Mysterium
02-09-2004, 18:42
I'm playing an Early Expert GA Italian game, and through a little bit of sneakiness and Poland spanking the HRE, I managed to stay out of most wars while building up a serious naval presence. After a few crusades for the GA points, I built up Egypt, Tripoli, and Antioch as trade sources as well, so I'm getting almost 20,000 florins a turn from those provinces - plus Venice - alone. So after about 50 years of this, I'm up over 600,000 florins in the bank. Aside from saving it for a rainy day, is there any reason not to put this into buildings/infrastructure? Building's don't have maintenence or upkeep, do they?
Also: Every single one of my governors in the European mainland half of my empire (Tuscany, Milan, Genoa, and Venice) is a fanatic. Is that just an Italian side effect, or am I doing something wrong? How do I keep from getting the zealous line of V&V. Not that I really mind, but the Pope just got the infrastructure for inquisitors, and France and I have been in flames ever since.
Also: Every single one of my governors in the European mainland half of my empire (Tuscany, Milan, Genoa, and Venice) is a fanatic. Is that just an Italian side effect, or am I doing something wrong? How do I keep from getting the zealous line of V&V. Not that I really mind, but the Pope just got the infrastructure for inquisitors, and France and I have been in flames ever since.