In Victoria 3, you have your healthy and able pops who can work and aid the country, but there is a small faction that depends on welfare checks to get by. Whatever is earned in welfare should be spent as well, giving a boost to the economy. One way to do that is to implement laws that govern the pension and welfare of the pops. In this guide, we will see how to increase welfare spending in Victoria 3.
How to Increase Welfare Spending in Victoria 3
In Victoria 3 you need to take care of your economy and the pops by supplying welfare checks to the retired and needy. Here we will see how to increase welfare spending in Victoria 3.
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To increase your standard of living, you need to make goods and products affordable to the pops living on welfare checks. This will drastically increase the welfare spending of the country and give you an economic boost. The pension being handed out should give the pops enough to spend as well as have some savings at the end of it. You can check the Welfare laws in place and make adjustments to the social security laws. The higher the welfare, the lower the payments you will receive, causing an imbalance in the standard of living. This will cause a rift with the more influential pops at the higher levels of society since this will cause higher standards of living, so you should try to find the right balance.
Increasing Dependent Income and Enfranchisement will cause a small deduction in your workforce, but can also better the standard of living and help make the economy stronger. Income for welfare will also be added for those who are working minimum wages, so even if they are dependent or unemployed later on, they can reap the benefits of the system.
That’s all there is to know about increasing welfare spending in Victoria 3. If you like this guide you can check out our other guides as well.