Great Britain Ltd

You are the Prime Minister and Chancellor of Great Britain.  Your AIM is to stay
in office for as long as possible.

Load "GBLTD"


At the beginning of the game you will be asked to enter your name and also to
select the political party that you wish to represent.  The screen will then set
up full details of the state of the country including the following:-

Inflation Rate (%)		Exchange Rate ($/)
Unemployment Rate (millions)	Popularity Rating (0-100)
Number of Reforms (0+)		Current A/C Balance (+/-)


Country Profile
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The following information is displayed:
Population (incl figures for children and OAPs)
Number of Companies currently in business
Tax Income (detailing revenue from income tax, corporation tax,
VAT and excise duties)
Expenditure (this is the toal for the previous year)
Balance (income less expenditure, this figure is then
transferred to the Current A/C balance)
All these figures should prove useful in your policy making.


Shopping Basket
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The current prices of various products are displayed together with the adjusted
Retail Price Index and average income figures.  All these figures take into
account inflation and tax changes and should be useful when preparing your
budget.


Budget Day: (i) Taxes
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A list of taxes and the present rates will be displayed and you will have the
opportunity to make changes.  You are advised to keep your changes within
reasonable bounds otherwise the computer may decide to interfere:  Try to
balance your need for extra income against the need to control Inflation and
Unemployment and maintain the Exchange Rate.


Budget Day: (ii) Benefits
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A list of benefits will be displayed and as with taxes, you will have the
opportunity to make alterations.  It is a good idea to keep these reasonably in
line with Inflation otherwise your Popularity will be affected.


Reform Opportunity
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A list of possible reforms wil appear and you must decide on which ones you wish
to spend money.  You are advised not to spend less than 250m on any one
otherwise little impact will be made.


TIP  Remember to adjust this minimum in line with Inflation.  Each year a reform
will be selected as being particularly important and if you have included this
in your programme and spent sufficient on it, a "Social Reform" will be
recognised.  This will be worth quite a number of extra votes at the next
election.


It is now the end of the year.  The computer will process the data input of the
year and will display the amended Indicators.  Play continues until year 5 when
an Election must be held.


Election Night
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Results will start coming in immediately and the SEAT totals for each party
gradually incremented.  The number of SEATS you win will directly reflect your
performance over the period; your Popularity Rating is important but so are
other Indicators.  Once all the SEATS have been allocated the computer will
decide which party(s) has a workable majority.  If you have the majority you can
continue in office.  At this stage you may do one of the following:
Continue Now; Retire: Save to Cassette to continue later
If you decide to save, instructions will be given.


Simon W Hessel Software 1982
