Existing-system protection - old property prices, rents, business recipes and vehicle fuel rules remain unchanged. Local services use separate demand; fuel does not lower the existing city-growth supply coverage. New service bonuses and extraction rates have explicit caps

City buying capacity - shops, freight arrivals and vehicle deliveries share a regional buying budget of up to two hours of demand. Scarce capacity is shared by company; extra branches or split loads cannot multiply a company's share. Concurrent sellers receive the same base price before their individual bonuses

Unsold goods - excess city deliveries stay at a collection point at the destination; unsold supermarket goods stay on the shelves. Existing city stock is preserved, with new buying capacity recovering through regional consumption

Supermarket costs - replaces the misleading profit figure with potential revenue, goods value, wages, licence share and an explicit margin before freight. Net profit also needs actual freight, rent, upkeep and taxes

Small markets - fractional consumption carries forward, so low-demand goods continue to be consumed instead of being rounded away every minute

First business protection - your first existing business keeps its licence protection when your company levels up. Challenges target unused reservations before other occupied seats

Operating hours - production, automatic departures and their running costs share the 8-hour offline window, or 12 hours with Remote office. Departed deliveries finish; returning does not backdate the paused time

Starter licences - the licence used by your first business is protected from challenges through company level 2. One company cannot hold duplicate licences for the same activity in the same city; unused reservations expire after 72 operating hours

Local demand - hotels share limited city demand between companies. More branches of the same company do not take another company's share. Oversupplied housing no longer receives an unlimited minimum occupancy subsidy

Loans - old interest-only loans receive a seven-day notice period before regular repayment begins. Default periods count operating time

Tenants - buying a rented unit preserves its lease. Landlords give 24 hours' notice after the minimum term; selling to the bank cannot remove a tenant

Fresh start - review liquidation proceeds and remaining debt before confirming. Businesses, vehicles, fittings, stock and reserved money count toward debt repayment

Public rail - remains available alongside private stations; route selection checks viable feeder links and hub pairs

Exchange - buy orders include an explicit delivered-price limit. Remote purchases travel as real shipments; direct trades remain at a collection point for the buyer to transport

Goods collection - goods from lost premises, stopped tours or rejected deliveries stay at their physical location

Exchange navigation - page controls sit below the filters and above the goods in both card and list views

Exchange - goods cards with icons and real price sparklines, an optional comparison list, combined search and filters, and a separate order form with site, freight-inclusive limits and confirmation. My orders, Board and Market analysis have their own tabs

Price history - 1h, 6h, 24h and 7d charts use actual trade times, with explicit empty and unavailable states. Goods lists are paged and visible histories are cached

Voting - ownership weights are fixed when an election begins, so transferring a property cannot create extra votes

Public office - mayors pay the same founding prices and city sales taxes as other firms

Fair competition - the guide explains the operating window, delivered-price limits, local demand, starter protection and liquidation preview