Beginner Guide - The Golden Horde

Chapter I: Startup

Complete the tutorial:

Simply skimming through the tutorial rewards you with numerous rewards in the form of either cash or resources. The tutorial can be found in the sidebar.

Get the Activity Center project from the Projects tab.

Edit Tab:

Switch War Policy to “PIRATE”: Nets 40% more stolen loot.
Switch Domestic Policy to “IMPERIALISM”: Military upkeep costs reduced by 5%.
Switch Color Trade Bloc to the relevant color used by The Golden Horde, found on our alliance page, currently GOLD.

Chapter II: Nation Build

Build can be defined as your nation's setup, consisting of city count, infrastructure, land, general improvements and MMR [Minimum Military Requirement].

You should have a single template [city improvements] for all cities, this means that you should not keep different cities with different templates.

Preparation:

3-5 Cities at most.
Keep 750-1000 of Aluminum, Steel, Gasoline and Munitions PER CITY.
500 Uranium and 20,000 Food.
This will be your 'Warchest'.

1000 Infrastructure
1000 Land

City Improvements:

Use the following template, copy it then apply it here.

MMR: 5/5/5/3

        
{
    "infra_needed": 1000,
    "imp_total": 20,
    "imp_coalpower": 0,
    "imp_oilpower": 0,
    "imp_windpower": 0,
    "imp_nuclearpower": 1,
    "imp_coalmine": 0,
    "imp_oilwell": 0,
    "imp_uramine": 0,
    "imp_leadmine": 0,
    "imp_ironmine": 0,
    "imp_bauxitemine": 0,
    "imp_farm": 0,
    "imp_gasrefinery": 0,
    "imp_aluminumrefinery": 0,
    "imp_munitionsfactory": 0,
    "imp_steelmill": 0,
    "imp_policestation": 0,
    "imp_hospital": 0,
    "imp_recyclingcenter": 0,
    "imp_subway": 1,
    "imp_supermarket": 0,
    "imp_bank": 0,
    "imp_mall": 0,
    "imp_stadium": 0,
    "imp_barracks": 5,
    "imp_factory": 5,
    "imp_hangars": 5,
    "imp_drydock": 3
}

If you don't have the necessary funds to complete these tasks at once, begin raiding with what you have.