Tropico

               Hints from the unofficial FAQ

Q: How many problems can your island have?

     A: There are plenty of problems.  Most problems can be found
     in other city building games as well, such as a lack of food,
     no education, low happiness and what-not, but there are a few
     specifically for Tropico.

     For starters, if your people become too unhappy with you, and
     you don't do anything to improve their mood, they may become
     rebels, and attack some of your buildings (most notably
     farms) and eventually attack your palace.  Having your Palace
     attacked and destroyed is bad, because that means you are
     thrown off the island (read: game over).

     Secondly, if you don't keep your military happy, there is
     always the threat of a coup d'‚tat.  When this happens, your
     military will split into two groups, one who opposes you and
     one who is loyal to you.  If the opposing group has more men
     then your loyal group, they will kill off your soldiers, then
     attack the palace.  If the Palace gets destroyed (you can see
     the amount of damage done to the palace by clicking on it)
     you are, again, thrown off the island.  Your regular citizens
     (read: not rebels) can even destroy your palace.  These
     citizens are called "rabble" and will attack your military
     and palace with rocks.

     Finally, if either the United States or Russia gets angry
     enough with you, they may launch a military invasion.
     Unfortunately, there is no way at all to protect against
     this, so it's an instant kick off the island.

Q: How do you build an army?

     A: First, you need an Armory, which employs three generals.
     Then you can begin building Guard Houses.  Each Armory can
     support three Guard Houses, and each Guard House can support
     three soldiers.  So, having one Armor and three Guard Houses
     gives you an army of 12.  Continue adding Armories and Guard
     Houses to increase your army.

Q: So what the heck is the population limit?  Is it 500 or not!?

     A: PopTop had originally planned to put a population cap at
     500 people, but near the end of the development period they
     changed their mind, so your island can go above and beyond
     500 and up to whatever you can handle.









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