Exploding Budget! (White Giant)

Ive been playing for 2 months but still getting to grips with the game. Recently, my annual budget costs were between 250B and 300B per year. My net Cash available is 3T and I feel I am in a comfortable position. However, at the end of the last game year, my budget exploded to c.820B?????

I haven't thrown money at arming my country and my net cash has been stable for many game years now.

Can anyone help explain how my budget almost quadrupled from one game year to the next.


HH GF K ALBA (VCXK) (CXG)

Check:

[country page] > Settings > Automation > Automatic systems

Something may have turned "on" or "off" there or otherwise changed. also while you are there, as Crafty always recommends, check that your country is set to order automatically and the quality is set to 100.

Recent changes may cause a change in that strategy later, but for now just following that is likely best.

Otherwise there are many other possible reasons. Military, a lot of country orders needed, increase Social Security costs (lower employment or increased payment settings), and others.