The Business of the City

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Once Furnace oversaw the delegation of Union work. Now [...] Allocation of workers and tasks is determined through an intricate system of bids and votes, so that all citizens have a say [...] She remains, however, committed to the will of the city as a whole.

Unlocked with Leader of the Tracklayers Furnace Ancona, Habituated to the Hinterland, Exploration of a Hinterland City

Card drawn in The City of the Tracklayers

Occurs with Standard Frequency

Can not be discarded except by effects clearing your hand.

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Share instructive anecdotes about government elsewhere

•  Spoiler ID: 264627
  

  Unlocked with Successful Terms as Governor - 5+, Appalling Secret
  

   

  Success

  What to do, and what to avoid

  •  Habituated to the Hinterland is increasing… (+1 CP)
  •  You've lost 1 x Appalling Secret
  •  You've gained (220 + Efficiency) x Hinterland Prosperity

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(Assign work shifts) (Liberationist)

•  Spoiler ID: 262486
  

  Unlocked with Exploration of a Hinterland City, Hinterland City - Official Alignment Prehistoricist, Radical Prehistoricist, or Prehistoricist-Emancipationist, Leader of the Tracklayers Furnace Ancona, Unopposed or Furnace Ancona
  

   

  Challenge information

  Broad, Persuasive 180 || 123 - very chancy (41%) || 153 - chancy (51%) || 183 - modest (61%) || 213 - very modest (71%) || 244 - low-risk (81%) || 273 - straightforward (91%) || 300 - straightforward (100%)
  

  Narrow, A Player of Chess 5 (50% base) || 1 and below - almost impossible (10%) || 2 - high-risk (20%) || 3 - high-risk (30%) || 4 - tough (40%) || 5 - very chancy (50%) || 6 - chancy (60%) || 7 - modest (70%) || 8 - very modest (80%) || 9 - low-risk (90%) || 10 and above - straightforward (100%)
  

  Success

  Well supported

  • Persuasive is increasing…
  •  Habituated to the Hinterland is increasing… (+1 CP)
  •  The City Waning is dropping… (-2 CP)
  •  You've gained (220 + Efficiency) x Hinterland Prosperity

  Failure

  It should have been simple...

  • Persuasive is increasing…
  •  Habituated to the Hinterland is increasing… (+1 CP)
  •  Tracklayers' Displeasure is increasing… (+? CP)
  • [Airs of Passengers change…] (random) (hidden)

  ^

(Assign work shifts) (Prehistoricist)

•  Spoiler ID: 262489
  

  Unlocked with Exploration of a Hinterland City, Hinterland City - Official Alignment Prehistoricist, Radical Prehistoricist, or Prehistoricist-Emancipationist, Leader of the Tracklayers Furnace Ancona, Unopposed or Furnace Ancona
  

   

  Challenge information

  Broad, Persuasive 180 || 123 - very chancy (41%) || 153 - chancy (51%) || 183 - modest (61%) || 213 - very modest (71%) || 244 - low-risk (81%) || 273 - straightforward (91%) || 300 - straightforward (100%)
  

  Narrow, A Player of Chess 5 (50% base) || 1 and below - almost impossible (10%) || 2 - high-risk (20%) || 3 - high-risk (30%) || 4 - tough (40%) || 5 - very chancy (50%) || 6 - chancy (60%) || 7 - modest (70%) || 8 - very modest (80%) || 9 - low-risk (90%) || 10 and above - straightforward (100%)
  

  Success

  No good deed goes unpunished

  • Persuasive is increasing…
  •  Habituated to the Hinterland is increasing… (+1 CP)
  •  The City Waning is dropping… (-2 CP)
  •  You've gained (220 + Efficiency) x Hinterland Prosperity

  Failure

  Distinct disapproval

  • Persuasive is increasing…
  •  Habituated to the Hinterland is increasing… (+1 CP)
  •  Tracklayers' Displeasure is increasing… (+2 CP)

  ^

(Assign work shifts) (Emancipationist)

