[ { "id": "ind_privatise_energy_01", "category": "industry", "doc": "memo", "sender": "min_industry", "conditions": { "notFlags": ["energy_privatised"] }, "title": { "en": "Privatise the energy industry?", "fr": "Privatiser le secteur de l'énergie ?" }, "body": { "en": "Selling the state energy company would raise a large sum and bring in outside investment. Prices may rise, and the workers are already organising.", "fr": "Vendre l'entreprise publique d'énergie rapporterait une somme importante et attirerait des investisseurs. Les prix pourraient monter, et les salariés s'organisent déjà." }, "yes": { "label": { "en": "Privatise", "fr": "Privatiser" }, "effects": [ { "oneOff": -1.5 }, { "stat": "economy", "delta": 3, "bias": true, "days": 365 }, { "stat": "inflation", "delta": 0.5, "bias": true, "days": 365 }, { "stat": "opinion", "delta": -4, "days": 60 } ], "setFlags": ["energy_privatised"], "followUp": { "id": "ind_energy_strike_01", "inDays": 60 } }, "no": { "label": { "en": "Keep it public", "fr": "Garder le contrôle public" }, "effects": [{ "sector": "industry", "delta": -3, "days": 120 }, { "stat": "opinion", "delta": 2, "days": 30 }] } }, { "id": "ind_energy_strike_01", "category": "industry", "doc": "petition", "sender": "union", "followUpOnly": true, "title": { "en": "Energy workers walk out", "fr": "Les salariés de l'énergie débrayent" }, "body": { "en": "Since the sale, the energy workers have lost job guarantees. They have walked out, and blackouts are being reported in several districts.", "fr": "Depuis la vente, les salariés de l'énergie ont perdu leurs garanties d'emploi. Ils ont débrayé et des coupures de courant sont signalées dans plusieurs quartiers." }, "yes": { "label": { "en": "Negotiate", "fr": "Négocier" }, "effects": [ { "oneOff": 0.3 }, { "stat": "stability", "delta": 2, "days": 30 }, { "stat": "economy", "delta": -1, "days": 30 } ] }, "no": { "label": { "en": "Order them back", "fr": "Ordonner la reprise" }, "effects": [ { "stat": "order", "delta": -2, "days": 30 }, { "stat": "unrest", "delta": 4, "days": 40 }, { "stat": "civilRights", "delta": -2 } ] } }, { "id": "ind_green_subsidy_01", "category": "industry", "doc": "memo", "sender": "min_industry", "title": { "en": "Subsidies for green industry", "fr": "Subventions à l'industrie verte" }, "body": { "en": "Manufacturers of solar panels and batteries ask for state support to get started. The Industry Ministry sees a growth sector; the Treasury sees a bill.", "fr": "Les fabricants de panneaux solaires et de batteries demandent un soutien de l'État pour démarrer. Le ministère de l'Industrie y voit un secteur d'avenir ; le Trésor, une facture." }, "yes": { "label": { "en": "Grant the subsidies", "fr": "Accorder les subventions" }, "effects": [ { "oneOff": 0.6 }, { "sector": "industry", "delta": 5, "days": 180 }, { "sector": "environment", "delta": 3, "days": 180 }, { "stat": "economy", "delta": 2, "bias": true, "days": 365 } ] }, "no": { "label": { "en": "Decline", "fr": "Décliner" }, "effects": [{ "sector": "industry", "delta": -2, "days": 90 }] } }, { "id": "ind_steel_bailout_01", "category": "industry", "doc": "letter", "sender": "min_industry", "title": { "en": "Bail out the steel mill", "fr": "Sauver l'aciérie" }, "body": { "en": "The steel mill in the north is about to close, taking four thousand jobs with it. A rescue loan would keep the furnaces lit for now.", "fr": "L'aciérie du nord est sur le point de fermer, emportant quatre mille emplois. Un prêt de sauvetage maintiendrait les hauts fourneaux allumés pour l'instant." }, "yes": { "label": { "en": "Rescue it", "fr": "La sauver" }, "effects": [ { "oneOff": 0.5 }, { "stat": "unemployment", "delta": -0.2, "bias": true, "days": 365 }, { "stat": "economy", "delta": 1, "days": 60 } ] }, "no": { "label": { "en": "Let it close", "fr": "La laisser fermer" }, "effects": [ { "stat": "unemployment", "delta": 0.4, "bias": true, "days": 365 }, { "stat": "unrest", "delta": 3, "days": 40 }, { "stat": "opinion", "delta": -3, "days": 40 } ] } }, { "id": "ind_special_zone_01", "category": "industry", "doc": "memo", "sender": "min_industry", "title": { "en": "A special economic zone", "fr": "Une zone économique spéciale" }, "body": { "en": "Foreign investors would build factories in a tax-free zone with light regulation. Local workers would get jobs, and fewer protections.", "fr": "Des investisseurs étrangers construiraient des usines dans une zone franche à la réglementation allégée. Les travailleurs locaux auraient des emplois, et moins de protections." }, "yes": { "label": { "en": "Create the zone", "fr": "Créer la zone" }, "effects": [ { "stat": "economy", "delta": 3, "bias": true, "days": 365 }, { "stat": "growth", "delta": 0.3, "bias": true, "days": 365 }, { "stat": "civilRights", "delta": -1 }, { "stat": "opinion", "delta": -2, "days": 40 } ] }, "no": { "label": { "en": "Decline", "fr": "Décliner" }, "effects": [{ "stat": "economy", "delta": -1, "days": 60 }] } }, { "id": "ind_power_tariffs_01", "category": "industry", "doc": "memo", "sender": "min_industry", "title": { "en": "Power tariffs at last", "fr": "Électricité : enfin des tarifs réalistes" }, "body": { "en": "The state power utility has not raised its tariffs in six years and now borrows to pay for fuel. A rise would repair its books and land on every household bill the following month.", "fr": "L'électricien public n'a pas relevé ses tarifs depuis six ans et emprunte pour payer son combustible. Une hausse assainirait ses comptes et figurerait dès le mois suivant sur toutes les factures." }, "yes": { "label": { "en": "Raise the tariffs", "fr": "Relever les tarifs" }, "effects": [ { "revenue": "other", "delta": 0.3 }, { "stat": "inflation", "delta": 0.4, "bias": true, "days": 365 }, { "stat": "opinion", "delta": -3, "days": 45 }, { "sector": "industry", "delta": 2, "days": 120 } ] }, "no": { "label": { "en": "Freeze prices", "fr": "Geler les prix" }, "effects": [ { "extraSpending": 0.2 }, { "stat": "opinion", "delta": 1, "days": 30 }, { "sector": "industry", "delta": -2, "days": 120 } ] } }, { "id": "ind_sme_credit_01", "category": "industry", "doc": "memo", "sender": "min_industry", "title": { "en": "A guarantee fund for small firms", "fr": "Un fonds de garantie pour les petites entreprises" }, "body": { "en": "Banks lend to large groups and turn away workshops with fewer than fifty staff. A state guarantee fund would absorb most of the default risk, and the losses would reach the budget with the next recession.", "fr": "Les banques prêtent aux grands groupes et éconduisent les ateliers de moins de cinquante salariés. Un fonds de garantie public absorberait l'essentiel du risque de défaut, et les pertes pèseraient sur le budget à la prochaine récession." }, "yes": { "label": { "en": "Create the fund", "fr": "Créer le fonds" }, "effects": [ { "oneOff": 0.3 }, { "stat": "growth", "delta": 0.2, "bias": true, "days": 365 }, { "stat": "unemployment", "delta": -0.15, "bias": true, "days": 365 }, { "sector": "industry", "delta": 3, "days": 180 } ] }, "no": { "label": { "en": "Leave it to the banks", "fr": "Laisser faire les banques" }, "effects": [ { "stat": "economy", "delta": -1, "days": 90 }, { "stat": "unemployment", "delta": 0.1, "bias": true, "days": 180 }, { "stat": "opinion", "delta": -1, "days": 30 } ] } }, { "id": "ind_mining_royalties_01", "category": "industry", "doc": "letter", "sender": "min_finance", "conditions": { "min": { "debt": 55 } }, "title": { "en": "Royalties on the Karst mines", "fr": "Redevances sur les mines du Karst" }, "body": { "en": "Mining firms pay four percent in royalties on ore that sells at record prices. Finance proposes nine. The firms threaten to freeze investment, and to bring lawyers.", "fr": "Les compagnies minières versent quatre pour cent de redevances sur un minerai vendu à des prix records. Les Finances proposent neuf. Les compagnies menacent de geler leurs investissements, et d'appeler leurs avocats." }, "yes": { "label": { "en": "Raise royalties", "fr": "Relever les redevances" }, "effects": [ { "oneOff": -0.4 }, { "revenue": "other", "delta": 0.2 }, { "stat": "economy", "delta": -1, "bias": true, "days": 365 } ], "setFlags": ["ind_royalties_up"], "followUp": { "id": "ind_mine_threat_01", "inDays": 60 } }, "no": { "label": { "en": "Keep four percent", "fr": "Maintenir quatre pour cent" }, "effects": [ { "sector": "industry", "delta": 2, "days": 120 }, { "stat": "opinion", "delta": -2, "days": 40 }, { "stat": "unrest", "delta": 1, "days": 40 } ] } }, { "id": "ind_mine_threat_01", "category": "industry", "doc": "letter", "sender": "min_industry", "followUpOnly": true, "title": { "en": "The mines freeze their expansion", "fr": "Les mines gèlent leur expansion" }, "body": { "en": "The largest mining group has suspended its expansion in the Karst basin and hints at arbitration abroad. Local councils, which count on its payroll, ask for a compromise.", "fr": "Le premier groupe minier a suspendu son expansion dans le bassin du Karst et évoque un arbitrage à l'étranger. Les communes, qui comptent sur sa masse salariale, réclament un compromis." }, "yes": { "label": { "en": "Offer a tax credit", "fr": "Offrir un crédit d'impôt" }, "effects": [ { "oneOff": 0.2 }, { "sector": "industry", "delta": 3, "days": 180 }, { "stat": "opinion", "delta": -1, "days": 30 } ] }, "no": { "label": { "en": "Hold the line", "fr": "Tenir bon" }, "effects": [ { "stat": "unemployment", "delta": 0.2, "bias": true, "days": 180 }, { "stat": "economy", "delta": -1, "days": 90 }, { "stat": "opinion", "delta": 2, "days": 30 } ] } }, { "id": "ind_textile_closure_01", "category": "industry", "doc": "petition", "sender": "union", "conditions": { "min": { "unemployment": 6 } }, "title": { "en": "The last textile mill in Brenne", "fr": "La dernière filature de Brenne" }, "body": { "en": "The last textile mill in the Brenne valley will close in spring, and nine hundred jobs with it. The owners found cheaper labour abroad. The workers ask the state to pay part of their wages for two years.", "fr": "La dernière filature de la vallée de Brenne fermera au printemps, avec neuf cents emplois. Les propriétaires ont trouvé de la main-d'œuvre moins chère à l'étranger. Les salariés demandent à l'État de prendre en charge une partie des salaires pendant deux ans." }, "yes": { "label": { "en": "Subsidise the wages", "fr": "Subventionner les salaires" }, "effects": [ { "oneOff": 0.3 }, { "stat": "unemployment", "delta": -0.15, "bias": true, "days": 270 }, { "stat": "opinion", "delta": 2, "days": 30 } ] }, "no": { "label": { "en": "Let the mill close", "fr": "Laisser fermer la filature" }, "effects": [ { "stat": "unemployment", "delta": 0.25, "bias": true, "days": 270 }, { "stat": "unrest", "delta": 3, "days": 40 }, { "stat": "economy", "delta": 1, "days": 60 } ] } }, { "id": "ind_foreign_carmaker_01", "category": "industry", "doc": "letter", "sender": "min_industry", "conditions": { "min": { "unemployment": 5 } }, "title": { "en": "A carmaker wants a plant", "fr": "Un constructeur automobile veut une usine" }, "body": { "en": "A foreign carmaker would build an assembly plant for two thousand workers, provided Valdoria offers ten years of tax holiday and free land. Local suppliers would be thrilled; the tax office much less.", "fr": "Un constructeur étranger bâtirait une usine de montage de deux mille salariés, à condition que la Valdorie offre dix ans d'exonération fiscale et le terrain. Les sous-traitants locaux seraient ravis ; le fisc, beaucoup moins." }, "yes": { "label": { "en": "Grant the holiday", "fr": "Accorder l'exonération" }, "effects": [ { "oneOff": 0.2 }, { "stat": "economy", "delta": 2, "bias": true, "days": 540 }, { "stat": "growth", "delta": 0.2, "bias": true, "days": 540 }, { "sector": "industry", "delta": 4, "days": 180 }, { "stat": "opinion", "delta": -1, "days": 30 } ], "followUp": { "id": "ind_carmaker_demands_01", "inDays": 150 } }, "no": { "label": { "en": "Refuse the terms", "fr": "Refuser ces conditions" }, "effects": [{ "sector": "industry", "delta": -2, "days": 120 }, { "stat": "economy", "delta": -1, "days": 60 }] } }, { "id": "ind_carmaker_demands_01", "category": "industry", "doc": "letter", "sender": "min_industry", "followUpOnly": true, "title": { "en": "The carmaker raises its demands", "fr": "Le constructeur durcit ses exigences" }, "body": { "en": "The plant is open, and the carmaker now wants a dedicated rail spur and a ceiling on local wage rises. Otherwise, the second production line will go to a neighbouring country.", "fr": "L'usine est ouverte, et le constructeur exige désormais une voie ferrée dédiée et un plafonnement des hausses de salaires locales. Sinon, la seconde ligne de production partira dans un pays voisin." }, "yes": { "label": { "en": "Meet the demands", "fr": "Céder aux exigences" }, "effects": [ { "oneOff": 0.4 }, { "stat": "economy", "delta": 1, "bias": true, "days": 365 }, { "stat": "unemployment", "delta": -0.2, "bias": true, "days": 365 }, { "stat": "civilRights", "delta": -1 } ] }, "no": { "label": { "en": "Call the bluff", "fr": "Mettre l'entreprise au défi" }, "effects": [ { "stat": "economy", "delta": -2, "days": 90 }, { "stat": "unemployment", "delta": 0.15, "bias": true, "days": 180 }, { "stat": "opinion", "delta": 2, "days": 30 } ] } }, { "id": "ind_cement_cartel_01", "category": "industry", "doc": "report", "sender": "min_industry", "title": { "en": "Three cement makers, one price", "fr": "Trois cimentiers, un seul prix" }, "body": { "en": "The competition authority finds that three cement makers have shared the market for ten years. Fines would raise building costs for a while; leniency would raise questions about who really runs the market.", "fr": "L'autorité de la concurrence établit que trois cimentiers se partagent le marché depuis dix ans. Des amendes renchériraient un temps la construction ; la clémence ferait douter de qui dirige vraiment le marché." }, "yes": { "label": { "en": "Impose the fines", "fr": "Infliger les amendes" }, "effects": [ { "oneOff": -0.3 }, { "stat": "opinion", "delta": 3, "days": 40 }, { "stat": "inflation", "delta": 0.2, "bias": true, "days": 180 }, { "sector": "industry", "delta": -2, "days": 90 } ] }, "no": { "label": { "en": "Settle quietly", "fr": "Régler discrètement" }, "effects": [ { "sector": "industry", "delta": 2, "days": 90 }, { "stat": "opinion", "delta": -3, "days": 40 }, { "stat": "stability", "delta": -1, "days": 40 } ] } }, { "id": "ind_research_grants_01", "category": "industry", "doc": "memo", "sender": "min_industry", "title": { "en": "Grants for industrial research", "fr": "Des bourses pour la recherche industrielle" }, "body": { "en": "Universities and firms propose joint projects on materials and machine tools. A competitive grant scheme would fund the best ones. Results would take years, and the budget line is visible now.", "fr": "Universités et entreprises proposent des projets communs sur les matériaux et les machines-outils. Un système de subventions sur concours financerait les meilleurs. Les résultats viendront dans des années, et la ligne budgétaire se voit tout de suite." }, "yes": { "label": { "en": "Fund the scheme", "fr": "Financer le dispositif" }, "effects": [ { "extraSpending": 0.2 }, { "sector": "research", "delta": 4, "days": 240 }, { "stat": "economy", "delta": 1, "bias": true, "days": 540 }, { "stat": "growth", "delta": 0.1, "bias": true, "days": 540 } ] }, "no": { "label": { "en": "Spend elsewhere", "fr": "Dépenser ailleurs" }, "effects": [{ "sector": "research", "delta": -2, "days": 120 }, { "sector": "industry", "delta": -1, "days": 90 }] }, "conditions": { "max": { "q:research": 50 } } }, { "id": "ind_chemical_leak_01", "category": "industry", "doc": "telegram", "sender": "min_environment", "weight": 0.5, "title": { "en": "Ammonia leak at the chemical works", "fr": "Fuite d'ammoniac à l'usine chimique" }, "body": { "en": "AMMONIA LEAK AT THE KARST CHEMICAL WORKS. THREE HUNDRED RESIDENTS EVACUATED. OPERATOR ASKS TO RESTART TOMORROW. STOP.", "fr": "FUITE D'AMMONIAC A L'USINE CHIMIQUE DU KARST. TROIS CENTS HABITANTS EVACUES. L'EXPLOITANT DEMANDE A REDEMARRER DEMAIN. STOP." }, "yes": { "label": { "en": "Allow the restart", "fr": "Autoriser le redémarrage" }, "effects": [ { "stat": "economy", "delta": 1, "days": 30 }, { "sector": "environment", "delta": -2, "days": 120 }, { "stat": "opinion", "delta": -3, "days": 40 }, { "stat": "unrest", "delta": 2, "days": 40 } ] }, "no": { "label": { "en": "Order an inspection first", "fr": "Exiger d'abord une inspection" }, "effects": [ { "sector": "industry", "delta": -2, "days": 90 }, { "stat": "unemployment", "delta": 0.1, "bias": true, "days": 60 }, { "stat": "opinion", "delta": 2, "days": 40 }, { "sector": "environment", "delta": 2, "days": 120 } ] } }, { "id": "ind_fuel_cap_01", "category": "industry", "doc": "memo", "sender": "min_industry", "conditions": { "min": { "inflation": 3 } }, "title": { "en": "A cap on pump prices", "fr": "Un plafond sur les prix à la pompe" }, "body": { "en": "Pump prices have risen eighteen percent in a month, and drivers have started to blockade a few depots. A price cap would calm the roads. Importers warn that selling below cost means selling less.", "fr": "Les prix à la pompe ont grimpé de dix-huit pour cent en un mois, et des automobilistes bloquent quelques dépôts. Un plafonnement calmerait les routes. Les importateurs préviennent que vendre à perte, c'est vendre moins." }, "yes": { "label": { "en": "Cap the prices", "fr": "Plafonner les prix" }, "effects": [ { "extraSpending": 0.3 }, { "stat": "inflation", "delta": -0.4, "bias": true, "days": 180 }, { "stat": "opinion", "delta": 4, "days": 45 } ], "followUp": { "id": "ind_fuel_shortage_01", "inDays": 75 } }, "no": { "label": { "en": "Let the market clear", "fr": "Laisser jouer le marché" }, "effects": [ { "stat": "inflation", "delta": 0.3, "bias": true, "days": 180 }, { "stat": "opinion", "delta": -3, "days": 45 }, { "stat": "unrest", "delta": 2, "days": 40 } ] } }, { "id": "ind_fuel_shortage_01", "category": "industry", "doc": "report", "sender": "min_industry", "followUpOnly": true, "title": { "en": "Stations run dry under the cap", "fr": "Des stations à sec sous le plafond" }, "body": { "en": "Under the cap, importers sell less and some stations have run dry. Queues have formed in three provinces, and the haulage associations speak of paralysis.", "fr": "Sous le plafond, les importateurs vendent moins et certaines stations sont à sec. Des files se forment dans trois provinces, et les transporteurs parlent de paralysie." }, "yes": { "label": { "en": "Lift the cap", "fr": "Lever le plafond" }, "effects": [ { "stat": "inflation", "delta": 0.3, "bias": true, "days": 180 }, { "stat": "opinion", "delta": -2, "days": 30 }, { "stat": "economy", "delta": 1, "days": 60 } ] }, "no": { "label": { "en": "Pay importers a margin", "fr": "Verser une marge aux importeurs" }, "effects": [ { "oneOff": 0.4 }, { "stat": "opinion", "delta": 1, "days": 30 }, { "stat": "stability", "delta": 1, "days": 30 } ] } }, { "id": "ind_coal_phaseout_01", "category": "industry", "doc": "memo", "sender": "min_environment", "title": { "en": "Close the three coal plants?", "fr": "Fermer les trois centrales à charbon ?" }, "body": { "en": "The three coal plants supply a fifth of the electricity and employ six thousand people. The Environment Ministry wants them closed within two years. Cleaner air is on offer, with dearer power attached.", "fr": "Les trois centrales à charbon fournissent un cinquième de l'électricité et emploient six mille personnes. Le ministère de l'Environnement veut les fermer d'ici deux ans. L'air serait plus pur, et le courant plus cher." }, "yes": { "label": { "en": "Set the closure date", "fr": "Fixer la date de fermeture" }, "effects": [ { "sector": "environment", "delta": 4, "days": 240 }, { "stat": "softPower", "delta": 2, "days": 60 }, { "stat": "economy", "delta": -1, "bias": true, "days": 365 }, { "stat": "inflation", "delta": 0.3, "bias": true, "days": 365 } ], "setFlags": ["ind_coal_closing"], "followUp": { "id": "ind_coal_towns_01", "inDays": 120 } }, "no": { "label": { "en": "Keep the plants running", "fr": "Maintenir les centrales" }, "effects": [ { "sector": "environment", "delta": -3, "days": 180 }, { "stat": "softPower", "delta": -1, "days": 60 }, { "stat": "opinion", "delta": 1, "days": 30 } ] } }, { "id": "ind_coal_towns_01", "category": "industry", "doc": "petition", "sender": "union", "followUpOnly": true, "title": { "en": "The coal towns ask for a future", "fr": "Les villes du charbon réclament un avenir" }, "body": { "en": "Two coal towns now face closure with no replacement employer in sight. Residents ask for a transition fund, retraining and early retirement for the oldest workers.", "fr": "Deux villes du charbon voient la fermeture venir sans employeur de remplacement. Les