Economic development of CSA

[Shade of the Trees]

Hello everyone - I'm brand new to the game and just embarking on my first PBEM game as the South. It's the big one - April 61 campaign.

My question is about economic development. On Turn 1, I threw some development resource at Georgia (and a couple of other states). I was lucky and got a heavy plant at Milledgeville. So this turn I dropped economic investment in Georgia and went elsewhere.

The thing is, there is nothing in Milledgeville when you mouse over it. Has my factory been torn down because I pulled investment? And if it is still there (in a virtual way), how do I keep track of these factories, and most importantly, do I need to defend them, assuming that, for example, the physical loss of Milledgeville means the physical loss of the factory?

Can anyone help please? Any other advice about economics?

I have other questions but this will do for now!

[arsan]

Hi! Welcome to the forums!

The "Heavy plant" phrase is just an interesting way of telling you that your investment has produced an increase of the War supplies Milledgville region produces each turn. The message usually tell you the production increase number.
You were indeed lucky, as the CSA needs much more WS then his initial output. Other times your investments will increase ammo or supply production (less important).
By passing the mouse over any region and cheeking the "blackboard" you have on the top of the screen you can see each region output (per turn): War supplies, supply, ammo, conscripts...
You will notice some regions are very important and most only produce a little supply. If the enemy take a region the CSA will loss that region output. So you have to protect them indeed

You have made no wrong by stopping investments in Georgia and changing it to other place (or stopping all investments if you can't afford them).
Bear in mind that if you keep and investment "on" you will pay each turn for it, so it can be a big resource drain. The south usually can't keep investing every turn.

Cheers!

[Chaplain Lovejoy]

The south usually can't keep investing every turn.

... and the north doesn't need to.

[enf91]

If Milledgeville already produces WS, there should be a little factory icon on the city thing. Subsequent development will not mean more icons. And losing the city is even worse for you: not only do you lose the factory and the WS growth, but the Union gets that production. So it strengthens him and weakens you at the same time. Of course, he'll probably have low region loyalty, so his production will be much less.

[Shade of the Trees]

Thanks a lot - most helpful, particularly the tip to look at the blackboard in each region. Now onto my next query (new thread).