[TOT] How does Unit Support work regarding governments?

[Rambo919]

I can't figure this out, when I switch from Despotism to Monarchy or Republic suddenly a bunch of units gets disbanded? Is there a advisor or report screen or something ingame that explains what is going on?

Is it because of anarchy?

 

[Rambo919]

Hmmmmm found answer I think just after posting..... armies eat food and governments change that. Was scouring the manuals and did not think to explore the ingame help.

Havent played this game for so long I forgot how different it is from the others..... somehow it's actually more difficult too if only because of all the extra micro managing and lack of comprehensive reporting.

 

[Broken_Erika]

Settlers eat food and units take production shields.

 

[Rambo919]

Settlers eat food and units take production shields.

My mistake, admittedly my brain was not completely functioning yesterday.

So a niggle is you need to make sure your cities supporting lots of units have lots of shields before a change of government..... which is bad if a city supporting lots of units has no mines around it.