So, what happens when I puppet a country? Do I get a % of their economy or they're just a prestige boost? It seems, I am able to bring China's puppets into my sphere of influence. Does it mean, puppeting has no real benefits?
Puppets? What do they do?
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I've seen no evidence of any ability to control a puppet's politics.
In fact, a problem I notice in my games is that when I puppet a nation, it generally just stops doing much of anything. In a German game, Denmark and later the Ottoman Empire were my puppets. From the moment that happened, they just quit playing. They would raise a few brigades when I went to war, but they built/researched nothing, not even railroads. And it seems that, with a laissez faire economic system, I actually have more ability to mess about in other foreign countries than I do my own puppets, as I can't build railroads in my puppets.
I don't know if puppets just inherit my tech levels and economic system, but a capitalist has never tried to build a single thing in one of my puppet nations.
In fact, a problem I notice in my games is that when I puppet a nation, it generally just stops doing much of anything. In a German game, Denmark and later the Ottoman Empire were my puppets. From the moment that happened, they just quit playing. They would raise a few brigades when I went to war, but they built/researched nothing, not even railroads. And it seems that, with a laissez faire economic system, I actually have more ability to mess about in other foreign countries than I do my own puppets, as I can't build railroads in my puppets.
I don't know if puppets just inherit my tech levels and economic system, but a capitalist has never tried to build a single thing in one of my puppet nations.
Magents man, how do they work!?
Puppets seem to be still fairly weak mechanically, much could be improved.
Puppets seem to be still fairly weak mechanically, much could be improved.
As I've read somewhere, puppets cannot built any industry, so puppeting Belgium as the Netherlands will make it so Belgium never makes a new factory ever.
That's my anecdotal evidence. I couldn't build anything in Denmark because even if they went through with building it, it would close down shortly after completion. The world economy seems to depend on <8 countries, no one else is interesting in industrializing.
erm...no, most certainly no.
Italy, my puppet, went from 60 industry to 90 and became a GP...WHILE being my puppet.
Italy, my puppet, went from 60 industry to 90 and became a GP...WHILE being my puppet.
Magents man, how do they work!?
Puppets seem to be still fairly weak mechanically, much could be improved.
+1. They fill a role in Vicky 2 that doesn't exist. Telephone cleaners, in a world without viruses.
Here you go, some one told me this earlier.
Hmm, I am wondering about that "... AND sphere them afterwards" bit. When I made Ecuador my puppet all sphering options were grayed out.