维多利亚3开发日志#37 | 3/10 市场扩张

牧游社 牧有汉化翻译

Dev Diary #37 – Market Expansion

PDJR_Alastorn, QA Manager - PDS Red - Victoria 3 and CK3

Hi I'm Paul "PDJR_Alastorn" Depre - member of the QA team on Victoria 3. I've been asked to write about market expansion in Victoria 3 and how that can be done through the mechanics of a customs union. Apparently my credentials speak for themselves:

你好，我是Paul “PDJR_Alastorn” Depre——维多利亚3的QA团队成员。我被要求写关于维多利亚3的市场扩张，以及如何通过关税同盟的机制来实现。显然，我的资历不言自明。

Have you ever had that day where multiple coworkers message you simultaneously to let you know you've become a meme by way of the Victoria 3 fanbase?

你有没有过这样的一天，好多同事同时给你发信息，告诉你已经在维多利亚3的粉丝中成为了一个梗？

So as you have no doubt seen in screenshots, dev diaries, after action reports, and the like, in Victoria 3 we have introduced the concept of a customs union but we’ve yet to truly go into detail about what they actually entail as a means of market expansion. [See Previous Dev Diaries]. That's why I am here today, in no small part because I find the customs union one of the more interesting mechanics of Victoria 3 compared to its previous iterations such as Spheres of Influence, which after saying that I hope it doesn't set your expectations too high but I guess it's on me to try and explain why I feel that way. Alright, no pressure then.

正如你在截图、开发日志、试玩战报等方面所看到的，在维多利亚3中，我们引入了关税同盟Customs Union的概念，但我们还没有真正深入它作为市场扩张手段的实际内容。[见以前的开发日志#9]，而这就是我今天要介绍的。在很大程度上我发现关税同盟是维多利亚3中比势力范围等更有意思的机制。我希望这不会让你的期望值过高，但我想我要解释我为什么这么想。好吧，这样就没有压力了。

So, what exactly is a customs union and how does it relate to market expansion? Before I explain it mechanically, I would like to define the concept both conceptually and historically so we are all starting with a similar frame of reference. Promise me you will continue reading till the mechanical explanation before you make assumptions based on obscure historical examples? Good, then let's go forth.

那么，关税同盟到底是什么，它与市场扩张有什么关系？在我开始解释机制之前，我想从概念上和历史上定义这个概念，这样我们就可以从一个类似的参考框架开始。答应我，在根据晦涩的历史例子做出假设之前，你会继续阅读，直到机制方面的解释为止。很好，那我们就继续吧。

A customs union, and I am literally pulling the definition from Wikipedia here folks, is generally understood to be a trade bloc or arrangement among nations. It is most commonly known as a free trade area with a common external tariff, or common external tariff policy. The bonds of a custom union are at the very least economical, they exist for the purposes of increasing trade, economic co-dependence, and mutual benefit that comes from such and can lead to closer political and cultural ties between countries. They do not necessitate a political union though they are certainly seen through history as the stepping stones towards such.

关税同盟，按照我从维基百科上摘取的定义，通常被理解为国家间的贸易集团或约定。最常见的是具有共同对外关税的自由贸易区，或有共同对外关税政策。关税同盟成员之间的纽带至少是经济上的，它们存在的目的是增加贸易，经济上的共同依赖，以及由此产生的互利，并能带来国家之间更紧密的政治和文化联系。它们不一定是政治联盟，尽管在历史上它们肯定被看作是走向政治联盟的第一步。

One of the more well known, at least to the Vicky fanbase, is the Zollverein which helped further facilitate the unification of Germany but by no means was the sole deciding factor of that movement. The European Union, it can be argued, started off as merely the European Coal and Steel Community, which was a more restricted definition of a customs union but certainly counts in my eyes. Whether or not the North American Free Trade Agreement counts as a customs union is up for debate. While trade agreements regularly cover similar topics of tariff and economic co-dependence they are usually of a smaller scope and scale. Ultimately the economics of it is tricky, because it involves politics and what defines a union vs an agreement is not always a coherent 1:1 and before I get into explaining all the counterarguments of historical note, let's actually talk about the game some now, shall we?

