That brings me back to the original question. Of course there are the education technologies that really help with literacy, but that's another thing altogether. Now I realize that there is a certain benefit to administrative efficiency, but for the most part, I don't use tariffs unless I absolutely have to, and the effects of crime (in my experience) is not extraordinary unless you allow it to grow unruly. I attribute this to the fact that my starting National focus moves were to increase administrative efficiency, instead of expanding my clergy. Whenever you start a new game, regardless of the country (but assuming you're civilized), how do you utilize your National focuses? For instance, I'm about 70 years into a game as the Ottoman Empire, and my Literacy is 14% huh. I'm just curious to get the opinions of my peers on this.
