Quote Originally Posted by GeneralHankerchief
One question.

I haven't seen anything about starting armies. Do we all start with no military force?

(this question is purely hypothetical, of course. )
and in someone else's words....

Quote Originally Posted by Lucjan
I didn't start anybody with troops as I didn't want to start anybody with an initial financial burden they may not have wanted. Disbandment of troops is just as easy as hiring them, and when you do, the region they're in gets the population boost, but I thought it better to not have any of you brits trying to squash each other on turn 1. Just to make sure you all had a fighting chance.