其中一个比较知名的关税同盟，至少对维多利亚的粉丝们来说，就是有助于进一步促进德国统一的（德意志）关税同盟Zollverein，不过这一同盟并不是决定德国统一的唯一因素。也有人会说，欧盟也是个关税同盟，尽管其一开始也仅仅是“欧洲煤钢共同体”——对关税同盟的一个更有限的定义，但在我眼里肯定也算。北美自由贸易协定是否算作关税同盟还有待商榷。因为贸易协定虽然经常涉及关税和经济共同依赖等与关税同盟类似的话题，但它们的范围和规模通常较小。归根结底，从经济方面来解释它是很棘手的，因为它涉及到政治，而且对关税联盟还是关税协议的定义并不总是泾渭分明的。在我开始解释所有历史上的反驳的观点之前，让我们先真正地谈论一些游戏内容，好吗？

The Zollverein represented at game start.

德意志关税同盟在游戏一开始时的面貌。

Within the scope of Victoria 3, a custom's union is a bilateral agreement between two nations where one nation agrees to subject its national market to another and to be absorbed into an economic union. This means that it's a diplomatic action, a.k.a. something another nation has to agree to as a customs union alone is not something that is normally able to be forced upon another nation. A customs union is not limited to only two partners, other nations may make themselves subject to the senior partner alongside other participant junior nations but a customs union can have only one senior member in control of the union.

在维多利亚3中，关税同盟是两个国家之间的双边协议，其中一个国家同意将其国家市场附属于另一个国家之下，并被吸收到一个经济联盟中。这意味着这是一种外交行为，也就是必须要有另一个国家同意的事情，因为关税同盟本身并不是通常能够强加给另一个国家的东西。关税同盟并不局限于两个国家，其他国家可以与其他参与的附属国家一起附属于主导成员，但一个关税同盟只能有一个主导成员来控制这个同盟。

A peaceful endeavor of France to assist Sardinia-Piedmont, not at all the beginnings of Hegemony in Italy.

法国对撒丁-皮埃蒙特进行援助的和平举措，但这绝对不是在意大利建立霸权的开始。

Slight variance to the above statement is possible, custom unions can be forced through by utilizing obligations by the previously owed country. This will only allow the diplomatic action to take place despite the nation's disposition to say no, it should not be able to supersede any other limitations possible in the game. Thus it's entirely possible as a larger power to go, "you want me to pay off your debt? Sure, I'll do it for a favor" and then force the unsuspecting debtor country into its market. Always be aware of the small text written into your diplomatic dealings!

与上述表述稍有不同的是，关税同盟可以通过利用以前欠下的国家义务来强制通过。不过这只能通过外交实现（虽然该国家想要拒绝），而且它也不会绕过游戏中其它任何可能的限制。因此，作为一个大国，你完全可以说：“你想让我偿还你的债务？没问题，我可以帮你这个忙”，然后强迫毫无戒心的债务国进入其市场。要时刻注意写在外交条款中的小字！

Customs unions themselves cannot be forced through war but they can be forced as a result of other diplomatic entanglements. Certain subject relationships come with the implicit expectations of joining the shared market of their overlord but they also come with other strings attached. [See Subjects Dev Diary]

关税同盟本身不能通过战争强迫加入，但可以作为其他外交关系的结果而迫使一国加入。附庸关系隐含着加入其宗主国共同市场的期望，但它们也伴随着其他附加条件[见开发日志#20]。

What allows a customs union to exist? That is dependent upon the trade policy of the participant nations, not all domestic laws allow for a nation to partake in a customs union (though most will alongside various other trade changes). Trade will be coming with a future dev diary so I will not be going into detail about that here, apologies.

是什么允许关税同盟的存在？这取决于参与国的贸易政策，并不是所有国家法律都允许一个国家参加关税同盟（尽管大多数国家会与根据贸易其它方面的变化而变化）。贸易将在未来的开发日志中介绍，所以我不会在这里详细讨论这个问题，请原谅。

But assuming that two nations both have trade policies that would allow them to do so, that's all that's needed to form a custom's union? Well… no, economic unions of such are not simple agreements to be engaged in and reneged upon on a whim with anyone in particular. They have some more base level requirements.

