- For the Foreign Power in Tropico 5, see EU (Tropico 5).
Lord Chuffney, the EU representative.
The EU (European Union) is a minor foreign power in Tropico 4, one of the five foreign powers in the Modern times Era in Tropico 5, and one of the five Modern Times superpowers in Tropico 6.
Just as the US and USSR are heavily tied to the Capitalists and Communists respectively, the EU is the bastion of Intellectuals and Environmentalists. Though the region can come across as condescending, the EU is the main giver of aid money when a disaster befalls the island.
While the island can get immigrants from both the US and USSR in Tropico 3, immigrants in Tropico 4 normally only originate from South America, other Caribbean countries, or countries within the EU. It's possible to get immigrants from China too, but only by special request.
Because the EU doesn't sell anything, it can't place Tropico under embargo. Instead, having bad relations with the region will reverse the effects of having good relations (i.e. hiring foreign experts costs more and the island gets less money after disasters).
Buys[]
- Bananas
- Fine Jewelry
- Furniture
- Jewelry
- Logs
- Lumber
- Papaya
- Pineapple
Sells[]
Nothing
Likes[]
- +20 to +40 - Pompous
- +10 - Well-Travelled
- +0 to +10 - The Diplomatic
- +15 - Good relations with the Environmentalists. (relationship over 60)
- +15 - Good relations with the Intellectuals. (relationship over 60)
- +15 - High Liberty (Liberty Happiness over 60)
- +15 - Low Pollution (Environmental happiness over 60)
- 'Neutral' foreign policies
- +10 - having favored trade partner status (export/import the most with them).
Dislikes[]
- -20 - Paranoid trait.
- -30 - Nuclear Program
Rewards for Good Relations[]
- +20% increase in Extra disaster aid money (relationship over 60)
- Reduced costs for Foreign experts costing 50% less. (relationship over 80)
Penalties for Bad relations[]
- 20% decrease in disaster aid money (relationship under 40)
- Increased costs for Foreign experts costing 50% more. (relationship under 20)
Notes[]
- The European Union wasn't officially formed until 1993, well after the starting date of Tropico 4 games. Before that year, the European Coal and Steel Community and then the European Economic Community were the vehicles of European integration.
- The United Kingdom, the evident home country of Lord Chuffney, did not join the EEC until 1973.
- Compared to Tropico 5 and Tropico 6, the EU in Tropico 4 is depicted as far more elitist and with neo-colonial attitudes towards Tropico - the later games instead parody the EU's bureaucratic inefficiency.
| Tropico 4 Foreign Powers | |
|---|---|
| Superpowers | US • USSR |
| Minor Powers | China • EU • Middle East |