I am not making enough money, help!!

[Explodingcannonballfromhell]

Playing as GB i have just completed my mission objectives and have gotten control over 13 colonies.Thing is that i am not making enough money atm, i already raised taxes but i am affraid to go higher.I am in control of much land but i am not getting any decent returns from it.What must i do to raise my economy?

Trade ships maybe, but how do i use those?

[anweRU]

Do you have trade agreements with other countries? Trade with other nations is he biggest income producer.

[Beskar]

Smaller army and build factories. Don't blitz.

[Sheogorath]

Remember that just having ships in trade zones by itself doesn't give you much money. It gives you trade goods.

If you dont have a buyer, those goods dont make any money.

[Gaiseric]

use dragoons for garrison duty. You only need a few per city because they are great at supression. Then you can raise taxes, build up your economy a little, add some trade routes, and go back to world conquering in no time.

[Monsieur Alphonse]

Try to get a trade route with Maratha. It is very profitable. Most cities don't need a garrison if you build a pleasure palace in that region.

[Melvish]

I've notice sometime with UK i make something like -6000 on the "other" (diplomatic & protectora) line in the income screen. It has been like that for more than 20 turn. I suspect a bug, it either a recurrent payment gone wrong or the 13 colonies run a deficit and i'm paying for them.

Check your income screen and trade screen, it will give you a hint of what happening. If all seem ok try disbanding some armies and try to take control of more trade area (Brazil, Ivory Coast, etc)

If this could be confirmed as a bug and not a "feature", i'll publish the bugged save game via 4share

[Prodigal]

Something about trade routes.

Still finding my feet so haven't tried this on H/H or higher yet, but in the first turn send all your ships out to the trade routes, while building indiamen in port, by turn 3 you should be able to disperse your fleet & take up alot of the trade route ports, then steadily replace them with indiamen freeing up your original navy. In the early stages grabbing as many slots as you can without having to attack anyone helps the cash flow.

[Monsieur Alphonse]

Something about trade routes.

Still finding my feet so haven't tried this on H/H or higher yet, but in the first turn send all your ships out to the trade routes, while building indiamen in port, by turn 3 you should be able to disperse your fleet & take up alot of the trade route ports, then steadily replace them with indiamen freeing up your original navy. In the early stages grabbing as many slots as you can without having to attack anyone helps the cash flow.

I have done that. I own most trade spots on the Ivory coast and Madagascar and some on the other trade theaters. I never put twenty ships on a spot because after a certain time or amount of Indiamen the world prices were beginning to drop. Now they are up again and since I am stinking rich (around 1750) I don't need those extra ships.

[leothtang]

if you want to increase your tax money, don't increase your tax rate. In ETW, they have a new system on tax. The tax amount is calculated as a percentage of your region wealth. The region wealth would increase if you have industries, farms and trade ports. Upgrading them would add a lump sum amount and some building would generate a small amount each turn. In contrast, the growth is decreased by taxation. If you have a high tax rate on the nobles, the region growth would decrease, become stagnant or even negative. A negative growth means that the region wealth is decreasing and therefore you tax would decrease too. For the long term, decrease your tax rate for both noble and lower classes (A higher population growth also helps the region wealth). So your region can thrive. And upgrade those economic and industrial building. If you really want to have a large tax quickly, conquer region with high wealth. They are typically large regions with lots of building. A fraction capital also almost guarantee a region of good wealth.

[Sheogorath]

Ivory is generally the most valuable trade resource, so you should make it your business to rush the Ivory Coast and Madagascar if you're going for a trade empire. Maybe even help the competition to the door, being a polite superpower.

A few little wars never hurt anybody ;)