Quote Originally Posted by MastaSpoofa
for ANY faction, the key to a great economy is infrastructure, this rings true in the real world and in the RTW world. When i started a campaign as carthage i knew i was going to be into huge debt, so with my starting money i upgraded ports and such to gain income, disbanded one of my fleets and lo and behold, after the ports were finished creating i started getting a profit rather then debt, after a few turns i got enough to build roads, traders etc. Just focus on things such as this, Sorry if there is a huge difference in economics for steppe factions, since i have never played one, just thought i would throw my $.02 cents in there.
OH and resources, don't forget resources, if you can find some good mining settlements rape them to shreds.