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                                                               üæä ╬╠╬╠╧╧╬╠╡
      µ⌠ΦπΣ ≤ε ≥⌠ΓΓΣ≥≥ Φφ ß±Σ      │  available, and minimise expenses.
              ∩α±≤ ¢               │  This may sound quite obvious, but
                                   │  if done well  then it is possible
          ß√ ∞α±Ω ≥∞Φ≤τ            │  to become a far stronger empire.
                                   │
   In  the  first  part  of  this  │  σεεπ: It  is  very  much  in your
guide I will talk about BRE being  │  advantage  to  only  produce  the
a business as such and how to get  │  amount of  food that  your empire
the  most   from   the  resources  │  needs - no more  and no less.  If
available to you.                  │  you  produce  more  food  than is
                                   │  required, you will  have too many
   σΦ±≥≤ εσ αδδ  √ε⌠ τα⌡Σ ≤ε δεεΩ  │  agricultural regions; each region
α≤ ≤τΣ  α≥≥Σ≤≥  √ε⌠ τα⌡Σ  - σεεπ,  │  costs  you  money,  therefore the
∞ΦδΦ≤α±√,   ±ΣµΦεφ≥    αφπ   √ε⌠±  │  fewer   (non-productive)  regions
∩Σε∩δΣ.  ÿε⌠ αδ≥ε τα⌡Σ ≤ε δεεΩ α≤  │  you have, the better.
√ε⌠± Σ≈∩Σφ≥Σ≥  -  σεεπ, ∞ΦδΦ≤α±√,  │  However, if you are producing too
±ΣµΦεφ≥, ≤α≈Σ≥,  δεαφ≥, ∞ε±αδΣ εσ  │  little food, you will have to buy
∞ΦδΦ≤α±√ αφπ ∩Σε∩δΣ.               │  food from the market, which could
                                   │  dry up  if someone  buys the lot,
   Basically  the   idea   is  to  │  in an effort  to starve everyone.
maximise  the  revenue,  or cash,  │  In addition, it costs you money -

it might not seem  a lot,  but it  │
is better  to have  your own food  │  ÿε⌠± æΣµΦεφ≥  α±Σ  αφε≤τΣ± α≥≥Σ≤-
resource than to be forced to buy  │  Γε∞Σ-Σ≈∩Σφ≥Σ.  You  should try to
food constantly.                   │  minimize agricultural regions (as
                                   │  I pointed  out  before),  but, as
ÿε⌠±    îΦδΦ≤α±√,    while   very  │  for the  other  regions,  all you
necessary for  your  survival, is  │  need  to  ensure   is  that  your
also  quite  costly  to maintain,  │  military provides enough money to
therefore it is very much in your  │  fund   the   industrial  regions.
advantage   to   keep   only  the  │  Your industrial regions provide a
minimum necessary.    If  you are  │  lot more military than the money-
beating someone in a running war,  │  making     regions     (mountain,
you do   not  need to continually  │  coastal,  desert,  river) provide
buy more and  more military - the  │  money, so all that you need to do
extra  maintenance  costs  are an  │  is  continue  to   pile  up  your
unnecessary  expenditure   -  you  │  industrial strength, and maintain
should save your  money for a big  │  that strength  with  money coming
buy-up in  the  last turn  of the  │  in    from    your   money-making
day,  so  as  too  maximize  your  │  regions.   The more  military you
military   for   when   you   are  │  have, the  better -  you can grow
counter-attacked.                  │  much faster by  winning wars than

by  buying  regions,  or stealing  │  are cheap  to buy,  and the money
regions from pirates.  Remember -  │  produced by  those regions easily
it's not  how big  you are,   but  │  covers   the   loan   repayments.
how you compare  to others in the  │  Another  good  reason  to  take a
game.                              │  loan is to get your military just
                                   │  that little  bit  stronger  for a
ïεαφ≥ α±Σ  αφ  Φ∞∩ε±≤αφ≤  ∩α±≤ εσ  │  battle which  you  are struggling
üæä  -  extra   cash  is  readily  │  to  win.  Using  them  as defence
available at  anytime. But  it is  │  should only be  done as your last
costly, in the long term, to take  │  turn of the day, so your expenses
out the  loan, especially  if the  │  in that loan are minimized.  Also
rate   is    set   at    20%   or  │  try  to  pay   off  the  loan  as
thereabouts, and the payments for  │  quickly as possible, as the money
that loan can continue drain your  │  saved   from   interest  payments
resources.   Therefore you should  │  certainly can help your empire.
only get a  loan if  it is really  │
necessary  and  you  can  foresee  │  ôα≈Σ≥  σ±ε∞  √ε⌠±  ∩Σε∩δΣ  α±Σ αφ
that the  benefits you  reap will  │  Φ∞∩ε±≤αφ≤  σε±∞  εσ  ΦφΓε∞Σ. They
outway   the   expenses.     Good  │  are another monetary source which
reasons  for  loans  are  at  the  │  you can change from very small to
start of a  game when the regions  │  large   at   anytime   you  like.

Firstly,  taxes  should  NEVER go  │  at 50%, you may as well have only
higher than  39%.   Once  they do  │  half the army you actually have -
your  people  become  unhappy and  │  thats about as  effective as they
the costs  of  maintaining morale  │  are.  It  is  STRONGLY  suggested
become too  high.    Try  to keep  │  that  if  your  morale  is  under
your taxes  at  a level  that you  │  100%,  you   spend   the  maximum
can easily sustain with growth in  │  amount on upgrading  your moral -
your agricultural regions, and as  │  spending money on  more troops is
low  as   possible  to   tempt  a  │  nowhere  near   as  effective  as
reasonable number  of people into  │  upping   the   morale   of   your
your  empire  -    once  you  are  │  existing troops.
involved  in   a  war,   you  can  │
quickly increase taxes and obtain  │     That is  it for  this edition.
a lot  of money  in your  time of  │  In the  next edition  I will have
need.                              │  the ⌠δ≤Φ∞α≤Σ  £Ü  ≤⌠±φ ∩±ε≤ΣΓ≤Φεφ
                                   │  ≥≤α±≤ ⌠∩ τΦφ≤≥ so  you can be the
àΦφαδδ√,  ≤τΣ   ∞ε±αδΣ   εσ  √ε⌠±  │  biggest empire in your realm once
∞ΦδΦ≤α±√ Φ≥  εσ ∩±Φ∞Σ Φ∞∩ε±≤αφΓΣ.  │  you exit protection ▄
They  fight  very  badly, despite  │
their large  size,  if  morale is  │
low.  For instance, if morale  is  │