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Table 1: Projected Union Budget (Averaged per turn)
Expenses Post	Cost	Assigned Purse
Upkeep Bozzy Spine	15.000	Commerce
Upkeep Combat Fleets (2)	3.000	Defence
Fleet parking fees	480	Defence
Upkeep Trade Fleets (3)	600	Foreign Affairs
Subsidies	300	Finance
Union Grants	1.500	Finance
Unity Maintenance and policing	500	Justice
Upkeep Bureaucracy/Union	500	Justice
Total	21.880

Notes:

1. Loans omitted; we assumed that loan expenses and loan income balance out. Otherwise loan income should probably be higher, so it would not be an expenses post.
2. Assuming 12 standing Defence Fleets each with an upkeep of 250
3. Assuming 6 Trade fleets, each with an upkeep of 100