Where are my caps investing their money?

[unmerged(179588)]

I just started a game with Hyderabad (a satellite of UK in south India). I started the game and set the liberals in power. The taxes were low but the party is protectionist, so I were making loads of money with the tariffs (the country only produces cotton, so the POP´s must import EVERYTHING) as but saving a lot in defense. As soon as I had some money saved and could access machine parts (early 1860´s) I created a 80000 capitalist POP, set riches taxes to 0% and lowered the tariffs a bit. In less than two months they started building a textiles factory, that I fully manned with 240K craftsmen and 160K clerks, so it started making a steady profit. So far excellent.
I raise the tariffs again a bit and wait to have more money saved to promote more POP´s and then lower my tariffs to unleash my Caps´mighty power. They save up to 600 pounds and then their money goes back to 100!!! It happened twice in a row, even thought the second time I had promoted some more craftsmen in advance to let them know that I could man the factories. I also checked that they didn´t invest in bonds are they are not building nothing else?
Does anyone have any idea about what may be happening and how to sort it out? I thought of setting the royal faction in power again, but I´d prefer to do it without having to do that if possible.
Many thanks

 

[Searry]

They're probably putting their money to luxury goods. I'd try to lower tariffs and raise the poor strata taxes.

 

[unmerged(179588)]

But why does it suddenly drops from 600 to around 100?
I checked that since I educated them they only get 75% of their luxuries, basically gold and opium. Luxury clothes and furniture appears in red. Could it be that they are saving because they can not access the goods from the WM and spend it all together when they can buy them?

Thanxs for your answer, btw

 

[Searry]

But why does it suddenly drops from 600 to around 100?
I checked that since I educated them they only get 75% of their luxuries, basically gold and opium. Luxury clothes and furniture appears in red. Could it be that they are saving because they can not access the goods from the WM and spend it all together when they can buy them?

Thanxs for your answer, btw

Yeah that is probably what they do. Sounds like your tariffs are quite high.

 

[unmerged(179588)]

I just tried lowering my tariffs to almost 0 and it happened again. Just when they were getting close to 600 their savings dropped to around 100 but this time I checked and their need for luxuries was still 75%

 

[lizardo]

Strategy for Caps is odd. One would think they would be designed to save money to invest as a higher priority than buying goods, or better have a savings/investment goal in parallel to purchases.

It doesn't necessary follow that 'people' forgo luxuries if they can't have all normal goods. Vicky however requires 100% of all lower needs met before allowing higher ones.

 

[Eärendil]

There is a bug that will make the capitalists spend their money on a factory that you haven't researched yet, making the money disappear. This may happen quite often when playing an uncivilized country.

 

[unmerged(179588)]

He, that also happened to me when my German caps spent their money in steamer factories in landlocked states. Being quite ahead of UK I could hardly matter, but when you are a poor indian state is important.
Nevertheless, I started again keeping the royal faction and going for State capitalism. Due to bad events (political assesination arg!!!) I got the machine parts quite late (1870) but in only 15 years I just got number 20 ahead of Portugal in industry (more than 50 points), focusing only in textiles and clothes (planning to move to luxury).
I think that this strategy works much better for a small asian uncivilized at least at the beginning.

 

[lizardo]

I've also had Caps build factories in non states, that then never materialized.