Step by Step Guide to Claiming Sovereignty

I very stoopidly lost sight of the amount of gold I had at a town while arranging an exodus at another, and lost the sov at it.  I have reclaimed two of the spots I had, but one was a Level V and I can see no way to reclaim it.  There is no option to do anything but demolish the structure.. but I cannot see how that will let me reclaim the square?  Any help would be much appreciated!
Nyth

Marquesta wrote: > all sov claims were reduced and lost

Was there any gold left after you reduced the captured town to a quarter of its initial population?  If all research points are always lost this could be an unintended side-effect of the 2011-12-09 release; no research points => no sovereignty.

I updated the guide to add Example 1, Example 2, and Example 3 and the section titled "But That Square Over There Has a Bonus....Surely...." This post is just to let people know that new material has been added.

Edited by Mara Zira - 11 Jan 2012 at 02:50

The jungle biome bonus will more than likely cover the plains sector 

In perfect situation you would have cities in some biome, like jungle for exmpl, so you will have extra bonus for troops.You would have city on 7 farm square and good food sovs around you, also you would be surrounded by wooded terrain (or jungle) where your dwarf infantry+biome bonus will give good def and off against any siege.In same time your city on 7 farm city will allow you to train larger amount of troops cos you will have large gold income.

As for res bonus versus equipment i will give you answer in spirit of your question, res bonus is best one when you are low on res, quipment onus is best when you are low on equipment, troop training bonus is best when you are low on troops

On 7 farm cities you would have atleast 3 building of same type that would lower your troop upkeep, i presume that building for infantry uses more iron?So when you make many infantry units for exmpl you would use some sovs to increase your iron production (also try to settle on 7 farm that does not have low iron production, if i am right about iron usage for infantry military buildings)

Just my opinion,maybe some dwarf will give more precise info...Why you bother playing the game if you want all questions answered :) you just want to skip to the part of having good army?