Nomads and merchant republics

[swilhelm73]

In my curent Khazar game I am just waiting to get enough ships from a few barons I've left to invade Venice.

But I'm trying to decide if I should annex them and burn their holdings or just make them a tributary. I'm not sure if you can build a trade post on a province that has had all of its holdings burned...so I don't know how useful they would actually be

 

[makaramus]

making them tributary sounds good actually in long term. venice tend to make a lot of money and taking portion of it is great.

 

[Seclouds]

Nomad can control much more high quality silk trade post than the merchants.

 

[Zsrai]

I'm not sure if you can build a trade post on a province that has had all of its holdings burned...so I don't know how useful they would actually be

You can AFAIK but most of the bonus for doing so is wasted since there are no cities to give the bonus tax revenue to.

I would probably just Tributize them unless you're going for a "burn the world and turn everything into grasslands" Nomad WC game.

 

[WJS]

Making Venice a tributary is the clear preference as they'll easily give you more money and support in the long run that way.

But razing Venice to the ground is definitely more fun.

 

[majdavlk]

Merchant republics give more money if you vassalize the while you have more than 100% burgher tax

 

[Castimirr]

I really need to start making Venice a tributary before my vassals manage to conquer it. It's just... I really like raiding it so much.

(Though how do tributaries work with vassal wars. I know inside my realm they can fight each other if the laws allow it. Tributaries can call you into defensive wars. Are vassals allowed to target tributaries (I assume yes)? Can the tributary try to call you in? Can you accept? If you do does it end the war since your vassal would now also be a defender?)