Various Questions

[Mysterium]

I'm playing an Early Expert GA Italian game, and through a little bit of sneakiness and Poland spanking the HRE, I managed to stay out of most wars while building up a serious naval presence. After a few crusades for the GA points, I built up Egypt, Tripoli, and Antioch as trade sources as well, so I'm getting almost 20,000 florins a turn from those provinces - plus Venice - alone. So after about 50 years of this, I'm up over 600,000 florins in the bank. Aside from saving it for a rainy day, is there any reason not to put this into buildings/infrastructure? Building's don't have maintenence or upkeep, do they?

Also: Every single one of my governors in the European mainland half of my empire (Tuscany, Milan, Genoa, and Venice) is a fanatic. Is that just an Italian side effect, or am I doing something wrong? How do I keep from getting the zealous line of V&V. Not that I really mind, but the Pope just got the infrastructure for inquisitors, and France and I have been in flames ever since.

[gaijinalways]

Great job, wish I could get that kind of bank account. Seriously, yes, buildings do have an upkeep cost but it is worthwhile to upgrade if you can maximize farming, mining, or trade income and also to improve units that you are making by upgrading their defense or attack capability. Also of course, to make new units you may need a building and also for agents (religious, assassins, or spys) you may need some new buildings.

So, where you upgrade your buildings may depend on the enemy (to bolster your border), units you wish to make, and income you wish to maximize.