Once I completely conquered Africa and before I began forming troops to conquer the Americas, I wanted to improve my cities through expanding my trade routes. Instead of building roads I started to create railroads which would cut the travel time in half. This leads me to specialized my cites depending on what that particular city produces the best. For example, one of my cities, Vera Bradley, has great mining, thus instead of wasting land with farms or pastures I just mine there. Then because I connected all my cities I can ship the iron and other metals that I uncovered in Vera Bradley to my other cities. This specialization and division of labor provides me with the most efficient society in which I can grow my empire via technology and land. Also the development of railroads and linking all my cities enables me to move most of my military force in one of my centralize cities and then I can quickly send my troops to any one of my cities in one turn if I spot an enemy approaching. This advantage leads me to focus on training fewer but more effective soldiers, thus becoming a more advance society and furthering other empires to think twice about starting a war with me.
I believe that the one of the keys of having a successful society is to have a centralize government and have all the cities connected and working as one unit. The centralized government is necessary in order to coordinate all the trade. All the cities working together and sharing resources will produce the strongest empire one can create. Before I can focus on anymore expansion, I must make sure that all my cities are in top condition and working as one.
2 comments:
I agree on your observation that a successful society needs a strong government. A centralized government that creates a stable, well-organized society is also beneficial for economic reasons. Citizens will then be able to committ to economic activities without having to fear for their security (for example attacks on trade routes etc) since strong political organization will find solutions for these problems. This allows merchants and producers to focus on trading, which will ultimately increase productivity. A stable government should also increase happiness of one's citizen. Therefore I emphasized political organization as well.
I also agree that a centralized government does lead to a strong economy. But I almost wonder does the government really need to oversee everything? or can it just exist as almost a supervisor position and allow the cities or provinces to figure it out themselves. Good job on getting the railroads to work to your advantage but also keep in mind those who work those railroads and other parts of the economy. Will they continue to work if they are treated badly?
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