[Saber Cherry]

Originally posted by aldin:
Hmmm, sounds like 100/0 may be my best bet then. And if I really want to tweak it make sure I have a few points in growth. Appreciate the responses!

~Aldin

If you have +3 Growth, +3 Order, +3 Productivity, and a province with 22000 people and a Gold Mine (50 gold), that's 240 gold/turn income: 1.3*1.09*1.06*(22000/200+50)

Cranking up tax to 200% and patrolling would net you 480 gold per turn... and you'd only be wasting upkeep on patrollers for a single province. So as long as you can focus patrolling on a couple lucrative provinces, it can be quite nice - in the early game, anyway, when gold can fuel rapid expansion. It's just not a great long-term solution like in Dominions I.