Originally posted by Lordfly
Pardon my ignorance, but don't you need laborers and farmers in order to keep your economy running?
LF
For the most part, no. You can buy what you need on the WM. Be careful if you are the majority producer of some resource though. As Germany I took all my men out of the coal mines and now there is none for sale on the WM, turns out I was suppying most of it. Oops, back to the mines guys!