Quote Originally Posted by Redmeth
They may seem to be broke but the 10k they receive each turn from VH difficulty and the extra money keeps them well able to train troops to throw at you. The AI will never hoard money when fighting against the human controlled faction they'll recruit till they run dry.
They are broke, for example I gave each celtic faction 200000 to get out of their debts, and those faction's treasury only rose to about 40000 the next turn. They are getting into serious debt, plus making the factions unable to go into debt won't hinder anything, it'll just stop them from becoming crippled, ready to get steam rolled.