Treasury (Kaban ng Bayan)

The Kaban ng Bayan is the central resource of the game. It is always visible to everyone in the play area.

It works as a public ledger. Even when it runs low, the game does not end. There is no bankruptcy win condition. The yearly accounting still matters because the Kaban ng Bayan drives the public "total drop last Year" signal that the whole deduction race (COA audit and inference) depends on.

What Changes It

Event	Direction	Visibility
Revenue collection	Up by 1 per active player who is not jailed	Public
Nakaw (theft)	Down by a fixed amount (if Corrupt steal)	Private. Announced next Year
Project cost (if it succeeded)	Down by the amount printed on the card	Private. Announced next Year

Role in the Win Logic (why Treasury exists at all)

Treasury is not a win or lose counter. You never lose just because the Kaban ng Bayan runs low. The game ends through:

• Good reaching the Public Spending target
• Bad reaching the Corruption Fund target
• The Jail Strike System removing both politicians on one side

So what does Treasury do?

1. It turns hidden actions into a public signal that lags by one Year.
   • Each Year, players are told the public "total drop last Year".
   • That drop is computed from hidden events (the theft, if any, plus the project cost if a project succeeded).
2. It is the bookkeeping needed for COA inference.
   • The COA later reveals official spending and whether a kickback occurred.
   • Players compare the COA's official spending to the public drop to figure out whether theft happened and how much.
3. It keeps pacing steady even though there is no bankruptcy loss.
   • Revenue refills the Kaban ng Bayan every Year.
   • Jail and suspension still matter because suspended players pay no revenue, which changes the size of future signals.

What Players See

• Current total is always visible.
• Last Year's total drop is announced at the start of each Public Phase from Year 2 on.

The drop figure rolls theft and project cost together. Players cannot tell how much was stolen and how much was spent on projects from the announcement alone. That is the COA's job.

The COA gap

The COA's audit shows official project spending and whether a kickback occurred. By subtracting that from the public drop, the COA can tell whether theft happened and roughly how much.

Example: a public drop of 7 with a successful project costing 4 implies roughly 3 was stolen. If Corrupt chose not to steal that year, the drop equals the project cost only.

Suhol rolls back the Year's steal

Suhol is paid from the Corruption Fund, but it also refunds the Year's steal back into the Kaban ng Bayan (up to the Suhol cost). A Year that stole 3 and then paid Suhol shows no public drop from theft — the 3 is returned. The cost shows in the silenced COA audit, not in the treasury number.

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Steal Amounts (when Corrupt choose to steal)

Stealing needs unanimous agreement from every free Corrupt. The steal amount equals the number of free Corrupt Politicians.

Free Corrupt Politicians	Amount Stolen
3	3
2	2
1	1

Stealing is optional each Year. The stolen amount is added to the Corruption Fund tracker and pulled from the Kaban ng Bayan privately.

For how and when Corrupt players choose to steal, and for the Suhol and Tokhang spend options, see Corrupt Politician.