GondorKnightofNarnia

there are several other ways to make nice cash: your trades you could go for a cost/bill reducing trade set to save money on stuff like infra and military (like mine ) or go for an income/happiness boosting set to make a greater income-stuff like gems, wine,etc etc. You could also go for a balance of both. make sure you check out the threads in the gameplay section to learn how to get your nation running. also, if you can get a large sum of money (3 mil), don't collect taxes for 10 days (pay your bills though) then buy an uberload of infra n' collect 10 days taxes you'll make a good hunk of money. edit: feel free to pm me here or ingame if you want any help/advice

if you switch colors after making a trade you have to cancel and resubmit it to get the trade bonus

yup, their random. There's no limit on how many you get or in what combo. I've had 2 of the same within a few weeks (the oil surplus )

It depends on your tech level. below 100 is 3rd world nation, 100-200 is advancing rapidly and 200+ is first rate

all my trades are orange

I think the cost of the Manhattan project ought to be reduced to about 25 mil or less, otherwise it'll just be easier to get into the top 5% rather than buy the wonder. Yes it'd make it easier for nuclear rogues to get it but it also makes the game more fun