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>>46386709
Shovel

beat the stupid yoki!

>>39321942
Diplomacy gives you more options than just combat. You can increase foreign relations by giving away gold, troops, economic power, officers, or cities. This increases Like and decreases Hate. Hate makes countries more aggressive against you, less likely to comply with demands, and their officers will all hate (You) specifically. Like does the opposite. You want Like. The game will give you ruler statuses in the order in Hate -> Threat -> Wary -> no status -> Like -> Love of your relationship. High points in Hate and Like gives you Love/Hate!
You can demand the same stuff you can donate, plus sexual training of a ruler/officer. All of the resource demands give you a pittance. The main draw is in Ceasefire and Alliance.
Ceasefire ends hostilities between you and the faction for x number of turns, starting from 3 to 15. Even if you move troops to each other's cities, no battles will take place between your troops. Alliance is a step further: You and the faction can launch troops from each other's cities.You can also station troops in cities to help a fellow out. Permanent alliances will extend the period of an alliance from x to the end of the game. Sounds cool but takes a lot of convincing, especially considering other options...
With a high Like score and an alliance, you can propose Diplomatic Annexation. Their land and officers become yours. Surrender does the same thing, but you don't need to be in an alliance. It's more useful for factions you've already crushed with 1 city left. Too bad it rarely ever works in Hard or above.
Economic strength(Invest in cities), Political Rating(Be popular to factions) and Military Power(Strong officers + lots of troops) all influence diplomacy. If a ruler is a Slave or Submitted you get a bonus (gameplay and sexually). Just give everyone at least 100 gold in Automatic Donation and you should maintain steady relations unless everyone already hates you. Then you need 300+ per. Giving back captured officers for free increases relations, so it's a great way to get someone off your back. I have no idea what the Political Stat actually does but I assume it increases stuff in your favor. D rank Pol has always worked for me so that;s your call.

>>38548487
Sounds cool bro, but that's too slow. The real way to start a harem is to cause a civil war and let the 2hus fight each other. This'll put them in a perpetual suspension bridge effect. Then I'll rise to power by seducing a daimyo and order thousands of fairies to capture the rest of Gensokyo. Within a month I'll be rimming at least 20 different girls.