How much corruption does each Constitutional option generate?
In Tropico 5, Constitution options each add (or subtract?) to your total "corruption %". This is a financial overhead that eats up a portion of your country's income. However, the game is utterly opaque about which options increase corruption and by how much.
How much does each option increase corruption by? (For all 12 options.)
Solution 1:
So I performed a little science and learned the answer. There seems to be a 13% baseline corruption minimum in the Modern Era. It is 13%. This is the lowest corruption value attainable. Earlier phases have higher minimum corruption values. I have not gleaned this particular information yet.
The highest possible corruption value is 39%.
Colonial Options
Voting Rights
All Citizens Vote: +0% Corruption
Male Citizens Vote: +1% Corruption
Wealthy Citizens Vote: +2% Corruption
Religion and State
Secular State: +0% Corruption
Theocracy: +2% Corruption
Atheist State: +2% Corruption
Armed Forces
Militia: +0% Corruption
Conscription: +1% Corruption
Professional Army: +2% Corruption
World Wars Options
Political Rights
Democracy: +0% Corruption
Police State: +2% Corruption
Totalitarian State: +2% Corruption
Labor Policy
Work For All: +0% Corruption
Happy Childhood: +1% Corruption
Workers Paradise: +2% Corruption
Citizenship
Immigrants Nation: +0% Corruption
Visa Program: +2% Corruption
Guarded Heaven: +2% Corruption
Cold War Options
Personal Rights
Security Surveillance: +0% Corruption
Total State Control: +2% Corruption
Open Society: +2% Corruption
Economy Structure
Free Market: +0% Corruption
Planned Economy: +2% Corruption
Plutocracy: +2% Corruption
Media Independence
Independent Media: +0% Corruption
Subsidized Media: +2% Corruption
Total Propaganda: +2% Corruption
Modern Era
Digital Rights
Free Internet: +0% Corruption
Fight Piracy: +1% Corruption
Total Firewall: +3% Corruption
Globalization
Open Borders: +0% Corruption
Strategic Sector: +1% Corruption
Protectionism: +2% Corruption
Ecology
Energy Efficiency: +2% Corruption
Economy First: +0% Corruption
Zero Emissions: +3% Corruption
The least corrupt government is apparently a secular democracy where every citizen is eligible to vote defended by a militia. Work is mandated for all citizens and retirement is quite late, however, all newcomers are welcome as the immigration policy is lax. This nation practices free market principles augmented by open borders trade agreements and a priority on economic health at some expense to the environment. While it has an independent media and unrestricted internet access, it also has systematic surveillance of its citizens, ostensibly for their safety!
The two big gotchas for me were that Zero Emissions is the greatest source of corruption (tied for first place, technically), and that an Open Society is more corrupt than one with security surveillance!