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THE CITY DISPLAY

The operation of each city is directed from its city display. Here you assign the

population to work in the surrounding fields, mines, forests, and fishing grounds.

Here also you determine what unit or other item the city is to produce. The

display provides in one place the critical information available concerning the

city’s status: how much food, resources, and trade it is generating; what it is

producing and how close the item is to completion; the happiness of the

population; what is defending the city; and what improvements have been built.

This display is opened from the map window. Click the LMB on the city’s map

square. The city display is closed by clicking on the exit button.

The city display consists of the following parts: city map, city resources window,

population roster, food storage box, production box, improvements roster,

information window, and the home city window. Each part performs a specific

function or reports information. The city display shown in the accompanying

illustration is from the IBM/DOS version. The display in the Windows version is

very similar but has the production box and information window switched.

City Display

Population Roster

Improvements

Roster

Production

Box

City

Resources

Window

Home City

Food Storage Box Information Window

City Map

Transport, Diplomat, Caravan, and Settlers units do not cause this effect. When a

city is in disorder, destroying distant military units, returning them to the home

city, or changing their home city, makes some unhappy people content and may

restore the city to order.

All of these methods are useful in restoring the balance of your cities or enemy

cities which you have captured.

“We Love The (King) Day”

When a city becomes sufficiently happy, it may hold a celebration in honor of

your rule. The people declare a “We Love the (King) Day” in thanks for the

prosperity you have made possible. While the circumstances that trigger this

celebratory mood continue, the city enjoys certain benefits, depending on your

civilization’s type of government.

The prerequisites for the We Love the (King) Day celebration to occur are: no

unhappy people in the city, at least as many happy people as content people, and a

city population of at least three. Specialists are considered content citizens for this

calculation. For example, a city with five happy people, four content people, and

no unhappy people celebrates. A city with ten happy people, three content people

and one unhappy person does not.

Anarchy: The celebration has no effect when the government is in Anarchy.

Despotism: The celebrating city is operated as if the government is a Monarchy.

This can increase the amount of food and resources generated when some terrain

types are irrigated and mined.

Monarchy/Communism: A celebrating city currently ruled by either of these

governments is operated as if the government is a Democracy instead. This

increases the amount of trade generated.

Republic/Democracy: A celebrating city currently ruled by either of these

governments increases in population by one point each turn so long as sufficient

food is available. This can result in dramatic growth of the city.

CIVILIZATION