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info What Are Consumer Goods?

description Overview

Consumer goods are manufactured items your citizens consume. When supplied adequately, they significantly boost your tax revenue.

Working-Age1 CG per citizen per hour
Children1.2 CG per child per hour
Elderly2 CG per elderly citizen per hour
Tax Bonus+50% when fully supplied
If UndersuppliedProportionally reduced bonus
DistributionEach distribution building serves up to 400k population

calculate Example Calculation

Assuming all population is working-age (1 CG each):

1 Million PopulationNeeds ~1,000,000 CG/hour
5 Million PopulationNeeds ~5,000,000 CG/hour
10 Million PopulationNeeds ~10,000,000 CG/hour
factory Producing Consumer Goods

precision_manufacturing Production Chain

Consumer goods are produced by retail buildings (gas stations, general stores, farmers markets, banks, malls). They do not require components.

Step 1Build Component Factories
Step 2Component Factories produce components
Step 3Factories convert components → consumer goods

tips_and_updates Tips

  • Balance component production with factory consumption
  • Check net production on your country page
  • Buy consumer goods on market if short
  • Sell surplus for gold when prices are high
  • Advanced Machinery upgrade boosts production
analytics Economic Impact

trending_up Tax Revenue Impact

The bonus scales linearly with supply coverage.

100% Supplied+50% tax income
50% Supplied+25% tax income
0% SuppliedNo bonus (baseline)

account_balance_wallet Gold Comparison

Example: 10M population, $250k/hr base taxes

Without Consumer Goods$250,000/hr
With Consumer Goods$375,000/hr
Difference+$125,000/hr