No Graduation in Difficulty!

[Fisherking]

There are other modifiers at work also. I made peace with France. They gave me two regions worth 2200 each. I had no garrisons there of course. Well, my income went down. I had exempt them from taxes to grow the wealth and ease unrest but I had to reverse that. Then of course the Inuit declared war. And this is a test on easy!

I don’t mean that my income went down a little. It went down to 2000 per turn. I don’t know what is at work here but it is a bit silly, especially on easy.

[Ordani]

Depending on the population of the region and various governmental factors you have town watch costs independent of their taxation state.

[Dayve]

I've also begun a new game as the Spanish, which is even more difficult than the British. All neighbours declared war immediately. UP took Flanders, Italian States took southern Italy, Genoa is raiding in Milan, Cherokee took California, Portugal raided towns and farms in Madrid, Louisiana declared war, France broke alliance, income is 2,000 a turn, navy is practically non-existant, army consists of 3 units of line infantry and a general, king is mad, ministers are crap, and 3 of 4 trade routes are being raided.

There's 1 option open to me... Go on the offensive with what i have (3 units of line infantry and a general) or sit and go bankrupt and eventually be conquered by Portugal, who can afford a full stack navy and army.