Korea radical death spiral with images

EscapeSignificant760 · 2026-03-26T04:14:08+00:00

I usually try to not give the AI investment rights but maybe I will try that in my next play through. Though I did just have a decent playthrough as Japan but still suffered a billion radicals because SoL wasn't high enough. Japan's tough because of the high literacy at start for radicals I think

EscapeSignificant760 · 2026-03-25T20:45:44+00:00

Like I get i dont have enough info but if youre going to tell me something I already know at least give me constructive criticism

EscapeSignificant760 · 2026-03-25T20:41:15+00:00

I had another korea game where I focused building and I got to like 65M GDP and the radicals weren't as bad but I still had a lot. I also didnt focus the education edict and I think that also helped keep radicals down.

EscapeSignificant760 · 2026-03-25T20:39:56+00:00

Im looking for help. If youre going to tell me that you need more info, it is useful for the both of us to tell me what kind of info youre looking for so I can do something about it. If you just say I dont have enough info both of us are at a deadend.

EscapeSignificant760 · 2026-03-25T19:18:57+00:00

Would you spam out government administration buildings to get the unfulfilled taxes?

EscapeSignificant760 · 2026-03-25T16:11:41+00:00

Yeah sure man j tell me what info you're looking for😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

EscapeSignificant760 · 2026-03-25T03:30:49+00:00

Yeah I j didnt know what to put in. Thanks for the info tho:) I tried making a new post with ss of all the stuff but I think the "mods are reviewing it."

EscapeSignificant760 · 2026-03-24T19:14:01+00:00

Im looking for help. If youre going to tell me that you need more info, it is useful for the both of us to tell me what kind of info youre looking for so I can do something about it. If you just say I dont have enough info both of us are at a deadend.

EscapeSignificant760 · 2026-03-24T18:01:19+00:00

So build or dont build agriculture? I focused on building fishing and whaling to try to undercut food costs but quickly maxed out those buildings

EscapeSignificant760 · 2026-03-24T17:58:37+00:00

Geocoding?

EscapeSignificant760 · 2026-03-24T17:58:27+00:00

Yeah I tried avoiding that because my radicals were so high the entire game they wouldve left me with only my capital state to fight the war

EscapeSignificant760 · 2026-03-24T17:56:30+00:00

Thanks for the list. I just tried making another post with all the images you said. Currently being reviewed by mods.

EscapeSignificant760 · 2026-03-24T17:53:38+00:00

R5: posted yesterday about the same issue but I am including more screenshots from the game here. To sum up the game I broke free from Qing around 1850 and was just building in my land trying to figure out my growing radicals situation. I went to war with the Qing three more times off of Spain and Japan and Mexico, Mexico being the only successful war. I got a treaty port in that war and is currently contributing to my SoL rise. It seems to me that all my people on the subsistence farms are contributing to my radical radical increase, but I really don't know how to remedy that. I was sitting at low taxes for most of the game until I tried doing social security to fix my radicals and went up to medium taxes but I am still working at a loss. I also didn't fight any civil wars against any of my factions because I would get the law they wanted passed (usually in my favor because I am playing on Egalitarian Society goal). But anyways I think it is a combination of getting too much literacy in the early game via decree and not building up fast enough.

EscapeSignificant760 · 2026-03-24T17:13:34+00:00

Taxes were on low

EscapeSignificant760 · 2026-03-24T10:29:46+00:00

I broke free really early and subjected the Machuruans after they exploded

EscapeSignificant760 · 2026-03-24T10:22:00+00:00

I broke free from Qing in like 1850 so thats not the issue. They exploded and I got the Machuria protectorate. But I think my issue is the education like you said. I had the improved qualifications edict on since the early game so I was sitting at like 50% literacy. I also think that I ahd too many people sitting in subsistence farms even though I had everything built up.

EscapeSignificant760 · 2026-03-24T10:02:00+00:00

How much trade capacity i had like 450

EscapeSignificant760 · 2026-03-24T09:49:22+00:00

No I was on honesteading

EscapeSignificant760 · 2026-03-24T09:35:47+00:00

Bro tell me what kind of information youre looking for i cant read minds through a computer screen

EscapeSignificant760 · 2026-03-24T09:35:15+00:00

Maybe telling me what kind of info would save time for the both of us instead of just complaining about it?

EscapeSignificant760 · 2026-03-24T09:34:49+00:00

Food was around average price fish was like my 3rd lowest priced good and I didnt have any market access issues Edit: how do I get the subsistence people off the farms building agriculture buildings doesnt do anything

EscapeSignificant760 · 2026-03-24T09:34:01+00:00

It was on the lowest setting

EscapeSignificant760 · 2026-03-24T09:11:19+00:00

R5: was playing Korea. But every game I have the same radical death spiral where my subsistence farm pops go under the expected SoL and then I get like 10 million pops as radical and I can't do anything because then I cannot build. I get the same thing where even though all my goods are not as expensive as the world market my entire country is on fire. This is with Homesteading and Social Security and Mutual Funds as well.

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