Azik Blaze
Chieftain
- Joined
- Dec 21, 2002
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Never underestimate the power of money. With this strategy it is possible to invade a nation without firing a shot, to double/triple/quadruple your treasury and bring mighty nations to their knees all while profitting in every category. How? By starting wars, but not with alliances, and not with bribes, but with loans of gold! It is tricky (and you need patience), but done properly, extremely effective.
I will explain how to accomplish this by giving you a history of my nation, Nisusia. Also understand that I'm playing on a 256xy map with 31 nations and considerably hindered tech-progress (BIG Game).
My initial wealth base was gained when I discovered the western hemishpere (about 15 nations). I, in fact, only "discovered" 1, but by trading contacts back and forth I ended up with all, and I then sold those contacts, along with maps and a few new technologies, to nations that would pay the highest price for them. This is how I accumulated a large treasury in a short amount of time, by frugally trading with the right nations to get the best possible deal for my nation.
Now I had the money to covertly start a war. So I looked around for 2 countries with bad relations (at the time, the world was at peace), found... Rome and France. This was a golden opportunity, as the two shared a border rich in resources. They both had embargo's against each other and my advisor said that they would probably allow a military alliance against each other, but the big thing is, Rome is a militaristic civ, France is not, Perfect!
The stage was set.
I went to Rome, gave 'em a big loan which brought all of their per turn surplus into my hands. They now have a massive treasury. What do they do with it? Why, being a militaristic civ, and with bad relations with France, they rush-build their armies. So the armies are completed, now they have to pay extra gold per turn for those units, but they can't of course, because I have their surplus! So what do they do, decrease spending? No, they attack France's resource rich cities! Now I have them by the balls!
Now France is in bad shape, up against a much mightier opponent. They need to rush-build their armies but with what money? Mine, which I have so graciously loaned to them. I am funding both sides of the war
Now it becomes an even fight, with those resource-rich cities being taken back and forth, gained and lost, the whole area decimated by war. The cities are turned to rubble, and the resources are lost. Lo and behold, here comes a team of Nisusian settlers! Protected by a small but technologically-superior force, as while the two nations have been pouring their efforts into the war machine and cutting back on research and city improvements, I have far surpassed them by using the surplus income! The settlers (along with a workforce), establish cities and take the resources.
So by funding the attacker first and then the defender, I have decimated both, and have gained their resources, which I will trade back to them, once the loan expires
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Of course, both these nations made Alliances, which spawned more alliances, and now most of the world is at war; a great opportunity for me to further increase my power grab. I have implemented this system all over the world, and have gained enormously in many ways, monetarily, scientifically, militaristically, etc. This system empowers you more than the possesion of nukes, as you expand your nation in every way while IMPROVING your reputation and foreign relations. Nisusia went from a mediocre nation to the world's #1 superpower by doing this.
There are many benefits and different uses and variations of the system, I have thrown nations into anarchy, forced governments to change from democracy so that I could assimilate their near-by city into my nation, I'll describe how in a later post perhaps. For now, hope this will suffice in showing you how to peacefully invade the world and rule the world behind the scenes, Illuminati-style!.![[pimp]](/images/smilies/pimp.gif "Pimp [pimp]")
I will explain how to accomplish this by giving you a history of my nation, Nisusia. Also understand that I'm playing on a 256xy map with 31 nations and considerably hindered tech-progress (BIG Game).
My initial wealth base was gained when I discovered the western hemishpere (about 15 nations). I, in fact, only "discovered" 1, but by trading contacts back and forth I ended up with all, and I then sold those contacts, along with maps and a few new technologies, to nations that would pay the highest price for them. This is how I accumulated a large treasury in a short amount of time, by frugally trading with the right nations to get the best possible deal for my nation.
Now I had the money to covertly start a war. So I looked around for 2 countries with bad relations (at the time, the world was at peace), found... Rome and France. This was a golden opportunity, as the two shared a border rich in resources. They both had embargo's against each other and my advisor said that they would probably allow a military alliance against each other, but the big thing is, Rome is a militaristic civ, France is not, Perfect!
The stage was set.I went to Rome, gave 'em a big loan which brought all of their per turn surplus into my hands. They now have a massive treasury. What do they do with it? Why, being a militaristic civ, and with bad relations with France, they rush-build their armies. So the armies are completed, now they have to pay extra gold per turn for those units, but they can't of course, because I have their surplus! So what do they do, decrease spending? No, they attack France's resource rich cities! Now I have them by the balls!
Now France is in bad shape, up against a much mightier opponent. They need to rush-build their armies but with what money? Mine, which I have so graciously loaned to them. I am funding both sides of the war
Now it becomes an even fight, with those resource-rich cities being taken back and forth, gained and lost, the whole area decimated by war. The cities are turned to rubble, and the resources are lost. Lo and behold, here comes a team of Nisusian settlers! Protected by a small but technologically-superior force, as while the two nations have been pouring their efforts into the war machine and cutting back on research and city improvements, I have far surpassed them by using the surplus income! The settlers (along with a workforce), establish cities and take the resources.
So by funding the attacker first and then the defender, I have decimated both, and have gained their resources, which I will trade back to them, once the loan expires
.Of course, both these nations made Alliances, which spawned more alliances, and now most of the world is at war; a great opportunity for me to further increase my power grab. I have implemented this system all over the world, and have gained enormously in many ways, monetarily, scientifically, militaristically, etc. This system empowers you more than the possesion of nukes, as you expand your nation in every way while IMPROVING your reputation and foreign relations. Nisusia went from a mediocre nation to the world's #1 superpower by doing this.
There are many benefits and different uses and variations of the system, I have thrown nations into anarchy, forced governments to change from democracy so that I could assimilate their near-by city into my nation, I'll describe how in a later post perhaps. For now, hope this will suffice in showing you how to peacefully invade the world and rule the world behind the scenes, Illuminati-style!.
This is just a little trick to help maintain that state. Could be helpful, yes, but I'd hardly call it "The most effective world-dominating strategy".
... Through-out my experience with this method (and it's been extensive) I have had no problems with the AI turning on me. It would seem as though the AI is pre-occupied with it's arch-nemesis than to attack it's funder, as trading does improve your reputation with them.
