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Originally Posted by Anthony
Is it practical to include a basic graphic? You can put quite a lot of information in a rather small line graph.
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Yes, a graph would be best. One of the more important things is that it allows easily visualising slopes, gaps and bulges. Whether linear or logarithmic is a hard question, though.
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Originally Posted by Agemegos
It might be eventually, though the question does arise: when I'm trying to produce a one-page table of the most essential information about a planet and society, how many square centimetres does the distribution of wealth deserve?
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3×3 if the graphs are distinct enough to give the gist of the distribution.
But other important considerations (for me) would be:
- How this maps to the CoLs of various Status levels in a given state/planet/region? E.g. Transhuman Space has 1½× higher personal wealth, but 3× higher CoLs for all Status levels across the board (except dwelling costs, which are somewhat lower than that).
- Which percentage of those wealths is Job-related, and which is Independent Income? A planet where 99% of people are toiling 90h/week and 1% live off the peons' work is very different from the one where 99% are living on government subsidies while the 1% are super-workers who are taxed, but are filthy rich anyway because their work is really worth so much to the society (I'm thinking some kind of Supers-enabled leisure society; not necessarily realistic, just an example).