@shohoku201:
If Japan attacks on J1, how much does US start off with on US1? is it 17 or 57? I would assume they start off with 17 and at the end of US1 during the collect income phase they collect 57 (if they did not lose any tt).
The US would still start with only 17. If war is declared on the second turn, the US STILL wouldn’t have the bonus 40 available to spend until the buy phase of the 3rd turn. Think of it as the time it takes for the US to effectively mobilize itself after the sneak attack.
National objectives work the same way. You don’t collect extra money at the start of the game for any objectives you happen to be making at the start of the game. For example, in AA50, at setup the US doesn’t get extra dough because she controls philipines, central USA, blah de blah de blah. Objectives only kick in at the collect income phase at the end of a turn, not at beginning of game.