The maximum amount of cities before corruptions hurts bad

[Journier]

Whats the maximum amount of cities before corruption starts weighing in heavily on more cities...

whats the city number before it starts tolling in heavy on ur economy... I was reading the game manual and saw something about this but it didnt say the number of cities...

Is it like civ 2? like more cities for different governments?

im using democracy right now..

[Jaybe]

Explore the editor and get an idea from there. It's hard to quantify corruption effects because distance from your capitol(s) also is a major factor.

[DrSpike]

Check out my thread in the strategy forum, it answers your questions.

[Bambul]

There's a long answer and a short answer. Here's the long one. It depends on the map size and difficulty level. You can check the editor.

But that will only give you the amount of cities before corruption and not when it becomes crippling. Also, you have to take into account distance from capital.

However, with all that in mind, the short answer is simply: 3