但是，假设两个国家的贸易政策都允许他们成立关税同盟，就可以成立关税同盟了吗？嗯……不，经济联盟不是这样简单的协议，可以随心所欲地与任何人签订或毁约。它们有一些更基本的要求。

The two nations (or more specifically the junior partner in question and the senior partner overseeing the market) must have neutral or positive relations to conduct this action. A nation who sees you in an antagonistic light as you are attempting to wipe them off the map isn't going to give you access to its market willingly. Two nations that are trying to wipe each other off the map can both be junior partners in the same customs union led by another nation, just expect all the market disruption that would come with such chaotic developments if it's your frustration to handle as the overseeing power.

这两个国家（或更确切地说，相关的从属成员和监督市场的主导成员）必须有中立或积极的关系来缔结关税同盟。一个国家如果以敌对的眼光看待你，因为你正试图将他们从地图上抹去，那么他就不会心甘情愿地让你进入其市场。两个试图把对方从地图上抹去的国家可以同时成为第三个国家领导下的同一个关税同盟的从属成员。只是如果作为监督者的是你，你将会对这种事情感到沮丧，因为可以预料到这种混乱的发展所带来的市场干扰。

A senior member of a customs union must not be a subject of the junior partner or be a junior partner in another customs union. I'm not sure how the more lowly powers might feel about the matter, but the national prestige of this great power will not be subject to any Bavarian market. They must bow to Lubeck or there is no deal! AI considerations such as the requirements of port connection to facilitate market access, comparative GDP, rank, infamy and other diplomatic considerations are taken into account when accepting or proposing this relationship.

一个关税同盟的主导成员不得是从属成员的附庸，也不得是另一个关税同盟的从属成员。我不知道更低级的国家对此事会有何感想，但列强的自尊不会允许他依附于任何巴伐利亚的市场。他们必须向吕贝克低头，要么没得商量！在接受或提出关税同盟时，AI会考虑的因素有港口连接促进市场接入、相对GDP、国家等级、声望和其它外交考虑。

You are given the breakdown as to why the AI may not be so willing to join your Customs Union. And you can seek to overcome these differences peacefully.

你能获知AI可能不愿加入你的关税同盟的具体数值分解，也能寻求以和平的方式克服这些差值。

As well, this relationship is not a one and done, it must be maintained and this is seen both in an influence upkeep by the senior partner per junior member (as they hold the prestige of it being their market and policies which take priority) but a relations upkeep by all partners and the senior member lest they be booted from the union.

同样，这种关系不是一锤子买卖，需要被维持。主导成员需要根据从属成员的数量消耗影响力维护（因为他们拥有市场所有权和政策优先权的威望），而所有主导成员和从属成员都需要外交维护费，以防被联盟踢出。

When a Customs Union can no longer be maintained (due to a variety of reasons) you will get a notification update that you can click for more information.

当一个关税同盟不能被维持（可能有很多原因），你会收到更新消息，点击即可获取更多信息。

In the end what does "subjecting themselves to the senior partners market" mean? For all intents and purposes it means that the national market of the junior partner no longer exists - they are part of the senior partners market, so all goods produced, bought and sold are done so within the confines of that new national market. This can mean many things and depending on the relative disparities of your previously independent markets, prices can shift towards a new equilibrium as supply and demand internally change to reflect this. Businesses will revisit their input costs and subsequently adjust their labor cost if necessary. You may see some industries boom and others start running on their reserves, hoping for trends to change before they shut their doors entirely, unable to compete with those industrialists in the far-off city.

“从属于主导者的市场”究竟是什么意思？这实际上意味着，从属成员的国家市场不再存在——他们已经是主导者市场的一部分，所以任何生产、买入、卖出的商品都是在新的国家市场的范围内进行的。这可能意味着很多事情，取决于共同市场和之前独立国家市场的差异，价格随着内部供需的变化会达到新的平衡。企业会重新考察投入成本，并在必要时调整人力成本。你也许能看到一些行业蓬勃发展，另一些则开始动用储备金，希望在完全关门之前形势会有所变化，否则他们将无法与遥远城市的工厂主相抗衡。

Any trade routes you might have had as a junior partner may be disrupted, you are not barred from trading outright as a junior member of the union but since it's no longer your national market you will have to engage in a few extra steps to take part in such. This is something we will go into more detail within a future dev diary so it will be simple statements at the moment, apologies again.

