Quote Originally Posted by Sasaki Kojiro
Oda has the highest starting income actually. I just said hojo because it's funnier that Reenk ran out of cash right away. Although Hojo does border mutsu, echigo, sagami, and Kai all very rich provinces so they are effectively richer.
I'd forgotten about the Oda, but you're quite right about them having the biggest income. I just don't think of them as being rich, though, since they also start out with so much more territory than the other clans (and therefore have theoretically higher army upkeep costs). Perhaps it would be more accurate if I said that Hojo and Uesugi have the best income per capita(?).

Quote Originally Posted by doc_bean
BTW does the AI get better buildings ? The Hojo seem to have some nice advanced buildings in their main territory, whilst I just have tier 1 stuff (and lots of mines !).
I don't think so, at least not on Easy and Normal. I only rarely play on Hard, however, and I've never played Expert, so the AI might very well get bonuses at those levels. Another thing to keep in mind is that the Hojo *does* pull down a very decent income, so they can more easily afford to quickly upgrade their infrastructure.