Starting out at 40% what the ♥♥♥♥?

in your mod you stated it was encouraged to get more units because cheap blabla, how are they cheap? they cost alot and trying to manage a decent upkeep while expanding is really really a struggle, i even got like 15 tradeships sitting on the spots to gain extra money, but im not really noticing much diffrence. tho if i haven't done that i'd properly be sitting bankrupt right now