What to build in your capital county?

[RichardTheHorse]

What should I build in my capital county? All baronys or all cities?
Cheers

[tavald.musashi]

That is a role playing game.
We can sugest some options that are considered efficient, but you do as you want.
Some people build a bunch of baronies and keep all of them, because you can put skilled councilors to maximize the profit from said baronies.
Some people put cities because if you give it to vassals, they are the ones that give you the best return on investments.
If you are iqta or monastic feudal, there is an argument for temples, but that is quite controversial.

[RichardTheHorse]

Originally posted by tavald.musashi:

That is a role playing game.
We can sugest some options that are considered efficient, but you do as you want.
Some people build a bunch of baronies and keep all of them, because you can put skilled councilors to maximize the profit from said baronies.
Some people put cities because if you give it to vassals, they are the ones that give you the best return on investments.
If you are iqta or monastic feudal, there is an argument for temples, but that is quite controversial.

Well Im reformed feudal pagan. So what would best for me? My preferred playstyle is to have a not to big a kingdom and have it prosper

[Johnny]

Capital county you should go all castle (if feudal) or all cities (if republic) the others countys go full cities for taxes.

[tavald.musashi]

Go full castles, hold them all yourself.
put the marshall and the steward to work there.

[Michael]

I usually go with 3 castles in my capital and fill the rest with cities, then try to hold as many counties as I can and fill them with cities.

[Ravenbolt]

i do three castles, three cities, and one temple because thats just how i like it.

[Langkard]

Originally posted by RichardTheHorse:

Well Im reformed feudal pagan. So what would best for me? My preferred playstyle is to have a not to big a kingdom and have it prosper

You're building "high" instead of "wide" as the terms go. Others have suggested all or most castles for baronies. I prefer cities for the income and because they aren't hereditary like castles. Not being hereditary, there aren't any family members to object or get angry when I assassinate the owner of a town because he has low stewardship or is otherwise a scrub.

I do keep one or two castles available to stick extra sons into when they start whining about not having land of their own.

That said, as a feudal reformed pagan, income doesn't have to be a priority since you can raid. If you have a border with a richer yet weaker realm, just keep raiding it down and rinse and repeat as they recover.

[RichardTheHorse]

Do I risk anything of I don't own every settlement in the county?

[kazaddum]

Originally posted by RichardTheHorse:

Do I risk anything of I don't own every settlement in the county?

You generally can't anyway. Only muslim republics can do so. Try to hold the holdings in your capital province and at least the primary castles in the duchy. You do not "risk" anything. it's just that holdings there get boni to their levy size and taxes. Furthermore setting your marshal and treasurer to work on a country you hold multiple holdings in buffs them all. Not just the primary one.

This enables you to make crazy rich and strong, historically sized realms. With capitals countries being able to field 5 digit armies on their own already.


tl;dr you do not risk anything, you just miss out on stuff

[RichardTheHorse]

Originally posted by kazaddum:

Originally posted by RichardTheHorse:

Do I risk anything of I don't own every settlement in the county?

You generally can't anyway. Only muslim republics can do so. Try to hold the holdings in your capital province and at least the primary castles in the duchy. You do not "risk" anything. it's just that holdings there get boni to their levy size and taxes. Furthermore setting your marshal and treasurer to work on a country you hold multiple holdings in buffs them all. Not just the primary one.

This enables you to make crazy rich and strong, historically sized realms. With capitals countries being able to field 5 digit armies on their own already.


tl;dr you do not risk anything, you just miss out on stuff

Thanks