
Metsuke have a retainer that lowers happiness by 1, while increasing repression by 2 - surely there must be a difference or it would just have said "increases repression by 1". In the town management interface, repression effect icons have a different colour from happiness effects, as if there is a difference.ģ. The underlined part suggests there is a difference between repression vs happiness.Ģ. Things in the game that suggests there is a difference between happiness boosts and repression:ġ.
Rebellion becomes a risk when the people are so unhappy that repression can no longer contain public order. The overall happiness of a population is influenced by a variety of different contributing factors, including tax levels, food shortages, the presence of entertainment and religious buildings, and repression through garrison size.

Whilst it is useful to keep the population in order, rebellion following a period of heavy repression can be difficult to suppress. The grey pips in the public order section of the province details panel represent repression through intimidation from garrisoned units. Repression is the enforcement of your rule by the presence of garrison troops. Keep taxes at reasonable levels, maintain sufficient food levels and ensure that castle towns are garrisoned to stop public order bubbling over into rioting or worse, full-scale rebellion.

If unhappiness begins to outweigh happiness and repression at any point then the resultant unrest can lead to rebellion, if left unchecked. The factors that affect it are displayed on the province details panel, and include elements such as castle level, garrison size and the size of the tax burden placed on the populace. Obedience to the rule of the daimyo is measured in public order.
