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The Protests System tracks unrest in your country as Protest Strength. Open it with the Protest Menu button. The window lists what is pushing protests up this month, so read it before you spend political power.
What Drives Protests
- Spending gaps. Citizens expect a baseline of welfare, health, education, police, administrative, and military spending. Underspending raises Protest Strength. Running out of fuel adds to it.
- Low stability with elections. Stability below 20% feeds protests while your government still holds elections.
- A high policy rate. A policy rate above 8.9% adds pressure every month.
- High interest on debt. An interest rate above 8.9% does the same. With no debt this driver drops out.
- Recession or depression. Either adds a random monthly hit. Depression is the worse of the two.
What You Can Do
- Raise the spending laws the window marks in red.
- Use Appease Protesters and Preemptive Reform to buy time.
- Make a promise, such as Promise: Tax Relief for Citizens or Promise: Jobs Program, and then meet its target.
- Fix the cause. Lower the policy rate, pay down debt, or bring the economy out of recession.
Related Documentation
- Economy Guide for spending levels, the policy rate, and debt
- Politics Guide for stability and elections