Any Point with a Merchant Republic in Indian Region?

[Naughtius Maximus]

Looking at a vassal merchant republic. I can choose to either make a traditional one in one of the duchies of Jerusalem, since as a non Christian/Jew can't create the Kingdom nobody will ever have claims to their land.

Or I can make more easily make a merchant republic in the Persian Gulf. Thing is, is it even worth bothering? What with the Silk Road sea route and all.

Do Merchant republics overlap with them or benefit from them?

 

[Surimi]

Do Merchant republics overlap with them or benefit from them?

Yes, hugely, but the AI doesn't exploit it that well because it's quite bad at playing merchant republics. A province with both a silk road connection and access to the sea makes an ideal place for a merchant republic because you can build both silk road buildings and merchant republic trading post upgrades there, but it's much better if you are personally leading the republic because you can take steps to really exploit it.

 

[hagagaga]

Yes, hugely, but the AI doesn't exploit it that well because it's quite bad at playing merchant republics. A province with both a silk road connection and access to the sea makes an ideal place for a merchant republic because you can build both silk road buildings and merchant republic trading post upgrades there, but it's much better if you are personally leading the republic because you can take steps to really exploit it.

Is it possible to found your own republic for that?

Edit: In Ironman.

 

[Bernard95]

Is it possible to found your own republic for that?

Edit: In Ironman.

Someone did make a tutorial/guide for how to do exactly that not too long ago. Try searching for it.

 

[Dragatus]

How to turn a 1 province feudal duke into a MR: https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/foru...republic-in-ironman-from-feudal-start.917238/

 

[icedt729]

You would also be able to do with with East African tribals pretty easily, and that comes with interesting religious options and a safe de jure situation as well.