due to zoric 7 troubles and player request, zoric 8 has been brought out early. thus it doesen't have the custom models as predicted.
the island is mostly hilly land with a few rivers.
to look at the buildings info, goto HERE
Employee wage grant is 5s per employee. Max 10 buildings, 3 types, 5 of one type. Family wage grant 0%. Wealth Tax : 5% if you have over 1000s, 10% over 10000s. Max 2 jobs, 5 skills. unemployment is 5s a month. Island sales tax is 1%, towns can set thier taxes upto 25%. thier is no bank.
other bits:
vehicles have different fuel requirements
vehicles have different capacities
Wages are paid from building investment, if thier is not enough building investment, wages are paid from the building owners/renters pocket
most buildings have 3 employees. the vehicle industry buildings have 5 employees max, as do the buildings with tech level 10 or higher.
buildings have a 5% efficiency, being fully employeed makes the buildings have 100% efficiency
you must increase your skill level by building lower level buildings or learning the skill over again in order to build higher level buildings (i.e. you can't build a tech level 3 building with a skill thats level 1)
towns have been made smaller then in previous zoric's
buildings must be 3 tiles apart and will smooth the land under them
buildings require materials - tech 0 = wood, tech 1 = wood and stone, tech 2 = stone and steel, tech 3 = steel and plastics.
stone industry needs to be working in order to build steel, steel industry must be working in order to make plastics
thier is a starport, but to get to it, you will have to use an airplane.