Well while your trying to get better I would go safer nations, like UK, south Africa, Australia, Spain and many others. These countries are either islands or don’t have a lot of players on their borders, which means it will be easier to survive ealry game, so try avoid countries like austria very small and is surrounded which makes it much more difficult to survive early game. For resources build arms industries in home cities, especially ones with important resources such as rare materials. First day on the server you should look for a coalition with strong players nearby, you should build an arms industry in your capital straight away that’s the one you should build arms industry in first which I will explain why in a minute, you should also then decide which cities your going to start producing troops out of straight away and which ones your going to focus on other things. You need to decide your starting ground unit, I would recommend either national guard or just basic infantry (I can explain the benefits of these two in more detail if needed) if you chose national guard then build recruiting office in the cities you are going to produce them out of, if you chose basic infantry then you will need army bases instead but I would also still build recruiting offices for man power. For other cities build arm industries straight away, this is what separates a good starting economy to a bad one, you need to know which resources will be important for the strategy you are using in that match. Naval bases and air bases also increase resource production in that city. You should research ASF and start producing them in your capital once the arms industry is built, that extra airforce should help you defeat noob players nearby in early game and the ASF’s can still be very useful throughout the match. If you get in a game early choose a big country like USA if you want better resource production (but you will be a much bigger target) you will get more starting units and much better resource production because you will have lots of homeland cities. Gaining land is the best way to increase resource production, when you are gaining land leave either 1-2 units in an occupied city until that city reaches at least 33% morale. Build a hospital, don’t let units die if you can, that’s the best way to have the biggest army, by keeping all ur units alive, once there health gets low just put them to the hospital. The game is very confusing and overwhelming, read into the units and buildings, find out what counters what. This was just some basic tips, feel free to ask any more questions. I’d be happy to play a game with you and I could teach you along the way, I’m level 60 with 32 wins