Blocking Asian westernization?

[Wizzington]

In 1.14, AI protectorates do not westernize.

 

[Wizzington]

Will a human protectorate still be allowed to do so, on the off chance it happens?

I suppose it barely matters now that I think about it, but still useful to know.

Yeah, player protectorates can still westernize. However, protectorates will also calc their liberty desire based off all protectorates' power, so you can't blanket-protectorate all of asia.

 

[Wizzington]

Basically we want to make having protectorates meaningful, and people avoid them because they just end up westernizing. This is sort of a temporary solution until we figure out exactly how we're going to handle westernization in the future. Besides, it's not like european AI goes rampant in asia right now.

 

[Wizzington]

Why not make westernization give options for vassals. Something along the lines of:

1) Protectorate wants to westernize:
a) You can allow

I have a hard time seeing why you'd ever allow it.

 

[Wizzington]

A protectorate that westernizes breaks away because protectorating requires a certain tech difference.

 

[Wizzington]

Because you want to annex it

Cancel protectorate? Seems a lot easier than waiting 10 years for them to westernize.