Editing Money (section)

==Income==
[[File:Icon_income_plus.png|20px]] [[File:Icon income plus favour.png|24x24px]] [[File:Icon income plus dark magic.png|24x24px]] '''Income''' is how much money a faction is getting per [[turn]]. Your faction's income can be seen at the top center of the screen. A positive income adds money to your treasury (see below) every turn, while a negative income takes money out of your treasury every turn. Ideally you want a positive income. However it's sometimes OK to have a negative income so long as your treasury does not run out (see below).

===Background Income===
Background income is the base amount of income you get, even without anything else generating money for you. Background income changes depending on the difficulty level chosen at the start of the campaign.

===Tax===
[[Provinces]] you control can be '''taxed''' by checking the tax box on the province panel on the left. Tax income is mainly generated by economic [[buildings]] and by [[ports]]. The tax income a building generates is shown when the cursor is placed over its icon on the province panel.

* Tax is the primary form of income for most factions.
* You only get tax income from settlements you control in a province.
* A province may be excluded from paying tax on the Province Info panel to improve [[File:icon_growth.png|24x24px|link=]] [[growth|growth]] and[[File:icon_public_order.png|24x24px|link=]][[public order]] there. This can be useful if a province is close to [[rebelling]] or you only just conquered it.

===Trade===
:''Main article: [[Trade]].''

Trade agreements can be made with friendly factions, which provides income depending on the [[resources]] each faction has.

===Upkeep===
'''Upkeep''' is the cost of maintaining [[lords]], [[heroes]] and [[armies]] of units.  Upkeep is the main factor which reduces your income, though there are others. If income is negative and there isn't enough money left in the treasury to compensate at the end of a turn, all armies will suffer attrition as troops desert without payment.