Krall- From the wiki:
"Prestige is a percentage, ranging from -100 to 100, that is, essentially, a measure of a nation's success, and countries are ranked according to their prestige. Prestige is gained by successful playing, such as by winning battles and wars, by diplomatic actions such as gaining a vassal or establishing a royal marriage, and by discovering new lands and establishing new colonies. It can also be gained by having a philosopher as an advisor, or by selecting certain
national ideas. Prestige can be lost by the inverse of the above actions, for example by losing battles or wars, having diplomatic actions rejected, or by having a colony seized or destroyed. It should also be noted that prestige will automatically return to zero over time (-5/year base modifier), so you must continue with prestige gaining actions to keep your prestige as high as possible."
"EFFECTS:
The following are affected by prestige, either negatively or positively, dependant on the prestige level:
- The chance of gaining territory through dynastic succession.
- The chance of having diplomatic proposals accepted.
- The cost and salary of court advisors.
- The monthly rate of change of your relationship value with other countries.
- The rate at which you gain new diplomats. [+(prestige/100)/year]
- Merchants' and colonists' success rate.
- The morale of armies and navies. [+(prestige/2)% ]
- The success rate of influence attempts on cardinals. "
What mod are you playing with? I reccomend demanding (or asking very politely and with offerings of enduring love, whichever you think works best) whoever blocked your internet to unblock the EU3 forums/main website:
http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=323
Get the Magna Mundi Mod. NOW. I don't want to hear excuses, you aren't playing EU3 til you get that mod!
But it seems to be down as even I can't access it right now.
