Quote Originally Posted by yesdachi
Side note on EYG’s link: it is interesting to see how others play. I sooo would never take out a paper and pencil to figure out the $ of province vs. another with different governors etc. but if it works for you that’s what counts!
Typical Scorpio trait, alledgedly - you have to extract maximum value from these things. Or put it another way - I'm a tightwad.

Actually, in spite of such efforts, I'm nearly always skint in the game because there's always stuff needing to be built and I've yet to progress a campaign far enough to see trade bulk up the bank balance much into the 5-figure range. Whenever I see a screenshot with millions in the bank I mutter to myself about cheat codes or it's because the person has monstered 7/10ths of the map, has fortresses left right and centre, so they've piles coming in but nothing left to spend it on... If I don't lose the hard drive again, or revert to my main obsession (flight-sims), one of these days I may get to finish a campaign...

Don't let my lack of game experience put you off though - I see all sorts of possibilities and tend to talk about them whether or not I've actually attempted half the stuff I suggest others to try. Sort of 'thinking out loud'. If it keeps the conversation moving along or elicits some kind of corrective response from a more experienced player, then all the better for everyone who reads the thread.