从属成员曾拥有的任何贸易路线都可能会中断，你不会被完全禁止贸易，但既然这已不再是你的国家市场，你需要一些额外的步骤才能参与其中。这会在将来的某一篇开发日志中进行介绍，所以当前只能进行一些简短的陈述，再次道歉。

For internal trade, market access will now be calculated based on infrastructure usage in the recipient state and whether it has a connection to the market capital of the senior member. If you cannot connect the routes by land then ports will need to be staffed and supplied to provide such connections. If you are the senior partner and you've found with the addition of new members they are struggling to connect to your market capital, you can always consider shifting the center of your market elsewhere to better accommodate all members.

对于内部贸易，市场接入现在依据接受地区的基础设施以及当地是否和主导成员的市场首都相连来计算。如果你无法以陆路连接路线，则需要给港口提供人员和补给来进行连接。如果你是主导成员，并且发现新的成员难以连接到你的市场首都，你总是能考虑把市场的中心移动到其他地方，惠及所有成员。

Lower Canada has difficulty connecting to the British Market due to the shipping requirements for such connections to the Market Capital back in London.

下加拿大和不列颠市场的连接很艰难，因为回到伦敦的市场首都需要航运。

Domestically you will still be able to tax and encourage specific goods and services and their consumption, but your ability to embargo or take tariffs on goods coming into the market will depend on your relationship within the customs union… but I am getting ahead of myself - more on that in a future development diary so please be patient on that front.

在本国对特定商品和服务及其消费征税或进行支持仍是可能的，但你对进入市场的商品实施禁运或征收关税的能力将取决于你在关税同盟内的关系……但我说得有点太早了——未来的开发日志会有更多这方面的内容，所以请耐心等待。

So what are the benefits of expanding your market by customs union? Why not just gobble up the territory by forcing someone to be your vassal or taking them under your direct authority?

那么通过关税同盟扩大市场有什么好处？为什么不以强迫附庸或直接吞并的方式扩张领土？

If you were to take the territory, well you might have to do so militarily if the nation is unwilling to come along willingly. If that is the case then it's going to be a national expenditure to mobilize and supply your armed forces, you're certainly going to take some infamy on the world stage, you might even lose the conflict depending on who gets involved. What if you need to concede part of the market to another nation to assist you - what if it's the resources you really wanted yourself. Even in the winning scenario you end up with a bunch of pops in a devastated landscape, radicalizing and potentially discriminated against in your larger empire - all you wanted was some coal, was that cost worth it? Sometimes it is, sometimes it isn't.

如果你想要获取领土而其他国家不愿如此，你可能需要采取军事手段。若是如此，动员和军队补给都将成为国家支出。你当然会世界舞台上留下恶名，甚至，取决于涉及的国家，输掉这场冲突。如果你不得不用部分市场换取其他国家的帮助该怎么办？如果这是你自己真正想要的资源怎么办？即使获胜，你最终也获取了荒废土地上的一群人口，他们很激进，且在你的大帝国中受到潜在歧视——而你想要的只是一些煤炭，这一切值得吗？有时是，有时不是。

All of these factors affecting the state are related to each other. Devastation of a war means not only turmoil for the pops but that infrastructure is getting damaged which means goods are not flowing to and from the market efficiently and standard of living is suffering as a result.

所有这些影响地区的因素都是相互关联的。战争的破坏不仅意味着人口的动荡，还有基础设施的破坏，这意味着商品无法有效地流入和流出市场，生活水平因此受到影响。

The benefits of the customs union are many but they can also be a double edged sword - it's not guaranteed to be beneficial and it's much more in the lines of choosing which problems you wish to face as is much of the way with Victoria 3.

关税同盟的好处很多，但也可能是一把双刃剑——它并不能保证一定带来正收益。它更多地在于选择你希望面对的问题，就和维多利亚 3的设计思路一样。

A benefit of a customs union is that it decreases "relative transportation costs" compared to sticking to trading more manually among markets. You may not need to keep trade routes active though you may still need to utilize convoys for market connections. Instead of moving a more limited amount of goods between two markets you have the sum total of to markets buy orders and sell orders interacting. This may be very welcoming to some as it means less intensive micromanagement of their national economy and allows them to more natural growth of their industries. This also means the potential degradation if not dismissal of your transportation industry that fuels the trade sector of your economy, which also has implications. Which one is more beneficial to you ultimately depends on what you are trying to do, the size of your nation, and what you can afford.

