Thanks to all that gave me info on battle difficulty setting, now I was wondering if someone could explain some things about campaign difficulty.

I understand the difficulty setting you pick effects the starting money, and ammount of money you make each turn. I also suspect it increases your opponents aggressiveness and strength.

I was wondering if it effects your ability to be elected to senate, ability to gain retinues, ability to negotiate...etc. (i understand that the above ( economy, strength etc.) could have implications on these things but i want to know if they are directly modified)

So if anyone could supply an in depth explination of campaign diff setting id appriciate it.