What exactly determines the tax base listed in the economy managment window? The total base tax of provinces does not correspond to this number. The actual tax income from provinces does not correspond. The base tax+nonpercentage modifiers to tax (like the +2 capital city bonus) does not correspond, save for smaller countries, in which case it actually does. What's the deal?
Tax base?
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As I understand it the tax base represents how rich the actual land is. For example, Roma is an exctremely rich city/ province, and thus has a significantly higher tax base than say... any hungarian province. That is because the land itself is inherrintly richer, and will always be so.
You can modify this base income by adding temples, constables, and such. This is you building up the land, making it richer.
Conversely, if you loot the province or burn it, you will be making less money because, while inherrintly rich, you have destroyed what you were taxing.
The tax income is modified by many things. Stability, ideas, advisors, tech (I think) and buildings.
The tax is also separate from production, which makes it's own money, and trade which is obviously different in the interface. I do not understand production much yet, other than that late game it gets huge, and trade is a whole other animal. The provinces will list the trade and production income when you look at them.
You can modify this base income by adding temples, constables, and such. This is you building up the land, making it richer.
Conversely, if you loot the province or burn it, you will be making less money because, while inherrintly rich, you have destroyed what you were taxing.
The tax income is modified by many things. Stability, ideas, advisors, tech (I think) and buildings.
The tax is also separate from production, which makes it's own money, and trade which is obviously different in the interface. I do not understand production much yet, other than that late game it gets huge, and trade is a whole other animal. The provinces will list the trade and production income when you look at them.
I made a quick calculation in my Aztec game. It has 36 base tax at start. Sum of provinces tax is 33. 35 with capital bonus. It starts with 1 temple in Mexico: 33+2+1=36
I guess it would work for other countries. You should probably add later on others +tax buildings; not sure about constable thoughas it's a modifier rather than a flat +tax.
I guess it would work for other countries. You should probably add later on others +tax buildings; not sure about constable thoughas it's a modifier rather than a flat +tax.
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A little off topic for the game, but an interesting take on your explanation.
Tax base on econ screen=sum of the following:
Your total base tax from provinces+2
your total number of temples
5*your total number of stock markets
plus 1/2 the tax base of your vassals (but not PU juniors) calculated as above
(I'm not positive but I think you also get 1/2 the tax base of your colonial nation subjects)
constables and other +% have no effect, only things that add +number
Your total base tax from provinces+2
your total number of temples
5*your total number of stock markets
plus 1/2 the tax base of your vassals (but not PU juniors) calculated as above
(I'm not positive but I think you also get 1/2 the tax base of your colonial nation subjects)
constables and other +% have no effect, only things that add +number
I'd taken everything but vassals into account, that seems to make up for the discrepancies I found while counting temples, stock markets and province base tax. Thanks!