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• Controlling which kind of military base you will get - First, save just before you hit 60 000 people. a good time is 55 000.

Air Force- To get this one, all you need is flat ground, and a place to put it. The easiest one to get Army- Fairly hilly terrain, but have some flat land so there is room to get the base placed.

• Missile Silo- Very hilly terrain, but some 3*3 squares open.

Navy- You must be near the ocean, and have a medium sized area on the coast. If you don't get the one you want, reload the game.

• Debug Menu - To get a debug menu, type "priscilla" without quotes during the game. You will then have a debug menu of good things and disasters.
• Flood - Type in Noah during play and there will be a flood.
• Gain $250 - During the game, type "cass" without quotes, and you will get $250. Note: There is a 85% chance of having a disaster when using this code, and using it more than twice in a year will probably result in a fire.
• Instant 500,000 Cash - Simply type "imacheat" without quotes during gameplay - NO spaces or punctuation - and $500,000 will be added to your current funds. This will also give you all the things you can earn in the game. Note: Using this often causes disasters, mainly plane crashes.
• Instant Military Base - Type "GILMARTIN" without quotes while playing to automatically get a military base.
• Shoot down Helicopters - Use the centering tool and click on the helicopter. This may take a few tries.
• Start a Nuclear Disaster - Click and hold on the toolbar and type "gomorrah" without quotes to activate the nuclear disaster.
• Pirate Squid Club - Type in "joke" without quotes any time during the game to open a new window, featuring a fish with X eyes, pointing a finger at you, with a message reading "The Pirate Squid Club Wants You!"
• Get a 25% Bond - Type in "FUND" without quotes during gameplay to get a 25% bond.

[edit] Unlockables

• Mayors House - 2,000 Population
• City Hall - 10,000 Population
• Statue - 30,000 Population
• Llama Dome - 80,000 Population
• Military - 60,000 Population
• Arcologies - 120,000 Population

[edit] Glitches

• Big Money - There is an interesting glitch involving the FUND cheat code. During the game, from the main view, type FUND and click yes in the dialog box that appears. Repeat. Enter the budget window and issue a bond through the normal process. The game will glitch up and display a period (or a dash, depending on the version of the game that you have) instead of an interest rate. Repay the two bonds that you issued by using FUND. You will now receive about $1.5 million every year from this bizarre bond.

[edit] Secrets

• Magic Eraser - The magic eraser is something that allows you to actually erase and overwrite what's already there, without removing it. First, select the Place Trees Tool. Then, start placing trees. Finally, hold down Shift and move around the mouse, and voilà!
• Stop Floods - Type in "Moses" without quotes during a flood to quickly stop it. Note: This does not work in scenarios.