Budget Guide

    In your national forum, you should have a thread that has  a year for its name. This is your budget. If you don't have any such thread,  please notify the Arch Avatar as soon as possible. In this guide, we will define  every term in your budget so you exactly what you are doing. Click on the links  below to read more about each section of the budget.

Basic Data

Financial Data

Budget

Basic Data:

GDP your Gross Domestic Product is basically how much your country is  worth. Most of the money from your budget comes from your GDP.

GDP Growth Rate: the % by which your GDP grows or shrinks in one year.

Total Population: how many people live in your country.

Happiness: the quality of life rating in your country. This rating is  calculated by the Avatars and when they calculate it, they take the following  into consideration:

Poverty Government Responsiveness Stability Safety Job Opportunity Education Quality Healthcare Quality

Loyalty: is how much the people approve of your leadership. This  rating is calculated by the Avatars and when they calculate it, they take the  following into consideration:

Unemployment rating Crime/Corruption rating Tax rate Gov't Quality GDP Growth Active leadership Domestic improvements Foreign achievements Failures Unpopular decisions

Poverty: the percentage of your population that lives below the  poverty line.

Crime/Corruption: how prevalent crime and corruption are in your  country and government.

Unemployment: the percentage of your workforce that doesn't have a  job.

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Financial Data

Tax Rate: this is the percentage of your GDP that you collect in tax  revenues. You decide this rate.

Tax Income: this is your tax rate  multiplied by your GDP. This is the amount of money you get off of taxes and is  most likely your main source of revenue.

Foreign Aid Income: if you  have a weaker nation, you may have a stronger ally who is willing to give you  money to help you develop.

Military Sales Income: if you sold military  units during the last game year, this is the revenue you collect from those  sales.

Total Spending: self-defined.

Budget Balance: is your  Tax Income +Foreign Aid Income + Military Sales Income - Total spending.

Surplus (Natl. Debt if Negative): if you had a positive balance in your last  budget, you have a surplus here that can be spent. If the balance was negative,  this is a debt.

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Budget

Economic Growth: these are direct government investments in the  economy that can include business subsidies, tax refunds, public works projects  and the like. Paying money here can only help your economy, but it isn't the  only factor that contributes to economic growth.

Public Services: these include police, firefighters, emergency medical  personnel, and other essential services that the government provides.

Social Services: these include health care, education, and workforce  training costs.

Justice/Government: these are the costs of maintaining your  government's infrastructure.

Military Upkeep: the costs of maintaining your military. This is  automatically calculated by the Avatars and included in your spending. You can  not spend more or less than what the Avatars have calculated for you.

Military Purchases: the amount of money spent for buying new military  items. When buying military items, always specify what you are buying and how  much of it you are buying.

Military Research: this goes into researching for weapons upgrades to  make your forces deadlier. Be sure to specify what exactly you want to research.  Although not required, it also helps if you can provide the name of an arms  manufacturer whose advanced technology you are interested in getting.

Space Research: the vast majority of countries have no place doing  this. But if you have a rich and powerful country, you may want to invest in  sending men or satellites into outer space.

Espionage: invests in spying on other countries (if you specify who  you want to spy on and what to look for, like weapons purchases). This can also  go towards counter-espionage--keeping foreign spies out of your country.

Foreign Aid: this is money that can go towards helping your allies  financially. You can either specify what amount you want to go to what country  right in your budget, or you can wait and specify that stuff later at your own  pace.

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