Confused about Uncompetitive Economy

[Mordland]

I understand that the red/green bars mean reduction/growth. But Im confused about how this impacts uncompetitve economy (UC). If UC is red, wouldn't that make the economy more competitive and therefor increase GDP? Instead it decreases GDP when red and this is where I'm getting confused. I would appreciate any insight, thanks.

[Internet Native😳🖥]

Dont think about it just enable Import Tarrifs and max it out for a few Turns untill it goes away, then put it onto "none"

[spathianon]

If you click on it and right click on GDP under the Effects, a graph will pop up that shows that the higher the uncompetitive economy is, the lower your GDP is. So in plain English: "the more uncompetitive your economy is, the lower your GDP will be". Does it make sense?

I don't know what you are referring to when talking about color, but red and green bubbles on the main screen just denote it's a "situation". The colors often correspond to whether it's good or bad situation, but I find at least gig economy to be situationally good, even if it's colored red.

[Mordland]

Originally posted by spfnym:

If you click on it and right click on GDP under the Effects, a graph will pop up that shows that the higher the uncompetitive economy is, the lower your GDP is. So in plain English: "the more uncompetitive your economy is, the lower your GDP will be". Does it make sense?

I don't know what you are referring to when talking about color, but red and green bubbles on the main screen just denote it's a "situation". The colors often correspond to whether it's good or bad situation, but I find at least gig economy to be situationally good, even if it's colored red.

By red/green i mean the color for causes and effect. Like if productivity is in the red, it means i have lower productivity. But when i click on uncompetitive economy, lower productivity makes the economy more uncompetitive and that makes sense. Your explanation about the situation bubble makes sense though. So because i have negative factors like low production, the bubble becomes red, which is bad. So thank you, that really helps!

[spathianon]

Well, the situations are special in that they have start and stop triggers. They are invisible and don't have any effects until they have reached the start threshold. But it's not enough to get the (for instance) "uncompetitiveness" below the start trigger to stop the uncompetitive economy situation completely; you have to get it below the stop trigger.

I think you just need to right click on different causes and effects in the windows to understand them better. Don't blindly rely on just the main UI; it's a nice shorthand at times, but know also that sometimes for instance a "cause" can at low levels make a situation better but at high levels make it worse. It can be confusing, I admit.