User`s manual

Empire screen
Introduction
The Empire screen is the global dashboard that lets you consult your empire status and make
critical empire-wide decisions.
1. The Empire Summary offers a recap of your faction traits as well as your empire variables:
Dust (treasury), Influence points, and Approval. When you mouse over the Treasury you
can see a readout of all your Upkeep sources, which will help you to manage your
expenses. Your empire Approval is an average of your cities’ Approval; a high Approval
rate will grant bonuses to your empire and cities, while a low Approval will penalize you.
2. The Assimilated Factions panel lists the Minor Factions which your empire has
assimilated. As you progress in the game, you can unlock additional Minor Faction slots
and assimilate new peoples. Simply click on a slot to access the assimilation panel.
3. The Strategic Resources panel displays the stock of Strategic Resources you own.
4. The Luxury Resources panel displays for the same for the Luxury Resources you control.
5. Stockpiles are accumulated quantities of Food, Industry or Science, which can be as a
one-time boost to a specific city or to your entire empire in the case of Science.
6. The Empire Plan is triggered at regular intervals for all empires participating to the game.
It will grant bonuses of various kinds, based on the quantity of Influence points you invest.
7. Trade routes are automatic exchanges made between series of connected cities (allies,
friends and yours), leading to FIDS bonuses on Cities: those creating routes and those
crossed by them.
8. The Empire Bonuses panel lists all the global bonuses or penalties currently affecting your
empire