Professions =========== The population's potential activities are: - agriculture - fishing - industrial work - trading - serving in the army - being unemployed You determine only the number of soldiers directly, but indirectly you can influence all of the professions. It is very important because the various activites provide different incomes, and thus the tax revenues are affected as well. Provided that all sciences have the same level, the ratio of revenues are following: unemployed : peasant : fisher : worker : merchant 0 : 1 : 1 : 2 : 4 And of course we shouldn't forget that unemployment spoils the morale. To be a bit more exact: The morale is multiplied by the employment rate. What factors (and in which sequence) influence the professions? --------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Soldiers You can set their number exactly by recruiting and demobilizing. 2. Merchants Their number is calculated by the following formula: (2% of the population) * (science level of trade) * (trading area) The size of trading area depends on the position of the countries you trade with, and on the strength of your fleet: - neighbouring empires count with 100% of their land area - the land areas of empires that can be reached by sea are modified by the proportion of your territorial waters - unapproachable (or neutral or enemy) countries don't count at all The proportion of merchants cannot exceed 20% of the population. 3. Workers Their number: (10% of the population) * (science level of industry) Maximum limit: 50% of population 4. Peasants The rest of your subjects is divided between peasants and fishermen in the ratio of the food producing potential of your land and sea territories. The maximum number of peasants: (food potential of your lands) * (level of agriculture) * 80 5. Fishermen Their maximum number: (length of coast) * (1 + sea proportion) * (level of sailing) * 25 6. Unemployed If some people still don't have a job, they remain unemployed. So to make a long story short, the best way to decrease unemployment is to develop the various branches of science - with exception of medicine!