Dramatic change in People and Government statistics

[Hamudistan]

I've been absent for a few days and coming back I looked at my pie charts and they allocation has changed dramatically.

1.Before, the causes of death were about 57% "old age" and 43% "lost in wilderness". Suddenly it is 71% "old age", 12% "murder" and 18% "lost in wilderness". How did murder become such a big issue so fast?

2.On the government expenditure, before, it was about equally distributed between education, public transport, government, healthcare , social policy, welfare and so on. Now it is 97% welfare, 1% public transport, 2% healthcare and 1% social policy. Huh?

3.I usually had a 100% income tax, now I have NO income tax.

Some time back I had read that there can occur some funny stuff at extreme values of your statistics, but I also read, that these bugs had been straightened out. What is the problem here?

[Sedgistan]

6 days ago: Following new legislation in Hamudistan, the government is almost completely paralyzed by the recent abolishment of the tax code.

That'll be responsible for many of those changes. There's some discussion of that issue here, which is relevant.

[Hamudistan]

Ok, in principle I understand. But, shouldn't the changes that I can effect with issues be possible in both directions with equal magnitude? What this means is, if I can abolish all tax completely with only one issue, why can't I instate a 100% tax with another issue? The way the issue is phrased also does not suggest that the tax itself is gone, only that the code will be rewritten from scratch.

I find the random effects of this issue a bit disturbing.

[Sedgistan]

Issues often have unintended or exaggerated consequences. If you think an issue that institutes a 100% tax rate is a good idea, write and submit one, and we'll consider it.

[Hamudistan]

Issues often have unintended or exaggerated consequences. If you think an issue that institutes a 100% tax rate is a good idea, write and submit one, and we'll consider it.

I can see that issues can have unintended consequences, but these should not completely break anyone's play style. If an issue can have unintended consequences of this magnitude, then the game becomes completely unpredictable. SOME randomness is ok and also intended, but not complete randomness.

This specific issue is something I can not and will not recover from in a reasonable time frame. I think this is goodbye Nationstates, then, it was fun while it wasn't retarded.

[Luna Amore]

Issues often have unintended or exaggerated consequences. If you think an issue that institutes a 100% tax rate is a good idea, write and submit one, and we'll consider it.

I can see that issues can have unintended consequences, but these should not completely break anyone's play style. If an issue can have unintended consequences of this magnitude, then the game becomes completely unpredictable. SOME randomness is ok and also intended, but not complete randomness.

This specific issue is something I can not and will not recover from in a reasonable time frame. I think this is goodbye Nationstates, then, it was fun while it wasn't retarded.

It's not fair to call it random. Abolish the tax code and drastic things happen, especially if you had 100% before.

There are unintended consequences, but they logically follow from the issue text. You may not agree with them (there are a few choices that have frustrated me), but they aren't random. They're justified.

Depending on your definition of 'reasonable timeframe', reverting it shouldn't take too long. 2 issues a day adds up.

[Sanctaria]

I can see that issues can have unintended consequences, but these should not completely break anyone's play style. If an issue can have unintended consequences of this magnitude, then the game becomes completely unpredictable. SOME randomness is ok and also intended, but not complete randomness.

This specific issue is something I can not and will not recover from in a reasonable time frame. I think this is goodbye Nationstates, then, it was fun while it wasn't retarded.

It's not fair to call it random. Abolish the tax code and drastic things happen, especially if you had 100% before.

There are unintended consequences, but they logically follow from the issue text.

Exactly what Luna said.

If an issue says or mentions x throughout the text, it's a good assumption that x will be effected.

[Bears Armed]

SOME randomness is ok and also intended, but not complete randomness.

Sudden end to taxation while the code is rewritten => sudden large drop in government income => sudden large drop in money spent on law-enforcement => more people [quite literally] getting away with murder.
That's not "complete randomness".