habitants demandent un fonds de transition, des reconversions et des départs anticipés pour les plus âgés." }, "yes": { "label": { "en": "Fund the transition", "fr": "Financer la transition" }, "effects": [ { "oneOff": 0.5 }, { "stat": "unemployment", "delta": -0.15, "bias": true, "days": 365 }, { "stat": "stability", "delta": 2, "days": 60 }, { "stat": "unrest", "delta": -2, "days": 60 } ] }, "no": { "label": { "en": "Leave it to the market", "fr": "S'en remettre au marché" }, "effects": [ { "stat": "unemployment", "delta": 0.3, "bias": true, "days": 365 }, { "stat": "unrest", "delta": 4, "days": 50 }, { "stat": "opinion", "delta": -3, "days": 45 } ] } }, { "id": "ind_assembly_robots_01", "category": "industry", "doc": "petition", "sender": "union", "title": { "en": "Robots on the assembly line", "fr": "Des robots sur la chaîne de montage" }, "body": { "en": "The biggest electronics plant wants to install robots on two lines, replacing four hundred jobs and doubling output. The union asks for a veto; the owners ask for the right to stay competitive.", "fr": "La plus grande usine d'électronique veut installer des robots sur deux lignes, supprimant quatre cents postes et doublant la production. Le syndicat réclame un droit de veto ; les propriétaires, le droit de rester compétitifs." }, "yes": { "label": { "en": "Allow the automation", "fr": "Autoriser l'automatisation" }, "effects": [ { "stat": "economy", "delta": 2, "bias": true, "days": 365 }, { "stat": "growth", "delta": 0.2, "bias": true, "days": 365 }, { "stat": "unemployment", "delta": 0.2, "bias": true, "days": 365 }, { "stat": "unrest", "delta": 2, "days": 40 } ] }, "no": { "label": { "en": "Protect the jobs", "fr": "Protéger les emplois" }, "effects": [ { "sector": "industry", "delta": -2, "days": 120 }, { "stat": "stability", "delta": 1, "days": 30 }, { "stat": "economy", "delta": -1, "days": 90 } ] } }, { "id": "ind_safety_inspectors_01", "category": "industry", "doc": "petition", "sender": "union", "title": { "en": "Thirty more factory inspectors", "fr": "Trente inspecteurs du travail de plus" }, "body": { "en": "Eleven workers died in factories last year, and the labour inspectorate visits each site once every nine years. The union asks for thirty more inspectors. Employers call it harassment with a pension plan.", "fr": "Onze ouvriers sont morts en usine l'an dernier, et l'inspection du travail passe sur chaque site tous les neuf ans. Le syndicat réclame trente inspecteurs de plus. Le patronat parle de harcèlement avec retraite à la clé." }, "yes": { "label": { "en": "Hire the inspectors", "fr": "Recruter les inspecteurs" }, "effects": [ { "extraSpending": 0.1 }, { "sector": "administration", "delta": 2, "days": 180 }, { "stat": "opinion", "delta": 2, "days": 40 }, { "sector": "industry", "delta": -1, "days": 90 } ] }, "no": { "label": { "en": "Rely on self-checks", "fr": "Se fier aux autocontrôles" }, "effects": [ { "stat": "economy", "delta": 1, "days": 60 }, { "stat": "unrest", "delta": 2, "days": 40 }, { "stat": "opinion", "delta": -2, "days": 40 } ] } }, { "id": "ind_export_credit_01", "category": "industry", "doc": "memo", "sender": "min_industry", "title": { "en": "Export credit insurance", "fr": "Une assurance-crédit à l'export" }, "body": { "en": "Valdorian machine builders lose contracts because they cannot insure payment from distant buyers. A state export credit agency would take that risk. Some buyers will default, as buyers do.", "fr": "Les constructeurs de machines valdoriens perdent des marchés faute d'assurer le paiement d'acheteurs lointains. Une agence publique de crédit à l'export prendrait ce risque. Certains acheteurs feront défaut, comme font les acheteurs." }, "yes": { "label": { "en": "Create the agency", "fr": "Créer l'agence" }, "effects": [ { "oneOff": 0.3 }, { "stat": "economy", "delta": 1, "bias": true, "days": 365 }, { "stat": "growth", "delta": 0.15, "bias": true, "days": 365 }, { "sector": "industry", "delta": 3, "days": 180 } ] }, "no": { "label": { "en": "Decline", "fr": "Décliner" }, "effects": [{ "sector": "industry", "delta": -2, "days": 120 }, { "stat": "economy", "delta": -1, "days": 60 }] }, "conditions": { "max": { "economy": 58 } } }, { "id": "ind_shipyard_01", "category": "industry", "doc": "letter", "sender": "min_industry", "title": { "en": "The state shipyard runs out of orders", "fr": "Le chantier naval public n'a plus de commandes" }, "body": { "en": "The state shipyard has finished its last hull and has no new order. Eighteen hundred welders and designers wait to learn whether the government wants a navy, a ferry fleet, or a car park.", "fr": "Le chantier naval public a livré sa dernière coque et n'a aucune commande. Dix-huit cents soudeurs et dessinateurs attendent de savoir si l'État veut une marine, une flotte de ferries ou un parking." }, "yes": { "label": { "en": "Order new vessels", "fr": "Commander de nouveaux navires" }, "effects": [ { "oneOff": 0.6 }, { "stat": "unemployment", "delta": -0.15, "bias": true, "days": 365 }, { "sector": "industry", "delta": 3, "days": 180 }, { "stat": "opinion", "delta": 1, "days": 30 } ] }, "no": { "label": { "en": "Close the yard", "fr": "Fermer le chantier" }, "effects": [ { "stat": "unemployment", "delta": 0.3, "bias": true, "days": 365 }, { "stat": "unrest", "delta": 3, "days": 40 }, { "extraSpending": -0.1 } ] }, "conditions": { "min": { "unemployment": 5.5 } } }, { "id": "ind_gas_deal_01", "category": "industry", "doc": "letter", "sender": "min_industry", "conditions": { "dayMin": 90 }, "title": { "en": "A twelve-year gas contract", "fr": "Un contrat de gaz de douze ans" }, "body": { "en": "A neighbouring supplier offers a fixed price for gas over twelve years, with take-or-pay clauses. Industry would sleep better; the Finance Ministry would wonder what the price looks like in year nine.", "fr": "Un fournisseur voisin propose un prix fixe du gaz sur douze ans, avec des clauses d'enlèvement obligatoire. L'industrie dormirait mieux ; le ministère des Finances se demanderait ce que vaut ce prix en neuvième année." }, "yes": { "label": { "en": "Sign for twelve years", "fr": "Signer pour douze ans" }, "effects": [ { "stat": "inflation", "delta": -0.3, "bias": true, "days": 540 }, { "sector": "industry", "delta": 2, "days": 180 }, { "stat": "stability", "delta": 1, "days": 60 } ], "setFlags": ["ind_gas_deal"], "followUp": { "id": "ind_gas_price_01", "inDays": 240 } }, "no": { "label": { "en": "Buy on the spot market", "fr": "Acheter au comptant" }, "effects": [ { "stat": "inflation", "delta": 0.3, "bias": true, "days": 365 }, { "sector": "industry", "delta": -2, "days": 120 }, { "stat": "economy", "delta": -1, "days": 60 } ] } }, { "id": "ind_gas_price_01", "category": "industry", "doc": "letter", "sender": "min_finance", "followUpOnly": true, "title": { "en": "Gas is cheaper than the contract", "fr": "Le gaz coûte moins que le contrat" }, "body": { "en": "Spot prices have halved since the signing, and the opposition calls the contract a costly mistake. The supplier insists the contract stands and reminds the cabinet that it was freely signed.", "fr": "Les prix au comptant ont diminué de moitié depuis la signature, et l'opposition parle d'une erreur coûteuse. Le fournisseur affirme que le contrat tient et rappelle qu'il a été signé librement." }, "yes": { "label": { "en": "Honour the contract", "fr": "Honorer le contrat" }, "effects": [ { "oneOff": 0.3 }, { "stat": "softPower", "delta": 2, "days": 60 }, { "stat": "opinion", "delta": -3, "days": 40 } ] }, "no": { "label": { "en": "Demand renegotiation", "fr": "Exiger une renégociation" }, "effects": [ { "stat": "softPower", "delta": -2, "days": 90 }, { "stat": "economy", "delta": 1, "days": 60 }, { "oneOff": -0.2 } ], "setFlags": ["ind_gas_dispute"], "followUp": { "id": "ind_gas_cutoff_01", "inDays": 90 } } }, { "id": "ind_gas_cutoff_01", "category": "industry", "doc": "telegram", "sender": "min_industry", "followUpOnly": true, "title": { "en": "The supplier halts deliveries", "fr": "Le fournisseur coupe les livraisons" }, "body": { "en": "SUPPLIER HALTS GAS DELIVERIES PENDING ARBITRATION. RESERVES COVER NINE WEEKS. FACTORIES ASK WHAT COMES NEXT. STOP.", "fr": "LE FOURNISSEUR SUSPEND LES LIVRAISONS DE GAZ DANS L'ATTENTE D'UN ARBITRAGE. LES RESERVES TIENNENT NEUF SEMAINES. LES USINES DEMANDENT LA SUITE. STOP." }, "yes": { "label": { "en": "Pay the old price", "fr": "Payer l'ancien prix" }, "effects": [ { "oneOff": 0.4 }, { "stat": "stability", "delta": 1, "days": 30 }, { "stat": "softPower", "delta": 1, "days": 60 } ] }, "no": { "label": { "en": "Ration industrial gas", "fr": "Rationner le gaz industriel" }, "effects": [ { "stat": "economy", "delta": -3, "days": 60 }, { "stat": "unemployment", "delta": 0.2, "bias": true, "days": 120 }, { "sector": "industry", "delta": -4, "days": 120 }, { "stat": "unrest", "delta": 2, "days": 40 } ] } }, { "id": "ind_solar_tender_01", "category": "industry", "doc": "memo", "sender": "min_industry", "conditions": { "dayMin": 90 }, "title": { "en": "A tender for solar farms", "fr": "Un appel d'offres pour des fermes solaires" }, "body": { "en": "Developers would build solar farms in the dry south if the state guarantees the purchase price for fifteen years. Electricity would get cheaper, assuming the sun and the Treasury both keep their promises.", "fr": "Des promoteurs bâtiraient des fermes solaires dans le sud aride si l'État garantit le prix d'achat pendant quinze ans. L'électricité serait moins chère, à condition que le soleil et le Trésor tiennent leurs promesses." }, "yes": { "label": { "en": "Launch the tender", "fr": "Lancer l'appel d'offres" }, "effects": [ { "extraSpending": 0.15 }, { "sector": "environment", "delta": 3, "days": 240 }, { "sector": "industry", "delta": 2, "days": 180 }, { "stat": "inflation", "delta": -0.2, "bias": true, "days": 365 } ] }, "no": { "label": { "en": "Postpone", "fr": "Reporter" }, "effects": [ { "sector": "environment", "delta": -1, "days": 90 }, { "stat": "inflation", "delta": 0.2, "bias": true, "days": 365 } ] } }, { "id": "ind_industrial_park_01", "category": "industry", "doc": "petition", "sender": "mayor", "conditions": { "dayMin": 90, "min": { "unemployment": 6 } }, "title": { "en": "An industrial park on old railway land", "fr": "Un parc industriel sur une friche ferroviaire" }, "body": { "en": "A provincial town offers its disused railway yards for an industrial park and asks