Hoarding cash now has a cost. Starting this update, idle wealth begins to rot.
How it works Each turn, you lose 1% of the cash you’re holding above $2,000,000,000. Only cash-on-hand is affected — money parked on the market is exempt. Below the $2B threshold, corruption is $0. Nothing changes for you. What you’ll see Dashboard → Expense Breakdown: a new Corruption line, shown in red when active. Advisor: a yellow warning whenever corruption is draining you — “CORRUPTION: $X lost each turn on cash held above $2,000,000,000. Invest or spend it down.” Turn results: corruption appears as a breakdown line under your per-turn expenses, so you can see exactly how much idle cash is costing you. What to do about it Don’t sit on a mountain of cash. Put it to work:
Build — expand your land and infrastructure
Research — pour it into tech
Military — train troops and stockpile units
Market — Buy food, oil, or other goods/tech to stock on the market.
Bottom line: A healthy nation keeps its money moving. Spend it, invest it, or watch it bleed away.