.TH Command POWER
.SY "power [new]"
The power report provides one view of national strengths.
It can be particularly helpful in planning defense strategies
and treaty voting.
.s3
If the optional \*Qnew\*U argument is given,
the program will take several minutes to gather information
and generate a power report based on that up-to-date information.
This costs several BTU's (typically 10).
.s3
If the optional \*Qnew\*U argument is not given,
the program will shown you the report generated
the last time someone asked for new data.
.s3
In the power report the countries are listed
in order of decreasing \*Qpower factor\*U,
each being represented by a line in the following format:
.s3
.NF
sects eff civ mil shell gun pln iron dust gold food oil ship money
  a    b   c   d    e    f   g    h    i    j    k   l    m    n
.FI

Each column represents a different commodity or aspect for that country.
The columns and values used in computing the \*Qpower factor\*U are:
.NF
a       # of sectors
b       average sector efficiency
c       # of civilians
d       # of military
e       # of shells
f       # of guns
g       # of planes
h       tons of iron ore
i       tons of gold dust
j       # of gold bars
k       tons of food
l       tanks of oil
m       # of ships
mm      tons of ships (not displayed)
n       # of dollars
oo	units of light construction materials (not displayed)
pp	units of heavy construction materials (not displayed)
qq	megatons of nuclear weaponry (not displayed)
.FI
.s3
The \*Qpower factor\*U is determined by the following equation:
.s3
.NF
power factor = n / 100
               + (c + d + e + h + i + k + l + mm + oo) / 10
               + pp / 5
               + (f + a * b) / 3
               + g + m + j
               + a * 3
               + qq * 100
.FI
.s3
See also : census, nation
