6.6.6 Purchase of Goods by the Population
During the `trade and loading' phases in the processing of a turn (sections -17- and -19-) there is a chance that the population of a country will buy some of the trade goods. Between commands 11 and 18 every good type currently in the trade city will be checked, and if more than a certain quantity is present then the population will buy a certain amount of that good type. In game terms, this means that suddenly a certain amount of the good type will disappear.
Example:
After the 11th loading command of the first 'trade and loading' phase all good types of all trade cities will be checked. In the first city 14,500 EcPts are stored. The population will buy 7,300 EcPts, and thus only 7,200 EcPts are available for loading. Next, food will be checked. There are only 620 units of food stored there, so the population will buy none of that. This will go on until all goods of all trade cities are checked. This check will be repeated during the second 'loading of goods' phase.
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