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Social Phase Summary

During the Social phase, your population will consume resources, grow, pay tax, produce wealth, and possibly rebel. The effects generally depend on where your social class C cylinder is.

1. Supply

Your consume renewable resources equal to your population. If you do not have enough Renewable resources, you trigger a Shortage of renewable resources.

2. Conserving renewable resources

You keep up to 10 renewable resources and lose the rest.

3. Consumption of industrial resources

You pay a number of industrial resources based on the position of Social Class C and your population. If you do not have enough Industrial Resources, you trigger a Shortage of industrial resources.

Industrial Resource Costs
Social Class C	Cost
1	0
2	1 Industrial resource per population of one level below yours
3	1 Industrial resource per population
4	1 Industrial resource per population of one level above yours

4. Population Growth

Your population increases based on the position of Social Class C.

Population Growth
Social Class C	Growth
1 - 2	Increase by one level
3 - 4	Nothing happens

5. Lower mortality rate

If you have 2 or more demographic shift tokens in the demographic shift zone, increase your population by 1 level.

6. Lower birth rate

If you have 1 demographic shift token in your demographic shift zone, place it in the Limit box
If you have 2 or more demographic shift tokens in your demographic shift zone, place 2 in the Limit box

7. Economic Growth

You change production based on the position of Social Class C.

Economic Growth
Social Class C	Growth
1	Increase renewable resource production 1 level
2	Increase renewable resource production and industrial resource production 1 level
3	Increase either industrial resource production or military resource production 1 level
4	Decrease either your industrial resource production or military resource production 1 level

8. Taxation

You earn money from the World Bank based on the position of Social Class C and your population.

Taxation
Social Class C	Income
1	2$ per population
2	3$ per population
3	3$ per population
4	5$ per population

This can trigger a World Bank empty crisis if there is not enough money in the World Bank.

9. Production

You gain resources equal to each of your production plant cubes in this order:

Renewable resources
Industrial resources
Military resources

For both industrial and military resources, you must pay fossil resources indicated by the level on the board and take pollution. If you do not have enough fossil resources, you trigger a Shortage of fossil resources.

10. Public order

Depending on the position of the social unrest indicator, three different things can happen:

Uprising

If your social unrest indicator is in either of the two far-right sections, then there is an uprising and you must pay military resources based on the position of Social Class C and your population, as follows:

Uprising costs
Social Class C	Cost
1	1 military resource per population 2 levels lower than your current population
2	1 military resource per population of the level directly below your current population
3	Lose 2$ per population to the Limit box.
4	Lose 3$ per population to the Limit box.

Growth

If your social unrest indicator is in one of the 7 central positions and Social Clacc C is 1-3, increase 1 standard of living by 1.

Boom

If your social unrest indicator is one of the 2 far-left sections, then there is a boom and you receive benefits based on the position of Social Class C and your population, as follows:

Boom benefits
Social Class C	Benefits
1	Increase a standard of living by 1 and receive 5$
2-3	Increase a standard of living by 1 and receive 10$
4	Receive 10$

11. Class struggle

Subtract the position of your Social Class E from the position of your Social Class A and advance your social unrest cube that number of positions.

Card Descriptions

Society Cards (Purple)
Card	Cost	Effect	Note
Public Expenditure	Lose 1$ per population.	Decrease unrest by 1.	Starter card
Education	Lose 1$ per population.	Increase 1 social class of your choice by 1, respecting the rule of A>=B>=C>=D>=E.	Starter card
Investment Policy	Lose 2$ per population.	Decrease unrest by 3.
Graduate Studies	Lose 2$ per population.	Increase social class(es) of your choice by 3, respecting the rule of A>=B>=C>=D>=E.
Indoctrination	Decrease 1 social class of your choice by 1, respecting the rule of A>=B>=C>=D>=E.	Decrease unrest by 2.
Vegetarianism	Increase unrest by 2.	During the Supply step of the Social phase, treat your population as if it was one level directly below in order to calculate the amount of renewable resources consumed.	Permanent effect card
Overconsumption	Spend 1 industrial resource per population.	Decrease unrest by 3.
Sustainable Consumption	Increase unrest by 2.	During the Consumption step of the Social phase, treat your population as if it was 1 level lower in order to calculate the amount of industrial resources consumed.	Permanent effect card
Surcharge	Increase unrest by 1. Take 10$ from the World Bank and put it in the Limit box.	Receive 2$ per population.
Political Reform	Lose 10$.	Choose 1 deck of Politics cards, draw 5 cards, and keep 1 in your hand. Replace the others in the corresponding deck in the order of your choice.

