In Europa Universalis II, Scripted events are events that will happen at a fixed time to particular countries. They are usually based on specific historical events, and will occur no more than once in game, usually at a fixed time or short range of times. In addition to "major" events (some of which are pretty minor), there are also "flavor" events for a few major powers, which are found in db\events\flavor_XXX.txt. An example of "flavor" is the English event Adam Smith publishes 'The Wealth of Nations', which automatically drops England's mercantilism slider by 2 notches.