Administrative Strain?

[WulfenRepentant]

Greetings! I have been enjoying learning the game but have been stumped by a production modifier.

I keep building Agriculture domes but continue running low on food every turn. When I look into the modifiers showing the amount of food being produced by my Agri Dome IV it shows 392(it should make 1400 food). The governor modifies food production result: -72%(Relation modfier 18%, Agriculture Skill Bonus 35%, Administrative strain -80%). What on earth is admin strain? I thought it was too few BP production so I built more bureaucrat offices and that did not help. It applies to all my public assets.

In another zone with a much better governor it is at -50% strain, so it is very costly to my overall production.

Could not find it in the rules, help or the first few pages here. Thanks for any help!

[Jdane]

It has it own section in the manual though : 5.3.4. ADMINISTRATIVE STRAIN.

Basically, it comes from having Assets on hexes further away than 6 hexes from the zone's city. The more Assets, the more far away the worse.
It's an incentive to keep your zones smaller, or even to found new cities depending on the case.