Protectorate Advantages?

**Es Arkajae** · 03-11-2005, 04:39

Bah, I tried to get the Egyptians to become a protectorate as the Seleucids, they never accepted even when I had their last city and last army under siege.

But protectorates are great for those out of the way places that you want to add to your victory score and remove as a threat but don't really want to go through the trouble of conquering or holding.

Germany is an excellent example, maintaining it is a pain in the arse and the money you get from there is pitiful, its also full of rebels.

Numidia with its obscene travel times bewteen cities is another one, Spain too is out of the way and once you've already conquered the Gauls its rather useless really as all the action is in the east.

A hint of advice though, if you're going to make a country a protectorate choose any other protectorates with care, for instance if you go through all the trouble of making Germany a protectorate then DON'T make the Britons or Gauls a protectorate, because inevitably your two protectorates will probably be going to war with eachother which means you'll have to end up conquering one of them again after they break the alliance.

Spain and Numidia are another example, having them both as a protectorate is just asking for trouble, unless you capture and keep both Tingi and Cirta and leave the Numidians the rest, depriving the Spanish of a place to attack or blockade, that can work.

It should made so that two protectorates of one nation don't go to war with eachother, or that if two of your protectorates DO go to war with eachother that it doesn't break their alliance with you, or even that you can tell them to stop.

**Quillan** · 03-11-2005, 15:19

That explains why I didn't see any tribute, because it was Germania I had as a protectorate. I was unable to get any other nation to accept in that campaign, and in the current one, I've only tried Egypt (who refused). I'll worry about it later, once I've finished this civil war that started last night.

**The Stranger** · 03-11-2005, 19:00

to be honest YOU GAIN A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY

**Vlad Tzepes** · 03-11-2005, 19:44

Grrrrrr... getting a protectorate is my new obsession in RTW - I envy you guys that managed to do it without giving them back all their lost territories or freights of cash...

**Quillan** · 03-11-2005, 21:03

When I got Germania as a protectorate, I had 3 full 20-unit armies marching into their territory (two of which were sieging German cities), Germania was involved in a long war with Britania (and losing), and I gave the the "Accept or we will attack" ultimatum. Without that ultimatum, they turned me down flat.

**mfberg** · 03-11-2005, 22:15

If the AI gets an economic bonus at the higher difficulty settings then you will get more money from protectorates. (sounds like a "feature" to me)

mfberg

**Nelson** · 03-12-2005, 00:32

I got my first protectorate when playing as the Suleucids. Having driven Thrace out of Greece I offered them protectorate status. They refused so I took yet another city and offered again, this time adding “Accept or we will attack.” They replied with something along the lines of “We don’t seem to have much choice so we accept. But we’re not thanking any of the gods for this situation!”

They went on to pay regular tribute that gradually went up and down between as much as 12,000 and as little as 200 per turn. I think they had three or four regions left so they were still viable. In fact my Thracian thralls continued to field several large armies.