State bonds - the most mysterious form of income

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Ah, the mysterious state bonds!

According to the Vicky Wiki, when capitalists have excess money and are unable to build any railroads or factories they will start to buy state bonds. But how does state bonds income actually work?

1) Under what conditions do capitalists buy state bonds? Both in liberal and socialist economies? Only when all other options of spending money is taken? Is it possible to 'boost' the chances?

2) How much income can state bonds actually amount to? The most i have gotten i think i 0,3, not very usefull :-(

3) Apparently state bonds income can also decrease, what factors causes this? high taxation and tariffs on capilitalists?

4) Finally the important question: Can the income from statebonds ever outweigh the income from just plain taxing the capitalists? Does state bonds have any practical value at all?

I hope someone can shed some light on this

 

[Spacehusky]

I have never received more than fractions of a pound per day in income with state bonds. It seems like it may have been a feature that wasn't fully implemented.

 

[Orm]

I have never received more than fractions of a pound per day in income with state bonds. It seems like it may have been a feature that wasn't fully implemented.

In the earliest versions of Vicky (non Revolutions) the income from state bonds could be quite substantial. For some reason it was changed.

 

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So the conclusion is that it is a badly implemented and utterly useless feature that i best ignore?

 

[EUnderhill]

So the conclusion is that it is a badly implemented and utterly useless feature that i best ignore?

pretty useless, but not utterly useless

 

[Eärendil]

The income from state bonds is reduced with 50% on January 1 each year, so it's hard to make much income from it. The most I've had is a few £ i think.

 

[Pal]

I was recently playing with UK in Ricky+VIP, and while my budget was negative I was gaining a thousand pounds every few months. I was pretty sure that was due to state bonds, as my capitalists didn't invest much in infrastructure (railroads maxed at lvl 1)...

But now you're saying state bonds only net some fractions of a pound in the budget window? What was I getting then?

 

[Orm]

I was recently playing with UK in Ricky+VIP, and while my budget was negative I was gaining a thousand pounds every few months. I was pretty sure that was due to state bonds, as my capitalists didn't invest much in infrastructure (railroads maxed at lvl 1)...

But now you're saying state bonds only net some fractions of a pound in the budget window? What was I getting then?

War indemnities?

 

[Dysken]

Personally I would prefer if they reduced the interest on debt that would make more sense too IMO.

 

[Searry]

Once i had a subsidized economy with 20% taxes on poor and middle classes, capitalists started buying a big number of state bonds, while the economy was still booming at an evergrowing speed.