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It says my factory could not afford to buy input goods. ANd what do i do about it? I play Denmark in 1880 and i got 3 factories, but none produce anything because they cant afford input goods. What do i do?
 

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This issue is being debated. If you are in the sphere of influence of a great power, then they can shamelessly suck the resources that you locally produce. If you are unable to aquire that resource on the market because demand exceed supply, then your factories that use this resource will sit idle.
 

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Im not in any spherer of influence. This has toi be a bug. When I close and reopen I make something like 1-5 gold, and after 10 sec it goes down to 0.00....

Capitalists likely can't afford the resources needed for the factory.
 

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Try setting your national stockpile to buy the particular goods you need to run the factory. Certain things are always in high demand. I like to keep a stockpile of 10-15 of a few things in case my people ever lack the money to buy it on the market.
 

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I have tried that too. I was using liquor factiories, I need glass and grain. My provinces produce a lot of grain, but I tried to buy 100 grain and 100 glasses. Yet the factories sit there and look stupid, and they dont get it from my stockpile. And yes I remembered to check yes to allow them to buy.