Richest provinces in the game

[Musashi]

I put my capital in Thorn for Stockholm to get income that high. The merchants for slaves, silver, iron, etc. on Stockholm only generate around 100+ each. For, Timbuktu and Arguin, won't you need a capital pretty far from those two provinces to get that much merchant income? I'm thinking the corruption would lessen the normal income.

I was also very surprised by Stockholm. I had nothing over 7000 while playing Venice.

A full skill merchant will make over 1000 per turn on any of the gold or ivory spots in timbuktu... Your capital location is nearly irrelevant. Even having it as close as Cordoba my merchants were pulling over 1000.

It's actually worth considering buying Timbuktu from the Moors if you don't own it, as the merchant income seems to basically double if you actually own it... And I was bringing in over 1300 per turn with a merchant on gold there with my capital in Novgorod when I didn't own Timbuktu... And he wasn't even a master merchant.