Corruption

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This assertion stands in direct opposition to zhuge's earlier statement that "Law temples (ie Athena) reduce corruption by (0.03)([Gross Income])," although I agree that the latter isn't that well worded (presumably it means per point).

Thanks for the reference. I admit to being rather sloppy in my wording but (0.03)(Gross Income) for each level of temple is correct, AFAICT, or should I say each point of law (since generals can add to this as well, by having traits like Drillmaster, Superb Administrator, etc)

However I must make 1 small amendment. It appears that the Admin bonus isn't factored into the Gross Income, so Gross Income here really just means Trade + Taxes + Farms + Mines.

Methodology:
Mouse over Corruption icon in Settlement Details scroll and record Corruption values, before and after demolishing Law temples and before and after moving generals with Law traits in and out of the city. Gross Income calculated by totalling all income sources (mousing over respective icons in Settlement Details scroll). Based on saved files from Greek (turn 17) and Julii (turn 34) campaigns.

Results:

		GrossIncome(GI)	Corruption	Law level		Corruption Difference/GI
Nicomedia	1300		299		1 (shrine Athena)	39/1300 = 0.030000
				338		0 (razed shrine)

Lilybaeum	2259		225		2 (temple Athena)	136/2259 = 0.060204
				361		0 (razed temple)

Pergamum	3073		368		2 (inprogress, blinking)185/3073 = 0.060202
				460		1 (shrine Athena)	
				553		0 (razed)

Domus Dulcis D	798		271		1 (shrine Jupiter)	24/798 = 0.030075
				295		0 (razed)

Damascus	1378(withAdmin)	664		3 (governor with law 3)	112/1253 = 0.089385	
		1253		776		0 (no governor)
		governor has Management 5, supplying an extra 125 Admin income and is a Superb Administrator (Law +3)
			 
Thapsus		1919 		575		2 (temple Athena)	115/1919 = 0.059927
				460		0 (razed)

Thapsuswithgov	1856(withAdmin)	382 		3 (templeAthena+trait)	109/1820 = 0.059890
				491		1 (law trait only)
Thapsuswithgov	1820
excluding Admin
		governor has Management 1, supplying an extra 36 Admin income, is a Useless Assessor (-10% Tax), reducing tax from 982 to 883 and also a Drillmaster (Law +1)

Discussion:
Taking Lilybaeum above as an example, if temples were to have a 10% deduction on Corruption then Corruption should drop from 361 (without a temple) to 325 (L2 temple) or by 36 (roughly 10% of 361). As we can see, it actually drops much more to 225.
The reduction in corruption is therefore (0.03)(Gross Income) per point of Law (with each temple level giving 1 point) as can be seen from the data with Gross Income not including the Admin bonus in this case.

Comments are most welcome.