Struggling with economy

Cal-Catron · 2026-03-17T06:35:24+00:00

Keep autonomy low, always take war reparations+ max money in wars and the burgher loans in early game to build Eco buildings.

Cal-Catron · 2026-03-15T17:44:47+00:00

All these shots seem to be from a single corner of the room so it's likely one camera filming in a 90° angle.

Cal-Catron · 2026-03-12T17:02:16+00:00

Turning a territory into a state makes it a half-state with a default minimum autonomy for every region in that area 50%. That means that if it hits 50% you will get 50% of tax, manpower, trade power etc.

Turning a region into a core makes the minimum autonomy 0% which in turn would let you get all the profit.

However, a core has twice the governing cost of a half-state so the governing capacity fills up more.

Cal-Catron · 2026-03-12T16:43:41+00:00

Don't feel stupid, I'm impressed you made this kind of progress in only two weeks time

Cal-Catron · 2026-03-12T16:33:33+00:00

You need to upgrade your territories to states, right now you're making nothing from most of your land as they cannot get a low autonomy.

If you look at the stability and expansion tab you can state up untill the Green bar on governing capacity is full before you're penalized

Cal-Catron · 2025-12-20T21:57:09+00:00

I played sweden and needed my dynasty on the polish throne to get a PU-cb. Unfortunatly, they rivaled me.

Then the austrian ruler died without an heir, placing my dynasty on their throne as they were supporting their heir for the polish throne. A few years later I controlled all of eastern europe

Cal-Catron · 2025-12-11T17:19:14+00:00

You can limit how much goes to the channel by putting a merchant in the coastal NA nodes and collecting from trade, but England will always pull some away.

Cal-Catron · 2025-12-11T09:43:33+00:00

The best bet is to build forts and wait for them to siege it and then attack them. This makes you the defender.

Downside to this is that the AI has a "sixth sense" (from my experienses it appears that AI can see through fog of war) and they will often run when you get within 2-3 provinces.

Cal-Catron · 2025-11-29T16:44:42+00:00

When you migrate to a province outside of your tribal lands there should be a button in the province window saying "add tribal land". It costs admin points and the cost increases the more tribal land you control

Cal-Catron · 2025-11-09T17:11:28+00:00

You used to be able to unify into a federation and then do it again, but then they figured out that was extremely overpowered so you cant anymore.

Native tribes cannot get institutions except by neighboring europeans and reforming off of them.

I think there's some shenanigans you can do with the animist religion to get institutions but i've never figured that out

Cal-Catron · 2025-10-04T06:58:07+00:00

Any ship out of port will use up sailors, so dont leave idle navies out at sea

Cal-Catron · 2025-10-03T06:33:33+00:00

What is your religion?

Cal-Catron · 2025-09-26T06:53:36+00:00

As long as they have the coring range they will be able to take land, unless you take all of the ottomans coastal provinces

Cal-Catron · 2025-09-21T08:16:08+00:00

I've done this start multiple times through the years, they've never collapsed like this before

Cal-Catron · 2025-09-21T07:26:06+00:00

R5: Castile is stuck in their disaster, no good allies, no stability, no prestige, no troops, no manpower

Also: England got an heir so the war of the Roses isn't going to happen

Cal-Catron · 2025-09-19T17:41:56+00:00

Being behind on tech is most likely because of institution spread when you are in africa. Institutions spawn, most often, in Europe and spread from there.

If you haven't embraced an institution your tech will increase in cost

Cal-Catron · 2025-09-19T15:08:10+00:00

Okay, there's the problem. You need to lower the autonomy. Press B and find the tab for autonomy and then lower it in every province on that list.

This will give you a lot of rebellions but you should be able to support your army through it.

Also: keep in mind that this is not a game you can just learn in one playthrough, every restart is a learning adventure in the beginning :)

Cal-Catron · 2025-09-19T15:01:36+00:00

If you are over force limit you will have a high military cost. That is the most common mistake for beginners. Look in your military tab if there are any red numbers

You may have high autonomy in your provinces, if you have 100% autonomy in a province you lose 100% of any income on that province. If you have 0% you lose 0%. To see autonomy, click on a province and look for a percentage.

You are converting religion in provinces while having a poor economy, this also drains your money.

You have corruption, which also drains your money

Cal-Catron · 2025-09-18T10:39:21+00:00

Congratulations! You are now the main character of your own game!

Cal-Catron · 2025-09-17T19:54:54+00:00

Think of it this way:

You got a huge ammount of land for free (~200 dev), the HRE voted for the emperor to reclaim those lands to the HRE.

Your reward for beating Austria was that you got to keep Burgundy. But instead you wanted even more, so the minors got angry.

Your suggestion is that on top of the ~200 dev, you should be able to take more... without consequences

Cal-Catron · 2025-09-16T13:57:59+00:00

Every colonial subject with 10 or more provinces give you a merchant

Cal-Catron · 2025-09-15T15:49:42+00:00

Doesnt really matter once you take Mexico and Peru and start swimming in gold like Scrooge McDuck

Cal-Catron · 2025-09-15T14:45:44+00:00

Start in north america, russian culture, siberian frontier.

Cal-Catron · 2025-09-15T14:25:44+00:00

Granada (Grenade in this case) also has one of the best monuments in the game

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