |
 Coffee
|
2 |
 Telephones
|
1.25 |
 Automobiles
|
1 |
 Luxury Clothes
|
1 |
 Luxury Furniture
|
1 |
 Opium
|
1 |
 Radio
|
1 |
 Aeroplanes
|
0.4 |
 Fuel
|
0.2 |
Rebel Units
| Unit Type | Chance |
|---|---|
 Infantry |
50% |
 Irregular |
50% |
Ideological Tendencies
| Ideology | BCM |
|---|---|
 Anarcho Liberal
|
1 |
 Communist
|
1 |
 Conservative
|
1 |
 Fascist
|
1 |
 Liberal
|
1.1 |
 Reactionary
|
1 |
 Socialist
|
1 |
Social Mobility
| Modifier | Value | Factor | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Literacy < | 50% | +1% | +1% |
| 40% | +1% | +2% | |
| 30% | +1% | +3% | |
| 20% | +1% | +4% | |
| 10% | +1% | +5% | |
| Province clergymen per capita ≥ | 0.8% | +1% | +1% |
| 1.6% | +1% | +2% | |
| 2.4% | +1% | +3% | |
| 3.2% | +1% | +4% | |
| State bureaucrats per capita ≥ | 1% | +1% | +1% |
| 2% | +1% | +2% | |
| 3% | +1% | +3% | |
| 4% | +1% | +4% | |
| 5% | +1% | +5% | |
| Province soldiers per capita ≥ | 1% | +1% | +1% |
| 2% | +1% | +2% | |
| 3% | +1% | +3% | |
| 4% | +1% | +4% | |
| 5% | +1% | +5% | |
| State has work available for clerks | -5.00% | ||
| State has no factories AND Economic policy does not allow nation to build factories |
+10.00% |