the state to pay for roads and utilities. The town promises jobs; the province next door promises the same, only cheaper.", "fr": "Une ville de province propose ses anciennes friches ferroviaires pour un parc industriel et demande à l'État de payer routes et réseaux. La ville promet des emplois ; la province voisine promet la même chose, en moins cher." }, "yes": { "label": { "en": "Fund the park", "fr": "Financer le parc" }, "effects": [ { "oneOff": 0.4 }, { "sector": "industry", "delta": 3, "days": 180 }, { "stat": "unemployment", "delta": -0.1, "bias": true, "days": 365 }, { "stat": "opinion", "delta": 2, "days": 30 } ] }, "no": { "label": { "en": "Decline", "fr": "Décliner" }, "effects": [{ "stat": "opinion", "delta": -2, "days": 40 }, { "sector": "industry", "delta": -1, "days": 90 }] } }, { "id": "ind_data_centre_01", "category": "industry", "doc": "letter", "sender": "min_industry", "conditions": { "dayMin": 120 }, "title": { "en": "A data centre wants cheap power", "fr": "Un centre de données veut du courant bon marché" }, "body": { "en": "A foreign operator would build a data centre outside the capital if it gets guaranteed power at a discount. It would employ sixty people and pay generously for the land. It would also draw as much electricity as a mid-sized town.", "fr": "Un opérateur étranger bâtirait un centre de données près de la capitale s'il obtient une électricité garantie à prix réduit. Il emploierait soixante personnes et paierait généreusement le terrain. Il consommerait aussi autant qu'une ville moyenne." }, "yes": { "label": { "en": "Guarantee the power", "fr": "Garantir l'électricité" }, "effects": [ { "stat": "economy", "delta": 1.5, "bias": true, "days": 365 }, { "sector": "industry", "delta": 2, "days": 180 }, { "stat": "inflation", "delta": 0.1, "bias": true, "days": 365 } ], "followUp": { "id": "ind_datacentre_grid_01", "inDays": 150 } }, "no": { "label": { "en": "Send the operator away", "fr": "Éconduire l'opérateur" }, "effects": [{ "stat": "economy", "delta": -1, "days": 60 }, { "sector": "research", "delta": -1, "days": 90 }] } }, { "id": "ind_datacentre_grid_01", "category": "industry", "doc": "report", "sender": "min_industry", "followUpOnly": true, "title": { "en": "Evening outages near the data centre", "fr": "Coupures du soir près du centre de données" }, "body": { "en": "The data centre now takes the power of a mid-sized town, and the evening peak has begun to cause outages in two districts. Residents have noticed the connection, and so has the opposition.", "fr": "Le centre de données absorbe désormais l'électricité d'une ville moyenne, et la pointe du soir provoque des coupures dans deux quartiers. Les habitants ont fait le lien, et l'opposition aussi." }, "yes": { "label": { "en": "Cap its consumption", "fr": "Plafonner sa consommation" }, "effects": [ { "stat": "economy", "delta": -1, "days": 60 }, { "stat": "opinion", "delta": 2, "days": 30 }, { "sector": "industry", "delta": -1, "days": 90 } ] }, "no": { "label": { "en": "Build a new power line", "fr": "Construire une nouvelle ligne" }, "effects": [ { "oneOff": 0.5 }, { "sector": "infrastructure", "delta": 3, "days": 180 }, { "stat": "economy", "delta": 1, "days": 60 } ] } }, { "id": "ind_training_levy_01", "category": "industry", "doc": "memo", "sender": "min_labour", "conditions": { "dayMin": 150, "min": { "unemployment": 5 } }, "title": { "en": "A levy to train welders", "fr": "Une taxe pour former des soudeurs" }, "body": { "en": "Employers complain of missing welders and machinists, yet few of them train anyone. A levy of one percent of payroll, refunded to firms that take apprentices, would change habits. Employers would call it a tax with a diploma.", "fr": "Les employeurs se plaignent de manquer de soudeurs et de mécaniciens, mais peu forment qui que ce soit. Une taxe de un pour cent de la masse salariale, remboursée aux entreprises qui prennent des apprentis, changerait les habitudes. Le patronat y verra un impôt avec diplôme." }, "yes": { "label": { "en": "Introduce the levy", "fr": "Instaurer la taxe" }, "effects": [ { "revenue": "other", "delta": 0.15 }, { "stat": "unemployment", "delta": -0.15, "bias": true, "days": 365 }, { "sector": "education", "delta": 2, "days": 180 }, { "stat": "economy", "delta": -1, "days": 90 } ] }, "no": { "label": { "en": "Leave training to firms", "fr": "Laisser les entreprises former" }, "effects": [ { "sector": "industry", "delta": -2, "days": 120 }, { "stat": "unemployment", "delta": 0.1, "bias": true, "days": 365 } ] } }, { "id": "ind_hydrogen_pilot_01", "category": "industry", "doc": "memo", "sender": "min_industry", "conditions": { "dayMin": 150 }, "title": { "en": "A hydrogen pilot at the steelworks", "fr": "Un pilote hydrogène à l'aciérie" }, "body": { "en": "A consortium proposes a pilot plant making hydrogen from surplus solar power, to fire the northern steelworks. The technology works in laboratories. In the budget, it works only with subsidies.", "fr": "Un consortium propose une usine pilote produisant de l'hydrogène à partir du surplus solaire, pour alimenter l'aciérie du nord. La technologie fonctionne en laboratoire. Dans le budget, elle ne fonctionne qu'avec des subventions." }, "yes": { "label": { "en": "Fund the pilot", "fr": "Financer le pilote" }, "effects": [ { "oneOff": 0.4 }, { "sector": "industry", "delta": 2, "days": 180 }, { "sector": "research", "delta": 3, "days": 180 }, { "sector": "environment", "delta": 2, "days": 180 } ], "followUp": { "id": "ind_hydrogen_results_01", "inDays": 300 } }, "no": { "label": { "en": "Let others try first", "fr": "Laisser d'autres essayer d'abord" }, "effects": [{ "sector": "research", "delta": -1, "days": 90 }, { "sector": "environment", "delta": -1, "days": 90 }] } }, { "id": "ind_hydrogen_results_01", "category": "industry", "doc": "report", "sender": "min_industry", "followUpOnly": true, "title": { "en": "The hydrogen pilot delivers", "fr": "Le pilote hydrogène livre ses résultats" }, "body": { "en": "The pilot plant works, at three times the cost of the old method. The consortium asks for a full-scale plant and a guaranteed buyer for twenty years. Steel buyers abroad have started to ask about green labels.", "fr": "L'usine pilote fonctionne, pour trois fois le coût de l'ancienne méthode. Le consortium demande une usine à pleine échelle et un acheteur garanti pendant vingt ans. Des acheteurs d'acier étrangers s'enquièrent déjà de labels verts." }, "yes": { "label": { "en": "Scale it up", "fr": "Passer à l'échelle" }, "effects": [ { "oneOff": 0.7 }, { "stat": "economy", "delta": 2, "bias": true, "days": 540 }, { "sector": "environment", "delta": 3, "days": 240 }, { "stat": "softPower", "delta": 2, "days": 60 } ] }, "no": { "label": { "en": "Stop at the pilot", "fr": "S'arrêter au pilote" }, "effects": [ { "stat": "softPower", "delta": -1, "days": 60 }, { "sector": "research", "delta": -2, "days": 120 }, { "extraSpending": -0.1 } ] } }, { "id": "ind_four_day_week_01", "category": "industry", "doc": "petition", "sender": "union", "conditions": { "dayMin": 180, "max": { "unemployment": 7 } }, "title": { "en": "A four-day week at the car plant", "fr": "La semaine de quatre jours à l'usine" }, "body": { "en": "The union asks to trial a four-day week at the car plant, with the same pay. Productivity would have to rise by a quarter to cover it. Employers observe that a trial is how everything starts.", "fr": "Le syndicat demande l'essai d'une semaine de quatre jours à l'usine automobile, à salaire égal. La productivité devrait augmenter d'un quart pour compenser. Le patronat observe qu'un essai est toujours le début de quelque chose." }, "yes": { "label": { "en": "Allow the trial", "fr": "Autoriser l'essai" }, "effects": [ { "stat": "opinion", "delta": 2, "days": 40 }, { "stat": "unemployment", "delta": -0.1, "bias": true, "days": 270 }, { "stat": "economy", "delta": -1, "days": 90 }, { "sector": "industry", "delta": -1, "days": 90 } ] }, "no": { "label": { "en": "Refuse", "fr": "Refuser" }, "effects": [ { "stat": "unrest", "delta": 2, "days": 40 }, { "stat": "opinion", "delta": -1, "days": 30 }, { "stat": "economy", "delta": 1, "days": 60 } ] } }, { "id": "ind_mine_collapse_01", "category": "industry", "doc": "telegram", "sender": "min_industry", "weight": 0.5, "conditions": { "dayMin": 200 }, "title": { "en": "Gallery collapse at the Karst mine", "fr": "Éboulement à la mine du Karst" }, "body": { "en": "GALLERY COLLAPSE AT THE KARST MINE. FOURTEEN MINERS TRAPPED. OWNER BLAMES THE INSPECTORS, INSPECTORS BLAME THE OWNER. STOP.", "fr": "EBOULEMENT DANS UNE GALERIE DE LA MINE DU KARST. QUATORZE MINEURS PIEGES. L'EXPLOITANT ACCUSE LES INSPECTEURS, LES INSPECTEURS ACCUSENT L'EXPLOITANT. STOP." }, "yes": { "label": { "en": "Mobilise state rescue teams", "fr": "Mobiliser les secours d'État" }, "effects": [ { "oneOff": 0.2 }, { "stat": "opinion", "delta": 3, "days": 40 }, { "stat": "armyLoyalty", "delta": 1 }, { "sector": "industry", "delta": -1, "days": 90 } ] }, "no": { "label": { "en": "Leave it to the owner", "fr": "Laisser faire l'exploitant" }, "effects": [ { "stat": "opinion", "delta": -4, "days": 40 }, { "stat": "unrest", "delta": 3, "days": 40 }, { "stat": "economy", "delta": 1, "days": 30 } ] } }, { "id": "ind_patent_box_01", "category": "industry", "doc": "memo", "sender": "min_finance", "conditions": { "dayMin": 200, "max": { "q:research": 55 } }, "title": { "en": "Half rate for patent income", "fr": "Demi-taux sur les revenus de brevets" }, "body": { "en": "Firms that patent their inventions in Valdoria would pay half the corporate rate on the resulting income. Inventors would stay. The Treasury would also forgo revenue from firms that were going to patent here anyway.", "fr": "Les entreprises qui déposent leurs brevets en Valdorie paieraient la moitié du taux d'impôt sur les sociétés sur les revenus qui en découlent. Les inventeurs resteraient. Le Trésor renoncerait aussi à des recettes d'entreprises qui auraient breveté ici de toute façon." }, "yes": { "label": { "en": "Create the regime", "fr": "Créer le régime" }, "effects": [ { "revenue": "other", "delta": -0.2 }, { "sector": "research", "delta": 3, "days": 180 }, { "stat": "economy", "delta": 1, "bias": true, "days": 365 } ] }, "no": { "label": { "en": "Keep the standard rate", "fr": "Maintenir le taux normal" }, "effects": [{ "sector": "research", "delta": -1, "days": 90 }, { "stat": "economy", "delta": -1, "days": 