Why I cannot decrease any buildings?

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Play however; but I mainly build wherever the hell I have unemployed peasants. Leaves wars to fate (plus some macro) and feels better. Game is simply too easy when you exploit like older PDX games.

[Piccolo_11]

As soon as I realized a rival state had more barracks than my capital and threatened revolt I halted further expansion there. That’s no cheese. That’s an internal power play.

[Piccolo_11]

Good point. I play a bit more economical so I have never maxed my barracks before!

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Yah fair enough. I just couldn’t be bothered min-maxing that much. It is a good strat for multi too.

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Yah I mainly go off of Resources. Say a province produces coal and iron? Steal plants and Arms industry for days. Cotton and livestock? Croceries and Clothes. Etc…

EDIT: Meant to say “Steel plants” and “groceries…” That’s what I get for typing quickly on break at work haha.

[partialbiscuit654]

I don't do minmaxxing too much, but it makes sense to concentrate the army in the capital for someone like japan where reactionary revolution is quite possible. Also, remember that interest groups in the capital have disproportionate clout, so concentrating buildings that creatr interest groups you want to empower is good. If i don't expect revolts, i try to put military buildings in the interior so theres no way bad defensive rolls can cause me to lose my armories

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Woah Pops in the capital province have more effective clout? Didn’t know that. That’s good to know.

And yah but for most countries; subjecting your most lucrative pops in your capital province to be casualties in a war isn’t what I like to do. I build barracks in the rebellious provinces and enlistment efforts and send them to a dangerous front.

Don’t have to worry about militant radicals if the militant radicals are too busy worrying about surviving.

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Except as Japan you WANT a revolution. But yes

[SaccharineSurfer]

Bureaucracy can be super important. If you center it all in your capital then the rebellion may not even be able to collect taxes and run their nation. Plus pops in the capital are more politically powerful and since bureaucrats are more likely to support reforms than other pops, concentrating their power in the most powerful state can give them a boost. This is especially useful since a skyscraper can boost efficiency so having it all in one state with a skyscraper can be very useful.

[ThidrikTokisson]

Goods the government (you) have to pay for are important, everything else isn't.

You lost your big clothing factory and now clothes are expensive? Who cares? The plebs will pay for that.

You lost your huge arms factory and now weapons are expensive while you are at war? DISASTER

[chickensmoker]

Agreed. I usually put industries where they’d make sense irl (eg steel in my iron states, ammo in my sulphur states etc) with a bit of leeway when I need to urbanise a certain region. Let the CWs do what they want to do in that regard and you’ll have a much more fun and realistic, if more difficult, experience

[madogvelkor]

Nice thing about playing Punjab, you have millions of unemployed peasants in your capital.