关税同盟的一个好处是，与继续在市场间进行手动交易相比，它降低了“相对运输成本”。虽然你不再需要激活贸易路线，但你仍需利用船队连接市场。不用继续在两个市场之间移动数量更有限的商品， 你能让市场里所有的买单和卖单互相作用。有些人可能欢迎这一变化，因为这意味着对国家经济的微观管理变得更少，而且可以让他们更自然地发展工业。但这也意味着潜在的衰退，如果不解散刺激贸易经济的运输行业，但解散也会带来影响。哪一个对你更有利最终取决于你想要做什么，国家的规模如何，以及能负担什么。

A customs union means both increased goods accessibility and sales accessibility - for example you can trade with Prussia for your much needed coal as Lubeck (as you’ve seen me do in previous AARs) but trade is fickle, subject to changing winds of national priority, diplomatic scuffles, and possibly embargoes. Embedding yourself into the national economy of another gives you more concrete access to those goods and sales potential, but it also means they have access to your national economy with relatively less barriers. In the Lubeck AAR we turned the competitive advantage of our national industry focused on tools and shipping to further turn a profit in the larger Prussian market at the cost of less productive industries. Because we were able to keep the standard of living high and a Prussia devastated by revolt did not look as Appealing (as it's never one single factor that determines these things) we profited further both monetarily and through migration.

关税同盟意味着同时增加商品生产和消费的接入——举个例子，作为吕贝克你能和普鲁士交易你急需的煤炭（就像你看我之前在战报里做的那样），但贸易是变化无常的，它受制于国家优先事项变化的风向、外交冲突，可能还有禁运。将自己融入他国的经济之中，可以让你更轻易地获得那些商品和消费潜力，但这也意味着他们可以相对较少的阻碍接入你的国家经济。在吕贝克战报中，我们将本国工业的竞争优势集中在工具和航运上，以牺牲生产力较低的行业为代价，在更大的普鲁士市场上进一步获利。因为我们能够保持较高的生活水平，而被叛乱摧毁的普鲁士看起来并不吸引人（因为决定这些事项的都不是单一因素），所以我们通过金钱和移民来进一步获利。

附：吕贝克战报

https://old.**********/r/victoria3/comments/sigart/lubeck_aar_part_1_political_parties_confirmed/

Shipyard profits which were flagging within Lubeck see growth (and hopefully future profit) when being sold on the greater Prussian Market.

当在大普鲁士市场上出售时，在吕贝克内业绩不佳的船坞看到了利润增长（以及对将来收益的希望）。

As Greece (the most recent AAR) we joined the British Market with neither a stable standard of living nor a competitive advantage in any particular industry to carve our niche, thus our prices fell drastically and wages inflated as pops moved elsewhere to greener lands in the far British Empire. Could we have been successful as Greece? Certainly, the problems there are not guaranteed but we clearly moved into that market too soon with no clear plan to take advantage of it and thus we were the one's being taken advantage of.

作为希腊（在最近的战报中），我们加入了英国的市场，但却既没有稳定的生活水平，也没有某些工业领域的竞争优势，无法在市场中获得一席之地，因此我们的价格迅速下跌，工资也开始上涨，而pop就搬到远方大英帝国的好地方去了。我们作为希腊能做得更好吗？当然可以，虽然到底哪里出了问题不好说，但是我们显然过早进入了那个市场，缺少利用它的清晰计划，结果我们反过来成了被利用的一方。

附：希腊战报

https://old.**********/r/victoria3/comments/t1auv3/greece_aar_part_1/

Greece, after joining the British Market sees its pops migrate to sunnier shores, well at least more economically thriving shores.

在加入了英国的市场之后，希腊的pop就开始移民到阳光更加灿烂的地方了，好吧，至少是经济上更加繁荣的地方。

The price and standard of living differences across customs unions can have an effect on your (and other partners) populations and whether or not they choose to migrate. There is a clear advantage here if you are a relatively prosperous nation either with a good standard of living or just the law of large numbers on your side that you will see a population growth due expanding a market with a customs union. More pops is usually good, but let me make the argument that in some cases having migration away from your country can also be good in the case of a customs union.