60 }] } }, { "id": "ind_one_stop_shop_01", "category": "industry", "doc": "memo", "sender": "min_industry", "conditions": { "dayMin": 120, "max": { "q:administration": 55 } }, "title": { "en": "One counter for business licences", "fr": "Un guichet unique pour les licences" }, "body": { "en": "Opening a workshop requires eleven licences from seven offices. A single online counter would cut the wait from nine months to six weeks. The seven offices hold seven views on the matter.", "fr": "Ouvrir un atelier exige onze licences délivrées par sept services. Un guichet unique en ligne ramènerait l'attente de neuf mois à six semaines. Les sept services ont sept avis sur la question." }, "yes": { "label": { "en": "Open the counter", "fr": "Ouvrir le guichet" }, "effects": [ { "extraSpending": 0.1 }, { "stat": "economy", "delta": 1, "bias": true, "days": 365 }, { "stat": "growth", "delta": 0.15, "bias": true, "days": 365 }, { "sector": "administration", "delta": 3, "days": 180 } ] }, "no": { "label": { "en": "Keep the current system", "fr": "Garder le système actuel" }, "effects": [{ "stat": "economy", "delta": -1, "days": 60 }, { "sector": "administration", "delta": -1, "days": 90 }] } }, { "id": "ind_fertiliser_gas_01", "category": "industry", "doc": "letter", "sender": "min_industry", "conditions": { "dayMin": 250, "min": { "inflation": 3 } }, "title": { "en": "Gas for the fertiliser plant", "fr": "Du gaz pour l'usine d'engrais" }, "body": { "en": "The national fertiliser plant cannot pay current gas prices and will close within the month, leaving farmers to depend on imports. Subsidised gas would keep it running, for as long as the subsidy lasts.", "fr": "L'usine nationale d'engrais ne peut plus payer le gaz au prix actuel et fermera d'ici un mois, laissant les agriculteurs dépendre des importations. Du gaz subventionné la maintiendrait en activité, tant que dure la subvention." }, "yes": { "label": { "en": "Subsidise the gas", "fr": "Subventionner le gaz" }, "effects": [ { "oneOff": 0.3 }, { "sector": "industry", "delta": 2, "days": 120 }, { "stat": "inflation", "delta": -0.1, "bias": true, "days": 180 } ] }, "no": { "label": { "en": "Let the plant close", "fr": "Laisser l'usine fermer" }, "effects": [ { "stat": "inflation", "delta": 0.2, "bias": true, "days": 180 }, { "stat": "unemployment", "delta": 0.1, "bias": true, "days": 180 }, { "stat": "unrest", "delta": 1, "days": 40 } ] } }, { "id": "ind_relocation_threat_01", "category": "industry", "doc": "letter", "sender": "min_industry", "conditions": { "dayMin": 250, "min": { "unemployment": 6 } }, "title": { "en": "The biggest employer threatens to leave", "fr": "Le premier employeur menace de partir" }, "body": { "en": "An electronics group, the largest private employer, will move to a cheaper neighbour unless its corporate tax drops by two points. The Finance Ministry calls it a negotiation; the group calls it a deadline.", "fr": "Un groupe d'électronique, premier employeur privé, déménagera chez un voisin moins cher si son impôt sur les sociétés baisse de deux points. Le ministère des Finances parle de négociation ; le groupe, d'échéance." }, "yes": { "label": { "en": "Cut its tax", "fr": "Alléger son impôt" }, "effects": [ { "revenue": "corporate", "delta": -2 }, { "stat": "economy", "delta": 1, "bias": true, "days": 365 }, { "stat": "unemployment", "delta": -0.1, "bias": true, "days": 365 }, { "stat": "opinion", "delta": -2, "days": 40 } ] }, "no": { "label": { "en": "Let it leave", "fr": "Le laisser partir" }, "effects": [ { "stat": "unemployment", "delta": 0.3, "bias": true, "days": 365 }, { "stat": "economy", "delta": -2, "days": 90 }, { "stat": "opinion", "delta": 1, "days": 30 } ] } }, { "id": "ind_energy_coop_01", "category": "industry", "doc": "memo", "sender": "min_environment", "conditions": { "dayMin": 300 }, "title": { "en": "Village energy cooperatives", "fr": "Des coopératives d'énergie villageoises" }, "body": { "en": "Hill villages want to form cooperatives that sell solar and small-hydro power to the grid at a fixed price. The utility notes that the grid was not built for a thousand small producers.", "fr": "Des villages de montagne veulent créer des coopératives vendant leur électricité solaire et hydraulique au réseau à prix fixe. L'électricien fait remarquer que le réseau n'a pas été conçu pour mille petits producteurs." }, "yes": { "label": { "en": "Back the cooperatives", "fr": "Soutenir les coopératives" }, "effects": [ { "extraSpending": 0.1 }, { "sector": "environment", "delta": 3, "days": 240 }, { "stat": "opinion", "delta": 2, "days": 40 }, { "sector": "infrastructure", "delta": -1, "days": 90 } ] }, "no": { "label": { "en": "Keep the utility's monopoly", "fr": "Garder le monopole public" }, "effects": [ { "sector": "environment", "delta": -1, "days": 90 }, { "stat": "opinion", "delta": -1, "days": 30 }, { "sector": "infrastructure", "delta": 1, "days": 90 } ] } }, { "id": "ind_exec_bonuses_01", "category": "industry", "doc": "memo", "sender": "press_office", "conditions": { "dayMin": 300, "max": { "opinion": 60 } }, "title": { "en": "Bonuses at the state mining company", "fr": "Primes à la compagnie minière d'État" }, "body": { "en": "The state mining company has paid its managers a record bonus in a year of losses, and the press has the figures. The board replies that the contracts were signed years ago, and that contracts are contracts.", "fr": "La compagnie minière d'État a versé à ses cadres une prime record après une année de pertes, et la presse détient les chiffres. Le conseil répond que les contrats datent de plusieurs années, et qu'un contrat est un contrat." }, "yes": { "label": { "en": "Cap executive pay", "fr": "Plafonner les rémunérations" }, "effects": [ { "stat": "opinion", "delta": 3, "days": 40 }, { "sector": "industry", "delta": -1, "days": 90 }, { "stat": "economy", "delta": -1, "days": 60 } ] }, "no": { "label": { "en": "Honour the contracts", "fr": "Honorer les contrats" }, "effects": [ { "stat": "opinion", "delta": -3, "days": 40 }, { "stat": "unrest", "delta": 1, "days": 40 }, { "sector": "industry", "delta": 1, "days": 90 } ] } }, { "id": "ind_small_reactor_01", "category": "industry", "doc": "report", "sender": "min_industry", "conditions": { "dayMin": 350 }, "title": { "en": "A small reactor in the north", "fr": "Un petit réacteur dans le nord" }, "body": { "en": "A consortium proposes a small modular reactor in the northern basin: clean baseload power, they say. Cost overruns on such projects are a matter of public record, and the neighbours are listening.", "fr": "Un consortium propose un petit réacteur modulaire dans le bassin du nord : une énergie de base propre, assure-t-il. Les dépassements de coûts de tels projets sont de notoriété publique, et les voisins écoutent." }, "yes": { "label": { "en": "Approve the reactor", "fr": "Approuver le réacteur" }, "effects": [ { "oneOff": 1 }, { "sector": "environment", "delta": 2, "days": 365 }, { "sector": "industry", "delta": 3, "bias": true, "days": 540 }, { "stat": "inflation", "delta": -0.3, "bias": true, "days": 540 }, { "stat": "softPower", "delta": -1, "days": 60 } ] }, "no": { "label": { "en": "Shelve the plan", "fr": "Classer le projet" }, "effects": [ { "sector": "industry", "delta": -1, "days": 120 }, { "stat": "inflation", "delta": 0.2, "bias": true, "days": 365 } ] } }, { "id": "ind_winter_gas_01", "category": "industry", "doc": "memo", "sender": "min_industry", "conditions": { "dayMin": 400 }, "title": { "en": "Winter gas reserves", "fr": "Les réserves de gaz pour l'hiver" }, "body": { "en": "Storage tanks hold only sixty percent of the winter target, and the buying window is closing. Filling them now costs a premium. Filling them late may cost more, or not be possible.", "fr": "Les réservoirs ne contiennent que soixante pour cent de l'objectif hivernal, et la fenêtre d'achat se referme. Les remplir maintenant coûte une prime. Les remplir plus tard coûtera peut-être plus, ou sera impossible." }, "yes": { "label": { "en": "Buy now at a premium", "fr": "Acheter maintenant, plus cher" }, "effects": [ { "oneOff": 0.4 }, { "stat": "stability", "delta": 1, "days": 40 }, { "stat": "inflation", "delta": -0.1, "bias": true, "days": 180 } ] }, "no": { "label": { "en": "Wait for lower prices", "fr": "Attendre une baisse des prix" }, "effects": [ { "stat": "economy", "delta": -1, "days": 60 }, { "stat": "inflation", "delta": 0.3, "bias": true, "days": 180 }, { "stat": "opinion", "delta": -2, "days": 40 } ] } }, { "id": "ind_insolvency_pause_01", "category": "industry", "doc": "memo", "sender": "min_finance", "conditions": { "dayMin": 420, "max": { "economy": 45 } }, "title": { "en": "A pause on bankruptcies", "fr": "Une pause sur les faillites" }, "body": { "en": "Bankruptcies are up by a third. Firms ask for a six-month moratorium on insolvency proceedings. Creditors, banks included, ask what exactly they are meant to do for six months.", "fr": "Les faillites ont augmenté d'un tiers. Les entreprises demandent un moratoire de six mois sur les procédures collectives. Les créanciers, banques comprises, demandent ce qu'ils sont censés faire pendant six mois." }, "yes": { "label": { "en": "Declare the moratorium", "fr": "Décréter le moratoire" }, "effects": [ { "oneOff": 0.2 }, { "stat": "unemployment", "delta": -0.2, "bias": true, "days": 180 }, { "stat": "stability", "delta": 1, "days": 40 }, { "stat": "economy", "delta": -1, "bias": true, "days": 365 } ] }, "no": { "label": { "en": "Let the law run", "fr": "Laisser la loi s'appliquer" }, "effects": [ { "stat": "unemployment", "delta": 0.3, "bias": true, "days": 180 }, { "stat": "unrest", "delta": 3, "days": 40 }, { "stat": "economy", "delta": 1, "days": 60 } ] } }, { "id": "ind_miners_strike_01", "category": "industry", "doc": "petition", "sender": "union", "conditions": { "dayMin": 450 }, "title": { "en": "Miners ask for a twelve percent raise", "fr": "Les mineurs réclament douze pour cent" }, "body": { "en": "The Karst miners demand a twelve percent raise after a year of record ore prices. The company calls it unaffordable, the miners call it overdue, and the pit has already stopped for two shifts.", "fr": "Les mineurs du Karst réclament douze pour cent d'augmentation après une année de prix records du minerai. La compagnie parle d'un coût insoutenable, les mineurs d'un rattrapage, et le puits a déjà cessé deux postes." }, "yes": { "label": { "en": "Back