Q: CS and upkeep and strategic res

[BSPollux]

Right now Im playing some games wherein I use citystates to conquer my enemys. I have 'no city razing' activated so that they can build quite impressive nations that way. We are talking about up to like half a dozent citys and armys of up to thirty units per state.

Now, two things bother me:

a) fog of war stops me from viewing every combat, so I cant take note of every units well being. Sometimes it seems as if large parts of the armys I gift to them vanish somehow. Its likely that he just lost them do to stupid warfare, but on the other hand I ask myself if CS have to pay upkeep? Maybe he had to disband them? And If he pays upkeep, will additional gifts of gold help him to afford the units, or is it 'transformed into pure love' when I gift it?

b) If a player uses a unit that needs a strategic resource, but he doesnt have that res anymore the unit suffers from a strenght penalty as far as I know. Does the same apply to CSs? I think it might not be the case, as I believe to remember that CSs gifted me units that they couldnt actualy build, res-wise. Like bots without uranium. But I might be wrong and even if those two rules dont have to be connected.

Anyone know? Its quite important for this specific strategy to know both rules, but I dont.

 

[Spatzimaus]

a) Its likely that he just lost them do to stupid warfare, but on the other hand I ask myself if CS have to pay upkeep? Maybe he had to disband them? And If he pays upkeep, will additional gifts of gold help him to afford the units, or is it 'transformed into pure love' when I gift it?

Yes, CS's pay upkeep, and yes, gifts of gold are turned straight into Influence.

b) If a player uses a unit that needs a strategic resource, but he doesnt have that res anymore the unit suffers from a strenght penalty as far as I know. Does the same apply to CSs?

City-states have no resources. All luxury and strategic resources in their territory are gifted to their allies; city-states can never build any unit that requires a strategic resource. Ever.
Note that this is ENTIRELY separate from the units that Militaristic CS's gift to you. They don't actually build those; the units are spawned automatically through an entirely separate process, so those CAN require a strategic.

 

[BSPollux]

Nice Info, thanks.

The very last step is missing for both, still:

a) do they have to dismiss units? Is there a way to help them to pay upkeep?
b) Do they suffer from 'missing strategic res' penalty?