Several Questions

[Dante]

I have nearly 400 hours and i have some questions.

1)In the gross national happiness tab, there are 'national wealth' and 'purchasing power'. What are the distinctions between them and how are they calculated?
My gdp rises like hell and i am in top 5 economies, gdp per capita is one of the best, inflation is low, growth is stable and organic (i don't use trade agreements) and pay checks are rather high and increased. Also, taxes are kind of low but even when i lower them more, purchasing power does not seem to be increasing and 'national wealth' under gross national happiness tab is always getting worse. I really cant fully comprehend the way they work. I want to know if they are 'highly' changable or just a bit.

2)In the previous versions of the game, many countries supplied and worked with terrorists, some of them tried to produce chemical and nuclear weapons and i get to have these informations with my secret service, it was fun. But with the lates update, almost every country plays so passively, there are not any scandals. Only 1 maybe 2. I want them to act more aggresively in those ways, how can i manage that? I cant force them with my playing, i dont wanna use godnspy and i think difficulty level is not affecting the thing that i want, any suggestions?

3)What is the best way to build 'new' highways without considered as 'waste of public fund' ?

4)What is the main contributiton of space researchs? Are they contributing to our science resarch for discovering technologies faster? i guess not, i want to know about the advantages, i hope there are some good ones rather than gaining popularity which means nothing after some point.

These are my questions for now but i have many others. I will add them in the near future. Thank you all, have a nice evening.

[Infernator]

The highway not being a waste according to AMN needs to be built between cities with at least a million in population (both cities has to have a million people).

The Space research gives you political status with other countries i believe.

[Dante]

Hımm the highway thing kinda makes sense. Space resarch seems to be a bit waste tho, but its fun nevertheless. Thank you for your reply, waiting for answers on 1 and 2 as well ^^

[Dante]

No one knows? :(

[Dante]

Originally posted by AMN:

Originally posted by Δ | Dante:

I have nearly 400 hours and i have some questions.

1)In the gross national happiness tab, there are 'national wealth' and 'purchasing power'. What are the distinctions between them and how are they calculated?
My gdp rises like hell and i am in top 5 economies, gdp per capita is one of the best, inflation is low, growth is stable and organic (i don't use trade agreements) and pay checks are rather high and increased. Also, taxes are kind of low but even when i lower them more, purchasing power does not seem to be increasing and 'national wealth' under gross national happiness tab is always getting worse. I really cant fully comprehend the way they work. I want to know if they are 'highly' changable or just a bit.

2)In the previous versions of the game, many countries supplied and worked with terrorists, some of them tried to produce chemical and nuclear weapons and i get to have these informations with my secret service, it was fun. But with the lates update, almost every country plays so passively, there are not any scandals. Only 1 maybe 2. I want them to act more aggresively in those ways, how can i manage that? I cant force them with my playing, i dont wanna use godnspy and i think difficulty level is not affecting the thing that i want, any suggestions?

3)What is the best way to build 'new' highways without considered as 'waste of public fund' ?

4)What is the main contributiton of space researchs? Are they contributing to our science resarch for discovering technologies faster? i guess not, i want to know about the advantages, i hope there are some good ones rather than gaining popularity which means nothing after some point.

These are my questions for now but i have many others. I will add them in the near future. Thank you all, have a nice evening.

1. Gross National Happiness is based on how youre country is developing, a well developed country never stops getting better, unless theres some sort of crisis, small or big (economically, military, discontent, food, education, health). Even a scandal (big or small) can bring you're GNH down. Point is that you're country always needs to be in development in order to gain more points in the GNH. For example, always expand health, education, purchase power, environment, national wealth, human rights and employment.
If you don't, then you won't get anything and you might fall on the list cause you have been too inactive.

2. I think it's become more realistic, i mean.. Theres always terrorist attacks in almost all big countries but you won't hear about it before it's international news. Some attacks are hostage taking and some are threats and smaller assults. Gameplay generally got a lot smoother after the 2018 dlc, imo.

3. Infernator is correct. I always build a highway to the west, south, east and north. As far as possible, if there is a city nearby a border, thats a perfect ending.

4. Space research gives growth and influence, over time. It can make relations with other countries great. It's mostly for diplomacy i feel, but i think you can gain a lot of money by asking to participate with youre tech for a nice sum of money. I haven't tried it that way yet, but that should be possible if im not mistaken. So the better space tech you got, the bigger chance that you can gain a lot of money.

Hope this helped. :p

Thank you very much, you’ve helped a lot. When i improve health, education, economy etc. constantly, everything gets better except national wealth and there is no crisis. If you are not one of the g7 countries, case is mostly same. Purchasing power seems more improvable.

About the space resarch, i did not fully understand how can we make money out of it. I will try to learn more about space things. Anyone found extraterrestial life? Seems like no one actually get that achievement.

[Dante]

well that is very clever, i'll try that immedieatly.

About wealth, i am obsessed with its mechanics. My growth was %1.7 and i increased it to %4.8 with %1 inflation, it stayed that way for 2-3 years and my gdp grew with it but it stayed as 'sad smiley face'.

[Rakeela]

If your economy has been doing well and you haven't been making too many public appearances, try using "publicize a movement" on an economic activity to extract some reputational gains from wealth in those areas.

[Infernator]

Originally posted by Δ | Dante:

well that is very clever, i'll try that immedieatly.

About wealth, i am obsessed with its mechanics. My growth was %1.7 and i increased it to %4.8 with %1 inflation, it stayed that way for 2-3 years and my gdp grew with it but it stayed as 'sad smiley face'.

Gotta increase all salaries and minimum wage, build roads, trams, highways, increase stars in sectors.