the raise", "fr": "Appuyer l'augmentation" }, "effects": [ { "stat": "inflation", "delta": 0.2, "bias": true, "days": 180 }, { "stat": "unrest", "delta": -3, "days": 40 }, { "sector": "industry", "delta": -1, "days": 90 }, { "stat": "opinion", "delta": 2, "days": 30 } ] }, "no": { "label": { "en": "Call for restraint", "fr": "Appeler à la modération" }, "effects": [ { "stat": "unrest", "delta": 4, "days": 40 }, { "stat": "economy", "delta": -2, "days": 60 }, { "stat": "opinion", "delta": -1, "days": 30 } ] } }, { "id": "ind_steel_tariffs_01", "category": "industry", "doc": "memo", "sender": "min_industry", "conditions": { "dayMin": 500 }, "title": { "en": "Thirty per cent on steel imports", "fr": "Trente pour cent sur l'acier importé" }, "body": { "en": "Imported steel now sells below Valdorian production cost. A thirty percent tariff would save the northern steelworks and raise prices for every builder and carmaker. Trading partners will notice.", "fr": "L'acier importé se vend désormais sous le coût de production valdorien. Un droit de trente pour cent sauverait l'aciérie du nord et renchérirait le matériau pour tous les constructeurs. Les partenaires commerciaux le remarqueront." }, "yes": { "label": { "en": "Impose the tariff", "fr": "Imposer les droits" }, "effects": [ { "revenue": "other", "delta": 0.15 }, { "sector": "industry", "delta": 4, "days": 180 }, { "stat": "inflation", "delta": 0.3, "bias": true, "days": 365 }, { "stat": "softPower", "delta": -2, "days": 60 } ] }, "no": { "label": { "en": "Keep trade open", "fr": "Garder le marché ouvert" }, "effects": [ { "sector": "industry", "delta": -3, "days": 120 }, { "stat": "unemployment", "delta": 0.15, "bias": true, "days": 270 }, { "stat": "inflation", "delta": -0.1, "bias": true, "days": 180 } ] } }, { "id": "ind_battery_pact_01", "category": "industry", "doc": "letter", "sender": "min_foreign", "conditions": { "dayMin": 500 }, "title": { "en": "A pact against battery subsidies", "fr": "Un pacte contre les aides aux batteries" }, "body": { "en": "Two larger states subsidise their battery makers heavily, and Valdorian suppliers are losing contracts. A regional pact would ban such subsidies in exchange for open markets. Valdoria would also give up the subsidies it was about to grant.", "fr": "Deux États plus grands subventionnent largement leurs fabricants de batteries, et les sous-traitants valdoriens perdent des marchés. Un pacte régional interdirait ces aides contre l'ouverture des marchés. La Valdorie renoncerait aussi aux aides qu'elle s'apprêtait à accorder." }, "yes": { "label": { "en": "Join the pact", "fr": "Rejoindre le pacte" }, "effects": [ { "stat": "softPower", "delta": 3, "days": 60 }, { "stat": "economy", "delta": 1, "bias": true, "days": 365 }, { "sector": "industry", "delta": -2, "days": 120 } ] }, "no": { "label": { "en": "Stay outside", "fr": "Rester à l'écart" }, "effects": [ { "oneOff": 0.3 }, { "sector": "industry", "delta": 3, "days": 180 }, { "stat": "softPower", "delta": -2, "days": 60 } ] } }, { "id": "ind_windfall_tax_01", "category": "industry", "doc": "memo", "sender": "min_finance", "conditions": { "dayMin": 450, "min": { "inflation": 4 } }, "title": { "en": "A levy on energy windfalls", "fr": "Une taxe sur les surprofits de l'énergie" }, "body": { "en": "Energy producers post record profits while households pay record bills. A temporary windfall levy would fund a relief payment. The producers call it confiscation, and the tax office calls it Tuesday.", "fr": "Les producteurs d'énergie affichent des profits records alors que les ménages paient des factures records. Une taxe temporaire sur les surprofits financerait une aide. Les producteurs parlent de confiscation, le fisc de routine." }, "yes": { "label": { "en": "Levy the windfall", "fr": "Taxer les surprofits" }, "effects": [ { "oneOff": -0.8 }, { "stat": "opinion", "delta": 4, "days": 40 }, { "sector": "industry", "delta": -2, "days": 120 }, { "stat": "economy", "delta": -1, "bias": true, "days": 270 } ] }, "no": { "label": { "en": "Spare the producers", "fr": "Épargner les producteurs" }, "effects": [ { "stat": "opinion", "delta": -4, "days": 40 }, { "stat": "unrest", "delta": 2, "days": 40 }, { "sector": "industry", "delta": 2, "days": 120 } ] } }, { "id": "ind_energy_dividends_01", "category": "industry", "doc": "memo", "sender": "min_finance", "conditions": { "dayMin": 500, "notFlags": ["energy_privatised"] }, "title": { "en": "The energy company keeps its dividends", "fr": "L'énergéticien veut garder ses dividendes" }, "body": { "en": "The state energy company asks to keep its dividends for three years to modernise its plants and grid. The Treasury had pencilled in those dividends for pensions, in ink.", "fr": "L'entreprise publique d'énergie demande à conserver ses dividendes pendant trois ans pour moderniser centrales et réseau. Le Trésor avait déjà prévu ces dividendes pour les retraites, et à l'encre." }, "yes": { "label": { "en": "Let it reinvest", "fr": "Lui laisser réinvestir" }, "effects": [ { "extraSpending": 0.2 }, { "sector": "industry", "delta": 3, "days": 180 }, { "sector": "infrastructure", "delta": 2, "days": 180 }, { "stat": "inflation", "delta": -0.1, "bias": true, "days": 270 } ] }, "no": { "label": { "en": "Take the dividends", "fr": "Prélever les dividendes" }, "effects": [ { "oneOff": -0.5 }, { "sector": "industry", "delta": -2, "days": 120 }, { "sector": "infrastructure", "delta": -2, "days": 120 } ] } }, { "id": "ind_privatised_tariff_01", "category": "industry", "doc": "letter", "sender": "min_industry", "conditions": { "dayMin": 450, "flags": ["energy_privatised"] }, "title": { "en": "The new owners want higher tariffs", "fr": "Les nouveaux propriétaires veulent plus" }, "body": { "en": "The private owners of the energy company ask for a fifteen percent tariff rise, citing the investments promised at the sale. The regulator is a department of the same ministry that ran the sale.", "fr": "Les propriétaires privés de l'entreprise d'énergie demandent quinze pour cent de hausse tarifaire, au nom des investissements promis lors de la vente. Le régulateur est un service du ministère qui a conduit la vente." }, "yes": { "label": { "en": "Approve the rise", "fr": "Approuver la hausse" }, "effects": [ { "stat": "inflation", "delta": 0.5, "bias": true, "days": 365 }, { "sector": "infrastructure", "delta": 3, "days": 180 }, { "stat": "opinion", "delta": -3, "days": 40 } ] }, "no": { "label": { "en": "Refuse the rise", "fr": "Refuser la hausse" }, "effects": [ { "stat": "opinion", "delta": 2, "days": 30 }, { "sector": "infrastructure", "delta": -2, "days": 180 }, { "stat": "economy", "delta": -1, "days": 60 } ] } }, { "id": "ind_startup_visa_01", "category": "industry", "doc": "memo", "sender": "min_industry", "conditions": { "dayMin": 550, "max": { "growth": 3 } }, "title": { "en": "A visa for foreign founders", "fr": "Un visa pour fondateurs étrangers" }, "body": { "en": "A visa would let foreign engineers found companies in Valdoria, with a light first-year tax regime. Local graduates ask why the welcome mat is always laid for someone else.", "fr": "Un visa permettrait à des ingénieurs étrangers de fonder des entreprises en Valdorie, avec une fiscalité allégée la première année. Les diplômés du pays demandent pourquoi le tapis rouge est toujours déroulé pour d'autres." }, "yes": { "label": { "en": "Create the visa", "fr": "Créer le visa" }, "effects": [ { "stat": "economy", "delta": 1, "bias": true, "days": 365 }, { "sector": "research", "delta": 2, "days": 180 }, { "stat": "softPower", "delta": 1, "days": 60 }, { "stat": "opinion", "delta": -1, "days": 30 } ] }, "no": { "label": { "en": "Keep the current rules", "fr": "Garder les règles actuelles" }, "effects": [{ "sector": "research", "delta": -1, "days": 90 }, { "stat": "opinion", "delta": 1, "days": 30 }] } }, { "id": "ind_chemical_rules_01", "category": "industry", "doc": "memo", "sender": "min_environment", "conditions": { "dayMin": 550 }, "title": { "en": "Storage rules for chemical sites", "fr": "Des règles de stockage pour les sites chimiques" }, "body": { "en": "New rules would require double containment and a minimum distance from housing at chemical sites. For small plants, compliance costs about a year of profits. For the neighbours, it costs about a year of sleep, at present.", "fr": "De nouvelles règles imposeraient double confinement et distance minimale des habitations autour des sites chimiques. Pour les petites usines, la mise aux normes coûte environ un an de bénéfices. Pour les riverains, la situation actuelle coûte un an de sommeil." }, "yes": { "label": { "en": "Adopt the rules", "fr": "Adopter les règles" }, "effects": [ { "sector": "environment", "delta": 3, "days": 240 }, { "sector": "industry", "delta": -2, "days": 120 }, { "stat": "unemployment", "delta": 0.1, "bias": true, "days": 180 }, { "stat": "opinion", "delta": 1, "days": 30 } ] }, "no": { "label": { "en": "Postpone the rules", "fr": "Reporter les règles" }, "effects": [ { "stat": "economy", "delta": 1, "days": 60 }, { "sector": "environment", "delta": -2, "days": 120 }, { "stat": "opinion", "delta": -1, "days": 30 } ] } }, { "id": "ind_offshore_licences_01", "category": "industry", "doc": "memo", "sender": "min_industry", "conditions": { "dayMin": 600 }, "title": { "en": "Offshore gas licences", "fr": "Des licences gazières offshore" }, "body": { "en": "A licensing round for offshore gas blocks would bring signing bonuses at once and royalties later. It would also bring fishing communities to the ministry's door, at once.", "fr": "Un cycle de licences pour des blocs gaziers offshore rapporterait des primes de signature tout de suite et des redevances plus tard. Il amènerait aussi les communautés de pêcheurs à la porte du ministère, tout de suite." }, "yes": { "label": { "en": "Open the licensing round", "fr": "Ouvrir le cycle de licences" }, "effects": [ { "oneOff": -0.6 }, { "stat": "economy", "delta": 1, "bias": true, "days": 540 }, { "sector": "environment", "delta": -3, "days": 240 }, { "stat": "unrest", "delta": 2, "days": 40 } ] }, "no": { "label": { "en": "Leave the seabed alone", "fr": "Laisser les fonds marins en paix" }, "effects": [ { "sector": "environment", "delta": 2, "days": 180 }, { "stat": "opinion", "delta": 1, "days": 30 }, { "stat": "softPower", "delta": 1, "days": 60 }, { "stat": "inflation", "delta": 0.1, "bias": true, "days": 180 } ] } }, { "id": "ind_worker_buyout_01", "category": "industry", "doc": "petition", "sender": "union", "conditions": { "dayMin": 650, "min": { "unemployment": 7 } }, "title": { "en": "Workers offer to buy the factory", "fr": "Les ouvriers proposent de racheter l'usine" }, "body": { "en": "Workers of a bankrupt tool factory offer to buy it as a cooperative if the state guarantees the loan. The bank sees a bad bet; the workers say they know the machines better than the bank does.", "fr": "Les ouvriers d'une usine d'outillage en faillite proposent de la racheter en coopérative si l'État garantit l'emprunt. La banque y voit un mauvais pari ; les ouvriers disent connaître les machines mieux qu'elle." }, "yes": { "label": { "en": "Guarantee the loan", "fr": "Garantir le prêt" }, "effects": [ { "oneOff": 0.2 }, { "stat": "unemployment", "delta": -0.1, "bias": true, "days": 270 }, { "stat": "opinion", "delta": 2, "days": 40 }, { "stat": "unrest", "delta": -2, "days": 40 } ] }, "no": { "label": { "en": "Refuse the guarantee", "fr": "Refuser la garantie" }, "effects": [ { "stat": "unemployment", "delta": 0.1, "bias": true, "days": 270 }, { "stat": "unrest", "delta": 2, "days": 40 }, { "sector": "industry", "delta": -1, "days": 90 } ] } }, { "id": "ind_state_merger_01", "category": "industry", "doc": "memo", "sender": "min_finance", "conditions": { "dayMin": 700, "min": { "debt": 55 } }, "title": { "en": "Merge the two state heavy-industry firms", "fr": "Fusionner les deux groupes industriels d'État" }, "body": { "en": "Merging the state steel group and the state engineering group would save on overheads and cut about nine hundred posts. Their unions agree on exactly one thing: opposing it.", "fr": "Fusionner le groupe sidérurgique d'État et le groupe de mécanique d'État économiserait des frais généraux et supprimerait environ neuf cents postes. Leurs syndicats s'accordent sur un seul point : s'y opposer." }, "yes": { "label": { "en": "Merge the firms", "fr": "Fusionner les groupes" }, "effects": [ { "extraSpending": -0.15 }, { "stat": "unemployment", "delta": 0.15, "bias": true, "days": 270 }, { "stat": "unrest", "delta": 3, "days": 40 }, { "sector": "administration", "delta": 2, "days": 180 } ] }, "no": { "label": { "en": "Keep them separate", "fr": "Les garder séparés" }, "effects": [ { "stat": "opinion", "delta": 1, "days": 30 }, { "stat": "stability", "delta": 1, "days": 40 }, { "sector": "industry", "delta": -1, "days": 90 } ] } }, { "id": "ind_ore_export_ban_01", "category": "industry", "doc": "memo", "sender": "min_industry", "conditions": { "dayMin": 750 }, "title": { "en": "Stop shipping raw ore", "fr": "Cesser d'exporter le minerai brut" }, "body": { "en": "Valdoria ships raw ore abroad and buys back finished metal at four times the price. A ban on raw exports would force local processing, and would anger the buyers, who are also the sellers.", "fr": "La Valdorie expédie du minerai brut à l'étranger et rachète du métal fini au quadruple du prix. Interdire l'export brut forcerait la transformation locale, et fâcherait les acheteurs, qui sont aussi les vendeurs." }, "yes": { "label": { "en": "Ban raw ore exports", "fr": "Interdire l'export brut" }, "effects": [ { "sector": "industry", "delta": 3, "days": 240 }, { "stat": "economy", "delta": -1, "bias": true, "days": 180 }, { "stat": "softPower", "delta": -2, "days": 60 }, { "revenue": "other", "delta": -0.1 } ] }, "no": { "label": { "en": "Keep exporting ore", "fr": "Continuer d'exporter" }, "effects": [ { "oneOff": -0.2 }, { "stat": "economy", "delta": 1, "days": 60 }, { "sector": "industry", "delta": -1, "days": 120 } ] } }, { "id": "ind_industry_rescue_01", "category": "industry", "doc": "memo", "sender": "min_industry", "conditions": { "dayMin": 400, "max": { "q:industry": 40 } }, "title": { "en": "Half the plants idle", "fr": "La moitié des usines tournent au ralenti" }, "body": { "en": "Industrial output has slipped for three quarters, and the ministry's own surveys show half the plants below capacity. A recovery plan would cost real money. Doing nothing would cost it more slowly.", "fr": "La production industrielle recule depuis trois trimestres, et les enquêtes du ministère montrent que la moitié des usines sont sous leur capacité. Un plan de relance coûterait de l'argent. Ne rien faire en coûterait davantage, mais plus lentement." }, "yes": { "label": { "en": "Launch the recovery plan", "fr": "Lancer le plan de relance" }, "effects": [ { "oneOff": 0.8 }, { "sector": "industry", "delta": 6, "days": 240 }, { "stat": "economy", "delta": 2, "bias": true, "days": 365 }, { "stat": "unemployment", "delta": -0.2, "bias": true, "days": 365 } ] }, "no": { "label": { "en": "Wait for the cycle", "fr": "Attendre le cycle" }, "effects": [ { "sector": "industry", "delta": -2, "days": 120 }, { "stat": "unemployment", "delta": 0.2, "bias": true, "days": 270 }, { "stat": "unrest", "delta": 2, "days": 40 } ] } }, { "id": "ind_automation_credit_01", "category": "industry", "doc": "memo", "sender": "min_finance", "conditions": { "dayMin": 900, "max": { "growth": 2.5 } }, "title": { "en": "A tax credit for new machines", "fr": "Un crédit d'impôt pour les machines neuves" }, "body": { "en": "A tax credit of twenty percent on machinery purchases would modernise ageing workshops. Productivity would rise, machine makers would celebrate, and the labour force would read the small print.", "fr": "Un crédit d'impôt de vingt pour cent sur l'achat de machines moderniserait des ateliers vieillissants. La productivité augmenterait, les fabricants de machines se réjouiraient, et les salariés liraient les petites lignes." }, "yes": { "label": { "en": "Grant the credit", "fr": "Accorder le crédit" }, "effects": [ { "revenue": "other", "delta": -0.15 }, { "stat": "growth", "delta": 0.2, "bias": true, "days": 540 }, { "stat": "economy", "delta": 1, "bias": true, "days": 540 }, { "stat": "unemployment", "delta": 0.1, "bias": true, "days": 365 } ] }, "no": { "label": { "en": "Keep the tax code", "fr": "Laisser le code fiscal" }, "effects": [ { "sector": "industry", "delta": -1, "days": 120 }, { "stat": "economy", "delta": -1, "days": 60 }, { "stat": "unrest", "delta": -1, "days": 40 } ] } }, { "id": "ind_hydro_shortfall_01", "category": "industry", "doc": "telegram", "sender": "min_industry", "weight": 0.5, "conditions": { "dayMin": 950 }, "title": { "en": "Drought cuts hydropower", "fr": "La sécheresse réduit l'hydroélectricité" }, "body": { "en": "DROUGHT CUTS HYDROPOWER BY FORTY PERCENT. GRID OPERATOR PROPOSES ROTATING CUTS TO FACTORIES OR TO HOUSEHOLDS. STOP.", "fr": "LA SECHERESSE REDUIT L'HYDROELECTRICITE DE QUARANTE POUR CENT. LE GESTIONNAIRE DU RESEAU PROPOSE DES COUPURES TOURNANTES POUR LES USINES OU POUR LES MENAGES. STOP." }, "yes": { "label": { "en": "Cut the factories first", "fr": "Couper d'abord les usines" }, "effects": [ { "stat": "economy", "delta": -3, "days": 60 }, { "stat": "unemployment", "delta": 0.15, "bias": true, "days": 120 }, { "sector": "industry", "delta": -3, "days": 120 }, { "stat": "unrest", "delta": -1, "days": 40 } ] }, "no": { "label": { "en": "Cut households first", "fr": "Couper d'abord les ménages" }, "effects": [ { "stat": "opinion", "delta": -4, "days": 40 }, { "stat": "unrest", "delta": 3, "days": 40 }, { "stat": "economy", "delta": -1, "days": 40 } ] } }, { "id": "ind_champion_takeover_01", "category": "industry", "doc": "letter", "sender": "min_industry", "conditions": { "dayMin": 1000 }, "title": { "en": "A foreign bid for the machine-tool champion", "fr": "Une offre étrangère sur le champion de l'outil" }, "body": { "en": "A foreign group bids for the national machine-tool maker at twice its market value. Shareholders are delighted. Researchers, and everyone with a flag at home, are not.", "fr": "Un groupe étranger propose de racheter le fabricant national de machines-outils à deux fois sa valeur boursière. Les actionnaires sont ravis. Les chercheurs, et tous ceux qui ont un drapeau chez eux, beaucoup moins." }, "yes": { "label": { "en": "Approve the takeover", "fr": "Approuver le rachat" }, "effects": [ { "oneOff": -0.4 }, { "stat": "economy", "delta": 2, "days": 60 }, { "sector": "industry", "delta": -3, "days": 180 }, { "sector": "research", "delta": -2, "days": 180 }, { "stat": "opinion", "delta": -2, "days": 40 } ] }, "no": { "label": { "en": "Block the bid", "fr": "Bloquer l'offre" }, "effects": [ { "stat": "opinion", "delta": 2, "days": 40 }, { "stat": "softPower", "delta": -1, "days": 60 }, { "sector": "industry", "delta": 1, "days": 90 }, { "stat": "economy", "delta": -1, "days": 60 } ] } }, { "id": "ind_miners_pension_01", "category": "industry", "doc": "memo", "sender": "min_labour", "conditions": { "dayMin": 950 }, "title": { "en": "The miners' special pension", "fr": "La retraite spéciale des mineurs" }, "body": { "en": "Miners retire early on a special scheme that costs more every year, as the mines close and the retirees remain. A reform would raise the retirement age by three years for new entrants.", "fr": "Les mineurs partent tôt à la retraite grâce à un régime spécial qui coûte plus chaque année, à mesure que les mines ferment et que les retraités restent. Une réforme relèverait de trois ans l'âge de départ des nouveaux entrants." }, "yes": { "label": { "en": "Reform the scheme", "fr": "Réformer le régime" }, "effects": [ { "extraSpending": -0.2 }, { "stat": "unrest", "delta": 3, "days": 40 }, { "stat": "opinion", "delta": -2, "days": 40 }, { "stat": "stability", "delta": -1, "days": 40 } ] }, "no": { "label": { "en": "Keep the scheme", "fr": "Maintenir le régime" }, "effects": [ { "extraSpending": 0.2 }, { "stat": "stability", "delta": 1, "days": 40 }, { "stat": "unrest", "delta": -1, "days": 40 } ] } }, { "id": "ind_refinery_closure_01", "category": "industry", "doc": "report", "sender": "min_industry", "conditions": { "dayMin": 1000, "min": { "debt": 55 } }, "title": { "en": "The old refinery loses money", "fr": "La vieille raffinerie perd de l'argent" }, "body": { "en": "The only refinery, forty years old, loses money every month. Closing it would end the subsidies and make Valdoria import every litre of fuel. Modernising it would cost a good deal and a year of closure.", "fr": "L'unique raffinerie, vieille de quarante ans, perd de l'argent chaque mois. La fermer mettrait fin aux subventions et obligerait la Valdorie à importer chaque litre de carburant. La moderniser coûterait cher et