I think, as of writing, I have a new high score: 444823. I achieved this by trying to keep interest rates as high as possible. I started out with 5% which grad

I think, as of writing, I have a new high score: 444823. I achieved this by trying to keep interest rates as high as possible. I started out with 5% which gradually increased to 7%. During the prosperity, I was mostly fixed at 13% and then lowered to 6% just before the drought. I kept the interest rate wiggling between 6% and 8% for the rest of the game (though I probably could've gone much higher until the people spend 10% less). Keeping the interest high is key, since it's (afaik) the only way to generate new money. Additionally, income from interest will be spread out between the population, so going for high wages is not absolutely necessary, since the investment income from the orchard will also reflect in the population's income. edit: Just going to piggy-back on this comment. Are there any interesting, recent economic simulation games out there? Especially macroeconomics are fascinating and would make for a challenging game.