                               Concept : Money

 Money exists in Empire to place a limit on the number  of  troops,  hardware,
and final goods that a given nation can construct and/or maintain.

Empire nations spend money paying both active duty and  reserve  military,  on
construction,  repair,  and  maintenance of units such as planes and ships, on
construction and repair of sectors, and through  production  of  final  goods.
Empire  nations  collect  money generated by the civilian populace modified by
efficiency of the sector they inhabit, and the national education level.

Empire nations may also use money as a medium of exchange, purchasing  surplus
goods  and units from other nations.  Enterprising nations with extra cash may
make loans to more destitute but credit-worthy nations, being assured that  as
long  as  the  borrower  remains  friendly  and  has the cash the loan will be
repaid.

Empire military cost (in general) about ten times as much as a  civilian  pays
in  taxes.   Each  civilian  in  the military reserve requires around the same
amount of money collected from one civilian.  Note that, all else being equal,
it  takes  ten civilians to keep one soldier in the field, and that a civilian

                               Concept : Money

in the reserves effectively does not contribute to the tax base.

See also : units, loans, products.