un an d'arrêt." }, "yes": { "label": { "en": "Close the refinery", "fr": "Fermer la raffinerie" }, "effects": [ { "extraSpending": -0.15 }, { "stat": "unemployment", "delta": 0.15, "bias": true, "days": 270 }, { "stat": "inflation", "delta": 0.2, "bias": true, "days": 365 }, { "sector": "industry", "delta": -3, "days": 120 } ] }, "no": { "label": { "en": "Modernise it", "fr": "La moderniser" }, "effects": [ { "oneOff": 0.6 }, { "sector": "industry", "delta": 3, "days": 180 }, { "sector": "environment", "delta": -1, "days": 90 }, { "stat": "inflation", "delta": -0.1, "bias": true, "days": 270 } ] } }, { "id": "ind_gigafactory_01", "category": "industry", "doc": "letter", "sender": "min_industry", "conditions": { "dayMin": 1100, "min": { "economy": 50 } }, "title": { "en": "A battery gigafactory", "fr": "Une gigafactory de batteries" }, "body": { "en": "A foreign group will build a battery gigafactory in Valdoria if the state covers part of the investment. Three neighbouring countries have received the same letter, and are reading it with equal attention.", "fr": "Un groupe étranger bâtira une gigafactory de batteries en Valdorie si l'État prend en charge une partie de l'investissement. Trois pays voisins ont reçu la même lettre, et la lisent avec la même attention." }, "yes": { "label": { "en": "Pay the subsidy", "fr": "Verser la subvention" }, "effects": [ { "oneOff": 0.7 }, { "stat": "economy", "delta": 2, "bias": true, "days": 730 }, { "stat": "growth", "delta": 0.3, "bias": true, "days": 730 }, { "sector": "industry", "delta": 4, "days": 240 }, { "stat": "unemployment", "delta": -0.2, "bias": true, "days": 540 } ] }, "no": { "label": { "en": "Decline to bid", "fr": "Ne pas entrer dans l'enchère" }, "effects": [ { "sector": "industry", "delta": -1, "days": 90 }, { "stat": "opinion", "delta": 1, "days": 30 }, { "stat": "economy", "delta": -1, "days": 60 } ] } }, { "id": "ind_smelter_power_01", "category": "industry", "doc": "letter", "sender": "min_industry", "conditions": { "dayMin": 1000 }, "title": { "en": "The aluminium smelter needs half-price power", "fr": "La fonderie veut du courant à moitié prix" }, "body": { "en": "The aluminium smelter, two thousand jobs, says it can only stay if its power costs half as much. Other industries would pay the difference on their own bills, and some of them have noticed.", "fr": "La fonderie d'aluminium, deux mille emplois, affirme ne pouvoir rester que si son électricité coûte moitié moins. Les autres industries paieraient la différence sur leurs factures, et certaines l'ont remarqué." }, "yes": { "label": { "en": "Grant the power deal", "fr": "Accorder le tarif" }, "effects": [ { "extraSpending": 0.15 }, { "stat": "unemployment", "delta": -0.1, "bias": true, "days": 365 }, { "sector": "industry", "delta": 2, "days": 180 }, { "stat": "inflation", "delta": 0.1, "bias": true, "days": 365 } ] }, "no": { "label": { "en": "Let the smelter go", "fr": "Laisser partir la fonderie" }, "effects": [ { "stat": "unemployment", "delta": 0.2, "bias": true, "days": 365 }, { "stat": "unrest", "delta": 2, "days": 40 }, { "stat": "economy", "delta": 1, "days": 60 } ] } }, { "id": "ind_sell_mining_01", "category": "industry", "doc": "memo", "sender": "min_finance", "conditions": { "dayMin": 900, "min": { "debt": 65 } }, "title": { "en": "Sell the state mining company?", "fr": "Vendre la compagnie minière d'État ?" }, "body": { "en": "Selling the state mining company would bring in one percent of GDP and end its losses. Buyers are queueing up, and that is exactly what worries the unions.", "fr": "Vendre la compagnie minière d'État rapporterait un pour cent du PIB et mettrait fin à ses pertes. Les acheteurs font la queue, et c'est précisément ce qui inquiète les syndicats." }, "yes": { "label": { "en": "Sell the company", "fr": "Vendre la compagnie" }, "effects": [ { "oneOff": -1 }, { "stat": "unrest", "delta": 3, "days": 40 }, { "stat": "opinion", "delta": -3, "days": 40 }, { "stat": "economy", "delta": 1, "bias": true, "days": 365 } ] }, "no": { "label": { "en": "Keep the company", "fr": "Garder la compagnie" }, "effects": [ { "stat": "opinion", "delta": 1, "days": 30 }, { "stat": "stability", "delta": 1, "days": 40 }, { "sector": "industry", "delta": -1, "days": 90 } ] } }, { "id": "ind_buy_local_01", "category": "industry", "doc": "memo", "sender": "min_industry", "conditions": { "dayMin": 1100 }, "title": { "en": "A margin for Valdorian-made goods", "fr": "Une préférence pour les produits valdoriens" }, "body": { "en": "Public contracts could prefer Valdorian-made goods by a ten percent margin. Domestic factories would get orders. Foreign partners would get a lawyer, and the lawyer would get a hearing.", "fr": "Les marchés publics pourraient préférer les produits valdoriens avec une marge de dix pour cent. Les usines nationales auraient des commandes. Les partenaires étrangers auraient un avocat, et l'avocat une audience." }, "yes": { "label": { "en": "Adopt the preference", "fr": "Adopter la préférence" }, "effects": [ { "sector": "industry", "delta": 3, "days": 180 }, { "stat": "unemployment", "delta": -0.1, "bias": true, "days": 365 }, { "extraSpending": 0.1 }, { "stat": "softPower", "delta": -2, "days": 60 } ] }, "no": { "label": { "en": "Keep tenders open", "fr": "Garder l'appel d'offres ouvert" }, "effects": [ { "sector": "industry", "delta": -1, "days": 90 }, { "stat": "softPower", "delta": 1, "days": 60 }, { "stat": "inflation", "delta": -0.1, "bias": true, "days": 180 } ] } }, { "id": "ind_pollution_scandal_01", "category": "industry", "doc": "memo", "sender": "press_office", "conditions": { "dayMin": 1200 }, "title": { "en": "The river and the fertiliser plant", "fr": "La rivière et l'usine d'engrais" }, "body": { "en": "A newspaper shows that a fertiliser plant has dumped waste in the river for years, with every permit duly stamped. The plant employs eleven hundred people, and the river is where the capital gets its water.", "fr": "Un journal révèle qu'une usine d'engrais rejette des déchets dans la rivière depuis des années, tous permis dûment tamponnés. L'usine emploie onze cents personnes, et la rivière alimente la capitale en eau." }, "yes": { "label": { "en": "Suspend the plant", "fr": "Suspendre l'usine" }, "effects": [ { "stat": "opinion", "delta": 3, "days": 40 }, { "sector": "environment", "delta": 3, "days": 180 }, { "stat": "unemployment", "delta": 0.15, "bias": true, "days": 180 }, { "stat": "economy", "delta": -1, "days": 60 } ] }, "no": { "label": { "en": "Fine it and set a plan", "fr": "Infliger une amende et un plan" }, "effects": [ { "oneOff": -0.1 }, { "stat": "opinion", "delta": -2, "days": 40 }, { "sector": "environment", "delta": 1, "days": 120 } ] } }, { "id": "ind_skilled_visas_01", "category": "industry", "doc": "memo", "sender": "min_labour", "conditions": { "dayMin": 1200 }, "title": { "en": "Three thousand welders short", "fr": "Il manque trois mille soudeurs" }, "body": { "en": "Factories lack three thousand skilled welders and technicians. Visas for foreign workers would fill the gap by spring. Unions ask why wages are not raised instead, and employers ask why they are being asked.", "fr": "Les usines manquent de trois mille soudeurs et techniciens qualifiés. Des visas pour travailleurs étrangers combleraient le vide d'ici le printemps. Les syndicats demandent pourquoi on ne relève pas plutôt les salaires, et le patronat pourquoi on lui demande." }, "yes": { "label": { "en": "Issue the visas", "fr": "Délivrer les visas" }, "effects": [ { "stat": "economy", "delta": 1, "bias": true, "days": 365 }, { "stat": "growth", "delta": 0.15, "bias": true, "days": 365 }, { "stat": "opinion", "delta": -2, "days": 40 }, { "stat": "unrest", "delta": 1, "days": 40 } ] }, "no": { "label": { "en": "Invest in training instead", "fr": "Miser sur la formation" }, "effects": [ { "oneOff": 0.2 }, { "sector": "education", "delta": 2, "days": 180 }, { "stat": "economy", "delta": -1, "days": 60 }, { "stat": "unemployment", "delta": -0.1, "bias": true, "days": 365 } ] } }, { "id": "ind_efficiency_standards_01", "category": "industry", "doc": "memo", "sender": "min_environment", "conditions": { "dayMin": 1300 }, "title": { "en": "Energy efficiency standards for factories", "fr": "Efficacité énergétique des usines : des normes" }, "body": { "en": "Efficiency standards would cut factory energy use by a tenth within five years, at the price of new equipment. The ministry calls it an investment; the factory owners call it an invoice.", "fr": "Des normes d'efficacité réduiraient d'un dixième la consommation d'énergie des usines en cinq ans, au prix d'équipements neufs. Le ministère parle d'investissement ; les industriels, de facture." }, "yes": { "label": { "en": "Adopt the standards", "fr": "Adopter les normes" }, "effects": [ { "sector": "environment", "delta": 3, "days": 240 }, { "stat": "inflation", "delta": -0.2, "bias": true, "days": 540 }, { "stat": "economy", "delta": -1, "days": 90 }, { "sector": "industry", "delta": -1, "days": 90 } ] }, "no": { "label": { "en": "Make them voluntary", "fr": "Les rendre facultatives" }, "effects": [ { "sector": "environment", "delta": -1, "days": 90 }, { "stat": "inflation", "delta": 0.1, "bias": true, "days": 365 } ] } }, { "id": "ind_tech_cluster_01", "category": "industry", "doc": "report", "sender": "min_industry", "conditions": { "dayMin": 1250 }, "title": { "en": "A research cluster in the north", "fr": "Un pôle de recherche dans le nord" }, "body": { "en": "A cluster linking university labs, the steelworks and a dozen workshops would turn research into products faster. It needs a building, a budget and, above all, several departments that agree to share a corridor.", "fr": "Un pôle réunissant laboratoires universitaires, aciérie et une douzaine d'ateliers transformerait plus vite la recherche en produits. Il lui faut un bâtiment, un budget et, surtout, plusieurs services acceptant de partager un couloir." }, "yes": { "label": { "en": "Build the cluster", "fr": "Bâtir le pôle" }, "effects": [ { "oneOff": 0.5 }, { "sector": "research", "delta": 4, "days": 240 }, { "stat": "growth", "delta": 0.2, "bias": true, "days": 540 }, { "stat": "opinion", "delta": 1, "days": 30 } ] }, "no": { "label": { "en": "Keep research scattered", "fr": "Laisser la recherche éparpillée" }, "effects": [{ "sector": "research", "delta": -2, "days": 120 }, { "stat": "economy", "delta": -1, "days": 60 }] } } ]