                               Command : POWER

 SYNTAX:
   [##:##] Command: power [new] [num]

The power report provides one view of national strengths.  It can be  particu-
larly helpful in planning defense strategies and treaty voting.

If the optional new 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).

If the optional new argument is not given, the  program  will  shown  you  the
report generated the last time someone asked for new data.

If the optional num argument is given, only the top num entries in  the  power
chart will be displayed.

In the power report the countries are listed in order of decreasing power fac-
tor, each being represented by a line in the following format:

                               Command : POWER

   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

Each column represents a different commodity or aspect for that country.   The
columns and values used in computing the power factor are:

                               Command : POWER

   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)

                               Command : POWER

The power factor is determined by the following equation:

   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

See also : census, nation

