Feudal are better than Republican Vassals
I made both purely Feudal and Republican empires and here are my thoughts:
- Republics give more money and Less levies
- Republican vassals (usually) dont have claims and (usually) don't conquer 3.Republican vassals are elected every election day
This has huge problems
- You are prone to factions and invasions because you have less levies
- Republics are not distracted with wars giving them more resources to fight a war with you
- The effect that gifts and imprisonment has dont last long because of the election
I constantly have faction and foreign invasion problems when maintaining republican vassals. I HATE them so much. Money is less of a problem from mid to late game hence the money I get from republics is not as good as many would say