CPC Confidence

The CPC leader has a confidence score from 0 to 100. This is the central political mechanic for China.

What Confidence Represents

• Party discipline — Can the leader command the Central Committee?
• Mandate strength — Does the Politburo back the leader's agenda?
• Internal challenge risk — How likely is a leadership challenge or factional split?

Confidence is not popularity. It is coercive and institutional power within the party.

Confidence Bands

What Affects Confidence

Positive:

• Policy alignment with CPC priority axes (Growth, Stability, Anti-Corruption, Social Welfare, National Security, Environment, Technology, Unity)
• Successful turn completion without major incidents
• Renewing the leader's mandate on schedule

Negative:

• Policy drift (enacting policies that contradict priority axes)
• Purges (severity matters: minor -2, regional -4, senior -7, faction -10, extreme -15)
• Unprocessed purge backlog (each unprocessed purge adds cumulative -2 per turn)
• Missing a mandate renewal deadline

Purges

Purges are internal CPC disciplinary actions. They remove disloyal officials but cost confidence:

Unprocessed purges accumulate. Each turn, every unprocessed purge adds an additional -2.

Turn Processing

At the start of each turn:

1. Compute policy drift from enacted policies vs. priority axes.
2. Apply unprocessed purge penalties.
3. Update confidence score.
4. Check consequence thresholds.
5. Log the delta and reason.

Consequences

If confidence drops below key thresholds:

• < 50 — Party discipline weakens. Whip effectiveness reduced.
• < 35 — Challenge risk. Rival factions may openly oppose the leader.
• < 25 — Appointment resistance. New Premier/State Council appointments face procedural delays.
• < 15 — Forced crisis. Special NPC session may be called. Transition mechanics activate.

Strategy Tips

• Stack policy alignment early. A strong first mandate makes everything easier.
• Time purges carefully. Never purge when confidence is already below 60.
• Process purges quickly. The -2/turn backlog compounds fast.
• Prioritize Stability and Growth if you want a safe, boring, high-confidence run.
• Prioritize Anti-Corruption and National Security if you want to play aggressively — but be ready for the confidence cost.