Tax

Tax is your gold income. Only workers pay it: idle people and soldiers pay nothing. Each province has its own tax level, and you can change it at any time by clicking the tax in the top bar.

Tax levels

Tax	Gold per 100 workers per hour	Happiness target
Tax free	0	+5
Very low	2	-5
Low	4	-15
Medium	6	-30
High	8	-50
Very high	10	-75

The gold column is per 100 workers per hour. The happiness column is points on the happiness target: happiness then moves toward the new target over the next hours. See Happiness.

Choosing a level

• More workers means more tax. Filling your mills raises your production and your gold at the same time.
• A capital has a lot of happiness to spare: its capital bonus, temple and university all push its target up. It can usually carry a higher tax than your other provinces.
• Watch the target, not today's happiness. If the target sits below 50, the province will start losing people once happiness gets there.