Why can't I Raze this City State I just defeated? I don't want it here and I can puppet it cause of unhappiness

[Never-Die]

Edit, And I CAN'T Puppet it because of the unhappiness. Does the unhappiness ever go down?

[SamBC]

You can't raze any "original capital", including city-states.

[Never-Die]

Originally posted by SamBC:

You can't raze any "original capital", including city-states.

Really? Why not I don't want this city here so no one else takes it and I don't want to annex it because of other reasons(Happiness).

[Ares]

Next time don't invade a city state, overall it's not a good ideal, better have than as allies giving you happiness.

[Never-Die]

Originally posted by Ares:

Next time don't invade a city state, overall it's not a good ideal, better have than as allies giving you happiness.

They declared war on me what was I supposed to do sir? I ain't no ♥♥♥♥♥

[Elemental Phoenix]

Originally posted by Almighty Savage:

Originally posted by Ares:

Next time don't invade a city state, overall it's not a good ideal, better have than as allies giving you happiness.

They declared war on me what was I supposed to do sir? I ain't no ♥♥♥♥♥

ignore them. I've yet to see a city state's military do anything other than defend. If they declared war on you it's also likely that another civ declared war on you, take your issue up with them.

[just.nuke.em]

Originally posted by Gathos:

Originally posted by Almighty Savage:

They declared war on me what was I supposed to do sir? I ain't no ♥♥♥♥♥

ignore them. I've yet to see a city state's military do anything other than defend. If they declared war on you it's also likely that another civ declared war on you, take your issue up with them.

CS can and WILL take over your cities if they are weak, poorly defended, and close enough to them, with close enough being the main qualifier here.

I once settled near Sidon on a small northern flat tundra area to get some oil. 2 Turns later, their ally declared war on me and they waltzed three infantry over and took my city and razed it.

Originally posted by SamBC:

You can't raze any "original capital", including city-states.

Not entirely true. If Venice or Austria (I'm actually not sure if both can do it) do their unique take over CS ability, and then you go capture it, there is no option to libernate, and you can then raze it.

Originally posted by Almighty Savage:

Edit, And I CAN'T Puppet it because of the unhappiness. Does the unhappiness ever go down?

Just give it away to someone through trade. And yes, unhappiness does go down after building a courthouse.

[KW17]

Originally posted by Ares:

Next time don't invade a city state, overall it's not a good ideal, better have than as allies giving you happiness.

It also gives you a much worse diplomatic penalty than if you just took a city from a major power.

[gimmethegepgun]

Originally posted by just.nuke.em:

And yes, unhappiness does go down after building a courthouse.

It only removes the extra unhappiness from annexing it. A puppeted city will have the same amount of unhappiness as a courthouse city.

[SamBC]

Originally posted by just.nuke.em:

Originally posted by SamBC:

You can't raze any "original capital", including city-states.

Not entirely true. If Venice or Austria (I'm actually not sure if both can do it) do their unique take over CS ability, and then you go capture it, there is no option to libernate, and you can then raze it.

Yes, because it loses "original capital" status, and becomes as if it were settled by Venice or Austria (as appropriate).

[gimmethegepgun]

Originally posted by SamBC:

and becomes as if it were settled by Venice or Austria (as appropriate).

I'm not positive about that with the MoV. I think I've seen the option to burn down a bought CS after using a MoV when not Venice (since in that case I think you get the standard annex/puppet/raze set of options for capturing a city)