Protectorate bugged?

[GeWee]

Ok I checked the financial section and the Gaul had around 20,000 denari, which was more than many other factions had.
Now, the turn right after they became protectorate their graph has went up 12,500 points while mine has decreased by the roughly the same amount.
The turn after that however (and now things get interesting!) their graph has incresed by 85,000 while mine has decresed by that amount. So there's no doubt they actually got my money somehow. A couple turns after this I even got a pop-up box saying the Gaul now were the richest...
So what's up with this? Is it a bug? A standard 85,000 fee for protectorates? What?

[oblivious maximus]

Ill tell you whats up, the Gauls jacked you!

Keep experimenting.

[GeWee]

I'm fed up with their dishonest attitude so I think I'll just wipe them out instead.

[Thoros of Myr]

Ill tell you whats up, the Gauls jacked you!

This is the funniest RTW story I have heard yet

[Mr. Juice]

I experienced similiar results when the senate required me to force Germania to be my protectorate. First time through they agreed if I gave them a lump sum of 50,000 and 200 for 10 years. Well, it turned out that I was losing 50,200 EVERY year! So I reloaded a previous save and got them to agree to a lump sum of 24,000. The first year went fine, then the next I lost ONE MILLION. ONE MILLION!

I was so pissed that I went back to a previous save and launched an attack on the Brutii, and am amassing a large army by Rome. The senate was getting awfully demanding anyway...

[Red Harvest]

I experienced similiar results when the senate required me to force Germania to be my protectorate. First time through they agreed if I gave them a lump sum of 50,000 and 200 for 10 years. Well, it turned out that I was losing 50,200 EVERY year! So I reloaded a previous save and got them to agree to a lump sum of 24,000. The first year went fine, then the next I lost ONE MILLION. ONE MILLION!

That's a beauty of a bug! Looks like you just handed them a blank check.

[Oaty]

So the trick is to become weak and be a protectorate yourself for a short time

Then turn around 10 years later and send them a big fat thank you