Ways to Avoid Bankruptcy

[NS-NightStalker]

You can actually be in a very good financial situation if you expand extremely rapidly. Playing russia, I conquered everything east of dublin and north of the med sea by the time of the plague, and after the plague I had more money than I knew what to do with.

I did the same thing and more. I won the game before gunpowder. I continued and conquered everything west of Constantinople and I was only on turn 95.

I started a new grand campaign as Venice this time. I played as England last time.

[Brenticus1]

I started a new grand campaign as Venice this time.

Try one of the noncatholic factions (excluding the byzantines) if you want a challenge for economics. Russia away from everything, and the islamic factions will get crusaded (which sucks), and they're away from the rich italians.