Hi! It's my third (longterm) game now and I have to say, that the economy in AHD is a total failure! I'm third in prestige and third biggest Great Power.
Until about 1970-75 everything is just fine, but then everything goes downhill. It's unplayable. When I subsidize my factories, most of them make a surplus, but some of them are deep in the red, even though they produce high demand things.
I have played it without many commerce techs and with many commerce techs. It doesn't matter.
I played it with State Capitalism, with Laissez faire and planned economy. I tried everything I could, but in the 70s you just can't make money anymore. Artisans run away, but factory workers go unemployed too, because all my factories close down, once I don't subsidize them anymore.
Cliffs:
- After ~ 1970 economy goes berserk.
- Artisans go down, but factories go down too.
- Subsidized Factories are more likely to make a surplus, but some of them are much to expensive, so you have to close 'em, if you want to survive.
- If you close stop subsidizing factories, they immediatly make minus and go broke.
- I have about 90 % of my factory workers unemployed now, because subsidies are much, much, much, much too expensive.
- After running a healthy surplus of several 100 pounds, I can't make a surplus anymore, even if I reduce spending everywhere to zero - 1 % National Stockpile etc.
Until about 1970-75 everything is just fine, but then everything goes downhill. It's unplayable. When I subsidize my factories, most of them make a surplus, but some of them are deep in the red, even though they produce high demand things.
I have played it without many commerce techs and with many commerce techs. It doesn't matter.
I played it with State Capitalism, with Laissez faire and planned economy. I tried everything I could, but in the 70s you just can't make money anymore. Artisans run away, but factory workers go unemployed too, because all my factories close down, once I don't subsidize them anymore.
Cliffs:
- After ~ 1970 economy goes berserk.
- Artisans go down, but factories go down too.
- Subsidized Factories are more likely to make a surplus, but some of them are much to expensive, so you have to close 'em, if you want to survive.
- If you close stop subsidizing factories, they immediatly make minus and go broke.
- I have about 90 % of my factory workers unemployed now, because subsidies are much, much, much, much too expensive.
- After running a healthy surplus of several 100 pounds, I can't make a surplus anymore, even if I reduce spending everywhere to zero - 1 % National Stockpile etc.
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