Empire:: Total War Collection

: In the "Social" building chain, these represent the spread of ideas and increase research rates, reflecting the era's reliance on paper for communication. 2. The "Tabula Rasa" (White Paper) Concept

: Send Indiamen (trade ships) to anchor on gold, ivory, or spice nodes in "Trade Theaters" like the Ivory Coast or East Indies to generate massive income "on the books". 4. Educational Research

The game features a technology called in the Philosophy tech tree. Empire: Total War Collection

: These are the primary industrial buildings found in small towns across your provinces.

: Researching this allows your nation to transition toward more modern forms of government and improves your research rate in colleges. 3. Economic Production : In the "Social" building chain, these represent

: Place these agents in your colleges to speed up the "production" of new technologies.

: These are the "factories" for new ideas (papers/theories). : Researching this allows your nation to transition

If you are looking to produce wealth (often confused with producing "resources" on paper):