How can India's Princely States be represented in HoI4?

[billcorr]

Should India's Princely States be represented in HoI4?
If so, how can they be represented differently than they already are in game?

Before the Partition of India in 1947, about 584 princely states, also called "native states", existed in India,[1] which were not fully and formally part of British India, the parts of the Indian subcontinent which had not been conquered or annexed by the British but under indirect rule, subject to subsidiary alliances. -- Wikipedia

"A princely state, also called native state (legally, under the British) or Indian state (for those states on the subcontinent), was a nominally sovereign monarchy under a local or regional ruler in a subsidiary alliance with a greater power. The British ruled India with two administrative systems: British Provinces and Indian "princely" states; about 60% of the territory of the Indian sub-continent were provinces and 40% were princely states."
-- https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/princely-states.htm



Here is a 1947 map of Princely States:

Integration of princely states

Integration of princely states At the time of Indian independence in 1947, India was divided into two sets of territories: First being the territories under the control of the British Empire, and s…

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Thanks to @Zeprion's thread that inspired this post.
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/foru...on-crysis-national-spirits-be-nerfed.1442371/

 

[Dlin369]

I'd say through state modifiers, with decisions to either 1.) evict them/confiscate their lands 2.) compromise with them 3.) status quo 4.) give them more power

Each with various bonuses and debuffs

 

[Duarte]

the answer will probably be, their role will be massivelly expanded, when they re-work indias focus tree, later down the line, probably playing a role in indias non-aligned path

 

[Jimmyfeellucky]

probably playing a role in indias non-aligned path

I can't imagine non-aligned path of British Raj.
Who would be the monarch of the independence Raj?

 

[ThaHoward]

Keep them in the Raj, they really don't need to be represented, especially considering existing game issues.

 

[Eh up me duck]

Who would be the monarch of the independence Raj?

Whoever wins the subsequent war...

 

[Louella]

The Princely states as a whole could be represented as a single integrated puppet of the Raj. If they are represented at all.

This would allow the UK to build on the Raj territory but not on the princely state territory, as it wouldn't be a direct puppet.

Or you could go absolute square egg crazy and have the Raj with 584 individual puppets, so that the player can go have a walk and get some fresh air while the game loads all the "The raj has called $name$ as our ally" notifications. Lol.