How to invite people to my count as republic?

That usually involves the combination of two factors: liking you a lot, disliking the current liege a lot. The courtier having claims also helps. You can increase his opinion of you by sending a gift (it costs 20 gp, the effect on opinion tends to be large).

You could always use the intrigue screen to essentially bribe people into your court. Nobles, young women and holy men.

I've only had success inviting people when they have a claim to a title inside their current realm and dislike their liege. Inviting somebody without a claim usually gets that "no reason to move" modifier because they have nothing to gain from joining you (but not always, I don't know why).

if you're really to try enough times, you should be able to find someone who sufficiently dislikes their liege and sufficiently likes you. It also helps if you're well-liked, so high diplomacy and prestige come in use, as well as bribes. Further if you can't get them, try to get their also unlanded spouse. They should drag the other with them to your court.

Illanair said:

You could always use the intrigue screen to essentially bribe people into your court. Nobles, young women and holy men.

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And if that fails and you really want that person in your court for some reason you can use the move cheat. I've done that before when I wanted to create a Jewish Arabia or Zoroastrian Persia as Israel.

Getting people to come to your Republic is a bit harder. I've found that the Diplomacy bonuses you get (including the amount you get for sending a gift) seem to be less than as a Feudal lord, so in general, people don't like you as much as a Republic. Also, unless you are very big, Republics aren't going to get as many bonuses for being able to press claims (cause they're less powerful).

As the beginning of any game, it's always hardest to get people to come, because most of the negative modifiers (especially from claims) don't apply yet.

Eventually, the strategy becomes the same as normal games.

Typically you will need two (if not 3) of the following:

1. The person really hates his current liege
2. The person really likes you
3. The person has a claim which his current liege cannot press (if he is a claimant to his liege's title, this often leads to him hating his liege and is enough to come by himself).

anomalacaris said:

That does not help when I need particular trait (e.g. Organizer or Siege leader), or when I need people with claims...

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I never claimed it would.