Treasury size and vassalization chances

[unmerged(430)]

Does the amount of gold you have in your treasury affect vassalization chances? I tried a number of times to vassalize the Hansa as Austria, and even though I had all the prerequisites met and a +200 relation, they always refused. I was about to give up when I saw that they had just started building a manufactory in one of their provinces. As it happened, I had just been saving money to build one of my own; I had over 1000 ducats in the treasury, and I assumed that the Hansa didn't have much left. I proposed vassalization, and they accepted.

Was this just luck, or do you have to be bigger, more powerful, *and* richer to vassalize someone?

 

[unmerged(548)]

Could very well be a deciding factor.

 

[Viking]

From how I understand it you need +190 at least relations, a royal marriage, same religion and an alliance to be able to offer a vassalisation. Wether or not it succedes is dependent on relative sizes, the diplomacy rating of your monarch and possibly other factors that I dont know.

 

[unmerged(2278)]

Don't forget that luck is a prerequisite to become a successful leader/commander. You can get far with skills, but without luck you won't go all the way. It's probably the same with vassalisation.

/Gars

 

[unmerged(2760)]

Do you have to be at a border with another country to annex it?
I tried to annex Naples with relationship+200 royal marriage and military alliance and also for more than 10 years but the button is greyed out?

 

[unmerged(1609)]

Yes you need a common border to be able to diplomatically annex a country. In case of Naples remember that owning Sicilly counts as common border (you may move your army from Sicilly to Apulia without fleet).

 

[unmerged(2760)]

Thanks for the Tip
But I own Sicily and the Annexation button is still greyed out.
Is this a bug?
Playing the Improved campaign V1.08 as Spain

 

[BiB]

Are they ur vassals (pretty obvious ) or are they at war ?

 

[unmerged(2760)]

I started the campaign with Naples as my vasall,I have a border as I own Sicily and relationship of 200.
Other thing is Geneva I have a royal marriage military alliance and relationship of 200 but I cant offer them to be a vasall.
Geneva is at war with other countries but Naples not

 

[BiB]

When they're at war u can't vassalise/diplo annex.