In Supreme Ruler, your treasury department presents you with a Surplus/Deficit value. This is the treasury change your region experienced at the end of the previous day due to government income and expenses. If your economy is stable, this value will likely also remain stable. The only other factors that can affect your treasury are diplomatic trades, commodity trades or losses/gains during war.

Figures in Supreme Ruler can be reported as either daily or annualized values. For understanding how the values relate, it is suggested to set this to daily. The control can be found at the top left of the game screen.

As a rule, when commodity trades are at or near zero, a positive Surplus/Deficit will see your treasury increase and a negative Surplus/Deficit will see your treasury decrease. There are only two values that contribute to the Surplus/Deficit; your income and your expenses.

Financial reports in Supreme Ruler are laid out to match the departments of your region's government. The goal is to help you identify which department is making or costing you money.

To see breakdown of the department, hold over the icon or name of the department.

State - Income from the State department is uncommon but possible. When it happens it is usually because of a diplomatic agreement.

Treasury - One of your major sources of income is taxation. Note that extremely high taxation will encourage your population to look for ways to avoid paying taxes and can yield only a small gain over a lower tax rate. Depending on regional conditions, the ideal tax rate will somewhat different. Watch your Domestic Approval for a gauge on acceptable tax rates

Production - Commodities sold domestically are your second large source of income. High prices will decrease consumption but increase your revenues.

Research and Defense cannot generate income, they only create expenses.

Financial reports in Supreme Ruler are laid out to match the departments of your region's government. The goal is to help you identify which department is making or costing you money.

To see breakdown of the department, hold over the icon or name of the department.

State - Espionage, Covert Operations, Supporting nations and UN Membership can all create expenses in the state department.

Treasury - Facility Maintenance is the cost of facilities in your region. putting unused facilities offline will reduce this expense. Social Services are important for maintaining domestic approval but can be a financial burden for some regions.

* It is important to watch construction costs. In small regions it is easy to over-reach on development and cause a budget to collapse stopping the progress of all construction.

Production - The cost of producing commodities can often be offset by domestic sales and exports however regions with very high GDP/c may have labour costs that make certain commodities non-profitable. Compare production to domestic sales plus last day trades to evaluate the profit margin of the department as a whole.

Research - This can be a bottomless pit of money that periodically yields a pot of gold. When money is available, this is often one of the best investment options.

Defense - For all those tanks and planes and boats you absolutely must have.

There are only two ways to take a budget from a deficit to a surplus. You either increase your income or decrease your expenses.

- If your previous day trades is consistently greater than your deficit, then you are still making a profit. This is a perfectly acceptable situation.

- If your treasury falls into the red, cuts to research and defense spending can quickly stop the bleeding. Once a surplus is restored, increase spending based on the size of the surplus.

- Taxes and Social Spending can often be compared for their total budget.

- Watch for excess construction as the financial strain and commodity demand can quickly crash a stable economy.