EB doesn't work that way.

Vanilla might have given you higher law and happiness boni, but did Vanilla mines give you +2000 a turn.

Build mines and ports. Disband unnecessary or overly expensive troops (Pahlavan Armored HA's come to mind). Pahlava is a difficult faction. Your economy may never be what it was in vanilla....

As for your questions on recruitment, a Pahlave EB Member will have to answer those.