How To Manage Your Population In Imperator: Rome

Let's get good at Imperator with this explanatory series with Carthage! I will be telling you all about my first decades with Carthage and evaluate all of the game concepts you will encounter one by one, video by video!
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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:56 Checking Our Mission Tree
01:42 On Regions, Provinces and Territories
02:07 On The Difference Between Settlements, Cities and Metropolises
04:01 On Nobles And Citizens
05:00 On Research Efficiency
06:09 On Freemen, Tribesmen And Slaves
07:42 On Political Weight And Provincial Loyalty
08:27 On The Rule Over The Berbers
10:14 On The Massylians (Peaceful Integration)
12:09 On The Massaesylians (Assimilation Through Punishment)
14:33 Conclusion
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[@OneProudBavarian]

Today I take a look at crushing or uplifting cultures in Imperator: Rome! I tried to put it into logical context as much as possible - While I:R looks like an EU4-style board game, its mechanics simply make sense if you consider the real world implications of ... one civilisation utterly crushing another one. Let me know if you have further questions!

[@salimelmouaffaq1351]

Not related to I:R but CK3, could you cover the mod "Fallen Eagle" the beta just released. Have a good evening!

[@troopieeeeee]

What was your position towards the various cultures you conquered in your Massalia run? Did you enslave any Gallic culture entirely? Did you integrate any? Did you take a middle ground of colonization but not slave demotion? What is the best policy for assimilating pops to your primary culture?

[@user-dx6yt2eg7w]

Your videos are high quality - are you planning on carrying on this series? Thanks from Belgium!

[@Peacefulnessxxx]

How do you grow a larger population and also how to concentrate them to 80 fora metropolis other than cram moved slave pops any advice thanks?

[@oll-turny-llo8200]

Has this tutorial series been abandoned? was really enjoying watching these. was so pleased to find a tutorial series with such a clear way of explaining how the mechanics in the game work, then found out it stops at 2 :(

[@jkoiranen]

Two years later I'm still returning to this tutorial to understand the multiple systems of this game. It's a great tutorial!

[@timteichmann6830]

Just wanted to say you that I love your videos. Love from Berlin

[@mattward4916]

Liebe aus Amerika

[@jugler07]

New tutorial part when? These have been great (vital!) for me to grasp this game and it's concepts. I've played all other Paradox games in their strategy series but this one still seems somewhat arcane to me (als the ingame tutorial is literally the worst).

[@Fightsome64]

absolute worst tutorial ive encountered lol, ''try to figure out how to do this, great job ! now you probably learned a lot about the game, next try to figure out how to do this'' lol

[@marcgw496]

@@Fightsome64 lol yeah. I tried the in game tutorial going in blind back when the Marius update came out. Got my butt handed to me by the Samnites and their allies and lost all my manpower when it was like “Take the rest of Italy, it’ll be a piece of cake” 😂.

[@damirbasic4915]

@@marcgw496 Once you're past the basics, you also realize Republics have the most complex government mechanics. Assuming most new players will start with Rome, there's a lot of stuff that's simply too arcane to infer on the first playthrough (senate support stumped me hard the first time). IMO and despite the game's title, the tutorial should start you as a monarchy with

[@tonysommer2220]

"Fire and steel, or an open hand." Great line. Really enjoyed it, and learned a lot. Thank you.

[@barkacarthago5536]

I pray the Gods that one day, this series will continue :D Thanks for the nice work !

[@Thorite_Gem]

I am excited for this series on Imperator: Rome Mechanics. I don't own the game myself, so this is a great way for me to explore the game without having access to it.

[@georgeintzesiloglou8387]

This is probably the best video on Imperator Rome on KZbin. Thank you very much for this high quality and in depth work. It brings to the surface some of the mechanics of the game that enables the types of experiences that this great game can give to players, thanks again!

[@radwan222]

Thanks for keeping your focus on this game. It's definitely one that needs more attention and love from the community.

[@Hodggoblin]

Even though this series looks like it will never be finished, it was quite good.

[@Kristaliorn]

Amazing video! Exactly how I like to think about things and play my games. The immersion is real and this game fantastic!

[@Fyberoptik]

This was the exact video I needed and I finally found it. Huge help. Excellent content. Thank you!

[@wurfelumdiewelt5301]

Danke für deinen Guide. Es ist sehr angenehm dir durch die Erklärung der Spielmechaniken zu folgen, während du sie mitsamt Rollenspiel Aspekt erklärst. Freue mich auf mehr!

