assasination question / blood in the very long run question

[Norfleet]

Originally posted by Boron:
+ it almost stops bloodhunting in the whole world if you can keep it up with a bit luck

Why would bloodhunting in the world be stopped by Utterdark? Bloodhunting is relatively unaffected by Utterdark: Sure, you nuke all of the world's income by 90%....this actually favors blood hunting over not hunting, since now the opportunity cost of a 0-tax blood hunt is lower. I'm no longer deciding whether to give up 100% of the province's income: That choice has already been made for me, and now I must only give up 10% of the province's income. Give up 10% of the province's remaining income for more blood slaves? Absolutely!

The fact that this induces upkeep problems for any living nation is secondary: You're going to suffer from losing 90% of your income, period. Losing more won't make it hurt any more than it already does.