it's been a while. i used to exclusively play cosmonaut mode since it's super fun to do all the construction logistics and i love coming into a fucked up post-WW2 map and just slowly methodically building an economic powerhouse and improving everyone's lives.
i need a refresher if anyone has a good link to one. since you can't build anything i can't build the "starter zone" next to customs and i have no idea how to get rolling.
Don't have a guide, but last time I played there were some starter "buildings" you can place instant and for free. One of them should be a construction office. But there's also free logistics, some storages, and gas station. Connect them with dirt road, buy vehicles. That should be everything you need to start building. If map is empty you have to get workers from customs too.