
Advance
Tributary System
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
- Region: MesoamericaorCentral America
- Area: XaliscoorTlacuitlapan
Exact conditions
Advance tree
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.
Tributary System
Pyramid Architecture then 2 more
War Bonfires then 1 more
Belongs to 1
TraditionsAge
Required by 2
Pyramid ArchitectureTraditionsRequires
War BonfiresTraditionsRequires
Scripting 1
Uses 1
- is_capital_mesoamericaPotential
starting_technology_level = 4
depth = 0

