You immediately become hostile to the enemy Doge or their Liege if they have one. This revenue might be slightly higher if there were only one Republic with trade posts in your realm, but getting to that state would require destroying one Republic's posts and replacing them with another.Įmbargo wars are full wars – there are no 'cold' embargos, unlike the decision popup you received seemed to imply. In other words, you are gaining more taxes from your costal cities that have trade posts in them. Adjacent Trade Posts that belong to the same Patrician family (thus also in the same Republic) merge together to form trade zones, which boost their own value (income and available loot), but also boost the tax revenues of city holdings.
Each one gets their own special palace holding and competes with each other and with other republics to build costal trade outposts. Republics are composed of Patricians, five cooperating families. First, it's helpful to understand a bit about merchant republics.
