Golden Age

"A global growth surge brings huge economic gains that primarily benefit the people at the bottom of the pyramid, improving the quality of life for billions. Healthcare and research is significantly improved worldwide. Can humanity be stopped?" — Plague Inc., Golden Age introduction paragraph.

Golden Age is one of the official game scenarios introduced in Mutation 1.7 released at the end of 2013. This scenario is about a large part of the world being benefited after an economic boom, which makes a large part of the population much richer, making them have much more money to invest in the developments of the cure, besides that in this scenario most of the poor countries are considered middle class, and those that were already considered middle class in the standard game are now rich in this scenario.

Notable Changes

Economy

Americas	Mexico: Middle Class → Rich Brazil: Middle Class → Rich Colombia: Poor → Middle Class Peru: Poor → Middle Class Bolivia: Poor → Middle Class C. America: Poor → Middle Class Caribbean: Poor → Middle Class	Europe	Iceland: Middle Class → Rich Poland: Middle Class → Rich Russia: Middle Class → Rich Baltic States: Middle Class → Rich Balkan States: Middle Class → Rich
Africa	Morocco: Poor → Rich Algeria: Poor → Middle Class Egypt: Poor → Middle Class Madagascar: Poor → Middle Class South Africa: Middle Class → Rich Botswana: Poor → Middle Class	Asia	Turkey: Middle Class → Rich Korea: Middle Class → Rich China: Middle Class → Rich India: Middle Class → Rich S. E. Asia: Poor → Middle Class Indonesia: Middle Class → Rich Philippines: Poor → Middle Class Saudi Arabia: Middle Class → Rich Kazakhstan: Poor → Middle Class Central Asia: Poor → Middle Class
Oceania		New Guinea: Poor → Middle Class

Country Research Labs

Many countries have a greater research and healthcare capability, and so it would be advisable to evolve Drug Resistance abilities. This new research capability comes in the form of there being an increased number of cure bottles. In a normal game, there are 340 bottles, but in this scenario, their numbers are increased to 446.

• Note: In thousands of Dollars ($USD) for Maximum medical research/day

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Country	Flasks (Normal)	Flasks (Scenario)	Maximum medical research/day	Change
Algeria	3	4	4.1	+1
Angola	3	4	4.1	+1
Botswana	3	4	4.1	+1
Egypt	4	5	5.5	+1
Libya	3	4	4.1	+1
Madagascar	4	5	5.5	+1
Morocco	6	8	8.2	+2
South Africa	8	11	12.3	+3
Sudan	3	4	4.1	+1
Zimbabwe	3	4	4.1	+1
Central Africa	3	4	4.1	+1
East Africa	3	4	4.1	+1
West Africa	3	4	4.1	+1

Country	Flasks (Normal)	Flasks (Scenario)	Maximum medical research/day	Change
Afghanistan	3	4	4.1	+1
China	10	14	16.4	+4
India	6	10	10.9	+4
Indonesia	4	8	8.2	+4
Iran	4	5	5.5	+1
Iraq	3	4	4.1	+1
Japan	10	12	13.7	+2
Kazakhstan	3	4	4.1	+1
Korea	8	11	12.3	+3
Pakistan	4	5	5.5	+1
Philippines	4	5	5.5	+1
Saudi Arabia	8	12	13.7	+4
Central Asia	3	4	4.1	+1
Middle east	6	8	8.2	+2
S.E Asia	4	5	5.5	+1

Country	Flasks (Normal)	Flasks (Scenario)	Maximum medical research/day	Change
Argentina	6	8	8.2	+2
Bolivia	2	3	2.7	+1
Brazil	7	12	13.7	+5
Canada	10	12	13.7	+2
Colombia	4	5	5.5	+1
Greenland	3	4	4.1	+1
Mexico	5	9	10.9	+4
Peru	4	5	5.5	+1
USA	10	12	13.7	+2
C. America	5	6	6.8	+1
Caribbean	4	5	5.5	+1

Country	Flasks (Normal)	Flasks (Scenario)	Maximum medical research/day	Change
Australia	10	12	13.7	+2
New Zealand	10	12	13.7	+2
New Guinea	3	4	4.1	+1

Achievements

	Achievement Name:		Complete Golden Age
	Achievement Description:		Score 3 biohazards in the Golden Age scenario
	Value:		Difficulty:	Any