Do you cheat with Pahlava?

[Jebivjetar]

Ive decided to use add_population (with -) because i dont have money to build palaces for upgrading my cities. It is weird, you know, that money issue with Pahlava: you have to build all those things in order to get reforms, then you must build new barracks: population is growing and its not fun when you cant do anything except build and build and build. I have about 20 provinces and cannot afford palaces! Damn! I do not have any elites (ok, i have one cataphracts, ive trained them because Pahlava is known for having them, but thats all elites i have), but afterall: my budget for army is very, very small, i have few little armies, mainly H/As, i spare money whenever i can, but anyway have not enough to upgrade my cities... Damn.... And that rich AI can afford everything it wants (e.g. Baktria, with 2 towns is having about 3 fullstacks), but me, as a human player, cannot build what is necessary...

Now i have big empire without money...
I have no money to build.
If i dont build, my public order became very low... I dont want my hardly-earned provinces to rebel. Especially not to AS..

I have alternative:

1) disband my army and just build (read: build cities for my enemies who will take them if i wont defend them)
2) fight well with my armies and give my provinces to rebels.


... i think ill quit now..............

To conquer with Pahlava and expand: thats something i call "two sided blade": its weakening me....