Fresh start

I jut started my new game and, I am trying the new strategies that I mentioned in my last post. I am buliding up my persian empire. I started off by expanding my empire fast. There is a lot more land to work with than when I was with the Japanese empire. I am spreading my cities across the land, but to be sure that the new cities that I build do not get attacked by barbarians or unhappy countries I have my workers constantly building a trade route. This allows goods and resources to be passed along to the new cities so that they can be built up fast to keep up with the progress the rest of the country is experiencing. The trade route will also increase the defense of the new cities that are placed away from the rest, so my territory can be expanded. The trade routes also enable combat units to explore the areas of my territory that have just been produced. Everyone wants to trade with me and open my borders because I am the most technologically advanced and the biggest and most advanced economy. This is similar in todays society. The China and Indian government both have booming economies and that is why our country has a high demand for products that they produce. They produce a majority of the cars, toys, and electronics that we use everyday. In 1998, China's GDP was 7,955.3 billion yuan (Chinese Currency), an increase of 6.4 times since 1978, at constant prices; the outputs of some major industrial and agricultural products, such as grain, cotton, meat, edible oil, coal, steel, cement, cloth and TV sets, leapt from a low postion to first place suppliers in the world. India's economy ranks twelfth largest in the world, with a gross domestic product of US $930.0 billion. But, India is the second fastest growing major economy in the world, with a GDP growth rate of 9.2% at the end of the second quarter of 2006–2007. I hope to keep my economy on the rise just as China and India are. As long as I stay ahead of the technological race I feel that I will have the great economy that I hope for. Also keeping an open trade with other countries will help my economic status.