Gross domestic product (GDP) is a monetary measure of the market value of all the final goods and services produced in a specific time period by countries.[1]
In SuperPower 2; the gross domestic product is the total value produced within a country. It is not affected by imports.
A country's capacity to grow the GDP in SuperPower 2 is determined by a few factors.
- Its population, higher is better
- Its population growth, higher is better
- Its poverty rate, lower is better
- Its economic health, higher is better
Poverty rate[]
Poverty effectively sets the percentage of the population that consume resources. For example if the poverty is 80% the percent of the population that consume resources in that country is 20% of the population, the remaining 80% don't contribute at all to the country's consumption.
A country may grow its GDP by exporting excess production not consumed by its own population to the global market.
Exporting resources into the global market successfully may be difficult in an autarkic world.
Tax revenue from the personal income tax is derived from the GDP.
GDP Per Capita[]
Per capita gross domestic product (GDP) is a financial metric that breaks down a country's economic output per person and is calculated by dividing the GDP of a nation by its population.[2]
- In SuperPower 2 the GDP Per Capita is calculated by dividing the total value produced (its GDP) by its total population.
- It is only influenced by the GDP and population of the country.
- It is the value produced of the average person in the country.
It is possible for the GDP Per Capita to decline if resource production growth is low but population growth is high. This is rare however. More commonly, it declines due to a decline in resource production over a small timeframe.