Mine actually started truly isolated (other than 1 city state on my landmass that got bought out right after I got Compass.) So there was no money until Astronomy. I've made up for that since.
And that's with only 5 of the (current max of 8) routes devoted to external. (2 internal routes are pumping massive food shipments into Venice so it can support guilds; and the other is sending hammers to a fairly recent purchase (and supporting my religion)
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