How to benefit from personal unions

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How to benefit from personal unions? I've played as Lithunia and had union with Poland, but … as far as I understand at some point Poland will get own king and become separated again.

Is there any way to get union partner become the part of your country?

Best Answer

It takes half a century, but after that duration the nation leading a personal union can inherit or integrate their subject nation so long as the leading nation has more provinces than the subject country.

Inheritance can occur when a ruler dies. See the hovertip over the king in the diplomacy screen to see the probability statistic. Main influences are Diplomatic Reputation, Stability, and whether the countries share a culture group.

Another option, if the leader in the union has 190+ relations with the subordinate partner, then "Integrate" is a diplomatic process that will get the ball rolling on the integration and is similar to annexation.