[@pedropatricio8070]

Did you stop doing lets plays? I very much enjoyed them

[@OneProudBavarian]

The answer is yesn't. Please forgive me for going into details a bit here, but ... Essentially, over time I have grown to no longer favour let's plays. The reason for this boils down to the process of LPs no longer really giving me what I want out of content creation. When it comes to script-writing and choosing video topics I have a considerably larger amount of creative activity and freedom than when going through with a playthrough that has many of its milestone goals and end goals set in stone already. This is not an indictment of Let's Plays at all, please don't misunderstand me! However, for me personally they just didn't feel as satisfying as I would like them to be, regardless of what game. Now, this does not mean Let's Plays are off the table. Rather, it means that I would like to produce a high effort series going forward as far as gameplay is concerned. I am not sure about the timing of this yet, but if you - or anybody reading this - have seen the "Messalian Glory" series, you will know that that series is vastly different from anything I have done before it or since. It really utilised CK2/HIP as a storytelling tool with many scripted events rather than as a game in itself. This takes much more time, but feels much more satisfying to me in the end. Something like this - when I get down to the details of this project - is likely for vanilla CK3, I:R and especially CK3 once my most beloved TC mods from CK2 come out for it (mostly Elder Kings 2 and After The End). Other than that, pure gameplay, is something I really only want for streams. There's a different process behind streams compared to let's plays that is exciting since I have explored it so little. I understand if you were hoping for classic Let's Plays and are disappointed. My apologies! I hope that you can at least see the angle I have, still. Cheers!

[@msp423]

@@OneProudBavarian I was wondering about this too but I also really like the way the channel is proceeding now. I'm glad you're finding more happiness with the current content and I'm looking forward to see what is to come for the channel!

[@jacobarcher1097]

@@OneProudBavarian do what makes you happy but I'm excited by the idea of a high quality story telling sort of gameplay videos as I very much enjoy things like this

[@RL0323]

@@OneProudBavarian Can't wait to see some CK3 After the End content from you when the mod comes out!

[@killinspecialist1965]

@@OneProudBavarian cant wait for those high quality rp lets plays Messalian Glory, the latin empire, and Levi the liberator were all great series. eagerly awaiting your storytelling Lps also happy your getting more out of content creation with the newer vids theyre good too

[@rjmoney9]

You did a great job of explaining the reasoning/rationale behind the pop mechanics. I have played ~100 hours of Imperator, but I'm currently playing a Carthage campaign where I'm trying to understand every little mechanic. This was very helpful. Honestly, the more I learn about the mechanics of Imperator, the more impressed I am.

[@sqdtnz]

As Rome I tried setting everything other than Roman to slave, but there is a cost involved with changing status, which is a bit annoying, especially when it comes to dozens of very small groups, that cost just as much as the giant Punic one. Besides that, I don't mind the rebellions, the more of those pops die the better. Yes, this game really brings the best of me to the surface.

[@zucar1tas]

Hi, i'm new on the channel, bought the game in the last sale and saw your new guides about the awesome 2.0 update, they're great. I was still playing the tutorial after beating the tutorial objectives so i could learn more and i conquered the entirety of italy with rome but i'm having problems with the Alpine provinces because they are disloyal, I was waiting for the info in this video, i'm going to put it to good use now, can't wait for the next guide, cheers

[@cameroncrowe5218]

Great video, you have made the game that much better for me

[@MrDecla]

Great explanation, thx man :)

[@fernandoalvarado7248]

Thanks! You help me a lot with this, the investigation points and the population system where a little tricky for me in the beginning

[@joshbarr118]

Vids are great, keep the guides coming please

[@bahaigpt]

Sweet Imperator content lets go!

[@trecide]

Great video!

[@chunkychew6995]

Will there be a part three, these videos are the greatest for learning imperator.

[@jakeb9534]

Are you going to make anymore videos for this series? This is one of the most informational video I have seen about culture in Imperator Rome. Thank you and I hope you continue to make more of these.

[@Puritan1985]

Dead series for a dead game

[@maraganina]

Wow what a great guide

[@thylacinepunic5582]

Finally! I can finally use the suppress option in games that are available but always have bad outcomes because it’s “wrong” and It’ll work!

[@dripstein5068]

we're so back

[@vJaukbby]

These are splendid guides! I can't wait for you to tackle military and explain to my donkey brain how pops translate to unit types.

[@ZombolicBand]

This was REALLY informative! I've been doing so much wrong haha

[@Kaiser282]

I tend to just assimilate everyone through culture. Enslave, convert, one culture. There shall only be one culture. It's painful but when each of your regions provide hundreds of pops for legions, I know I made the right decision. Now excuse me, I have a never ending war with Rome to take care of.

[@ImperialGit]

Multiculturalism is cancer.

[@davidbouchard7090]

Eager to see what comes next in your campagin guide

[@lukasexplainsstuff8984]

Loving these, Part 3 coming out?

