Hearts of Iron

[sucafrutpi]

yeah, so i just got this for my powerbook the other day and it looks really cool. i played all the tutuorials, but they didn't offer any insight about building up (i'm france and i keep getting trounced by germany before i can even build up) units well. 1)if someone else already started this thread, please bump it for me and 2)how the **** do you play this game effectively?