National Leaders are not respected...err come again?

**Keesinho** · April 16, 2009, 01:13 PM

In the diplomacy window, there is a penalty of -10 or so for "national leaders are not respected".

How do I interpret that? I thought it might have something to do with state gifts but after gifting the 2500 one to france and spain as holland, nothing changed.

Can someone enlighten me on this?

**Feldman** · April 16, 2009, 01:22 PM

well i think the penalty is if u have a bad leader like charles II of spain and how other countries dont respect him

**Divi filius** · April 18, 2009, 05:32 AM

yep, just like that. makes sense dont you think?
and the penalty is totally insignificant anyways - invade 2 countries and the "territorial expansion" penalty is 3 times as high as the tiny faction leader thing... just givem presents

**Abel12512** · April 18, 2009, 07:57 AM

If you go to the government screen, and then to ministers, you can see all the bonusses of your ministers and faction leader (+ prestige etc.). Other countries don't like your faction leader (maybe he has something like -2 prestige). You can solve this by giving them stategifts.

**Multiball** · April 18, 2009, 08:05 AM

basically if your king is an obnoxious, loud, boorish, un diplomatic, rude, slob, like some of the kings of the day we're then other countrys will think "do I really want to deal with that annoying prick again?" and this will affect your country if its you, and affect your peoples feelings of another country if it's their king. Theres also the opposite of this which is a national leader so charismatic and charmming that everyone wants to be their pals....