Upkeep!

[AussieGiant]

I'm now at 1780 as a Prussian Monarch and unrest is getting to be a real issue.

I had about 8 uni's going nuts for the last 30 years but now I'm selectively shutting them down in certain provinces to reduce clamour for reform.

I've also lowered tax on the peasants to the lowest and risen the nobility tax to the second highest to compensate. It's a good solution as I'm just about to have all the techs done by the end of the game. It's been well balanced actually.

I took the UP states and had massive unrest until I realised I didn't need the two new Uni's at all so I shut them down and opened churches instead. Now I need a few Dragoons to crack heads and I back onto attacking France for the last 20 year push.

It's getting a little exciting.

-EDIT-

And I've found the upkeep to be just about right. You can't have full stack armies running around at the start of the game. That comes with time and patience.

Now as the dominant military faction in Europe I can field 3 and half stacks and a total of 1 and a half naval stacks. half are 3rd rates with two 2nd rates then a frigate flotilla with 5th, 6th and brigs for the northern sea.