Finances

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I am fairly new to GalCiv and have a question regarding the displayed finances within the game. On the domestic screen I get a full run down of my empires income & expenses. In my current campaign, which I have only just begun, this page tells me that my empire's income minus my expenses equals around +40bc, so I am currently making +40bc profit per turn. However, when I look at the Civilization manager screen, under the 'colonies' tab, each of my planets lists it's individual net income. When I add these figures together it gives me a negative number, suggesting that I am losing money. Clearly I am missing something here as none of the figures I see on the Civilization manager for individual planets seem to correspond with any of the figures I see when I look at the Domestic page.

I definately am pulling in the 40bc/turn, so what do the figures shown for each of my colonies on the Colonization manager mean? And how do they reflect what I am seeing in the Domestic screen?

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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

Those are your tax revenues and immediate planetary expenses.

That does *not* include trade revenues, economic treaties, and tourism - and you will always get some small tourism revenue at a minimum.

So you're being supplemented by Drengin with Hawaian shirts and cameras - {G}

Jonnan

Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

Keep in mind, that list also doesn't include expenses like ship upkeep, either. Check out your domestic policy tab to get a better rundown.

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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

Thanks for your comments.

This is actually my first game of GalCiv, so I'm still learning about the best way to view all the info I need quickly. I seem to be doing ok when I look at the domestic screen, and I apparently have the #1 economy, but the Civilization manager worries me when I see my planets running at a loss. This presumably is connected with my low population count on those colonies- in which case is it safe for me to presume that their income should gradually increase as their population count goes up?

Thoroughly involving game by the way. I've had a few too many late nights the past week.

Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

This presumably is connected with my low population count on those colonies- in which case is it safe for me to presume that their income should gradually increase as their population count goes up?
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Yes.

And if you run at 100% approval (planet-by-planet basis, not civ-wide) they'll get a +100% growth rate bonus.  (75%+ approval gives them a +25% growth rate bonus.)

Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top

the other thing to remember is not to put taxes too low so that your colonies arent making a profit, if you leave the difference between positive and negative to the situation with other races your walking along a tightrope...

the colonies tab is useful to look at where your losing most taxes and where you can increase revenue with banks etc. so dont neglect it completely!