Cash, GDP and Growth

Cash

The amount of cash that your country can spend is found in the field:

double availiableToSpend;

This updated at the end of every year as a percentage of your GDP. Currently this is set at 0.5% (See Pew Environment ). Cash persists between years and sessions, so any new calculated cash will be added to current reserves.

GDP

The GDP can be found in the field

double GDP;

The gross domestic product of the country is increased or decreased by the countries GDP Rate. GDP is used to determine the amount of cash a country is given each year.

GDP is updated each year from the GDP rate and is initially a value found in the 1998 data of countries.

GDP Growth Rate

GDP growth rate is found in the field:

double GDPRate;

GDP growth is determined by the percentage difference in this years energy output and the previous years output. To get a continuous GDP growth rate, you must invest in industry.

GDP growth is also residual. Growth will tend to ramp up and ramp down over a number of years. However, negative GDP growth will take an instant effect. This is caused by reducing industry.

The effect of increasing your industry is effected by a scaler called market state factor.

Market State Factor

Market state factor is a randomly controlled scaler which changes the effectiveness of industry investment.

The global market can be Growth, Stable or Recession.