Newbie economic question

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I have a question about how the credits are allocated among planets. If I have 4 planets, and I have my social allocation set to 40%, each planet is in effect getting 10% of my total spending, correct? How much is that modified by the social improvements I have at each planet. Do the improvements make each credit I spend more effective? Or do they simply allow me to spend more credits on a particular function at that planet?

And, if I set the social queue at one planet to nothing, is the money I have allocated to social spending divided up among the rest of the planets? Or is that money just wasted?

Thanks
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
dac

I only know the specifics of your second paragraph. If the social queue is set to "nothing" then the money is wasted or as some say "used for maintenance". LOL.

Maybe some of the information you seek in the first paragraph shows on the planet display and when you click on details. Good luck.

Rick
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
Money is not divided evenly between colonies. A colony with more production-enhancing buildings will spend more money, partly because of maintenance (which will occur even if you set spend rate to 0%) and partly because most of that increased production is not free.

Some of that increased production is free, though -- at least from buildings and starbases. So not only can you spend more money, but it may also be more efficient (/may/; a lousy low-PQ world may spend might on additional maintenance than it gets in the form of free production, especially if you're poor enough that capacity's sitting idle).
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