I just annexed a two-provinces country!

[Nikolai]

I'm playing Russia in the GC(EEP), and went to war with Ak Koyunlu(sp?) to get Astrakhan. Just when the war had started, and before I had conquered any province, Astrakhan suddenly broke free, and I was without any opportunity to reach my enemy.

Well, since I was looking for Astrakhan, I DOWed the new country, and not long after, I had all their territory(two provinces), and went for peace. Then I was given the opportunity to annex the whole nation! Of course, I did so!

But, I have always believed I had to reduce the nation to one province? Is this because I was in war with the country they broke loose from?

 

[Owl]

Did you actually receive both provinces?
Because it often happens that someone else takes a province while you're still deciding what to do to them.

 

[Nikolai]

Yes, I got the whole country. I was the one that conquered them both BTW. Ak Koyunlu was occupied in another war, and Astrakhan was in no other wars than these two.

 

[Mad Max]

Same happened to me with USA during my GC.
USA declared independence from me (a very powerful Venice) and I immediately besieged and got back their 2 provinces (including the capital); then [force]annex was available and worked fine

 

[Lucidor]

"I sense a great disturbance in the Force..."

 

[unmerged(5664)]

Colonies don't count as a province under the one-province annex rule. That's certainly the reason for the US example listed above.

What were the two provinces Astrakhan had?

 

[jacob-Lundgren]

i think some people have before posted that when a nation declares indepence some people are able to annex it even if it has over 1 prov.

 

[Nikolai]

BB: Astrakhan had Uralsk and Astrakhan. None of them were colonies.

jacob: I've never heard of these posts, but if their're right, that solves the mystery!

 

[Generalisimo]

i think that this is posible if you do it quickly.
So they declare independence?, go, conquer everything quick and you get the option.

 

[Caesar Augustus]

It's probably a design feature so that just because a country happens to declare independance with more than 1 territory, it isn't guaranteed that it won't be conquered.

 

[unmerged(6324)]

They weren't by any chance in a long, far off shot, Pagan eh?

 

[jacob-Lundgren]

unless a pagan nation invaded part of soutern russia and converted it?

 

[Nikolai]

I can assure you, that they were very Muslim! But that didn't help them!

 

[unmerged(5664)]

Originally posted by jacob-Lundgren
i think some people have before posted that when a nation declares indepence some people are able to annex it even if it has over 1 prov.

I don't think so. It's been specifically stated that the only exceptions two the one-province annex rule are colonies and pagans.

 

[Nikolai]

So this is some kind of bug, then? I'm sure that neither of the provinces were colonies. Both were fortified, and when I was looking for colonizable spots on the map a couple of years later, none of them were green.

 

[Castellon]

Originally posted by BarristerBoy


I don't think so. It's been specifically stated that the only exceptions two the one-province annex rule are colonies and pagans.

It is a known bug. Which I personally think is related to the tag change bugs.

 

[Nikolai]

OK! Thanks! I figured it had to be this, but you never know. Is this to be repaired in the next patch?

 

[unmerged(9167)]

OK! Thanks! I figured it had to be this, but you never know. Is this to be repaired in the next patch?

Why? It is not crippling, and beside, it gives us the oppunities to annex the whole countries!

 

[Castellon]

Here is a link to another thread on the subject.
Annex 2 provice minor