Bob, who has just garrisoned province [foo] with city [foobar] can have one
of his units issue a command like "citytax foobar 15", which would have the
effect of levying a 15% tax on all trade transactions in [foobar]. The tax
rate would be posted in the city and all visitors would be able to see it.
I believe a system like this would make trade routes more competitive in
addition to balancing the profitability of trade and land ownership.
Rodgers, Robert wrote:
> I think it is working out well, but as more of land-ownership oriented
> player I'm a bit concerned with the great disparity in revenue between
> trade and castle ownership. Max revenue from a castle has decreased
> from G1, while the trade revenue has increased enormously. I would hate
> to see players who concentrate on trade reach a point where they can be
> overwhelming militarily simply because of the gold they can generate.
>
> I don't know what the solution is. Perhaps a built-in tax on trade,
> where a city owner gets a percentage of the profits?