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I would have to agree that you OP have missed something. I am not saying your a dunce or anything remotely close i am suggesting that since the patch the economics in the game have become signifigantly more difficult. The game requires a more thorough tweaking as is, watching and changing ministers, establishing trade partners, monitoring trade routes and ports, and even as simple as whether to build a civilian or military govenors mansions the differenct being 2% income boost for the civilian vs the military version.

In my N/N prussian camapign i expanded to fast, not really having a choice as i was at war with Barvaria, Denmark Austria, Saxony, Wutemburg, Westphalia, and UC, (they declared on me) they were sending single and double unit stacks and hammering my cities so i started wiping them out. The explosive (thats the right word) expansion tanked my economy so that i went from making about 5000 a turn to loosing 900 a turn. Fortunatly i kind of figured this was comming and had managed to save about 5500 gold so i had some cash on hand to float me untill the changes took effect. I went to my ministers screen and saw that my head, treasury, and army ministers were 3 stars and promptly changed them out for a 5 star and Two 4 stars so that i started making 100 a turn. I finally took the Netherlands and the revolts were problemmatic for about 10 turns, plus the Danish had the trade port in the Netherlands blockaded so sending my small fleet out to chase the Danes off or kill them (they fled) created an increase of another 600 per turn. All in all the economics are more difficult now, and i truly love it. The game is not what was released anymore, and IMHO is a better change as the game is a challange now even on the lower difficulty levels. It will take some adjustment by the players, but we are a resilient group, thirsting for a challange, and in most cases willing to assist with whatever tips, tricks and tactics we come across.

Just yesterday in the year 1820, my taxes are set at the lowest levels across the globe, I own the pirate islands, Dutch and French Guiana (reverted to rebels when i crushed the UP), i own Mexico, Columbia (declared independance from Spain), Texas, Louisianna, Florida, Georgia, Carolina, (took from the British) Ceylon (also rebels when i crushed UP), and Morrocco. I have Italy, Hannover, Genoa, Venice, and the United states as protectorates. I am trading with every major faction still left in the game except for GB which i am at war with. I have an alliance with France and Sweeden (that one was tough). I have 10 full 14 boat fleets consisting of, 2 heavy first rates, 2 first rates, 2 second rates, 2 third, and a mixture of 4th,5th and 6th rates topping them off. I run 4 full elite stack armies in Europe, and 2 in America prosecuting my war with the British at the behest of my American protectorate. I have taken Denmark and given it to Hannover, taken Naples from GB and given it to Italian States, Morroco went to Genoa, and Sardinia also from GB went to Venice. I intend to give more American provinces to the protectorates as i build up the infrastructure first, than Xfer ownership. I currently have 160,000 gold in my treasury and am making over 15000 a turn. My tech is done and i have no colleges left (tore them down as the tech tree was finishing). I will say that getting to the point in the game where i literally am the master of the world even if it is ruled by other governments was no small feat, and i suffered serious setbacks from time to time. I am thinking that since i consider the game mostly done i just may go insane and attack EVERYBODY (except my protectorates) at the same time just to see if i can pull it off.

It is possible but how you used to play and how you need to play is completely different now, adapt, improvise and overcome, (yes i borrowed the line from a movie) if all else fails ask here there are plenty of folks here who just love to show everyone how smart they are :).

Seriozha