Tips for Playing Russia

[juliancoleman2162]

Im struggling my economy is a disaster.

[TheHorse]

My main tip would be to upgrade your economy before you start declaring war on anyone. You start a long way away from your enemies, and are pretty much neutral to everyone else so you can afford to ignore your armies and navies at first. Upgrade your buildings and cities until you get a nice economy going, to support all those armies you will be building.

[Trooper #900129-H]

#1 Build roads, disband anything that floats
#2 Build more roads, secure trade.
#3 Build even more roads
#4 Some more roads
#5 Get some armies up and build another road.
#6 Send said armies over some roads leading in the general direction of the enemy.
#7 Steamroll Europe with your hordes of cheap mass-produced infantry.


Roads are Russia's lifeblood, not only do they boost your economy, you need them for the increased travelspeed when sending your armies over the vast distances in Russia.

Once Russia has proper roads, it's unstoppable.

[RavenMS]

1. Sign trade agreements with minor and major nations
2. Disband militia units and upgrade tax centers instead + they give you free suppression
4. Don't build too many barracks or canonments - focus your military production on a few provinces supported with gun or manufacturing or stables for the bonuses
5. Build roads from your military provinces to key border provinces
6. Build a trade port in little tartary and build trade ships and declare war on Turkey and capture the trade resources.

Don't build too many military units. Have 3 stacks of armies. Put 1 on the border with Prussia and use the other 2 armies to annex Ottoman territories. Once you've conquered Athens and Istanbul you will have access to 3-4 trade nodes where you can put 2-3 trade ships on each. Don't put too many trade ships or prices will crash due to oversupply. After that, you should be making about 10K profit easily per turn. I played on VH/VH using this strategy.

Good luck!

[OM Dim]

RavenMS is spot on. Remove all your armies first and then get all the trade deals you can. give ALL cities tax buildings, remove any single barracks. Build barracks only in multi-building cities, St Peresberg and Kiev. Avoid war and build 3 schools. Concentrate research in administration and agriculture. WAIT. Don't start building armies until your economic base is solid. Then 3 armies, (north. central, south). It can be good to build trade ships asap to grab uncontested trade points. Later be sure to have a good navy and use it to grab as many trade points as possible. Russia is the easist faction because you are in a safe zome and can take your time with little stress.

[keedor]

I agree about upgrading the roads as a top priority.

Remember, although this can be initially expensive, the benefits quickly come into their own once the roads are completed and, unlike just about everything else in the game (such as units and buildings etc) the roads cannot be destroyed or disbanded.

This ensures great economic power and faster travel are constant!