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Basics Government H Land 300 Tax Rate 35% Net Income $35,900 Net Food -191 Money $1,100,000 Food 14 Oil 0 Turns 4 Turns Played 99 Turns Stored 0	Technology Military 100% Medical 100% Business 100% Residential 100% Agricultural 100% Warfare 0.2% Military Strategy 100% Weapons 100% Industrial 100% Spy 100% SDI 1%
Structures BPT 36 Enterprise Zones 0 Residences 200 Industrial Complexes 0 Military Bases 0 Research Labs 0 Farms 0 Oil Rigs 0 Unused 71	Military Spies 0 Troops 0 Jets 0 Turrets 0 Tanks 0 Readiness 100% Nuclear Missiles 0 Chemical Missiles 0 Cruise Missiles 0

Your income is population x pci. Obviously residences increase your population and enterprise increase your pci. By only building residences your income is lower than it would be going closer to 50/50.

A very simple example would be using the formula above population x pci, and building ten units you would have this effect.

10 x 1 = 10
5 x 5 = 25

is that dantzig's cash start, or did you make it up on your own?

In my cash start, I recommended always building ent:res in about a 10:9 ratio. I've seen others recommend a 11:10 ratio but they're both close enough for me. In an attempt to keep my start simple, I left out one small detail that is likely insignificant. When building my first 100-140 acres (depending when I log in), I build 100% ent zones and CS until a little over half of my land is built then I start building res.

I'm probably not doing an H cash start this round but next time I do, I'll post a snapshot of what it looks like at turn 99.

A proper cash start is concerned about pop and PCI growth, not the 1:1 ratio. You can always fix your ratio later.

Yeah, I guess I just don't know enough about how those mechanics work to best exploit them. I used to use the R casher start that was posted on the wiki until someone removed it. It involved changing tax rates and building different ratios of buildings each turn but seemed to work very well.

Same here. I've seen people manage their population growth by constantly changing their tax rate. Way too much work. I'm not sure what slagpit is alluding to.

I believe your PCI changes instantly and your population obviously does not, so I almost wonder if it's more beneficial to hit the enterprise zones harder at first.

That is not the case.

That wouldn't surprise me. That's why I worded it that way.

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Basics Government H Land 2,000 Tax Rate 35% Net Income $396,000 Net Food -1,240 Money $5,200,000 Food 7,500 Oil 0 Turns 252 Turns Played 211 Turns Stored 120	Technology Military 100% Medical 100% Business 100% Residential 100% Agricultural 100% Warfare 0.2% Military Strategy 100% Weapons 100% Industrial 100% Spy 100% SDI 1%
Structures BPT 50 Enterprise Zones 900 Residences 900 Industrial Complexes 0 Military Bases 0 Research Labs 0 Farms 0 Oil Rigs 0 Unused 40	Military Spies 0 Troops 0 Jets 0 Turrets 0 Tanks 0 Readiness 100% Nuclear Missiles 0 Chemical Missiles 0 Cruise Missiles 0

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Basics Government H Land 6,000 Tax Rate 35% Net Income $949,000 Net Food -2,790 Money $32,000,000 Food 39,000 Oil 0 Turns 121 Turns Played 436 Turns Stored 73	Technology Military 96% Medical 100% Business 106.06% Residential 109.37% Agricultural 100% Warfare 0.2% Military Strategy 100% Weapons 100% Industrial 100% Spy 100% SDI 1%
Structures BPT 49 Enterprise Zones 1,000 Residences 1,000 Industrial Complexes 0 Military Bases 0 Research Labs 0 Farms 0 Oil Rigs 0 Unused 2,800	Military Spies 0 Troops 0 Jets 0 Turrets 0 Tanks 0 Readiness 100% Nuclear Missiles 0 Chemical Missiles 0 Cruise Missiles 0

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Basics Government H Land 10,000 Tax Rate 35% Net Income $1,470,000 Net Food -3,930 Money $390,000,000 Food 0 Oil 0 Turns 16 Turns Played 768 Turns Stored 0	Technology Military 97.69% Medical 100% Business 103.22% Residential 105.07% Agricultural 100% Warfare 0.2% Military Strategy 100% Weapons 100% Industrial 100% Spy 100% SDI 1%
Structures BPT 50 Enterprise Zones 3,000 Residences 3,000 Industrial Complexes 0 Military Bases 0 Research Labs 0 Farms 0 Oil Rigs 0 Unused 5,300	Military Spies 0 Troops 0 Jets 0 Turrets 0 Tanks 0 Readiness 100% Nuclear Missiles 0 Chemical Missiles 0 Cruise Missiles 0