Your empire is fueled by grain, cows, and the sweat of your peasants.
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: Your army is drafted directly from your working peasant pool. If you draft too many men at once, your farms will fail, your people will starve, and your kingdom will collapse from within. Your empire is fueled by grain, cows, and