I decided to start a game with Venice to see what it was like. I was on a peninsula with Vatican City and Belgrade in a strategic spot blocking the peninsula from the rest of the land mass. This made me start to wonder, is it better to annex these two city states or just keep high relations with them to give me the votes once the World Congress is founded. Which do people prefer to do?
To Puppet or not to Puppet, that is the question
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Yzman
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I puppet a few early but then I go for allying them.
My sole time as Venice I puppeted the first two and then switched to just going for the alliances. I ended up using them as production and food boosters for my capitol, aiming trade routes back toward it.
It depends on the City State. I'm not much of a warmongering, so I value militaristic CS less than the others. I'd be more likely to puppet a warmonger.
If there is a resource that I want to guarantee, then puppeting allows me to insure it against buyouts or coups.
On the other hand, if a CS is on the other side of a potential enemy, leave it as an ally. You aren't going to be able to defend or reinforce it and puppets can't build. In my experience a CS can stand its ground fairly well, so as an ally it makes a good distraction rather than becoming just another city that you need to retake. If it does die, you're no better off than if it was a puppet and when you liberate it you gain 60 standing. The world might also think you're a good guy too.
It depends on the City State. I'm not much of a warmongering, so I value militaristic CS less than the others. I'd be more likely to puppet a warmonger.
If there is a resource that I want to guarantee, then puppeting allows me to insure it against buyouts or coups.
On the other hand, if a CS is on the other side of a potential enemy, leave it as an ally. You aren't going to be able to defend or reinforce it and puppets can't build. In my experience a CS can stand its ground fairly well, so as an ally it makes a good distraction rather than becoming just another city that you need to retake. If it does die, you're no better off than if it was a puppet and when you liberate it you gain 60 standing. The world might also think you're a good guy too.
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