Tributary System
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Tributary System

system_of_tributaries

Direct rule comes at the cost of extensive investment in subjugating and pacifying rival groups. By instead installing a loyal official to rule locally and demanding they pay an annual tribute, we eliminate threats from any rival Āltepētl while filling our treasury at the same time.

Potential
Capital
At least one of
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Exact conditions

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It has no requires, so the game files don’t say where this goes. When the game builds the Traditions tree, it adds this at the end of a branch with room for it, in the same spot in every campaign.

  1. Tributary System
  2. Pyramid Architecture then 2 more
  3. War Bonfires then 1 more

Belongs to 1

Required by 2

Scripting 1

starting_technology_level = 4
depth = 0
potential = {
}

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