关税同盟内部的价格和生活水平的差异会影响你（和其他成员国）的人口，以及他们是否会选择移民。如果你是一个比较繁荣的国家，而且有着比较高的生活水平，或者大数定律站在你这一边，你就会看到随着你用关税同盟扩张市场，人口也会随之增加。更多的pop一般来说是件好事，但是容我说一下，有时候在关税同盟内，让人口移民离开你的国家也可以是一件好事。

Let's say you are a multiethnic empire, and some of your pops are a little uppity with the ideas of nationalism and their own independence, thoughts that don't really sit well with your own as they jeopardize the stability of the empire as a whole. You can discriminate, repress, put in police and security forces to try and keep things under control - but that's expensive. It's even harder to maintain when there is the homeland state these pops yearn to join on their border. What… What if you brought that neighboring country (through agreement or force) into your custom's union? Sure your hinterlands may have a population migration to their homeland but you no longer have an insurrectionary problem to deal with. As opposed to them just mass migrating away to another country and/or market, you can have them stay within your economic borders if not exactly your national borders, thus keeping all the production and consumption benefits of the pops with relatively less insurrectionary costs.

比方说你是个多族群帝国，而你的一些Pop对于民族主义和他们的独立性这些概念非常在意，这些思想对你来说实在不太好，因为它们可能会危害整个帝国的稳定性。你可以搞区别对待，镇压叛乱，出动警察和安全部队去控制事态——但那就太贵了。特别是这些Pop在边境线另一边还有朝思暮想的祖国的时候，就更难控制了。但是，如果你把这个邻国（通过协约或强力手段）弄到你的关税同盟内呢？当然你的腹地可能会有人移民到他们的祖国去，但你就不用处理反叛的问题了。比起让他们大规模移民到另一个国家或市场里去，你可以让他们留在你的经济边境线内，虽然就不在国境线里边了，但这能以相对较小的镇压叛乱花费得到Pop在生产和消费上的益处。

Now that is a very cherry-picked example, but ultimately not all migration seen through a customs union is bad - even as a small nation willingly allowing migration of your poorer population within can allow you to refocus your economy (economic policies willing) and potentially attract them back post reform. A custom union allows such plays to be one's where you don't have an immediate zero-sum loss and can pull such pops or new ones back to your nation.

这当然是一个专门摘出来的好例子了，但到最后并不是通过关税同盟移民出去就不好——哪怕是一个愿意允许你比较贫穷的人口移民过去的小国，也可以让你改变的你的经济重点（经济政策允许的话），然后还可以再通过改革吸引他们回来。一个关税同盟允许玩家在建立完之后没有立即发生零和损失，还可以把移民出去的和新的人吸引到你的国家来。

And before I digress into every other mechanics I would like to cover the most important "why would I allow myself to be subjected as a minor nation within a customs union, when it's clearly not advantageous to me" scenario. Well it certainly beats the alternative of getting wiped off the map or subjected further doesn't it? Thinking in a realpolitik sense, if you are a small or middling state and you don't want to have your domestic resources gobbled up by a larger power, but you don't have a way to protect yourself without submitting to another power, the only way to succeed is to submit partially. Now you could take the diplomatic route and step under the larger power as a suzerain in some way, some of these may necessitate a customs union regardless. They also can necessitate a loss of your diplomatic potential as an independent entity, that might not be a prefered option on your end. Submitting to a customs union willingly might not be the most advantageous of your choices, but tying your economy to theirs might be a way to maintain some distance from an inevitable political union. Potentially you could turn this to your advantage and maintain a separate diplomatic policy because of such integration. In the AAR as Lubeck we submitted to the Prussian customs union because it was a way to guarantee the AI would not easily turn towards us as a means of expansion and hopefully if we tied our economies close enough together they would not seek to interfere in our affairs, lest we bring the institutions to a halt.

