One thing that may be curious to some is the relatively low investment in areas like education and energy. I want to clarify that this is the federal budget, and that each of the twelve states as for the most part allowed to fund their own education and energy efforts, so state budgets probably have higher budget percentages in those areas.

Similarly, the budget for Public Safety would not usually be so high, since most law enforcement falls under the purview of state governments. You might have noticed several mentions to State Polices in my news articles, since states handle most law enforcement. This unusually high budget is due to the resurgence of terrorism, which led the federal government to increase funding for financial security units, forensics and other crime-fighting efforts at the federal level.

Lastly, the Cultural Awareness and Emergency Relief areas are relatively new additions. Cultural Awareness had previously been used to support low budget cultural efforts, such as festivals and films. It is now being used to fight the xenophobia caused by the Sovereign Army's terrorist campaign. The Emergency Relief area is used as a miscellaneous fund for recovery efforts in areas affected by terrorism, namely Tolsen and Donnerson.