Global Radiation Level

Global Radiation is a simple little addition to the game that should have a major impact on how nuclear weapons are used within the game; in particular it should make the use of nukes more realistic. As suggested by RMMP in this thread the global radiation level works as follows:

The game counts the number of nations that have been hit with nuclear weapons within the past 30 days and then takes 2% of that count and adds it to EVERY nation’s environment as an environment penalty. If there are 50 nations attacked with nuclear weapons in the past 30 days EVERY nation will receive a +1 environment penalty. The current Global Radiation value, which is the actual value added as the environment penalty, can be found on your nation information screen. If the Global Radiation level falls below .20 (which means 10 nuclear attacks or less per month) EVERY nation will receive +1 happiness. The World Demographics screen provides information as to how many nations have been attacked with nuclear weapons in the past 30 days.