Negative cash

[Tholomeo]

I destroyed Chinese and French, leaving them as pet civs. They have no money, no resource, nothing!
When they asked for a peace treaty, they gave me everything they had left.
In some turns I see the weird message (see screenshot #1)
When I go to a diplomacy screen with either of them (Quin or Louis), I see negative integers in their "cash" fields. (see screenshot #2)
But when I spy on them, I see that they are pretty well off. (see shot #3)

Is it a bug?

 

[Tholomeo]

p.s. I am Gandhi.

 

[Reveilled]

From the looks of it, China in that screenshot is operating a free market, which allows Deficit Spending.

 

[Tholomeo]

mmm, maybe, but your explanation does not suffice.
Why they are "richer" than I am, according to Pliny?
Why their city screen shows they have five thousand gold, if they actually don't?

 

[microbe]

mmm, maybe, but your explanation does not suffice.
Why they are "richer" than I am, according to Pliny?
Why their city screen shows they have five thousand gold, if they actually don't?

Yeah..look at USA today.

 

[MeteorPunch]

I've been wondering what that negative GPT on the trade screen actually means. I thought they were losing units.

 

[The Condor]

Mansa Musa has a slight spending problem which I have come to confront him about:

 

[Tholomeo]

Yeah..look at USA today.

=)))))
Agreed

Nonetheless, I want to know the actual answer!
How much money do the Chinese have in my game? 5000something, as in screenshot 3, or negative, as in screenshot 2?

 

[Tholomeo]

5669 or minus 1950? huh?