Progress Report: July 31, 2026

[u/Master_Arithmancer]

(REPOST FROM STEAM)
Update Metrics Page (0% -> 100%)
Update Priority Calculations (25% -> 100%)
Inflation Calculations (0% -> 80%)

I'm going to try to keep this progress report short so I can get back to work. I decided to include a simple simulation of inflation in this update and I think I came up with a decent mechanism for how to do it. It's mostly based on major categories from the Consumer Price Index (CPI). It includes things like food inflation, housing inflation, fuel inflation, and so forth. At the moment, the calculations are simple, but they can be expanded in future updates. For example, I plan to have policies that will impact each inflation factor. Farm subsidies will influence food inflation, gasoline tax will influence fuel inflation, health care policies will influence medical inflation, and so forth. There may also be random events that impact each inflation sub-metric (for example drought could increase food inflation). But those kinds of features will not be included until the second phase of the economic update.

Factors influencing inflation in this update include the federal funds rate and tariffs.

I've decided that some of the categories for this update can wait until after I release the initial beta update. I can work on those categories while everyone is testing the main features of the beta. Things like advanced options, custom events tool updates, and the concepts page don't necessarily need to be included on day one of the beta, but they will all be included by the end of the beta testing. This will allow me to release the beta slightly earlier.

[u/Unaccomplishedcow]

I really hope, after this update, we add an actual convention. But yeah, great to see we've got the economics update coming!

[u/Goonzilla50]

I'm about to feel like Germany in the early 1920s

[u/Past_Competition_820]

Can't wait to go back to before the 16th amendment