Hi, The resolution for turn 4, PBEM round 2 follows. Please check it carefully for mistakes. **C1 Expend Food Points **C2 Expend Consumer Points Orders:- *NE *MW >I have 37 Food and 39 Labor (duh!). The two going hungry will come from >Industry. >1 CP spent in each of Farm, Fuel, Metal, Industry, and Transport *SW >c1 feed everyone >c2 consumer pts: 1 to farm, metal & industry *FW >Feed the people. >1CP in Food, Industry and Fuel Apply above orders:- lower food/CPs as appropriate add CPs to Form 1040 record sector states Produces the following summary:- REGIONAL NE MW SW FW | FOOD NE MW SW FW Social State 0 1 0 0 | Sector State 1 1 1 1 Unemployment 0 0 0 0 | Labour 17 21 34 20 Starving 1 2 0 0 | Mech 17 22 27 19 Cash 37 30 52 41 | Output 0 0 5 3 Corruption 0 2 0 8 | Stock 0 0 5 3 | INDUSTRY NE MW SW FW | FUEL NE MW SW FW Sector State 1 1 1 1 | Sector State 0 1 0 1 Plants 16 14 6 9 | Sites 7 3 8 2 Labour 7 8 8 6 | Labour 0 3 4 1 Mech 4 9 3 3 | Mech 0 2 0 1 Capacity 11 14 11 7 | Output 1 2 0 1 Utilisation 10 14 9 6 | Stock 0 1 0 1 Consumer 0 5 0 0 | | FORM 1040 NE MW SW FW METAL NE MW SW FW | 1. Food output 25 39 61 36 Sector State 1 1 1 0 | 2. Metal output 12 5 4 5 Sites 2 6 2 4 | 3. Fuel output 0 5 4 2 Labour 6 3 2 4 | 4. Ind utilisation 10 14 9 6 Mech 6 2 2 1 | 5. Cons expend 3 5 3 3 Output 0 0 7 2 | 6. Labour alloc Stock 0 0 1 1 | 7. TAX BASE --------------- | (total 1..6) TRANSPORT NE MW SW FW | 8. TAX RATE% Sector State 0 1 0 0 | 9. Raw revenue Labour 2 2 2 2 | (7*8) Domestic 6 7 9 6 | 10. Corruption Reserve 0 2 0 1 | 11. Revenue loss Trade Use 0 0 0 0 | (9*10) Mech 0 0 0 0 | 12. NET TAX REVENUE --------------- Plant 0 0 0 0 | (9-11) **C3 Calculate and declare Social Status MW has all sector states at 1 for Social state of 1 NE, SW and FW have two sectors at 0 for a Social state of 0 **D Military/Political round Region sequence (from 4/1 resolution):- NE Orders:- *Ne *MW >Place plebicite in area 1015. Base value is $3 (1 for area+2 for 2 >Plants). Cash spent will be $10, to guarantee Good control. Base Value = 1 + 2 = 3 Cash spent = 10 - 3 = +7 column Die roll = 3, therefore Good Control established *SW *FW **D5 Elections None Apply above to summary:- Add area to good control list Substract cash spent Add labour plus any new sites/plant Assign Transport Pt, spend CPs Nothing to apply See final summary for the round. No orders for D2/D3 so Round 2A skipped.