在我跑题到所有其他的机制之前，我想说一下最重要的一个情况：“为什么我作为一个小国，要被吸纳到关税同盟里，这显然对我没啥好处啊”。好吧，这总比从地图上抹掉或者被进一步附庸强吧？从现实政治的角度来看，如果你是一个中小国家，你肯定不想让你的国内资源被更大的势力拿走，但你也没有除了投靠另一个势力以外的自保方法，那么唯一的方法就是部分屈服了。现在你去用外交手段，投靠某个更大的势力，让他们以某种方式当你的宗主国，有些选项到头来还是要让你加入关税同盟。这也可能让你损失一个独立实体的外交能力，所以对你来说不是什么好的选项。主动加入一个关税同盟或许不是对你最有利的选择，但是把你的经济和他们的绑定在一起或许是和不可避免的政治同盟保持一些距离的最佳方式。你也有潜在的可能性利用这种经济整合来维持独立的外交政策。在吕贝克的战报中，我们屈服于普鲁士关税同盟，因为这是一种确保AI不会轻易把扩张的矛头对准我们的方法，如果我们将经济紧密绑定在一起，就有希望让他们不干涉我们的内部事务，以免我们让机构停滞下来。

And in closing, that's a smattering of the potential that market expansion through a customs union can have. I could probably no doubt talk on this point further, until release potentially but I sadly have some forum limit or another about how long this post can be. I look forward to hearing your ideas and feedback on this topic in the various channels. Even more, I look forward to seeing how you all take this feature and play with it in the future when the game releases.

差不多该收尾了，这就是通过关税同盟扩张市场能做的事情的一小部分。我当然可以进一步讲讲这个事，说不定能讲到发售，但是我不幸受到了论坛某种关于帖子长度的限制。我很期待在各个渠道上听一听这个话题上你们的想法和反馈。我也会非常期待看到将来在游戏发售之后，你们会怎么看待和游玩这个特性。

And with that I would like to take a moment to address the elephant economics degree in the room. Never did I think that uttering those words before my introduction would come to be the meme it is today, but regardless of that, I would like to all correct you that the phrase "did you know Paul Depre the QA Lead on Victoria 3 has a degree in economics?" is no longer technically correct and has not been for some time as I have taken over the role of QA Manager on PDS Red. I am still heavily involved with Victoria 3, assisting in the onboarding of the new QA lead, giving input and the such. Just now I am making sure that not only does the game have a good level of quality, but that the QA team has what it needs to ensure that for release and onwards.

话说到这里，我要花点时间说一下房间里的大象，经济学学位。我从没想过在自我介绍之前这就变成了一个梗，但不论如何，我要纠正一下你们的表述，“你知道吗，Paul Depre，维多利亚3的QA领队，他有经济学学位”这个说法，技术上并不正确，毕竟我接任PDS Red的QA主管（而不是维多利亚3的）已经有一段时间了。我现在主要参与维多利亚3的相关事务，帮助引导新的QA领队，提供一些信息之类的。现在我不仅要确保游戏有着良好的品质，也要让QA团队有能确保游戏发行和之后也有良好品质所需的东西。

The team "celebrated" this news in the best way they knew how - the loading text was updated almost immediately to be "more correct" so I could not ask for it to be removed as a bug.

团队以他们知道的最好方式“庆祝”了这则新闻——加载界面文本几乎马上改成了“更加正确”的版本，我都没机会让他们按照bug把这东西去掉。

And next week… is it me again with Trade Routes and Tariffs? Crap I better start writing. Wish me luck in trying to nail a "concise explanation" the second time around.

下一周……又是我来写贸易路线Trade Routes和关税Tariffs？淦，还是快点开始写吧。希望这次我第二次写东西时能搞定“清晰的描述”。

翻译：铿尔舍瑟 Yakuky AntiAccess

校对：三等文官猹中堂

欢迎关注UP主和主播小牧Phenix！

欢迎关注牧游社微信公众号和知乎专栏！微信公众号改版为信息流，欢迎【置顶订阅】不迷路，即时获得推送消息！

B站在关注分组中设置为【特别关注】，将会在私信内及时收到视频和专栏投稿的推送！

欢迎加入牧有汉化，致力于为玩家社群提供优质内容！组员急切募集中！测试群组822400145!   

本作品英文原文著作权属Paradox interactive AB所有，中文译文著作权属牧有汉化所有。