France, Great Britain and Russia begin the Europe Campaign with all of their regions safely under control, with or without this technology. Poverty Control Laws benefit some factions more than others. Even if its effects aren't immediately helpful, researching Poverty Control Laws unlocks the ability to upgrade manufactories to factories, in turn furthering progression of the industrial technology tree. Researching this technology can free up resources and garrison troops to help control other, more volatile areas. Poverty Control Laws are available nearly immediately in the Europe campaign for most factions, and are a helpful early game technology: early in the campaign, where administrative and cultural buildings haven't been upgraded and resources are scant, increased repression can keep important regions from rioting or, at the very least, decrease town watch costs. These institutions were made deliberately unpleasant to discourage the poor from viewing them as an easy alternative to finding work for themselves. For the ”able-bodied” who couldn’t find work, there was also the workhouse. Whereas the infirm and elderly could not earn a living wage, there were some who were happy to leech off the goodwill of charitable parishes. Local government, being sensitive to local needs, distinguished between each type, and also decided on who needed moving on to another locale.
Historically, in many countries poor relief was closely regulated: the poor were “impotent”, ”able-bodied”, or ”idle”. The feckless, being made to work, can add to the productivity of a region. Such strictures will also illustrate the advantages of honest work and act as a deterrent to anyone else looking to evade their duty of work. These vagrants prey on hand-outs meant for deserving locals, but suitable persuasion, such as a sound beating or prison, moves them on. In order to properly aid and control the poor, a distinction must be made between the genuinely needy and the merely bone-idle and feckless. These laws help control any poverty problem by making being poor and destitute a crime.
Poverty Control Laws are an industrial technology in Napoleon: Total War.
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