Production Cards (Blue)
Card	Cost	Effect	Note
Industrialization	Choose a type of production (Renewable, Industrial, or Military) and lose as many $ as the value of that production plant cube’s level.	Increase the level of the chosen production type by 1.	Starter card
Craftsmanship	Lose 1$.	Earn 2 renewable, 2 industrial, or 2 military resources.	Starter card
Recycling	Decrease your Industrial Production level by 1.	When you consume 10 or more industrial resources in one step, take 1 oil from the Limit box.	Permanent effect card
Robotization	Choose a type of production (Industrial or Military) and lose as many $ as the value of that production plant cube’s level.	Increase the level of the chosen production type by 2	Available when social class A reaches level 3
Green Production	Decrease your Industrial production by 1 level.	During the Production step of the Social phase, when producing industrial resources, receive 1 less pollution than indicated by the position of your Industrial production cube.	Permanent effect card
Policy Planning	Increase unrest by 2	Do not action the Economic Growth step during the Social phase. You may take this card back at any time by increasing unrest by 2.	Permanent effect card. You may take this card back at any point by increasing unrest by 2 and placing it at the bottom of the deck.
Intensive Farming	Lose as many $ as the value of the Renewable production plant cube's level.	During the Production step of the Social phase, lose 1 oil, receive 1 pollution, and treat your Renewable production level as if it was one level directly higher when calculating the quantity of renewable resources you produce.	Permanent effect card. You may take this card back by reducing your Renewable production level (don't reduce if at 1), placing at the bottom of the deck. If you do not have enough oil you must take this card back.
Extraction	Lose 5$ and receive 1 pollution.	Take 2 oil from the Limit box.
Cleaning the Planet	Lose 50$. Other nations may help you and contribute to the payment even if you are not in an alliance with them.	If you have any, put 1 excess pollution in the Limit box or 1 pollution on the pollution reserve card, then each other nation (including you) puts 1 excess pollution in the Limit box or 1 pollution on the pollution reserve card.	Excess pollution should always take priority over pollution. If necessary, swap tokens among yourselves so there are never excess pollution tokens in play until the pollution reserve is empty.
Urbanization	Spend 1 industrial resource per population	Increase social class(es) of your choice by 2, respecting the rule of A>=B>=C>=D>=E.
Offshore Production	Target a nation. Give that nation the value of the level of their Industrial production plant cube in $, then take 10$ from the World Bank and put it in the Limit box.	Produce industrial resources with the Industrial production level of the target nation. You earn the industrial resources. If applicable, any oil are lost from your stock, but any pollution are received by the target nation.	The targeted nation cannot oppose
Overproduction	Increase unrest by 1	Produce your choice of industrial or military resources. Lose oil and receive pollution as necessary.
Soft Power	Lose 20$	Target a nation. Give them up to 2 of your distruption tokens.	The targeted nation cannot oppose

Military and Economy Cards (Red)
Card	Cost	Effect	Note
Market Access	No cost	Make a transaction	Available when social class A reaches level 2
Speculation	Take 5$ from the World Bank and 5$ from your own stock and place them in the Limit box.	Move 1 resource price cube of your choice, then make a transaction.
Stock Exchange	Take 10$ from your own stock and place it in the Limit box.	When you play Market Access or Speculation cards, you can make 2 transactions instead of 1, on different resources.	Permanent effect card
Humanitarian Aid	Lose 50$. Other nations may help you and contribute to the payment even if you are not in an alliance with them.	If you have any, place 1 of your disruption tokens on the disruption reserve card, then each nation (including you) places 1 of their disruption tokens on the disruption reserve card.
Political Interference	Take 10$ from the World Bank and place it in the Limit box.	Target a nation. Take the amount of $ from them equal to the position of their population cylinder. They increase a social class of your choice by 1, respecting the rule of A>=B>=C>=D>=E.	Targeted nation cannot oppose
Development of Tourism	Take 10$ from the World Bank and place it in the Limit box.	Target a nation. Note the number of the standard of living of that nation’s social class E. Subtract 1 from that number. Multiply that value by 10 and take the corresponding number of $ from them. The targeted nation also reduces their unrest by 2	Targeted nation cannot oppose
Mass Destruction (Attack)	Spend 10 or more (you choose) miliatary resources and receive 2 disruption tokens	If the targeted nation does not resist, they lose 1 territory, which they place in the Limit box. They reduce production of either their Industrial or Military production level by 1 (you choose) and they receive 3 pollution tokens from the pollution reserve card.	Available when social class A reaches level 4
Annexation of Territory (Attack)	Spend 10 or more (you choose) miliatary resources and receive 2 disruption tokens	If the targeted nation does not resist, take 1 territroy from them and reduce either their Industrial or Military production by 1 level (you choose).	This may result in a reduction of the Renewable resource level due to territory loss
Military Operation (Attack)	Spend 3 or more (you choose) military resources and receive 1 disruption token	If the targeted nation does not resist, take up to 2 oil, or up to 5 industrial resources, or up to 5 renewable resources (you choose)
Colonization	Spend 5 military resources and receive 2 disruption tokens	Take 1 territory and 2 oil from the colonization reserves if there are any left	When the colonization reserves are empty, this card and the Colonization tile are of no further use
Terrorism	Spend 1 military resource and receive 1 disruption token	Target a nation. That nation increases unrest by 3	Targeted nation cannot oppose
Police Repression	Spend as many military resources as two levels below your current population and receive 1 disruption token	Decrease unrest by 2

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