They weren't exactly huge; only 60k, with a very, very generous interest of only 0.82% (yes, < 1%) per year. A reasonable loan, by all means.Couldn't have been the huge loans you took from Catalunya, could it?
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They weren't exactly huge; only 60k, with a very, very generous interest of only 0.82% (yes, < 1%) per year. A reasonable loan, by all means.Couldn't have been the huge loans you took from Catalunya, could it?
Lol...what do you do for a living, Oddman ?Catalunyan economists of the Salamancan school suggest that thrift, free trade, a minimum of government intervention and not having armies massively above one's forcelimit are the way to healthy finances.
On the other hand, followers of the renowned economist Maynas Chilenos believe that stimulating growth by means of government intervention and not having armies massively above one's forcelimit is the way to a balanced budget and a prospering economy.
I'm a jack of all trades and a master of nothing. Once possessed of ambitions in politics and prose, currently ambitions in science, but working in ICT consultancy.Lol...what do you do for a living, Oddman ?![]()
So : What happened this session?
Well like've said allready, the war did not see any actuall combat aside some swift croatian underwear changing after the realpolitiks was made clear to it:happy:Bavaria, Russia, and Persia felt they needed over 3,000,000 men to take down my 400 regiment army.
Political scientists of the New Byzantium school respond, "How many regiments do you need when the Russian army is coming across your border? Don't worry, the free market will take care of it."Catalunyan economists (...) not having armies massively above one's forcelimit are the way to healthy finances.
The Catalunyan academic establishment refuses to entertain this notion since having to change their assumption from the fleet keeping the country safe to actually needing an army would force them to re-do all their calculations. They also note that computers are expensive types, and needing an army of them would result in untenable finances.Political scientists of the New Byzantium school respond, "How many regiments do you need when the Russian army is coming across your border? Don't worry, the free market will take care of it."
Your Averronian professor is missing two obvious points: First, many of the said enemies subscribe to the forcelimit theory of economics... which is how Russia and Croatia were able to dominate the battlefields of Europe for two generations, against coalitions that dwarfed them economically. Second, while I don't know about Qin, the subsidies given to the Khanate have indeed been spent largely on infrastructure to increase the forcelimit, rather than directly on weapons.A rogue professor, however, was found willing to offer the following comment: "Averroës he say: if army cannot come to forcelimit, forcelimit must go to army. Also, Russians many enemies have."
I'm out of provinces I can build conscription centers in.Your Averronian professor is missing two obvious points: First, many of the said enemies subscribe to the forcelimit theory of economics... which is how Russia and Croatia were able to dominate the battlefields of Europe for two generations, against coalitions that dwarfed them economically. Second, while I don't know about Qin, the subsidies given to the Khanate have indeed been spent largely on infrastructure to increase the forcelimit, rather than directly on weapons.
Actually, whilst Russia is currently at about its forcelimit, most of its neighbors are well over. Bavaria, for example, is fielding 1.5m out of a forcelimit of 1m, IIRC.Your Averronian professor is missing two obvious points: First, many of the said enemies subscribe to the forcelimit theory of economics... which is how Russia and Croatia were able to dominate the battlefields of Europe for two generations, against coalitions that dwarfed them economically. Second, while I don't know about Qin, the subsidies given to the Khanate have indeed been spent largely on infrastructure to increase the forcelimit, rather than directly on weapons.
Sure, in this year of grace 1686. I was referring to the situation around 1600, when Bavaria was lucky to have 700 regiments in the field at any given time, because Russia was invading him every five years and stackwiping his entire army. Although I admit that this wasn't exactly restraint due to ivory-tower economic theories from universities far removed from the battlefields of Europe.Actually, whilst Russia is currently at about its forcelimit, most of its neighbors are well over. Bavaria, for example, is fielding 1.5m out of a forcelimit of 1m, IIRC.
No, Bavaria never had that problem. Long before I invaded Bavaria each turn, the recruitment of regiments was already done. Fivoin always reached his desired army size before I DOWed.I may have exaggerated slightly for rhetorical effect, but the point remains that for a long period Bavaria had great difficulty building up even to its forcelimits, much less past them, because Russia was invading every five years and causing stackwipes and WE.
TAG Provs Mags M/P Base M/B Max Govt GovtMax Army ArmyMax Navy NavyMax Fort FortMax Prod ProdMax Trad TradMax
CRO: 50 791 15.82 273 2.90 0.92 0.28 0.00 5.54 0.80 0.70 0.00 1.64 0.00 3.96 0.02 3.00 0.10
ENG: 117 774 6.62 453 1.71 0.32 0.05 0.00 0.59 0.03 1.40 0.18 1.14 0.00 1.99 0.00 1.30 0.11
USA: 80 830 10.38 255 3.25 0.59 1.50 0.19 1.51 0.07 1.29 0.06 1.51 0.00 2.11 0.11 1.95 0.15
BAV: 118 1231 10.43 638 1.93 0.69 0.16 0.01 3.26 0.49 0.27 0.00 1.41 0.00 2.50 0.03 2.53 0.16
CAT: 152 1071 7.05 650 1.65 0.48 0.32 0.05 1.18 0.13 1.30 0.14 1.14 0.00 1.50 0.00 1.41 0.16
NOV: 106 1297 12.24 580 2.24 0.79 1.49 0.20 4.38 0.56 0.18 0.00 1.85 0.00 2.68 0.02 1.25 0.02
TRP: 60 559 9.32 236 2.37 0.50 1.12 0.03 2.43 0.32 0.77 0.02 1.25 0.00 2.80 0.12 0.78 0.02
PER: 59 697 11.81 334 2.09 0.68 1.54 0.00 4.20 0.66 0.47 0.00 1.85 0.00 2.47 0.02 1.00 0.00
ETH: 98 1035 10.56 433 2.39 0.88 0.71 0.10 2.33 0.22 2.38 0.30 1.05 0.00 2.39 0.12 1.52 0.13
KON: 76 1126 14.82 318 3.54 0.89 3.04 0.36 4.01 0.41 1.43 0.09 1.07 0.00 3.13 0.03 1.41 0.01
KHA: 71 783 11.03 238 3.29 0.41 1.25 0.01 2.96 0.39 0.45 0.00 1.61 0.00 2.51 0.00 1.82 0.00
KHM: 34 483 14.21 158 3.06 0.88 0.91 0.00 2.18 0.26 1.74 0.12 1.53 0.00 4.29 0.26 3.15 0.24
QIN: 52 727 13.98 272 2.67 0.96 0.50 0.00 4.77 0.67 0.33 0.00 2.04 0.00 3.02 0.06 2.83 0.23
PUN: 37 455 12.30 150 3.03 0.68 1.08 0.00 3.54 0.49 0.03 0.00 2.05 0.00 3.81 0.19 1.38 0.00
MSA: 91 772 8.48 399 1.93 0.64 0.20 0.00 1.84 0.19 2.16 0.29 1.10 0.00 1.07 0.01 1.71 0.15