Indian Protectorate Questions

[DominusNovus]

I'm wrapping up my current play through, and I'm looking to improve on my results in India. With that in mind, a few quick questions:

- Is there any way to ally your protectorate? With the new ability to transfer occupied provinces to your allies and vassals, it would be very easy for me to feed my protectorate if they were actually allied in a war with me. But you can't normally ally them. The best I can think of is to just maintain great relations with them, and hope they get in a lot of wars, and constantly 'enforce peace' against their enemies to join their side. Thats not exactly an unlikely situation, luckily enough.
- Does being a protectorate count as being a subject nation for the decision of forming Hindustan?
- Are there any Indian countries that will normally take Religious as an idea set?

 

[ParadogsGamer]

- No, Protectorates cannot have allies.
- You cannot form Hindustan if you are a colonial nation or a vassal. So Protectorate is ok.
- Don't know

 

[TheMeInTeam]

Offhand, Vijay and Sind certainly take religious, and I think a few of the other sultanates do also even though humanist makes more sense on them.