[Lazy_Perfectionist]

Well, see, Max, I did a test game on the demo map, with my own Pretender and C'tis. No matter how many militia (7 gold, 2 resources) I recruited, my income didn't go down, even if they just stood around doing nothing. It makes a certain amount of sense that the militia would be free (7/15 < 1), but not the taskmaster (30 gp). Maybe it was a little glitch? It seems to reacting more or less as expected now - 50 militia increase my upkeep by 24 gold or so a turn, but they didn't before.

Edit- so farmlands still could be profitably overtaxed with militia support.