Corruption in Communism

[epics]

I have a very serious problem with it in my games. It is said that the corruption in Comunism is on the same rate at every city, yes? So wy does in one of my citys, placed about 14 squares from my capitol with 35 money, corruption is 5 and in city 25 squares from my capitol with 26 money corruption is 16!!!!!?????

Please help!!!!

[theNiceOne]

There's a few possible explanations.

Do you have corthouse/police station in the city with low corruption. Those two still helps under communism.

Secondly, do you have marketplace/bank/stock exchange in the low corruption city? Those improvements give the impression of a lower corruption, without actually reducing it.

Ex: A city with 100% tax has a base income of 50 gold, with 20% corruption, i.e. 40 net income / 10 corruption.
Add a marketplace and a bank, and the net income becomes 80, while still only 10 is shown as corruption.
But, since a city with zero corruption would have a net income of 100 gold, it means that the money lost to corruption actually is 20 gold, i.e. still 20%.

[Alex]

tno's explanation seems logical enough.

[latka]

In the editor, one has the option to chose a shunned form of government for a civilization. I assume this also applies to the the existing civilizations, ie America may have Communism as a shunned form of government.

What affect does choosing a shunned form of government have?

[DuncanK]

Originally posted by theNiceOne
There's a few possible explanations.

Do you have corthouse/police station in the city with low corruption. Those two still helps under communism.

Do police stations reduce corruption?

[DuncanK]

Originally posted by latka

What affect does choosing a shunned form of government have?

None, this is just to try to make the game more realistic. It prevents the AI to switching to a government that there nation would shun in the real world.

[Mazarin]

Do police stations reduce corruption?

yes, they do IIRC this was introduced with one of the patches.

None, this is just to try to make the game more realistic. It prevents the AI to switching to a government that there nation would shun in the real world.

I'm quite sure there are some consequences...AFAIK, if you choose a government shunned by another civ, their attitude toward you will be worse and if you capture their cities, it will take longer for the foreign citizens to assimilate.

[Albert]

I dont remember where I read it, but there was this fantastic post named: everything you need to know about corruption, and I think I accesed it from the main page og apolyton civ3

[Theseus]

http://apolyton.net/forums/showthread.php?threadid=46801

Courtesy of alexman, the corruption nazi.

[MoonWolf]

Originally posted by Mazarin
I'm quite sure there are some consequences...AFAIK, if you choose a government shunned by another civ, their attitude toward you will be worse and if you capture their cities, it will take longer for the foreign citizens to assimilate.

Thanks, didn't know that! That can explain some strange behaviours, especially among the AI players itselfs

[Mazarin]

the AIs also seem to prefer when you're in the same government. I've had many games where just switching my government improved their attitude from 'annoyed' to 'polite'

[Datajack Franit]

Exact