# Democracy 4: the fixed income rewrite

*Source* · `src-harris-2020-democracy4-fixed-income` · status: **n/a**

| field | value |
|---|---|
| kind | Technical report / blog |
| authors | Cliff Harris |
| venue | Cliffski's Blog (Positech Games) |
| date | 2020-06-23 |
| url | https://positech.co.uk/cliffsblog/2020/06/23/democracy-4-the-fixed-income-rewrite |
| accessed | 2026-10-24 |

## Notes

Democracy 1-4 use a homebrew neural network where voters, groups, policies, ministers, and events are neurons capped 0..1 or -1..+1; percentage effects on 0-1 income favored the rich; added fixed-income neurons that can exceed 1.

## Backlinks (computed)

**cited by:** [Democracy 4](../game/democracy-4.md), [Policy influence network](../mechanic/policy-influence-network.md)

## Citation

Cliff Harris (2020-06-23). *Democracy 4: the fixed income rewrite*. Cliffski's Blog (Positech Games) https://positech.co.uk/cliffsblog/2020/06/23/democracy-4-the-fixed-income-rewrite

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