Lost my suzerainty bonus. Why?

[TwistedAdonis]

I'm allied with Scythia in order to wage war on Japan, but they have sieged Buenos Aires (of which I am Suzerain). I've suddenly lost the bonus which makes bonus items amenities and have revolution occuring. Is this usual?
Do bonuses stop if a city-state is sieged?
Have I got this worked out correctly?
So many questions.

[PlayerOne]

That's correct. There is an option to liberate the city-state when you go recapturing it and get your bonus back.

[but here's the sleeper]

maybe another player sent buenos aires an envoy and bumped up the requirement for suzerain? if not that, i could imagine a mechanic that blocks resources from city states while seiged would make sense (historically i would assume a seiged city wouldnt have the ability to trade their goods to anyone) but i haven't heard of this being in the game

[bionic ape]

Gotta be careful with levying too. You lose suzerainty and you lose the levies.

[TwistedAdonis]

Thanks for the responses, but I think it's because I was at war. I made peace and amenities rose again even though Buenos Aires is still under siege.
Edit: And now I've lost the amenities again because Scythis conquered Buenos Aires and I had no way of stopping them :(
Be nice if this was explained better somewhere.

[Tynendir]

Originally posted by TwistedAdonis:

Thanks for the responses, but I think it's because I was at war. I made peace and amenities rose again even though Buenos Aires is still under siege.
Be nice if this was explained better somewhere.

Didn't you lose amenities because of war weariness? Your people are less content when at war I think.

[TwistedAdonis]

Originally posted by Tynendir:

Originally posted by TwistedAdonis:

Thanks for the responses, but I think it's because I was at war. I made peace and amenities rose again even though Buenos Aires is still under siege.
Be nice if this was explained better somewhere.

Didn't you lose amenities because of war weariness? Your people are less content when at war I think.

Yup I think that's right, but I don't get that an ally would attack my vassal state.

[Tynendir]

Originally posted by TwistedAdonis:

Originally posted by Tynendir:

Didn't you lose amenities because of war weariness? Your people are less content when at war I think.

Yup I think that's right, but I don't get that an ally would attack my vassal state.

There are many flaws in diplomacy at the time I think. I still don't understand why my long term ally, Roosevelt, suddenly decided to amass a surprisingly large amount of troops near my borders and waited patiently until the Alliance wore off before declaring a surprise war. It was so obvious that even though I was perplexed at this move I did prepare a welcome commitee and quickly seized control of 5 capitals in less than 4 turns in a blietkrieg style move. I won.