Editing Happiness (section)

== Overview ==
Happiness starts at a base level and is adjusted by percentage modifiers from active choices and conditions. Multiple happiness modifiers stack multiplicatively. For example, [[Taxation]] (−30%) combined with [[Cramped Quarters]] (−30%) results in a combined −51% penalty, cutting happiness by more than half.

When happiness drops too low, the settlement enters a [[Strike]], reducing productivity. When happiness is high, a [[Celebration]] may occur, and sustained high happiness triggers a [[Productivity Boom]] that further boosts output. Managing happiness is a central balancing act: many of the most powerful economic choices carry happiness penalties, while the choices that boost happiness tend to reduce production or increase costs.