"Hold down the control button and type in "rapido," and you won't have to wait for the buildings to be built." - Tali 'mon

"Farming conditions can vary, so don't be surprised when your cash crop farms end up in a red zone.


Shift-click on the wage/rent controls and it will be set for every type of that building. This makes island-wide pay increases SO MUCH easier.


Don't clump your houses together - they hate it and it creates pollution like a sonofagun.


Keep rent low, because it doesnt really give you much money anyways.


Try to keep the wage disparity between 50 and 100%. If your max and min wages are high, while being reasonably close together, the communists and the capitalists will both love you." - Shalrath

"If you want to start to make a profit, before you build anything build a pub and put a few bungalows near it this will make your tourists go there and you will get a nice profit to start building more. I also have a few cheats: hold down control and type in contento and it will make your citizens happy, do the same but type rapido and it will make the buildings build easier, do the same with pesas and exacto. Have fun..... Oh yeah, don't forget to change some of your houses to roach patrol." - Emily

"One word: Coffee. It takes a little longer to grow, but is a tremendous long-term profit center. If you can, build a couple coffee farms early on and reap the rewards later.

Beach sites are very inexpensive ways to make easy money

Running behind or even in an election? Mardi Gras! The happiness boost is usually enough to put you over the top, unless you are WAYYYYYYYYYYYYY behind." - yeeeeeeehaw

"To set how much money you want hold ctrl and type exacto. A screen will appear in the middle. Delete how much money you have and put how much you want." - Tommyza