Just tacking on to what BBSR said: If we accept his list of factions which would be doomed from the start (and I do), that means that literally 70% of the factions will just wither and die once the game gets going. I'm perfectly content with leaving the money script as is. Would it be nice if factions on their last legs had armies to match? yes. Am I willing to so profoundly cripple the AI factions just to achieve that? Heck no. -M