rogue131
Byzantine Historian
... I also founded some cities on the new continent and I had been receiving advice popups to grant independence to the new cities on the new continent due to rising maintenance costs. What does this do exactly? I chose 'no' because I didn't know what it truly did.
By granting indepedence, the cities flip to a new civ who is automatically vassalized to you. It has its pros and cons though. I find it takes management of a poor area off my hands, and redistributes maintenance and such. At the same time, I sort of do not like vassals as it takes the fun out of diplomacy, unless the vassal of course grows large enough to break free.
Just a general response here, not really detailed I know.