Political online game and economic simulation

State: https://www.ars-regendi.com/state/212680...rushalayim

Yerushalayim has basically been built on the back of massive world alliance subsidies; everything was great until the last few years when unemployment jumped from 15% to 29%, I think this has to do with automation since my tech jumped up to permit acquiring missiles.

What are some steps I could take to curb unemployment? Having taken the Labor Market Reform, it appears to be that 30% of my population doesn't have jobs available, and is therefore living off of state largess.

With respect to the cause: Automation is a factor influencing unemployment, but so is population growth. Ars Regendi seems to model a relation between growth of the economy and the population. It the latter is bigger, the unemployment will rise simply because the economy can not keep up. (Its not 100% clear if this is an issue in the real world, but large population growth can certainly stall a countries progress)

What you can do: Trying to limit pop growth via tasks. A developings countries economy is fragile, so one has to be careful with options taken in tasks and the projects (to be) implemented. If things go totally out of hand (unemployment>40%), you can certainly try the Employment Reform. The Labor Market Reform has only a limited effect. Eventually, Planned Economy can be a solution that will resolve the situation entirely and enable you to rule your nation past Q200, but of course at a cost.

We shall see!

My next test will involve completely gutting the education budget, in the hopes that my people never become smart enough to adopt machines. This can't possibly go wrong.