Government (indirect rule)

Indirect Rule

Indirect Rule through local elites

These lands have become closely integrated into our state while local affairs are still managed by their local rulers and councils. These cities are self governing, because we have, 'given back' their constitution or their laws, and have granted their continuing existence as political communities. This community is however our subject state, and obligated to pay tribute for the privileges they enjoy. While in war they are treaty-bound to supply us with soldiers and ships. In return they have our full protection and a continued semblance of autonomy.

Strategy

Indirect Rule represents our state exerting its rule on this region, but working through local intermediaries to make our influence more palatable. As such local elites will take a portion of the tax and trade revenues, while preserving their own culture.

You will also be limited in your building options, though less so than with the dependency government. Grain imports and resource exports, are unavailable. Colonies, garrisons and law courts will be limited. Only your basic factional troops are available.

The advantages are the balance between low cost and income, and access to both some factional troops and most AoR units of the region (See Region Information Building for more details).

Requirements: all of these must hold before this level can be built.

• Only one government building allowed
• This settlement is not your capital
• Not Homeland region

What it does

• -25 taxable income
• -2 trade income
• +1 public order (happiness)

Religious belief: spreads 51 beliefs, by how much depending on what the region already believes.

Recruitment: unlocks 422 units. Which of them you can actually raise depends on your faction, your government and the region.

Excludes: building this rules out Homeland at Homeland or above. Choose deliberately: this is not reversible by demolition in every case.