.TH Command POWER
.SY "power [new] [num]"
The power report provides one view of national strengths.
It can be particularly helpful in planning defense strategies
and treaty voting.
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If the optional \*Qnew\*U argument is given,
the program will take several minutes to gather information
and generate a power report based on that up-to-date information.
This costs several BTU's (typically 10).
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If the optional \*Qnew\*U argument is not given,
the program will shown you the report generated
the last time someone asked for new data.
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If the optional \*Qnum\*U argument is given, only the
top num entries in the power chart will be displayed.
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In the power report the countries are listed
in order of decreasing \*Qpower factor\*U,
each being represented by a line in the following format:
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sects eff civ mil shell gun pln iron dust gold food oil ship money
  a    b   c   d    e    f   g    h    i    j    k   l    m    n
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Each column represents a different commodity or aspect for that country.
The columns and values used in computing the \*Qpower factor\*U are:
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a       # of sectors
b       average sector efficiency
c       # of civilians
d       # of military
e       # of shells
f       # of guns
g       # of planes
h       tons of iron ore
i       tons of gold dust
j       # of gold bars
k       tons of food
l       tanks of oil
m       # of ships
mm      tons of ships (not displayed)
n       # of dollars
oo	units of light construction materials (not displayed)
pp	units of heavy construction materials (not displayed)
qq	megatons of nuclear weaponry (not displayed)
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The \*Qpower factor\*U is determined by the following equation:
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power factor = n / 100
               + (c + d + e + h + i + k + l + mm + oo) / 10
               + pp / 5
               + (f + a * b) / 3
               + g + m + j
               + a * 3
               + qq * 100
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See also : census, nation