[@TheFallorn]

Real bummed this tutorial series ended so soon

[@De_Volpe]

Hey OPB, I'm a new subscriber here (lured by your ck2 series). Do you upload /stream on other platforms right now or you have simply decreased frequency of uploads?

[@OneProudBavarian]

I haven't had the time that I wanted for the channel in recent months and likely that time is now over so that videos will become much more frequent once again! I will very likely begin streaming here on KZbin again at some point in April!

[@franciscopreziati7368]

Could you do a ultimate imersion mod series for imperator?and wich mod do you recomend the most the lord of the rings for ck3 or imperator?

[@thomast8284]

Is there ever going to be a third guide?

[@dstinnettmusic]

Any more coming in this series?

[@MaskofPoesy]

It's so weird, your video about the update did great. The follow-up video did alright, and now this didn't catch on at all. Poor I:R, it's even left out of the grand campaign. :(

[@kesorangutan6170]

Nice

[@stoneguest6985]

Fantastic guide, thank you loads I hadn't considered the impact of the found colony decision, or indeed any of the minor rights I'll be sure to RP better in future

[@LuizAlexPhoenix]

Cool, they finally brought Vic II's systems back. Did they rehire devs or someone broke the code?

[@Kingiron37]

No way there are only two of these tutorials, how did they not get ricognition at the time😢😢😢

[@arkurianstormblade4109]

Me a pleb who barely understand the balance *sorts by culture pop number* *finds the top dogs, sets to citizen* *main culture is one of the unhappiest I have* Haha Manpower goes brrrr!

[@codymiller5748]

I love imperator rome

[@bernardcornellisvanmeijere4375]

Hey Bavarian is there any word on a Imperator Rome to CK3 porter?

[@Dayvit78]

We need a bridge game - Paradox version of Attila :)

[@lukelambert3541]

Days since last let's play: 83. Please OPB I love all your videos but I'm going through withdrawals

[@omairshafiq1998]

something about a german making an entire nation slaves makes me shiver....

[@laurynasg9932]

You can have 2 buildings in the settlements via the tech, but you probably know that.

[@eveningstar7048]

It’s ridiculous that you can’t choose where the colony gets founded. Is there a mod for that?

[@mariomachadovieirabisneto4612]

This title is amusingly meta (for paradox).

[@Broomtwo]

This is why I have trouble getting into Imperator, after having thousands of hours in EU4. There is just so much micro-management and it becomes a bit of a headache.

[@Imperial_Navy03]

Me who grants rights and slowly integrate big pop cultures while enslaving any smaller cultures

[@Brutik5]

"Hello and welcome everybody I am OneProperVarian and... "

[@FreddyGamster]

So if i get this right, what I need to do inorder to make my newly conquered population intergrate into my own culture is to not give them more rights but rather only make them freeman or even slaves. And that will over the time make intergrate into my own culture or civilization?

[@jasonramero6274]

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[@cb-hz6dm]

So tribesmen want to return to monkey

[@warior882]

I am slaving every body

[@pretoriansoldat9434]

This guide is awesome but can you talk slower for those who english is not our native language?

[@oll-turny-llo8200]

change the playback speed in the settings :)

[@ZeMarkKrazee]

It appears English captions are available. That might help as well!

[@blakeguyan9757]

Man, you dangle a tribal guide but never dropped it... :(

[@xk1390]

You've abandoned this game yourself, haven't you Mr Bavarian? Not just Paradox.

[@damirbasic4915]

Every now and then I take a look and realize nearly no one is making content for this title. I sometimes muse at the idea of making some videos myself, precisely because they're so little out there.

[@1992zorro]

@@damirbasic4915 The saying goes like this "Start by being yourself the good you want to see in this world"

[@bensfons]

This game gets way to annoying when you grow too much. Even if you do all this things it doesn't warranty that the pops will be happy and it's not a crystal clear process. Between imports, migration, etc., It gets annoying. You end up spending more time caring for your pops than actually expanding.

[@1992zorro]

He gave up on the game just like Paradox is. This guy only follows the views, which is his right and logical but don't expect things he won't do.

[@OneProudBavarian]

I stopped doing I:R content because I'm salty every time I think about them dropping it. It makes me not want to play the game. JP, you have been on this channel for quite some time. If you think in such a bitter way about me despite that, I must admit that I am both sad and glad to see you leave the community. Goodbye!

[@1992zorro]

@@OneProudBavarian It's not in any way any criticism. I am just saying it is your right and I agree is logical you don't do waste time and resources anymore to do content on a game not even Paradox is willing to believe in. Why should you do something if even the creators are not willing to make the effort?

[@machon11]

Well this did not age well, RIP Imperator