Background: Eutopian budget
The following is an overview of Eutopia's starting budget (Terms 1 through 3); it will be affected by game events and player decisions in coming terms. It's mostly intended to give us something to work with in-game, not as a highly detailed breakdown that would hold up to close scrutiny. The numbers are intentionally schematic to keep things simple and straightforward. I've arrived at the numbers by basically taking BusterBunny's old (E1) budget as a starting point, adding some stuff others have done since (such as Silent Eagle and Barkeep49), throwing data from some other countries into the mix (mostly the UK, Germany and Canada), adding or removing items to take into account the specifics of Eutopia's situation, and, most importantly, making lots of arbitrary decisions.
The budget is not set in stone, so if any item strikes you as particularly unrealistic or if there are any glaring oversights, please feel free to comment and make alternative suggestions.
All numbers are in billion ducats (1 ducat = 1 US $ = 1 Euro).
* privately operated sectors; government spending involves chiefly regulation and infrastructure provision/ maintenance
** National government: 25.5, aggregate expenditure by Latin provinces: 10.5; national government expenditure on schools and kindergartens (for Northern provinces only): 11, aggregate school and kindergarten expenditure by Latin provinces: 9
*** National government: 0.5; aggregate expenditure by Latin provinces: 1
^ Interest on Eutopia's national debt is currently 14b, so this represents interest payments only, not payments of the actual debt
^^ Health care premiums are paid to the state, not to Medicure
^^^ National debt only; autonomous provincial governments are required to produce balanced budgets
''' Individuals not participating in the paid labour market (not employed/ self-employed or looking for employment), such as stay at home parents, homemakers or others not holding a paid job; those individuals do not normally receive unemployment benefits or social aid
The following is an overview of Eutopia's starting budget (Terms 1 through 3); it will be affected by game events and player decisions in coming terms. It's mostly intended to give us something to work with in-game, not as a highly detailed breakdown that would hold up to close scrutiny. The numbers are intentionally schematic to keep things simple and straightforward. I've arrived at the numbers by basically taking BusterBunny's old (E1) budget as a starting point, adding some stuff others have done since (such as Silent Eagle and Barkeep49), throwing data from some other countries into the mix (mostly the UK, Germany and Canada), adding or removing items to take into account the specifics of Eutopia's situation, and, most importantly, making lots of arbitrary decisions.
The budget is not set in stone, so if any item strikes you as particularly unrealistic or if there are any glaring oversights, please feel free to comment and make alternative suggestions.
All numbers are in billion ducats (1 ducat = 1 US $ = 1 Euro).
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[color=white][b][u]Expenditure[/u][/b]
Defense 14
– incl. subsidies for NDTech 2
International Affairs 1
Industry, Trade, Commerce 6
– subsidies for Maritcon 2.5
Regional Development 2
International Aid 1
Transport (domestic and international) 2*
Public works and utilities (water, sewers, dams etc.) 2.5*
Postal service 0.5*
Navigation and shipping 0.5*
Energy 2*
Natural resources and mining 3.0
– subsidies for Recom 2.5
Forestry and fisheries 0.5*
Agriculture 5
– farm subsidies 4
Law enforcement and administration of justice 7.5
Coast Guard and customs 1.5
Immigration and citizenship 0.5
Environment 1.5
Health 29
- subsidies for Medicure 26
Social insurance 13
- subsidies for Omnicare 12
Labour and welfare 30
- unemployment benefits 19
- social aid 3
– pension fund contributions 7
Family and youth 6
– child benefits 4
Education 36**
- schools and kindergartens 22
- universities and colleges 13
Language, culture and communities 1.5***
Communication and media 1
Sports 1.5
Science and technology 1.5
National parks 0.5
General administration 1
Debt service 14^
[b]Total expenditure 186[/b]
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[b][u]Revenue[/b][/u]
Income tax 76
Corporate profit tax 15
Indirect business tax and non-tax accruals 46
Health care premiums 13^^
Interest 7
Natural resources and mining 21
[b]Total revenue 178[/b]
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[b][u]Current debt[/b][/u] 360^^^[/color]
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[color=white][b][u]Relevant Demographics[/u][/b] (numbers in million)
Underage 6.2
- pre-kindergarten age (0-3) 1.3
- kindergarten age (4-5) 0.7
- school age (6-17) 4.2
College/ university students 0.7
Non-Labour 3.4'''
Labour force 11.3
- employed 8.1
- self-employed 1.9
- unemployment benefit recipients 1.0
- social aid recipients (non-retired) 0.3
Retired 5.5
[b]Total population 27.1[/b][/color]* privately operated sectors; government spending involves chiefly regulation and infrastructure provision/ maintenance
** National government: 25.5, aggregate expenditure by Latin provinces: 10.5; national government expenditure on schools and kindergartens (for Northern provinces only): 11, aggregate school and kindergarten expenditure by Latin provinces: 9
*** National government: 0.5; aggregate expenditure by Latin provinces: 1
^ Interest on Eutopia's national debt is currently 14b, so this represents interest payments only, not payments of the actual debt
^^ Health care premiums are paid to the state, not to Medicure
^^^ National debt only; autonomous provincial governments are required to produce balanced budgets
''' Individuals not participating in the paid labour market (not employed/ self-employed or looking for employment), such as stay at home parents, homemakers or others not holding a paid job; those individuals do not normally receive unemployment benefits or social aid
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