Quote Originally Posted by econ21
As England and HRE, I've noticed insane levels of corruption in my territories in the Middle East. IIRC, I could lose around 1000 florins per city, making what should be a very lucrative settlement into an economically marginal one.

Is there anything that can be done to reduce income losses from corruption? (Short of relocating my capital.)
Well obviously you shouldn't move your capital to the Middle East, but if it can go any closer to it, that might be advantageous. It's always worth checking if you can move it to a location more central to your entire empire, and some holdings far far away can really pull on that ideal central location. Of course there may be nowhere in Europe that you can put it that helps your situation in the Middle East at all - it's so far away, you may always just get the maximum amount of corruption allowable. You'd have to play with it to find out for sure.

As for everything else that can be done on location, I think everyone has covered it pretty well between the wall upgrades, barracks line, town hall line, and the few guilds that may grant law bonuses. It might also be worth looking into what traits grant law bonuses and what trigger grant those traits, so you can give your Middle Eastern governors a shot at getting stocked up on law and alleviating the situation themselves. More than likely a lot of them are tied to the law buildings themselves, but one never knows for certain.

Does anyone know off-hand if garrison has any effect on corruption? Logically it would seem to instill some sort of law and order, so one would think it could check corruption. In practice I doubt it is the case, but still I feel the need to ask.