🏛️ New Systems Reveal – Popularity Tracking & Kingdom Revenue

With Version 2 on the horizon, it's time to lift the curtain on two of the most important systems being added to Become High King of Skyrim: The Next Generation:

⚖️ The Popularity & Approval System
💰 The Kingdom Revenue System

These are the backbone of your reign — how you are seen, and how you stay funded.

🧭 Popularity & Approval System

Skyrim now tracks your approval across each of the nine holds. Your policies, proclamations, and punishments will shape how the people see you.

• Each hold begins with a neutral approval score of 50/100

• Your actions (e.g., adjusting taxes, executing nobles, founding institutions) shift approval regionally, not globally

• A Skyrim-wide approval rating is calculated from all regions, weighted by importance (Whiterun matters more than Morthal)

• View approval data in the King’s Ledger, including:

  • Current scores

  • Recent changes

  • Tooltip summaries ("Trending Up" / "Plummeting" / "Stable")

• Receive feedback from Surgus or the Lord Administrator based on your standing

• No scripts run in the background — this system is entirely event-driven and performance-safe

This is just the first phase. We’re laying the foundation for future unrest events, rebellion systems, and hold-specific consequences based on your popularity.

💰 Revenue Generation System

A robust, modular framework powers your kingdom’s treasury — blending static values, dynamic modifiers, and narrative integration across Skyrim’s factions, cities, and homes.

📊 Static‐Plus‐Dynamic Hold Tax System

• Each hold has a base revenue value

• The player sets a tax rate (0–15%)

• Revenue = base × tax rate (+ optional head tax)

• No Tax Collector = revenue penalty

• Appointing a collector restores full income

⛪ Church Tithes and Royal Share

• The Church collects a 10% tithe from each hold

• The Crown receives a fixed share (e.g., 25%) of that tithe

• Remaining funds assumed to support Church activity or future charity mechanics

🏇 Noble Exemptions and Proclamations

• Nobles and clergy are tax-exempt by default

• The player can issue a Royal Proclamation to tax nobles, generating weekly tribute

• Revoke the proclamation to restore their exemption

• Future proclamations can expand this (e.g., tax guilds, fund wars, etc.)

🏴 Guild Tribute System

Each major faction pays tribute based on leadership and loyalty:

• Thieves Guild

  • High tribute under Mercer Frey

  • Reduced under Brynjolf

  • POSSIBLE patch for mods that end the Thieves Guild

• Companions

  • Highest under Kodlak Whitemane

  • Reduced under successors

  • POSSIBLE patch for mods that end the Companions

• Dark Brotherhood

  • Lower tribute under Astrid

  • Increases if Emperor is killed

  • Ends if destroyed

🏠 Royal Demesne & Player Property Integration - This will be for vanilla homes to start. Not sure if we can implement it easily for modded homes. I won't be building a million patches so it's either going to be an AIO system or a none system for modded homes.

• Rent out player homes: Disables your ability to use beds, spawns tenants, generates weekly income.

• Sell homes: One-time payment; home becomes crown property

• Buyback: Repurchase at original price; regains full access

• Property status (owned, rented, sold) is tracked for each home and updates in-world behavior

These systems work in tandem to create a meaningful political and economic layer to your rule. Everything is modular, performance-safe, and built for future expansion — including more events, custom titles, or interactive faction policies.

Thank you for supporting BHKS: TNG. As always, your feedback is welcome in the Discord — and if you're a Council-tier supporter or above, your name may be heard in court sooner than you think...

– Clover 👑