Tutorial · Affairs and Order

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AnO runs on hourly ticks. Background tasks generate tax income, consume rations and consumer goods, grow population, and produce resources from your buildings. Your job: build infrastructure, balance inputs, and expand before rivals do.

Core loop: Build provinces → extract & process resources → fund military & upgrades → trade or fight → repeat.

schedule

Hourly ticks

Tax, CG, rations, production, and population update on a schedule.

map

Provinces

Each province has its own buildings, pollution, and population cap.

public

Global market

Player-driven prices for every resource.

groups

Coalitions

Shared banks, taxes, and diplomatic cover.

What happens every hour? expand_more

Tax income — charged per citizen; boosted by consumer goods, penalized without rations or energy.
Province revenue — buildings produce and consume resources; operating costs deduct gold.
Population growth — needs rations, influenced by happiness and pollution.
Trade agreements — automated exchanges if configured.

New players should start at Create Province, then visit Game Mechanics for reference tables.

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How often do most economic systems (tax, production, consumption) update?

Every minute Hourly (scheduled ticks) Only when you log in

After you pass the quiz:

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Provinces are the foundation of your nation. Each holds population, infrastructure slots (land/city), and buildings that produce resources or gold.

Early-game order (power is not urgent): You start with several days of rations. Build a Lumber Mill first — it only costs cash, like the tutorial implies for camps. Use lumber (or cheap Market buys) for mines and farms. Add a coal power plant when you want more buildings, not on day one. Quick Build and classic pages now show the same costs (lumber for coal burners, not steel).

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Province acquisition cost scales with the number of provinces you already have. The formula uses a base of $8M plus what factor per existing province?

+5% flat +16% per province owned Fixed $8M always

north_east Create Province storefront Market

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Physical resources use weight units (kg → t → kt → Mt). Raw materials are mined; refineries turn them into steel, aluminium, gasoline; factories output components and consumer goods. New nations receive a rations reserve (several days for one province) plus starter lumber — farms themselves only cost cash, so you can plant food before you have power.

timeline Chain challenge — click in order

Click each step in order from raw material to finished goods.

Bauxite Mine → Aluminium Refinery → Component Factory → Retail / CG

Correct path for CG pipeline: Bauxite → Aluminium → Components → Consumer Goods (iron is a separate chain for steel).

Essential vs strategic resources expand_more

Rations	Population growth; −30% tax if missing
Energy	Powers buildings; −15% tax if short
Components	Military units & CG manufacturing
Gold	Buildings, units, provinces — tax is main source

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What happens to tax income if your nation lacks rations distribution?

+50% bonus −30% tax income No effect

Resource mechanics View your resources

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Base tax is $0.5 per citizen per hour. Consumer goods supply adds +50%. Missing rations (−30%) or energy (−15%) stack multiplicatively. Land slots add up to +100%.

calculate Live tax calculator

Population: 500,000

Land slots: 5

Consumer goods fully supplied (+50%) Rations supplied (no −30% penalty) Energy supplied (no −15% penalty)

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With full consumer goods distribution, your tax multiplier becomes:

1.25× 1.5× (+50%) 2.0×

Revenue mechanics Your country page

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Demographics matter: working-age citizens, children, and elderly consume different amounts of consumer goods (elderly use 2×). Happiness boosts growth (~4% per point); pollution reduces it (~2% per point).

Distribution capacity: Each distribution building serves roughly 400k population. Without coverage, rations and CG never reach citizens — even if you produce them.

Unemployment >30%	−10 happiness
Elderly >40%	Pension crisis (−5k gold/hour)
Pollution	Reduces growth; Chernobyl events floor efficiency at 20%

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Who consumes the most consumer goods per capita?

Children Working adults Elderly (2× rate)

Consumer goods guide

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Units cost manpower and resources to recruit. Attacks require supplies — you need at least 200 supplies for an offensive. Infantry costs 1 supply each; many armored/air units cost 5; capital ships cost far more.

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Military page

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Minimum supplies required to launch an attack:

50 200 1000

Military page

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The market is player-driven. Place buy/sell offers, watch statistics for average prices, and use trade agreements for recurring deals.

Pro tip: Check Statistics before listing — undercutting the average burns gold; pricing at average sells steadily.

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The market price of a resource is primarily determined by:

Fixed NPC prices Player buy/sell offers Random hourly rolls

Visit market

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Upgrades permanently improve your nation — military attack/defense, supply regen, economic boosts, and infrastructure caps. Each costs resources and time; plan around your coalition wars and growth targets.

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View upgrades

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Supply-related upgrades are especially valuable because:

They replace the need for armies They help sustain repeated offensives (200+ supply threshold) They disable coalition tax

View upgrades

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Combat calculates morale loss and damage per unit, scaled to opposing forces — matched fights won't instantly zero morale. Choose unit mixes, respect supply costs, and coordinate with coalition mates.

Declare war from the wars page; select targets and unit counts.
War reparations can transfer resources when wars end.
Defensive upgrades and terrain (naval/air) matter for outcomes.

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Modern combat morale/damage is calculated:

All-or-nothing per battle Per-unit, proportional to force sizes Only by nation GDP

War mechanics War page

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Coalitions offer shared banks, optional tax rates on member income, and diplomatic strength. Leaders approve withdrawals; members contribute to coalition banks for mutual defense funding.

Endgame mastery: Balance tax/display accuracy (check coalition tax on country page), monitor statistics, tune policies, and grow before declaring wide wars.

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quiz Final exam

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Coalition tax on member income is shown on:

Market page only Country page revenue breakdown Province page only

The best early-game priority is usually:

Max military before any economy Stable power → food → distribution → tax/CG Ignore provinces and only trade

Browse coalitions Statistics

Command Your Nation

Welcome & The Game Loop

Hourly ticks

Provinces

Global market

Coalitions

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Provinces & Buildings

calculate Province cost calculator

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Resources & Production Chains

timeline Chain challenge — click in order

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Economy & Tax Income

calculate Live tax calculator

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Population & Welfare

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Military & Supplies

calculate Attack supply planner

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Market & Trade

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Upgrades & Technology

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War & Combat

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Coalitions & Mastery

quiz Final exam

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Congratulations, Commander!