When you start a game, the budget goes wild, the National Stockpile jumps from 30 etc. to nearly 100. The taxes you get jump around widly also. Im trying to sort it all out, and for it carries on into my gameplay, just constantly jumpy budget which affects population etc everything, and I keep taking loans cant get a profit, move down ranking, so get rid of military for money, soon the negatives comes again and a gradual slip down, it makes this game impossible, can anyone please help!