Not confusing questions at all, if anything I could have possibly worded the clauses better.
1 - Voting from the dukes and counts decides the new emperor in an election every...I don't know, 15 turns seems fair. That's 30 years game time and allows more oppertunities for different emperors than our 20 turn consular games did.
2 - Each duke is expected to know what cities are his. There will be a library thread I'd be willing to update with this info. But you, as duke of Vienna, well, if you conquer Prague with your own ducal army I would expect you to know you're duke of Prague & Vienna. I'll exemplify both situations for you.
Situation 1 - You control only Vienna, after subtracting your total army upkeep (ignoring free garrison militia) from the city's total income, you get 300 florins. You wait long enough (2 or 3 turns I think) to have the money needed to buy mailed knights from Staufen, who has offered to make them for you. You post that you have the money and Staufen agrees to make them. When Staufen acknowledges this, the emperor can order the mailed knights to be recruited in Staufen and sends them to you the turn they come into play. Because Staufen has made the knights for you, and not for himself, you pay the upkeep cost. So the 300 florins a turn you had been accrueing before the mailed knights were made for you is now reduced to 50 (by the mailed knights 250 upkeep cost)
Situation 2 - You, as duke of Vienna, which has a total income of 1,300, conquer Prague early in the game. You then become Duke of Vienna and Prague. Prague has a total income of 1,000. So as Duke of Vienna and Prague, your total income becomes 2,300. This means you accrue 2,300 florins - your total army upkeep every turn. For the sake of argument, lets say your upkeep is 800. So you make 1,500 a turn because you combine the income of both cities you own.
My original intention in this regard was that keeping track of these small figures for one, two, maybe even three cities would be no issue for individual players. However, if there is large objection to this, I would be willing to do this myself and take on the position of Treasurer/Archivist, keeping track of all the important game issues. Primarily total incomes-upkeeps=net incomes.
EDIT - #3 Yes, Construction money comes from the Imperial treasury, which in essence is the unspent remainder of the Ducal treasury from the previous 5 turns combined. There may be moments when the empire is tight of cash and dukes may have to opt to not recruit, or recruit cheapper units, in order to have more cash flow into the Imperial Coffers. Yet another way teamwork will be key.
EDIT 2 - Glaucus
1 - Yes, a Duke elected to emperor retains control of his ducal territory throughout his Imperial reign.
2 - If an Imperial Army conquers a settlement, it becomes Imperial lands, and is therefore untouchable by any currently established duke, even the emperor himself, to claim as personal lands. With 2 exceptions. A current duke's whole territory is conquered and he needs new lands, he can be granted Imperial territory by the emperor to keep him in the game as a landed player and not just a wandering avatar. A new player comes into the game and needs land, he will be granted a portion of Imperial Territory before any other players would be requested to make a concession in good faith and sportsmanship.
This means that the emperor really has no greater personal wealth than any other duke unless he uses his own ducal army to conquer. Let me clarify one thing.
The Emperor must keep his personal cities and the Imperial Territories seperate during his reign. Imperial Territory income goes straight to the Imperial Armies upkeep and straight into Imperial Coffers. The Emperor cannot touch the Imperial Territory's income for his personal usage. Only his own ducal lands can help him maintain his ducal army and his own ducal strength.
As for the prospect of not being able to conquer land not bordering yours, that would isolate internal dukes and isn't realistically coherent with Medieval politics. Prime examples are Prussia, the Habsburg's Austria-Hungary, Spain, and the many counties and duchies inside the Holy Roman Empire.
And with the ships...this is the middle ages. Crusades Crusades!
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