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The Consulate is a building featured in Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties. The Consulate enables Asian civilizations to recruit units from a selected European civilization. However, these units cost a fifth resource type, Export. Export is a resource available only to Asian civilizations. Export is slowly generated over time. In order to increase export generation, the player may choose to sacrifice a portion of their ordinary resources collection to be exported, increasing the amount of export. Export generation will automatically increase if you have more villagers at work collecting resources or if you advance an Age.

Shipments Edit

The consulate offers many one-off shipments that cost a certain amount of export. These range from economical and military upgrades to free units to building wagons. These shipments usually take 30 seconds to research, although there are exceptions. In the Imperial age, the "brigade" shipment becomes available. This usually ships a large number of the selected civilization's best units and takes 90 seconds to complete. However, they, like other shipments, can only be sent once.

Home City Shipments Edit

It's typically agreed upon by most players that Good Faith Agreements are the best cards associated with consulates, every Asian nation has it without any type of level requirement. Consulate armies and improvements arrive 50% faster, improvements cost 40% less, and brigade shipments receive a moderate discount (new cost 2000 export).

Armies Edit

Consulate troops are a set of units that are trained at the consulate for export. They can trained an unlimited number of times. Consulate Troops are basically ordinary units with unique names that provide a much needed bolster to some Asian armies. European troops available in the consulate are usually the civilisation's best units, for example, the British send Musketeers and Hussars , its royal guard units. Every time the player ages up, the consulate troops receive a higher bonus to their damage or their hit points. However, the Japanese Isolation feature enables the Japanese to recruit elite Japanese troops not available any other way. These units are recruited like normal barrack/stable units- they are directly trained in a single block.

Availability Edit

The following is a list of consulate options available to each Asian civilization:

The Chinese: The British and Russians at a level 1 Home City, the French at level 25 Home City and the Germans at level 40 Home City.

The Indians: The British and Russians (Campaign only) at a level 1 Home City, the Portuguese at level 1 Home City, the French at level 25 Home City and the Ottomans at level 40 Home City.

The Japanese: The Portuguese and Isolationism at a level 1 Home City, the Dutch at level 25 Home City and the Spanish at level 40 Home City

Consulate Nations Edit

Spanish Edit

Bonus: +0.8 experience trickle

Note: When used with the Japanese cards Heavenly Kami, Seven Lucky Gods and 20 Shrines tasked to experience generation the player will receive 11 experience each second. This is slightly better experience than killing a Villager every second.

Shipments:

Home City Shipments arrive +50% faster (Age 2), costs 200 export
- Synergizes well with the Good Faith Agreements card for 50% faster consulate shipments and 40% cheaper export costs.
Crates deliver +25% more resources (Age 2),and Trade routes generate 50% more resources and experience. costs 450 export.
- Synergizes well with the ability of Japan to send crates twice and their infinite 300 (375) crates.
1500 experience points (Age 3), costs 700 export

Armies:

7 Pikemen (Age 2), costs 400 export
10 Pikemen and 1 Falconet (Age 3), costs 800 export
13 Rodeleros and 3 Falconets (Age 4), costs 1600 export

Brigade- 17 Rodeleros and 15 Lancers (Age 5), costs 2400 export

British Edit

Bonus: +10% land unit hitpoints

Shipments

2 Surgeons (Age 2), costs 200 export
4 Spies (Age 2), costs 300 export
5 Petards (Age 3), costs 450 export

Armies

6 Musketeers (Age 2), costs 400 export
8 Musketeers and a Falconet (Age 3), costs 800 export
6 Hussars and 3 Falconets (Age 4), costs 1600 export

Brigade- 16 Skirmishers and 5 falconets (Age 5), costs 2400 export

French Edit

Bonus: +5% Villager gather rate

Shipments

500 Food (age 2), costs 250 export
500 Wood (Age 2), costs 250 export
500 Coin (Age 2), costs 250 export

Armies

4 Grenadiers (Age 2), costs 400 export
3 Cuirassiers and 3 Grenadiers (Age 3), costs 800 export
5 Cuirassiers and 2 Horse Artillery (Age 4), costs 1600 export

Brigade- 15 Cuirassiers (Age 5), costs 2400 export

Portuguese Edit

Bonus: -15% food and wood for building construction

Shipments

3 fishing boat (Age 2), costs 250 export
1 Caravel with 3 Petards inside (Age 3), costs 425 export
1 Ironclad (Age 4), costs 700 export

Armies

7 Crossbowmen (Age 2), costs 400 export
10 Crossbowmen and a Culverin(Age 3), costs 800 export
13 Musketeers and 3 Culverins (Age 4), costs 1600 export

Brigade- 11 Dragoons and 4 Horse Artillery (Age 4), costs 2400 export

Dutch Edit

Bonus: +0.8 coin trickle

Shipments

Church Wagon (Age 2), costs 150 export
Bank Wagon (Age 2), costs 450 export
Arsenal Wagon (Age 3), costs 300 export

Armies

6 Musketeers (Age 2), costs 400 export
7 Ruyters and 6 Musketeers (Age 3), costs 800 export
9 Ruyters and 2 Mortars (Age 4) ,costs 1600 export

Brigade- 28 Musketeers and 4 Mortars (Age 5), costs 2400 export

Russians Edit

Icon	Units	Cost	Age
	4 Cossack	400	2 age
	5 Cossacks and 1 Culverin	800	3 age
	7 Kalmucks and 3 Culverins	1600	4 age
	1 Blockhouse	200	2 age
The above shipment also enables you to build blockhouses, if you can ship or find European settlers.
	1 Fort wagon	600	3 age
	1 Factory wagon	800	4 age
	15 Bashkirs and 3 Culverins	2400	5 age