MTW Farming

Each province automatically generates farm income each year. The base income is set in the campaign startpos file, in the province SetAttributes:: line. The modified farming income for a province on any given year can be seen by opening up the economy scroll, and placing the cursor over the province in question. This will show a break out of the income by farming, mining, trade, and religious collections.

Modifiers

The base income will be modified by the province tax rate, governor/faction leader acumen, vices, and virtues, and provincial farming improvements.

Tax rate

The province tax rate will adjust the farm income collected by:

• Very Low 75%
• Low 90%
• Normal 100%
• High 110%
• Very High 125%

Acumen

The faction leader's acumen will increase the farming income by 2% per feather. The governor's acumen will increase the farming income by 10% per feather.

Vices and Virtues

The vices and virtues of the faction leader and province governor can affect the farming income.

Improved Farmland

The Improved Farmland line of construction has 4 levels, which will cause the province to generate 120%, 140%, 160%, and 180% farm income respectively. The cost of these improvements, combined with the construction time, need to be taken into account before queuing them up in a particular province. If the farming in the province is poor, it may be quite some time before the improvement makes up it's cost and starts generating profit.

In the Viking Invasion campaign, base farming values are very low, and the farming improvements give larger percentage increases, but they are more expensive and take a very long time to complete.

MTW Grand Campaign Farming Values

Farming Income and Return on Investment
Province	Base Income	Improved Farmland +20%	Improved Farmland +40%	Improved Farmland +60%	Improved Farmland +80%
Algeria	300	12	21	31	50
Anatolia	380	10	18	26	41
Anjou	315	12	20	30	48
Antioch	585	8	13	19	30
Aquitaine	334	11	19	29	46
Arabia	85	38	63	95	156
Aragon	490	9	15	22	34
Armenia	385	10	17	26	41
Austria	270	14	23	34	55
Bavaria	300	12	21	31	50
Bohemia	280	13	22	33	53
Brandenburg	285	13	22	33	52
Brittany	270	14	23	34	55
Bulgaria	300	12	21	31	50
Burgundy	310	12	21	31	49
Carpathia	360	11	18	27	43
Castile	620	7	13	19	29
Champagne	310	12	21	31	49
Chernigov	316	12	20	30	48
Constantinople	690	7	12	17	27
Cordoba	450	9	16	23	36
Corsica	95	34	57	85	140
Crete	285	13	22	33	52
Croatia	305	12	21	31	49
Crimea	240	15	25	38	61
Cyprus	180	19	32	48	78
Cyrenacia	90	36	60	90	147
Denmark	290	13	22	32	52
Edessa	395	10	17	25	40
Egypt	650	7	12	18	28
Finland	125	26	44	66	108
Flanders	670	7	12	18	27
Franconia	315	12	20	30	48
Friesland	160	21	36	53	87
Genoa	316	12	20	30	48
Georgia	195	18	30	45	73
Granada	400	10	17	25	40
Greece	450	9	16	23	36
Hungary	575	8	13	20	30
Ile de France	450	9	16	23	36
Ireland	200	17	29	44	71
Khazar	350	11	19	28	44
Kiev	405	10	17	25	39
Leon	540	8	14	20	32
Lesser Armenia	285	13	22	33	52
Lithuania	330	12	20	29	46
Livonia	290	13	22	32	52
Lorraine	350	11	19	28	44
Malta	285	13	22	33	52
Mercia	270	14	23	34	55
Milan	390	10	17	26	41
Moldavia	170	20	34	51	82
Morocco	255	14	24	36	58
Muscovy	355	11	19	28	44
Naples	260	14	24	35	57
Navarre	295	13	21	32	51
Nicaea	420	10	16	24	38
Normandy	410	10	17	25	39
Northumbria	230	16	26	39	63
Norway	85	38	63	95	156
Novgorod	430	9	16	24	38
Palestine	525	8	14	21	32
Papal States	220	16	27	41	65
Pereyaslavl	190	18	31	46	74
Poland	420	10	16	24	38
Pomerania	270	14	23	34	55
Portugal	310	12	21	31	49
Provence	410	10	17	25	39
Prussia	200	17	29	44	71
Rhodes	190	18	31	46	74
Rome	400	10	17	25	40
Rum	515	8	14	21	33
Ryazan	216	16	28	41	66
Sahara	0	0	0	0	0
Sardinia	120	27	46	69	113
Saxony	230	16	26	39	63
Scotland	190	18	31	46	74
Serbia	355	11	19	28	44
Sicily	540	8	14	20	32
Silesia	320	12	20	30	48
Sinai	90	36	60	90	147
Smolensk	370	11	18	27	42
Swabia	269	14	23	34	55
Sweden	365	11	18	27	43
Switzerland	121	27	46	68	112
Syria	390	10	17	26	41
Toulouse	390	10	17	26	41
Trebizond	290	13	22	32	52
Tripoli	590	8	13	19	30
Tunisia	300	12	21	31	50
Tuscany	360	11	18	27	43
Tyrolia	215	16	28	41	67
Venice	430	9	16	24	38
Valencia	545	8	14	20	31
Volga-Bulgaria	310	12	21	31	49
Volhynia	230	16	26	39	63
Wales	235	15	26	38	62
Wallachia	280	13	22	33	53
Wessex	350	11	19	28	44

The Return on Investment is the number of turns, starting when the money is spent and construction begins, that a farming improvement will start making profit. So the construction time as well as the construction cost is factored into these numbers. The number of turns is computed by taking (construction cost / 20% of the base income) + construction time. The Return on Investment is computed based on normal taxes, with no adjustments for acumen or VnVs, so the actual ROI time may be different based on game circumstances. Starting another improvement before recouping the cost of the previous will not affect these times, these costs are additive since each improvement only adds 20% of the base.

References

Campaign startpos file "Medieval:Total War\campmap\startpos\Early.txt"

MTW Numerology thread