Billionaire

Very rich. Throws money at problems

The Billionaire is the 4th special governor in the game and 9th governor overall.

## Specialization

***The Billionaire uses his money to bribe insurgents, hoping to disband the entire insurgent movement through payouts.***

Unlike most other governors, the Billionaire does not have access to normal military units. Instead, he can deploy up to three units of Coalition Facilitators. These Coalition Facilitators are only 40% as effective as a regular Coalition Soldiers, but never withdraw, and can bribe Insurgents with your funds to reduce insurgent fighter level by 1 per bribe (if player has the funds).

When Coalition Facilitator Units bribe the Insurgents, they also **reduce Insurgent Capability**. Cost of the bribe increases and can go up to **(4-6)$** for zones which the player has **no-intel**. (If player has not purchased **Local Fixers** Initiative)

Bribing Insurgents will **increase Corruption Risk** which scales by Difficulty (0.1% in Casual, 0.2% in Normal, and 0.24% in Brutal and Mega Brutal). Corruption Risk gain is multiplied by **1.1** as a penalty when the bribe occurs in a zone that the player has **no-intel** on**.** (If player has not purchased **Local Fixers** Initiative)

Airstrike support, Garrison support (include HQ) and Drone Scans can reduce bribing costs by **1$**.

### Unique Initiatives

* Investment Portfolio (Government) - $10: Invest funds into The Billionaire's corporation, the investment will grow in value over time. **Enables Return Investment**.
* Return Investment (Government): Withdraw funds from The Billionaire's corporation. **Returns the share spent on Investment Portfolio and allows it to be purchased again. The longer the investment stays, the more money it returns.**
* Forensic Accounting (Government) - $7: Maintain a detailed audit trail of the movement of funds to Facilitators. **Reduces Corruption Risk generated from bribes by 40%.**
* Corporate Charity (Government, replaces **International Assistance**) - $16: Utilize the Billionaire's well-established charitable organization and redirect their efforts towards stabilizing the region. Doesn’t trigger *Charities Prepared to Help.* **Free initiatives will be provided over time, without increasing Corruption Risk but significantly increasing Inflation.**
* Deploy Coalition Facilitator (Military): Request permanent deployment of a Coalition Facilitator Unit.
* Local Fixers (Military) - $7: Use local fixers to help track down Insurgents. **Removes penalty for bribes in Zones with no Intel.**
* Intimidation Tactics (Military) - $6: Insurgents will accept lower bribes when pressured by multiple Facilitators. **Each supporting Coalition Facilitator in battle reduces the cost of bribes by $1. The bribe value itself cannot drop below $1**

## Strategies

### Advantages

The Billionaire is unique in his ability to get things solved if the price is right, sometimes better than their usual alternatives. His ability to invest resources is equally powerful as well, able to profit significantly and cover any potential expenses with his approach on insurgents.

### Weaknesses

As a trade-off for his ability to literally remove insurgents from the table, the Billionaire must pay for every single fighter he has to eliminate. Paying them off doesn't come with only benefits due to the potential corruption increase, and it can leave him without sufficient resources for investment. Similarly, negotiations can also become rather expensive in terms of funds with the way he "combats" insurgents.

## Governor Bonuses

* Apologizing for civilian casualties from airstrikes never fail and cost less funds at the start.
* Gain some funds for approving the construction of luxury hotel **without security**.
* Gain some funds for providing pesticides to farmers.
* Gain some funds for the option "Tax networks in the "Demand for TV and Media soars" event. Additional funds are gained if Investment Portfolio has been purchased.
* The Volcanologist event in Devil's Peak requires (20-23)$ for guides, as no National Soldiers are avaliable. This event is flagged as a governor bonus despite being a penalty.
* Cannot choose the "Pay Off" option when the "Local Warlord Offers Support" decision appears.
* Insurgent quantity is reduced when his region stability is beyond 75%.

## Trivia

* There is a bug where the Billionaire will not have any Facilitators during a National surge tactic, making him effectively useless.
* He has more governor bonuses than other governor.
* In decision *"Airstrike hits civilians",* there is a bug in option *Apologize* which cost no money. This can allow the player to choose this option without losing money and Apology fails.
* The achievement "Brewster's Millions" being associated with him is a reference to the eponymous novel and its subsequent adaptations, where protagonist Montgomery Brewster has to discreetly spend a very large amount of money within certain bounds in a limited period of time in order to gain an even larger sum of money. He eventually succeeds despite what he has to endure in order to get there. In this case, it refers to how the Billionaire quite literally throws money at problems and still comes out of it.