6th Idea Group for Persia : Trade or Diplomacy ?

[Magean]

Hi,

I'll soon hit ADM tech 21 and my Persian empire is shaping well. I'm going for the Unify Islam decision and I was wondering what would my next idea group be. I'm considering a diplomatic one.

Diplomacy is of course excellent for an expansionist power that feeds a lot of vassals. It's on the top of my list.

That said, Trade can be considered since I can't create Trade Companies. I won't move my capital to Europe, I'll stay in Persia for the RP. I feel sorry to see that I dominate good trade nodes but only have 2 merchants to steer trade properly. Hence the idea of picking Ttrade. I'm not short on money but not rolling on cash either, I currently have a slight surplus below 10 ducats with max maintenance, +2 stability and 3 3-stars advisers.

Also, I didn't westernize and I don't think I'll ever do it.

Your thoughts ?

Thanks in advance

 

[Mikalos]

It's somewhat hard to say what you're "sixth" ID group should be, but, given you want to go fight more people diplomacy will probably have more uses

You dont need trade that badly if you can maintain surplus with all those

 

[Sunspawn]

Take exploration and form Iranian USA.