[Norfleet]

You're probably not expanding fast enough: When you've taken a death scale, this sort of forces you to get off your *** and get moving. Outrunning one's own dominion is a popular choice when one's scales are detrimental.

Most of the figures of authority, however, believe that death scale's kill rate is insufficiently quick as to make a difference in your income when you expand fairly aggressively. Your loss of income is likely due to other factors, such as poor neighboring provinces, high unrest levels caused by your blood hunting, or savage patrolled hunting which, under a death scale, tends to kill quickly. You may also be lacking in other income-enhancing scales, in particular Order, and to a lesser extent, Productivity, both of which are vital if you wish to afford Abysia's expensive troops.

Unfortunately, I am far from an Abysia expert - They just don't mesh with my style.