The campaign accounts open after another bankruptcy warning, with both army and navy upkeep pressing hard against income. A viewer's reminder about Indiamen reveals that Newfoundland was meant to produce merchantmen for the trade routes. A later accounts check shows army costs below tax income while naval upkeep still exceeds trade revenue. Naval expansion therefore appears as a fiscal and logistical system: warships consume revenue, while ports, trade routes, and purpose-built trading ships sustain them.
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Fleet upkeep, trade income, and Indiamen
A bankruptcy check turns into a concise demonstration of how army and navy upkeep must be supported by taxation and maritime trade.