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Ever wanted to build your country from scratch? Now's your chance! Take a brand new country with no policies (except the ones the game forces you to have) and lead it out of anarchy, shapeing it to your liking.

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You start off with a perfectly balanced budget and satisfied populance, and it's your task to keep it that way! Income is derived for each of the compulsory expenses as follows:
- Road building is paid for by a minimal toll
- Science funding is paid for by a Graduate Tax (it is set to 5% so it uses the minimum graduate tax entirely)
- Border controls are paid for by minimal Tariffs (think of it as an immigration fee)
- Labor laws are paid for by a minimal Corporate Tax (think of it as the company publicizing it's existence)
- Police, intelligence, and prisons are paid for by a Property Tax (think of it as a "protection" fee)
All numbers are set using the range of "potential income" that is displayed on the policy ideas screen so that it's robust to the comings and goings of your economy. Will you keep the balance, or spiral into a Debt Crisis?

Nothing has been outlawed, it's the wild west, it's anarchy! This means there are a few little problems you start with, sapping your funds. But don't worry, the budget is perfectly balanced! The problems are:
- Alcohol abuse, the costs of which are covered by an Alcohol Tax
- Drug gangs, the costs of which are covered by a Recreational Drugs Tax
- Asthma epidemic, the costs of which are covered by a Tobacco Tax (cigarettes causes asthma in this scenario, just don't ask me what they're putting in them!)
- Pollution, the costs of which are covered by the Corporate Tax

The scenario is extremely challenging (did I mention it's anarchy?), so a few changes have been made the way certain policies work, rebalancing* so that it's playable. It's best if you discover them for yourself, but in case you need them, there's a full list in the comments.

Finally, there are three situations active at the start to guarantee that complacent populance:
- "No one knows us yet", reflecting your status as a new settlement, which puts a damper on immigration and international trade
- "New Settlement Kumbaya", which puts a damper on percieved Inequality, Racial Tension, Violent Crime, and Riots
- "Hopes for new government", which gives groups paitence before they start hating you
These fade out after a few turns, but should give you enough time to build up a government infrastructure before their negative effects emerge

I created this mod because I wanted to see what happened if you had no policies (which is, of course, impossible, so I went with the next-best thing) and were free to do what you wanted with the country. It has taken a lot of work to crate this scenario and I think that, now, you can take it in any direction you wish. I learned from the errors of the Land Of Nothing mod and the States of Anarchy mod, and I hope to have created an experience you can enjoy and to which you'll want to come back to again and again... at least as much as the vanilla scenarios.

*Disclaimer: balancing has only been tested for Vanilla Democracy 3. Recomended experience is with all DLC and mods disabled since they may introduce uncancellable policies which are NOT in the "nothing has been outlawed" position by default, and are definitely not balanced for in the minimalist budget. (I'm looking at you, Clones and Drones and your annoyingly uncancellable Automated Trading Limits.)