[Discuss] Realm/Duchy income

[Justin Licht]

On 5/3/07, Karl Greenley <pyrtolin at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>   It occurs to me that the best way to ensure that money moves up the
> chain would be for regions having to commit a certain % of their
> income to their duchy and duchies having to commit a certain % of
> income to the realm when they swear similar to the way a lord must
> promise a percentage to a knight that swears on.
>
>   (Maybe even set a minimum percentage, to prevent people from
> completely skipping the system, or just give the king/duke/banker the
> power to change it at certain points; set the default at something
> like 30%, perhaps; maybe even higher)
>
>   Not only would this create a guarantee that Duke and Kings cold pay
> knights, but it would have the side benefit of neighboring realms
> being able to more actively compete for the loyalty of region lords-
> offering a better tax rate to switch sides.
>
> --
> -Karl
>
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That undermines Toms intentions for allowing the regional lord to set how
much he is going to pass on. A Duke is very powerful if he is commander of a
rich region. If he gets upset with the ruler, he holds out tax gold until he
gets what he wants, for example.

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