Though if you use equations that are not simply handled by a human (I have no bone to pick with that), it behoves us to provide a clear explanation of said equations and provide some characterization of results to illustrate how different factors will impact such an equation. I kinda hate software that does mystery math and forces me to generate many, many runs to begin to grok what the underlying equations look like - what factors impact and how much (and maybe why).
Side question: I use equations here... then I thought maybe 'algorithm'. When do equations become an algorithm? I suppose equations are very mathematical and at some point relate to equalities or systems of equations and an algorithm is really just another way to say 'method to do <something>'. Or maybe there is no difference, even of flavour.
-> It's a game of the last century looking to create a far future using as a model parts of the Earth some 2-3 centuries ago.
-> If the name hadn't been used, they could almost have called it 'Timemaster' for that reason.... ;0P