Ok, first off:
- Join a fairly powerful (but peaceful) alliance
- Use alot of your starting money to buy infrastructure, try and get over 150 levels
- Dont buy tech, it is worthless for you at this stage
- Aim to get trades that involve fish, wheat, aluminium and cattle. Look out for them
- Buy land but not large amounts, only so much so your nation doesnt get crowded
- When in an alliance, look out for tech buyers. You should get buyers who will pay 3 million for 100 tech (like me

), which means you will get a good profit. A less tighter buyer may give you 3 million for 50 tech, which will give you a very handsome profit
- Dont attack any random nations, EXPECIALLY IN AN ALLIANCE.
- Finally, keep to Defcon 5 unless you have a reason that you will get attacked (if your new, you shouldnt)