Wow. Never heard of this happening. I have gifted the AI numerous times, including the Saba, my allies in the Romani campaign. I gave them 400 mnai every turn for about thirty turns. As I have read before, doing that should have gave me a very good chance to be the lucky recipient of free AI money. Then they attacked me. Just to think that my very gold was used to beat their swords and spears...


Are you playing VH campaign difficulty? Factions have quite a bit of money on that level, and so they are much more generous.