"Over-extended Merchant Republic"?

[Dahoota]

I'm suddenly getting hit by a -20% income modifier with this title well into a republic game (300 years, about 100 years after becoming an empire). Between my family dues, retinues and managing imperial decadence, it has crippled my income.

What triggers it and how can I prevent it?

 

[zeress]

Having trade posts outside a certain distance from your capital, 590 I believe.

 

[T. Hermil]

wait, I didnt knew this, you can become emperor being a doge and keeping the republic? I thought you were forced to switch to feudal

 

[Dahoota]

Having trade posts outside a certain distance from your capital, 590 I believe.

Hmmm ok thanks.

It seems kinda over simplistic penalising the entire national income by 20% when trade income makes up a very small percentage of it, basically preventing the player from spreading their trade empire any further. Is it possible to specifically penalise their trade income? (Sorry I assume from your title you're part of the dev team).

wait, I didnt knew this, you can become emperor being a doge and keeping the republic? I thought you were forced to switch to feudal

Nope, you can definitely be Empire rank and be a republic Though you aren't called an emperor. In my case as a greek hellenic my title is "Hypatos".

 

[Milten]

Having trade posts outside a certain distance from your capital, 590 I believe.

Nah, not a trade post, you'll need actual count/city for it to trigger (probably county, not sure). Try to check the map, OP, some Patrician could went bananas and capture something on the other side of the world.

 

[zeress]

Nah, not a trade post, you'll need actual count/city for it to trigger (probably county, not sure). Try to check the map, OP, some Patrician could went bananas and capture something on the other side of the world.

It's been so long since I made that whole set of mechanics, so you're probably correct.

Hmmm ok thanks.

It seems kinda over simplistic penalising the entire national income by 20% when trade income makes up a very small percentage of it, basically preventing the player from spreading their trade empire any further. Is it possible to specifically penalise their trade income? (Sorry I assume from your title you're part of the dev team)

Not without penalizing the entire trade route, iirc anyways. I may add a "tracking" decision to tell you what province w/e is the offender though. Depends on if I am not sick long enough to do it (summer is a bad time of year for my personal health conditions.)