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hruza -> RE: Russian Economic Collapse (8/31/2010 5:13:30 PM)
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You have to manage your economy on your own. Do not rely on advisers.
What I do is rise taxes and trade everything I don't need. Britain makes good trading partner, they offer best prices usually. They are usually hungry for wool but you can manage to trade some iron and wood as well. Of course you need to go through your provinces and optimize production ...which can be pain in the ass as Russia have hell lot of provinces. Luckily Russia produces all it needs and some excess.
Then you have to decide if you wan't to help Austrians against French or not. French do not pose imediate thread to Russia but you gona fight them sooner or later. If you let Austria fall ...and they will fall if you don't help, then you will face France that much stronger later. Defeating French early on can really help to level odds out. Victory also means that you can cash them for some money and colonies, which can solve your finance problem. Of course victory is not guaranteed and you will need to fight few hard battles over Viena. And only thing which can force French to sue for piece are 2-3 big lost battles. Your Armys operating in Austria is also gone cost you awful lot of money, especially depots. However it is manageable if you get trade running. You will however most probably have to postpone any province development until wars end.
You should fight war in Austria defensively and you need combined Austro/Russian forces do defeat French so tell your Austrian ally to rally at Vienna and move your armies there as quickly as possible. French are coming in force.
If you decide to left Austrians on their own, you can disperse your army in to garrisons, cutting your costs by nearly half. And you can concentrate on developing your provinces. Building banks in money rich provinces and getting waste under control should be first priority.
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