Quote Originally Posted by Cheexsta
From my experience:

NEVER TRY AND GET PROTECTORATES.

You will always gain a protectorate if you offer them a million mnai in return, but they are so bugged it is not funny. It screws with your income reports at the beginning of each turn, even when the alliance is broken.

So my advice would be to avoid getting them altogether.
I could do the wise thing and listen to your advice. But no I must keep trying to get proctectorates even if they are buggy. Why you say? Cos they're soo damn irresistable!