The main issue was that once I had three countries, lvl.3 on the advisors and 20 thieves in each of those 3 countries, the game just got too easy. Still, felt like the beginnings of a great game and I'd love to see an improved version. What it needs in more hinderances, or big events that slowed you down.
In other words, the entire game needs expansion.
Also, just a suggestion, most of the theiry that was done was pitty thieves. I kept wondering, couldn't we see on the list some internet crime references or credit card stealing or something like that. I sat on a mountain of 3,000 sweets and my advisors couldn't get rid of the stuff quick enough. Okay I had 220 diamon necklaces, but its still not feeling like I was a hardcore mastermind at this point. I wanted to see how far my theives could go... :-/