Beginning/Early Game Industry Question

[cinemabaroque]

Loving the game so far but one thing I don't quite understand is how my empire is generating 50-60ish industry production at the beginning of the game. I understand how the private scavenging asset is generating some metal and income but I'm not getting any idea of how the industrial points are being generated. Is there any way to see how these are being made? Is it possible to boost this without investing in building a Industry I asset in the city?

[lloydster4]

It's generated by something called a "service tax." According to the manual it is

(6% + 1% per regime tech level) * Population / 100

For example, if tech level is 4, then IP = Pop/1000

Note that "Population" does not include Public Workers. So the only ways to increase IP income from service tax is to increase population and/or increase tech level.

[cinemabaroque]

Awesome, thank you so much.