

This is slightly different from above and is more restrictive but still quite possible. Possible workaround to found merchant republic in a 1-2 holding province. Testing shows there is a game-breaking bug, as the character counts holdings in province that is capital, instead of trade posts, which results in incorrect trade post counting and you are unable to construct more trade posts.

He will become mayor.Īnd you can get a norse merchant republic with a strong-genius-lunatic ruler aged 16. WIll take up to 2 weeks.ĩ) Give out a landed title - city - to your character. Add cash if needed for gift.Ĩ) Revoke mayor title from city mayor. Alternative way - use "Find Character" later.Ĥ) Hover your mouse pointer over country's ruler portrait and note his character number.ħ) Invite your character to court, as he might get misplaced when you take away his county. You can also just use console commands to fix his traits and skills.ģ) Open the console (~ key by default) and type "charinfo 1".Ĥ) Hover your mouse pointer over the mayor's portrait and note his character number.Īlternative method that allows you to play your created ruler:ġ) Start a new game, pick any start location as country where you want your Republic.Ģ) Open the console (~ key by default) and type "charinfo 1".ģ) Hover your mouse pointer over yourself, so as to not forget how to find you. Note that if you don't like his starting traits you can reload a new game as these are randomly generated each time. As a result the position of dux - translated in the vernacular as "doge" - remained one that was elected by leading notables gathered gathered at the assembly or concio.1) Start a new game, pick any start location except where you actually want to have your Republic.Ģ) Pick your preferred starting county (must be coastal with a city) and bring up the mayor's profile. Venice was an exception, because despite the aspirations of the Candiano clan, other leading families in the territory set up an alliance to counterbalance them. The reigning duke or "ipato" ( hypatos) would often nominate his own son whilst still alive, forcing local people of note to recognize that individual's legitimacy. "It was also commonly the case that local powers assumed responsibility for administrative affairs, where possible establishing hereditary rights amongst themselves, as for example in Naples, Gaeta and Amalfi. To quote from The Laws of Late Medieval Italy (1000-1500): Many documents seem to use hypatos, consul and duke interchangeably though. In fact, the Greek ruler of Amalfi would have been most likely called Hypatos (Greek for consul) even though I can't find any explicit reference to that. Now that you guys mention it, the omission of the consul title seems very odd.
