Right now Press Freedom has the following effects:
Democracy, 0.25-(x+1.25)^-3
Corruption, 0-(x^6)0.1
Liberal, -0.15+(0.25x)
All, 0+(x+1.06)^-20
security, -0.05*(x^10)
_global_liberalism, 0.11*(x^2)+0.03
Polarization, 0.1-(0.2*x)
The way I see it there is no downside to it, so it should always be maxed? I think it should have downsides, for instance Fake News.
Agree that is seems to be a very positive policy when maxed out. Iâd say negative effects should also be on personality attributes like âstrong leaderâ, as itâs much easier to abuse / criticise a leader with free press (E.g. UK), and much easier to maintain rain a strong image with a restricted press (e.g. China)
Question - where did you get the equations from? Did you manually type them out, or export them from a game file? Iâd love o know the file name / location if the latter!
Go to installation directory and click âdataâ and then âsimulationâ
You should be able to find files below
Steam\steamapps\common\Democracy 4\data\simulation\policies.csv
Steam\steamapps\common\Democracy 4\data\simulation\simulation.csv
Steam\steamapps\common\Democracy 4\data\simulation\situaions.csv
Free Press does intensify the âFake Newsâ situation, as far as I know.
nah it doesnât. itâs the opposite - low press freedom encourages media monopoly, which contributes to the fake news situation.
Which is strange isnât it? Free speech should lead to fake news. If not, this is a balance change which cliff should work at some point.