Tropico 5 guide: Making money in the World War era [1.1]

Overview

Congratulations on your independence from the crown. Viva el Presidente! Your money making options have increased vastly. Let’s compare all of them!

Introduction

Congratulations on your independence from the crown. Viva el Presidente! Your money making options have increased vastly. Let’s compare all of them!

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Concept

Income per worker:
People are an important resource in Tropico 5! You will always have a limited workforce, especially educated workers. Unfortunately each inhabitant requires you to invest in safety, healthcare, food, housing,etc. So the bigger your population gets, the bigger your expenditures to keep them happy. Therefore you better make sure that your workers are earning the most money they can!

ROI:
The ROI stands for Return on Investment. Meaning the time it takes to earn back your initial investment. For example, if you spend 10.000 and receive 1000 each month it would take 10 months to cover your expenses. After the 10th month you start creating value.

Industries

Raw resources

Plantations

Cotton price has changed for the better!

Ranches

Overview

Summary

The new industries can provide plenty of wealth. Educate your workers and employ them in factories instead of plantations. If you want to grow quickly then start with the Textile Mill. If you have plenty of cash from the Colonial era then go for the Rum Distillery. Research technologies and construct a Steel Mill. Once you have a college you can construct a Jewelry factory. Iron mines are still viable and can actually mean you do not have to build an additional dock to import it. But I cannot repeat this enough; free up workforce by reducing the number of plantations. El Presidente will need the illeterate tropicans as teamsters.

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Updates

Update 1.1:
-Added ranches
-Recalculated mines
-Added overview