I made this guide for those who want a plan for managing R2 provinces properly without resorting to borderline cheat mods that dumb down Public Order/Food/Upkeep systems - absolutely no need to, you just need a plan.
I borrowed Civ5 icons for easier reading.
The goal is:
- Swimming in Denarii
- Never have Public Order issues (and rebellions) without wasting any armies to guard
- Quick Growth and Conversion
- Max Food bonus
- Increased Research speed
- And in general, having max full stacks of prestigious units roam freely without worrying of internal issues or money.
Couple rules to keep in mind:
- In the earlygame you must prioritize food buildings like Fields and Delicatessen before other stuff or you will face famines if you pump out the cash-makers first.
Try to never go below a certain total amount of food (shown in the bottom-right of the UI), make sure it's always +20 or so.
- You must never enslave for this to work. The order malus is way too big and army-limiting to manage, compared to the money slaves make.
Free them or kill them, your call.
Here is the build scheme for 90% of your Provinces.
- Provincial Capital -
Capital is mostly used to pump out and for all region, in order to produce wealth and safety for the whole province.
Colonia
+1 +500 +5 -5 +20% wealthall
Circus
+24 (28 if bread and games) -10 160
Delicatessen
+5 50
Latrines
+4 +2 +1
Brick Klin
+300 -4
Trading Port
+240 +120
Total: +24 +9 +2 +16 +1370 -10 +20%wealthall
- Towns -
Village
+3 -2 +200 +10% wealthall
Grove of Nymphs
+8 -8 +3 +2% tax
Latifundium
15 +90 -10
Total: -2 +3 +5 +3 +290 +10%wealtall +2% tax
In the remaining 10% you should focus Food and Research.
Focus food in those risky seaside cities like Brindisium where you always keep a "just in case" army; instead of Trading Port build:
Fishmongers
In 2-3 other cities instead of Delicatessen, increase your research speed with:
Libraries
Soon you should have something like this:
While having max amount of upgraded full stacks pillaging dem enemies and impregnating their wives, without needing to waste time beating up slaves/rebels.
Hope this helps.