what are ways of reducing PCI to zero?

running enough turns with 0% tax (and that eventually leads to dead country), if low pop then less turns are needed to reach 0 pci at 0% tax.

inquiring mind wants to know why are you asking?

You can also run out of food or money many many many turns in a row, which should also drop PCI. I'm actually not sure on this one, since I don't typically ever run out of food or money.

Reducing PCI to 0 isn't something any country would normally do (PCI = 0 is the same as self-deletion), since dropping land to 0 is faster.

i don't think running out of money/bushels drops pci, my techers have run out of bushels many times but income has stayed same or increased after buying bushels and teching more.

Well, if running out of food/money doesn't drop your PCI, then surely changing governments lots of times in a row should do it! Doesn't even cost a turn!

running out of food OR bushels drops your PCI.

and it takes about 1250 turns to be constantly out of food or cash to get yourself killed

Your country was destroyed because its pci reached zero.

my 1337 post btw :P

that's pretty useless then =P

i'm asking, cuz there are presumably 3 ways to kill a country, but PCI death is near impossible, so that's kinda like one less aspect for wargainers to play with. if it was made easier to kill using PCI, that would probably give people a new dimension to defend against.

pci death is quite impossible unless player accidentally runs enuf turns when on low pop and tax is 0%.