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Hey people,

I just started a Grand Campaign with Russia (VIP) and I was wondering if people have any advice about what the best route to take. I'm up to 1850 and doing okay, but I've been trying to take the Industrial Route (Government changed to Industrialist-Science) though tech research takes a while as I have so few clerks and can't convert any yet. Thoughts? Should I be just building a massive army and bulldozing, or focus on my economy first?

Thanks!
 
Abercius said:
Hey people,

I just started a Grand Campaign with Russia (VIP) and I was wondering if people have any advice about what the best route to take. I'm up to 1850 and doing okay, but I've been trying to take the Industrial Route (Government changed to Industrialist-Science) though tech research takes a while as I have so few clerks and can't convert any yet. Thoughts? Should I be just building a massive army and bulldozing, or focus on my economy first?

Thanks!
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Can't you run both in parallel? Conquer some people to serve in your armies, and industrialize with your precious national POPs.

When I talk about industrialization I mean to convert 90+% of your population to craftsman/clerks and put them in factories.

having high tech does not mean anything if inventions don't fire, having more craftsman and clerks speeds that up a lot. (dump all farmers! Just import dirt cheap agricultural products from india :p RGO production should be restricted to rich iron/coal/precious metal provinces)
 
OOOOOOOOkay. Russia in latest VIP version is still your usual "Giant waiting to awake" deal, but you need to be patient.

Step one: play the game as usual until you reach the Crimean War.

Step two: lose it. Seriously, lose it. You need to do so in order to reform the country.

Step three: Victoria is fundamentally biased toward political (not economic) liberalism and all reasons that countries didn't do so back then are not present or are mitigated somewhat. That said, go for the radical reforms when the Post-Sevastopolitan Thaw event happens. You WILL have some small problems, but they are nothing. Polish citizenship (which you will gain) allows you to tackle Austria and Prussia/Germany for territory should you wish to, aside from having no serfs anymore and the other Rus peoples becoming citizens too that will boost your production.

At this point you can safely industrialize and go with ease. :)
 
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