Infrastructure

INFRASTRUCTURE
Infrastructure in Glory of Nations is pretty straight forward. Nations can build any infrastructure directly from their game sheet which will than be completed and updated per turn. Infrastructure includes numerous types of structures which are laid out below. Depending on the structure built, it will effect 1 or more of the indicators in your nation. These include Education, Technology, Health, Environment, Crime, and an overall Infrastructure score. These indicate how strong your nation is in these specific categories and some will allow you to build special structures or make new discoveries.

TYPES OF INFRASTRUCTURE
Power Plants

Educational Buildings

Transportation

Crime Prevention

Healthcare

Research

Miscellaneous

Power Plants
Power plants are used to generate electricity for a nation. Unless you wish to be a nomadic nation, this should be one of the first things you construct in your nation as without it, businesses can't operate and citizens become very upset. Their are 5 types of power plants that a nation can construct: Coal, Nuclear, Wind, Hydropower, and Solar. Each type has their advantages, disadvantages, costs, etc. The amount of power generated by a power plant is dependent on the funding it receives from the government.

Educational Buildings
Educated citizens are important to the future of a nation. A nation with a high education score can increase its technology score. Nations are inclined to provide state funded educational institutions to their citizens in the hope that those citizens will eventually contribute to the nations economy. Educational buildings include Primary Schools, High Schools, Technical Colleges, Universities, Libraries, and Museums.

Transportation
Transportation structures are anything that allows for the transportation of goods and/or people.

Healthcare
Healthcare is an integral part to the long term success of any nation. The longer and healthier a population is, the longer they can be employed and the more goods they can produce. Building hospitals and clinics are the best way to increase the health of your citizens. Each clinic and hospital will employ a number of doctors and nurses.

Research
Research buildings help to improve a nations technology score. This is helpful in decreasing a nations pollution and allows them to achieve certain technological milestones such as space exploration, etc. A nation can only have 1 research building built in their nation at a time.

Miscellaneous
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