My experience fighting the Ottomans - Has anybody else encountered this issue?

[Beskar]

Yeah, I noticed how minor nations some how seem to get loads and loads of money from no where to field like 2 full stacks of army and keep their territory to the highest standards while lets say Austria in the beginning completely fails to do similar in comparison.

[hoom]

In my Marathas campaign the Mughals have been up to nothing much.
Mysore has a full stack + a bit but the biggest Mughal concentration I've seen is only about a half stack & that only appeared after I've taken over about half their empire.

[nafod]

Yeah, I noticed how minor nations some how seem to get loads and loads of money from no where to field like 2 full stacks of army and keep their territory to the highest standards while lets say Austria in the beginning completely fails to do similar in comparison.

Absolutely. I don't know what's wrong with the AI but I think it's woefully inadequate for a game that's major push is single player strategy game. The only fights worth mentioning that I've had have been with minor nations. Major factions are completely inept.

I'm not sure what mammals they used to test the GC but I'd imagine it wasn't human.

[Banzai!]

Yeah, I noticed how minor nations some how seem to get loads and loads of money from no where to field like 2 full stacks of army and keep their territory to the highest standards while lets say Austria in the beginning completely fails to do similar in comparison.

Sounds like money script fail