Pharaoh/Making Money

One of the key elements of Pharaoh (but not the only one!) is keeping your budget in black numbers (i.e. positive) in the long run. It's natural to spend most or all of your starting funds on founding a city, but finishing year after year with a deficit will only ultimately get you to fail the mission, and the "ultimately" doesn't even have to take so long. Before proceeding, you may want to check out the pages on Trade, Industry and Civil Service first, in addition to the Getting Started section in case you are unclear on the basics.