I understand why you are :S. It is hard to explain through only using words. I will use my province as an example when using science as a gnome would not work as well.
The Province of Red Mist (??:??)
[http://www.utopiatemple.com Angel v1.92 Beta]
[Posted by: Red Mist]
Server: World of Legends (Age 40)
Utopian Date: January 9th, YR3 (57% in the day)
RL Date: August 29th, 2008 (14:34 GMT)
Ruler Name: Lord Blood Shed ?
Personality & Race: ?, Gnome
Land: 1,149 Acres
Money: 1,716,691gc (35,848gc daily income)
Food: 76,777 bushels
Runes: 23,438 runes
Population: 40,214 citizens (35.00 per Acre)
Peasants: 15,620 (100% Building Efficiency)
Trade Balance: -4,069gc (0% tax rate)
ME+Stance (no spells): 92.5% off. / 120.28% def.
RawMilitaryEff. 94.4%
Soldiers: 6,235 (59.3% estimated draft rate)
Halflings: 0
Pikemen: 1,030 (6,194 defense)
Golems: 11,988 (55,447 offense / 72,094 defense)
War-Horses: 3,750 (up to 3,469 additional offense)
Prisoners: 0
Total Modified Offense: 64,683 (56.30 per Acre)
Practical (50% elites): 36,960 (32.17 per Acre)
Total Modified Defense: 85,787 (74.66 per Acre)
Practical (50% elites): 49,740 (43.29 per Acre)
Thieves: 4,595 (4.00 per Acre / 100% Stealth)
Wizards: 746 (0.65 per Acre / 84% Mana)
Crystal-Ball on your province will show:
Max. Possible Thieves/Wizards: 6,458 (5.62 / Acre)
Estimated Thieves Number: 2,583 (2.25 per Acre)
Estimated Wizards Number: 969 (0.84 per Acre)
** Networth Table: **
Total Networth: 181,459gc (157.93 per Acre)
Golems: 62,937gc (35%) - [5.25gc]
Land (90% built): 58,599gc (32%) - [15+40gc]
Thieves: 18,380gc (10%) - [4gc]
Peasants: 15,620gc (9%) - [1gc]
Soldiers: 9,352gc (5%) - [1.5gc]
Pikemen: 5,150gc (3%) - [5gc]
Science (estimated): 4,470gc (2%) - [1/92gc]
Wizards: 2,984gc (2%) - [4gc]
War Horses: 2,250gc (1%) - [0.6gc]
Money: 1,717gc (1%) - [1/1000gc]
Buildings: 1,045gc to build, 637gc to raze
Away bonus: 78,100gc (12h) / 234,300gc (20h)
Science Intelligence on Red Mist (??:??)
[Generated by Utopiapimp]
[Posted by: Red Mist]
Source: Utopia Angel, 1.92 Beta
Server: WoL (January 8, YR3)
Ruler Name: Blood Shed
Personality: ?
Race: Gnome
** Effects summary **
+0% Income (0 points)
+0% Building Effectiveness (0 points)
+0% Population Limits (0 points)
+0% Food Production (0 points)
+0% Gains in Combat (0 points)
+0% Thievery Effectiveness (0 points)
+0% Magic Effectiveness & Rune Production (0 points)
As one can see if I use science that will take money and will make my military only bigger which is not a good thing because for many reasons. The science adds to networth wich I don't want and pop science makes my army bigger which I do not want. I'm drafting 4,000 more troops once I do that I will train them into elites and that will make my Net Worth go up a lot. However, the province with the same networth when I get done building my military will be bigger in land and they millitary will be weaker because they have science. So as one can plainly see for the type of strategy I working I don't want any science. I'm not going to tell you how I'm doing it. Masters must not give answers away be rather give others insight.