All game finances can be split for income and outcome. What makes your income? Here is what:

• For each citizen you’ll get 4 gold per hour

This means that you will need more citizens if you want to earn more (You get more citizens through more satisfaction. You can get more satisfaction through a tavern or a museum)

What will cost you money?

• Every scientist costs 12 per hour - if you have researched “Letter Chute” the upkeep for every scientist will be reduced by 1 per hour (Strictly speaking every scientist costs 8 gold, but you loose a citizen who’s paying taxes and because of that you earn 4 gold less -> results in effective expenses of 12, with the research only 11)
• Every worker costs 4 per hour (The actual reason is that you loose a citizen who’s paying taxes and so you’ll earn 4 gold less for every worker)
• Every military unit costs hourly - how much depends on the type of the unit. You can find more information in your barrack or in the FAQ - Units / Ships.

The upkeep of your units will be divided among all of your cities - proportionally to the population-size. Relevant to you is only the entire finance result -> it will be shown if you click on the gold icon in the top left of the game.

How calculate for your own city?

Income per hour: ( free citizens (Important! Free citizens not all inhabitants) * 4 ) - ( scientists * 8 )

Example:
entire population: 1616 / 1617 (irrelevant)
free citizens: 960
wood workers: 265 (irrelevant)
luxury workers: 302 (irrelevant)
scientists: 89

(960 * 4) - (89 * 8 ) = 3840 - 712 = 3128 income (The result can differ 1-2 gold)

Expenses per hour: Here you can see the total upkeep of this city (don’t forget: The upkeep is divided among all of your cities)

Result: “income per hour” minus “expenses per hour” results in how much gold you get or loose from this city every hour.

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