Re: Great Britain
Note that, English being a sea-centered and trade-centered country, declaring a war on the French (and dragging Spanish in by default) would mean trade collapse at least for a turn or few (until their fleets are cleaned up)... That can put the treasury into deep red. Just a warning.
Especially the pesky French are dangerous with many small fleets hanging around the channel. All of those tend to swarm to British ports in the very next turn after DOF (English on French or vice versa). Placing a unit of milia in every England's trading port is a good idea too. That way enemy fleet cannot raise the port necessitating an extra turn for port repairs, which would be impossible if the treasury was in red. Note that the KEY to trade is the harbors in the capital city province... With a unit of militia sitting in the port French ships can just blockade (not destroy) and trade can resume as soon as the enemy fleets are removed. I learned it the 'hard way'...
On a different thought: probably it's cheaper to maintain an india-man trading ship than a unit of militia (50 upkeep for an indiaman versus 220 upkeep for militia). The protective effect for either would be the same.
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