I have to agree -- I'm at level 18, and the army hs completely dwarfed the internal economy in terms of production: all that matters is getting the balance between Worlds (for food/wood/etc.) and Maps (for gems) right to keep progressing, and I'm about 4 worlds behind on Co-ordination while still sweeping through things like no-one's business. I look forward to 1.0 very much.
I echo the comments about enjoying the solar upgrade -- it feels a lot more like "mining" rather than "plummeting" when you have to think, at least for the first half, about how you're getting back up.