DIPLOM.DAT
This file contains the information about how much money the various nations are giving you in funding, both current and for the graph, among other things. It is 576 bytes long, split into 16 records of 36 bytes long, one for each country.
The record start points, by country are:
| Offset dec (hex) | Country |
|---|---|
| 0 (0x0000) | USA |
| 36 (0x0024) | Russia |
| 72 (0x0048) | UK |
| 108 (0x006C) | France |
| 144 (0x0090) | Germany |
| 180 (0x00B4) | Italy |
| 216 (0x00D8) | Spain |
| 252 (0x00FC) | China |
| 288 (0x0120) | Japan |
| 324 (0x0144) | India |
| 360 (0x0168) | Brazil |
| 396 (0x018C) | Australia |
| 432 (0x01B0) | Nigeria |
| 468 (0x01D4) | South Africa |
| 504 (0x01F8) | Egypt |
| 540 (0x021C) | Canada |
Within each record, their are several bits of information, they are all signed 2 byte numeric fields:
| Offset dec (hex) | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 0 (0x00) | Pointer to country name in string table (starts at 602 (0x025A), increase 1 each record) |
| 2 (0x02) | Satisfaction Rating, 3 is happy, 2 is average, 1 is unhappy, 0 will sign pact/stop funding |
| 4 to 26 (0x04 to 0x1A) | Funding values (in $k) starts with Jan, runs to Dec |
| 28 (0x1C) | Funding change (in $k) |
| 30 (0x1E) | Unknown, nearly always 0, can be 1 |
| 32 (0x20) | Unknown, fixed?, all values multiples of 5 |
| 34 (0x22) | funding cap (ranges 2k to 10k, equates to 2-10M) |
Speculative: bytes 32 to 33 are what is used to base the starting Funding on, it initially randomly gets a value from 100-200% of the value listed for each country. For game balance reasons it then scales the entire result so that it comes to approximately 6 million, with an error from rounding probably, this can sometimes push a country slightly higher or lower than the original range would have allowed it to. Changing these values seems to have no in game effect anyway.
| Country | 32 to 33 (0x20 to 0x21) | Funding Cap |
|---|---|---|
| USA | 600 | 10000k |
| Russia | 230 | 8000k |
| UK | 240 | 7000k |
| France | 320 | 8000k |
| Germany | 250 | 9000k |
| Italy | 160 | 6000k |
| Spain | 140 | 5000k |
| China | 245 | 7000k |
| Japan | 400 | 10000k |
| India | 150 | 5000k |
| Brazil | 300 | 4000k |
| Australia | 280 | 5000k |
| Nigeria | 180 | 2000k |
| South Africa | 310 | 3000k |
| Egypt | 160 | 2000k |
| Canada | 110 | 4000k |
According to these values, the maximum theoretical funding you can get is 95M per month, if you can max out all 16 countries budgets.