King

#old-world #king #laws-and-ownership
The king looks at you like an investment. He is a little bit like an investor, but without any benefits for you.

• Relatively quick he will invent a tax for all goods you sell in Europe at 3%
• He may ask you for one time payments to support one of his wars
• If you are trading with other Europeans, he may ask you to stop or raise taxes
• He may raise your taxes
• He may send an exploration ship for the surrounding of America and ask for your support in a harbour. You will be granted vision of all new explorations from that ship.
• He may ask you to defend your colonies against another aggressor: He will give you some troops, and some time later, a hostile fleet will arrive at the colonies and you must defend. Even if you fail, you will get back the colonies in the peace treaty afterwards.
• He may send you some troops and ask you to attack another colony or a native tribe
• If he is unhappy with your rule, he may send a lord and grant him one of your colonies. You then are tasked to take it back by force.
• He will eventually send his expedition force and fight the war for independence against you

Audience

The game starts with an audience at the royal court. The king will give the mission to the player. When the player returns for the first few times, the king will call in an audience, commenting on the progress of the player.