Situation Room (EU2012)

Supporting XCOM's activities is a Funding Council of 16 countries that will supply XCOM with funding and extra resources such as soldiers, scientists and engineers, but that will also ask for their own needs. These countries are geographically divided so it is up to the player to decide what regions to defend when alien activity threatens them. Each continent provides bonuses for your base and funding, the latter depending on how good of satellite coverage they have and the results of combat missions.

Funding Council

Africa	Asia	Europe	North America	South America
Egypt Nigeria South Africa	Australia China India Japan	France Germany Russia United Kingdom	Canada Mexico United States	Argentina Brazil

Panic Level

Each country has a panic level of 0-5 depending on how well XCOM responds to alien activity in that country. Once a country has reached a high enough level of panic, that country may permanently withdraw from the XCOM project.

Satellite Cover

To improve defense, XCOM can manufacture satellites and then choose to launch them over specific countries to improve coverage. This will also give XCOM a funding bonus, with extra scientists and/or engineers received for each additional country. As the satellite cover expands, the player get specific bonuses for covering entire continents. Be careful, satellites can be lost (see 2nd question of "Winning & Losing"), so it is advisable to protect them with collocated interdiction aircraft.

Country and Continent Bonuses per Month

#	Africa	Asia	Europe	North America	South America
1	+1 engineer	+1 engineer	+1 scientist	+1 scientist	+1 scientist
2	+1 scientist +1 engineer	+2 engineers	+2 scientists	+1 scientists +1 engineer	+1 scientists +1 engineer
3	+1 scientist +2 engineers	+3 engineers	+3 scientists	+2 scientists +1 engineer
4		+4 engineers	+4 scientists
Bonus	All In Monthly XCOM funding increased by 30%.	Future Combat All projects in The Foundry and the Officer Training school cost 50% less.	Expert Knowledge Labs and Workshops cost 50% less to build and maintain.	Air & Space All aircraft and aircraft weapons cost 50% less to purchase, build and maintain.	We Have Ways Autopsies and Interrogations are completed instantly.

Funding Provided by Satelite Coverage

Africa	Asia	Europe	North America	South America
Egypt: §70 South Africa: §80 Nigeria: §100	China: §100 Japan: §100 India: §60 Australia: §60	United Kingdom: §100 Russia: §150 France: §80 Germany: §100	United States: §180 Canada: §100 Mexico: §50	Argentina: §70 Brazil: §80

Note: Funding amounts are pulled from a Normal difficulty playthrough video. Values may change depending on difficulty level (unconfirmed) and based on the presence of the All In Bonus.

UFO Interdiction

Additional interdiction aircraft can be stationed at each remote satellite. This does NOT create a new base, just hangars.

Finances

The Situation Room provides links to XCOM Finances, the Gray Market, and Pending Requests as well as displays your total § on-hand and monthly income.

Objectives

The list of Objectives suggests milestones (e.g., Construct the Alien Containment Facility; Research the Arc Thrower) to help you progress through the game's storyline. Those actions are usually marked as Priority.

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Reference: (this video at 36:01)