kerguelen
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In the context of the game, a Protectorate is still a sovereign Country, not a vassal. You need to break that Protectorate status through conquest of the Protectorate. The defeated Nation does not have the right nor the authority to simply hand over their independent and sovereign Protectorate; the protected Country would obviously have something to say about it. Think of the relationship as being a very solid defense treaty. IF, a Nation was able to hand off a Protected Country in a peace deal, it should only cancel the Protectorate agreement but it would still be incumbent upon the victor in the preceeding war to have to conquer the newly unprotected Country in order to take political control. That's my thinking on how the mechanics of the game are meant to be interpreted. I think the setup of the different scenarios concerning provinces hast to be modified anyway. E.g. Flanders should nt be treated as a protectorate but as country conquered by Austria, the same with Milan. (Tuscany should stay a protectrate). Westphalia was not a Austrian protectorate but Prussia had several tiny holdings in the Area of Berg, Kleve and Westphalia. (which were significantly enlarged 1815). I think that the target files should be modified as well. Austria now like to get Provence (control: 3), but they don't care if Tyrol is in french Hands (enemy control: 0). In one of my Games France occupied Tyrol in one peace treaty and when Austria won the next time they didn' take it back but took Provence. (Tyrol went to Russia a few month later(!). Britain want to control several provinces of northern France (and that's what they do in the end). I understand that targets are usefu to keep nations at war, but the current target-files result in a European map which resembles the late Middel-ages/Renaissance, but not a period during which the map of Europe was cleanded up. Maybe the target option of keeping a country 'neutral' should be used more often and efficiently (especially by Britain, they didn' ant to annex continental provinces, but keep continental powers busy with themselves). (sorry, maybe this should go into a thread of its own, but I can't start a new one, only fast-reply)
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