There are many strategies to this game. With a simply country specializing in one or two things a country can recieve great results. Beginners tend to play mixed strategies resulting in lower production. The below strategies have been verified by AzN players and probably other alliances. There are more than the strats listed below, but these strats are approved by AzN. The main types or strategies are: resellers, farmers, cashers, techers and indies.
Democratic Casher
Each strategy has a different level of difficulty. The below strats are will be classified as beginner, intermediate and advanced.

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eginner,  intermediate, advanced
Dictator Farmer
Democratic Farmer
Communist Industrializer
Theocratic Techer
Theocratic Techer Reseller
Tyrant Techer
Republic Casher
General Startup <-- If you haven't decided what strategy you would like to follow this is the best startup strategy.
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