Why are my assets spiraling down? (Little Upsilon)

Everything is automated and I'm trying to build my military...

If you're building your military then I guess you're buying weapons and ammo. Those cost money so your assets will drop when you purchase them.

Try to build economy first, AcuraVip. Aaron Doolavay could be right

Assets should go up when purchasing weapons. Try to buy your ammunition after you purchase all your weapons.

Build a space station and after 8 or so hours it is built.Put your weapons in it so the are readiely available and don't cost you money to to man them?

Ah, that makes sense, thanks for the tips guys.

Why would purchasing ammunition after the weapons help?

Well, If you have activated weapons you will notice that the monthly usage (found in your countries trade stock) of those weapon that require ammo and some of that ammo is very expensive.

Its difficult for newer players to see beyond war/military. Its a bad choice to build military above whats need to to aquire a c3.You only need a minimum number of certain types of weapons to do this.

Concentrating on your countries economy is paramount to being able to sustain a military.

look around at what corps some of the top 10 ppl on your world are building, lower taxes to 0 and invite ceo's to build.

Follow the countries needs, to level up and reap the coin rewards.Add pop slowly upto 50-60m.

Use scarlets "church of simcountry"guide to start you in the right direction. For the ones that are looking for something more indepth on profits, read wilds leaving guide.

Make income and profit your main target, war will follow.