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The main issue im having right now is my bank account. And it all starts with my production.

First its out of stock. And occasionally i had full stock, but i resolved that with a warehouse. But for out of stock i dont know what to do. I increased my budget which seems to help, but then exporting seems to be an issue. Like i get i cant export if im out of stock, but some items dont have that and my exporting time is still slow if anything at all. I doubt a trading route is supposed to last for years.

I try to build what would help, but missions tend to get in the way. Like i had one mission to build a tavern 3x. Ok easy enough lets do it. I got a sugar plantation but thats not send to produce anything. I have a rum production but thats always out of stock, but i never see any issue with my taverns.

I tried to get steal so i can make weapons, but by the time i was done with that, i had no money left. By the time i do have money (which i have yet to make it past 20k), i have another quest to build something else. At one point, i had a quest to build a fishing area, but i declined that because i was out of money.

I managed to build an embassy so i could request aid, but im more focused on making any money, so i just export what i think i can, but always takes forever. I had a quest to import, which i rarely do, but the only one available for that specific quest was $17k and now im stuck in the negative. The freights come in no more than 20k and now its at 17k. I get financial aid, which was helping at first but since the import, it helps little. What am i doing wrong?

Im very outraged !!!! 😡😡😡😡 (shout out mei mei, very nice cat)

Opinions?

When life imitates art or something like that.
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Hi all,

I keep getting import requests from the superpowers, and that -5 affinity modifier means I can't reject them endlessly. However, I also can't afford to import stuff every time I get a request for it because it's early in the game and my economy is constantly living on the edge, so I figured I'd try to import whichever ware causes the lowest possible loss for me.

However, I can't figure out what the cost of something actually is. Using coal as an example, there are three variables I assume I need to care about:

- Standard Cost per 1K units
- Route Cost per 1K units
- Total extra charge

I expect standard cost is what I pay for 1K units, meaning that the lowest possible import at 1800 units would come out to $4,320. The $1,728 is the +40% deviation, so I will pay a total of $6,048 for the coal.

But what is Route Cost, and how is it added? Is it per unit, or per 1K units? Will importing 1800 units add a route cost of $6,048 (3360x1.8), or will it add $6720 (3360x2)?

The Final Milestone: Successfully reached a population of 10,040 with an unemployment rate of 0.40% (40 unemployed citizens) and only 15 homeless families remaining.

Execution Strategy: Built out enough housing capacity and job infrastructure to cover the ~1,000 population gap. Once the space and vacancies were ready, hired over 1,000 foreign workers to instantly fill the open positions and hit the target.

Islands Limits & Potential: While pushing to 11k or 12k seems technically viable with this method, the island is pretty much fully developed, so 10k was the perfect stopping point.

Takeaways for Future Runs: Pushing past 9,000 population relies heavily on brute-forcing foreign worker hires rather than organic growth. Moving forward, 9,000 population feels like the ideal sweet spot for natural gameplay.

Next Steps: Planning to explore some DLCs in future playthroughs once I get a chance to pick them up!