Your current campaign!

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My Hard GB campaign is into about the 120th turn. I own all of the Americas, and most of the Indian theater. The rest of it I gave to my protectorates. Holland, France & Spain were destroyed between 1750 and 1760, their European territories given to Westphalia, Wurtemburg and Savoy, so I could improve my trade income. I conquered all of the Baltic regions, except East Prussia, and gave them to Hannover, my protectorate. I own Persia & most of the Ottoman Middle Eastern territories. The Ottomans are reduced to a single province (Greece), the rest of their territories being divided between Austria and Poland.I had about 6-9K income for the first 20-30 turns, then gradually increased. I'm pulling in ~90K per turn profit in 1760, with 6 full army stacks, various garrisons, and two full stacks of fleets.

I didn't have as hard a time as you did. Are you playing medium? Hard is easier than medium, and Very Hard easier than Hard - a grand misnomer in difficulty level, thanks to improved trade prices with increasing difficulty level.

I got bored with the English campaign, so switched to a VH Spanish word domination campaign. So far (about 1715), it has been easier than my British campaign. I traded Florida for Jamaica & the GB starting tech, sold Lombardy to Prussia for 1000 gold & plug bayonets, and Flanders to France for 7500 gp & the plantation tech. I finished the mission easy enough, captured Morocco & Portugal around the 10th turn. I recently captured the two Guyanas from Holland (the last three turns), England from GB, and made peace with both to consolidate my gains. I also took Georgia from the Cherokees, and will begin my NA conquest after I do my revolutions to switch to CM.

My starting gentleman is still kicking, I have five other gentlemen. I have two colleges in Spain, one in Portugal. I tore down Cambridge to make an inn - so I could digest England faster. Once Manchester pops up, it will be my fourth college. I am raking in about 16K per turn profit.