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In East Asia, hegemons demanded a special form of tribute:

https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%B2%A2%E5%A5%B3
https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/공녀
https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/貢女

sorry there's no English entry, it's basically quotas of women of desirable traits imposed on tributaries.

The upside of such programs is the acquisition of female slaves through peaceful deliveries instead of violent raids.

Could such programs have existed elsewhere?

I think it could have existed and be mutually beneficial: for example, in the Roman Empire, economically underdeveloped regions/provinces could make more qualitative and quantitative deliveries of women and pay less taxes.

Or had they already been doing this, am I reinventing the wheel here?
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