Игрок 8671·Не рекомендует·146 ч в игре

Debt has almost no real consequences, and it breaks the entire economic challenge I really enjoy the idea behind Democracy 4, but after playing a very difficult Somalia campaign I discovered something that made the economic side of the game almost meaningless for me. I started with an enormous national debt and initially treated it as a serious problem. I spent multiple terms trying to manage the economy responsibly. I introduced new taxes, expanded the tax base, improved GDP, technology and productivity, reduced poverty and unemployment, and carefully balanced government spending. Eventually I managed to get the primary budget almost perfectly balanced. Government revenue was around 13B per quarter and non-interest government spending was also around 13B. The problem was the accumulated debt. Debt reached more than 10 trillion, Debt/GDP was around 3,500–4,000%, and more than 90% of all government expenditure was debt interest. Interest alone was over 130B per quarter. At that point I realized something: why am I even trying to balance the budget? So I tested the opposite strategy. I abolished my biggest tax (Income Tax) and massively increased public services. Healthcare, education, infrastructure and other programs were greatly expanded. The result: Government income: 3.87B Government expenditure: 179.28B Quarterly deficit: 175.41B National debt: 12.31 trillion Debt/GDP: 4,689% Credit rating: C Government borrowing was financing 97.8% of the budget. And what happened politically? I won the next election with 85.7% of the vote. GDP was high, healthcare and education were excellent, unemployment was extremely low, and crime and poverty were almost eliminated. This exposes what I think is a major problem with the game's economic simulation: there is no meaningful borrowing constraint. Once you reach the lowest credit rating, debt can apparently continue increasing almost indefinitely. Interest costs explode, but that doesn't really matter because you can simply borrow more money to pay the interest on the previous borrowing. The bond market never seems to say: “We are no longer willing to finance this government.” There is no meaningful sovereign default, inability to issue new debt, forced restructuring, emergency austerity, or hard borrowing limit. That creates a perverse optimal strategy: Lower taxes → maximize public services → finance everything with debt → keep voters happy → win elections → ignore the debt. Ironically, trying to manage the country's finances responsibly made the game significantly harder than simply abandoning fiscal discipline completely. I don't expect Democracy 4 to be a perfect macroeconomic simulator, but there needs to be a point where excessive borrowing creates a real constraint on government spending, rather than just making the debt number and interest payments larger. Otherwise one of the most important trade-offs in a political management game — “How do I pay for the things voters want?” — effectively disappears. I really like many parts of Democracy 4, which is exactly why this was disappointing. Once I discovered that I could effectively finance an extremely generous government indefinitely through borrowing and still win elections comfortably, the economic challenge largely disappeared for me.

Игрок 6786·Рекомендует·7 ч в игре

Descobri que governar é basicamente escolher qual grupo da população vai me odiar esta semana. Aumento imposto: empresários me odeiam. Reduzo imposto: pobres me odeiam. Invisto em saúde: alguém reclama do gasto. Corto gasto: todo mundo reclama. Não quero mais ser presidente.

Игрок 7490·Рекомендует·35 ч в игре

me play spain cuz why not start: everyones religious CRISIS: ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR i make more ids but the liberals get pissed i try to secularize education to please the liberals but the church gets pissed i try to save cash on pensions but the retired get pissed get outvoted in a landslide game over FUN

Игрок 9222·Рекомендует·96 ч в игре

Nie jest to gra z najwyższej półki, jednak jak na tą cenę jest okey. Nie jest to gra zachwycająca, ale wciągająca na kilkadziesiąt godzin. Gra jest już nudząca, gdy rozgryzie się jak wygrywać każde wybory. Rozbudowany warsztat steam i społeczność dodają kilka naprawdę parę scieżek a DLC są warte dokupienia, ale nie jest to gra na tysiące godzin.

Игрок 4984·Рекомендует·25 ч в игре

Ya oyunda sadece çubuğun üzerindeki bir noktayı kaydırıyosun ama çokta eğlenceli be kardeşim -Bu benim garip bi adam olmamdan da kaynaklanıyor olabilir-. Bence iyi bı indirim yakalanırsa mutlaka alınması gereken bir oyun.

Игрок 9208·Не рекомендует·11 ч в игре

Entweder habe ich das Spiel nicht verstanden, oder aber, es hat trotz der DLCs, welche ich besitze, viel zu wenig Inhalt. Zu wenig Möglichkeiten, zu wenig Tiefe. Es hat mir sehr schnell keinen Spass mehr gemacht. Für den Preis-einfach von allem zu wenig. Ich habe es im Sale gekauft, und bereue es sehr. Mir ist es zu langweilig.

Игрок 9389·Рекомендует·17 ч в игре

It's a bit overpriced for $25 because it's basically a couple dozen spreadsheets and data graphs bolted together, but it is cool how it visualizes how everything is so intertwined, like how health can improve GDP long-term for example.

Игрок 3713·Рекомендует·8 ч в игре

по сравнению с Демократией 3 всё стало чуть сложнее, но как релакс-игра подходит. Берёшь спокойную Канаду и превращаешь её из совка в страну с частной медициной и образованием. и на душе радостно