•  Spoiler ID: 264203
  

  Unlocked with Exploration of a Hinterland City, Hinterland City - Official Alignment Emancipationist, Radical Emancipationist, or Emancipationist-Liberationist, Leader of the Tracklayers Leader of the Tracklayers: Furnace Ancona, Unopposed or Furnace Ancona
  

   

  Challenge information

  Broad, Persuasive 180 || 123 - very chancy (41%) || 153 - chancy (51%) || 183 - modest (61%) || 213 - very modest (71%) || 244 - low-risk (81%) || 273 - straightforward (91%) || 300 - straightforward (100%)
  

  Narrow, A Player of Chess 5 (50% base) || 1 and below - almost impossible (10%) || 2 - high-risk (20%) || 3 - high-risk (30%) || 4 - tough (40%) || 5 - very chancy (50%) || 6 - chancy (60%) || 7 - modest (70%) || 8 - very modest (80%) || 9 - low-risk (90%) || 10 and above - straightforward (100%)
  

  Success

  No good deed goes unpunished

  • Persuasive is increasing…
  •  Habituated to the Hinterland is increasing… (+1 CP)
  •  The City Waning is dropping… (-2 CP)
  •  You've gained (220 + Efficiency) x Hinterland Prosperity

  Failure

  Distinct disapproval

  • Persuasive is increasing…
  •  Habituated to the Hinterland is increasing… (+1 CP)
  •  Tracklayers' Displeasure is increasing… (+2 CP)
  • [Airs of Passengers change…] (random) (hidden)

  ^

(Assign work shifts) (Other)

•  Spoiler ID: 264204
  

  Unlocked with Exploration of a Hinterland City, Hinterland City - Official Alignment Anti-Liberationist, Anti-Prehistoricist, Anti-Emancipationist, Mixed, Balanced, Complacently Unrevolutionary, or Unknown, Leader of the Tracklayers Leader of the Tracklayers: Furnace Ancona, Unopposed or Furnace Ancona
  

   

  Challenge information

  Broad, Persuasive 180 || 123 - very chancy (41%) || 153 - chancy (51%) || 183 - modest (61%) || 213 - very modest (71%) || 244 - low-risk (81%) || 273 - straightforward (91%) || 300 - straightforward (100%)
  

  Narrow, A Player of Chess 5 (50% base) || 1 and below - almost impossible (10%) || 2 - high-risk (20%) || 3 - high-risk (30%) || 4 - tough (40%) || 5 - very chancy (50%) || 6 - chancy (60%) || 7 - modest (70%) || 8 - very modest (80%) || 9 - low-risk (90%) || 10 and above - straightforward (100%)
  

  Success

  No good deed goes unpunished

  • Persuasive is increasing…
  •  Habituated to the Hinterland is increasing… (+1 CP)
  •  The City Waning is dropping… (-2 CP)
  •  You've gained (220 + Efficiency) x Hinterland Prosperity

  Failure

  Distinct disapproval

  • Persuasive is increasing…
  •  Habituated to the Hinterland is increasing… (+1 CP)
  •  Tracklayers' Displeasure is increasing… (+2 CP)
  • [Airs of Passengers change…] (random) (hidden)

  ^

Help Furnace spread the revolutionary word Upstairs

•  Spoiler ID: 263300
  

  Unlocked with Hinterland City - Chosen Site Outside of Balmoral, Accessible to Communications with the Surface
  

   

  Challenge information

  Narrow, A Player of Chess 7 (50% base) || 3 and below - almost impossible (10%) || 4 - high-risk (20%) || 5 - high-risk (30%) || 6 - tough (40%) || 7 - very chancy (50%) || 8 - chancy (60%) || 9 - modest (70%) || 10 - very modest (80%) || 11 - low-risk (90%) || 12 and above - straightforward (100%)
  

  Success

  An exchange of methods

  •  Habituated to the Hinterland is increasing… (+1 CP)
  •  You've gained (220 + Efficiency) x Hinterland Prosperity

  Failure

  An exchange of connections

  •  Habituated to the Hinterland is increasing… (+1 CP)
  •  You've gained 1 x Vienna Opening
  •  You've gained 3 x Well-Placed Pawn
  • [Airs of Passengers change…] (random)

  ^