Since I see a good amount of well- not the best runs I thought it'd give some tips :) anyway, without further ado. If you're doing a shorter run ex: Empire of Brazil do infantry not tanks. The factories will take too long to build. On the other hand if you're doing a long run, go for tanks. They help in the long run. For research it also depends on if it's a short or long run. If it's short go for mobility research. If it's around 35+ minutes do a small amount of research in research speed and then mobility. Also if you should use generals. Any generals help but never choose a general with negative mobility. Always go for mobility on generals. Anyway hope this helps any future runners. Happy running!

These tips are good, but i have some things to add

1. with ur Political Power First To Limited Constricpion Law, After that Socialism Or Natiolism
2. if ur doing an Short Run, Being Deficit doest matter then, since the run is short.
3. Dont Make Electronic Factorys and Consumer good Factories
4. Make sure u have an private server or an other runner has an private server where u will (maybe depending if they are nice) give u access to
5. make sure u have fun and do some research before the run Happy Running!

alright I found (this will be interesting to perfect) if you press S, it opens the Research catagory If you need to save a bit of time and you are forming, for instance, Czechoslovakia, get Infantry Mobility even as Slovakia as created troops will be going through Mountainous terrain, and it speeds up troops when attacking Czech Republic. Another tip for Czecho runners: You HAVE to play as Slovakia. Fighting the Mountainous terrain will slow down the run by a lot.