Editing Crucible:PAX 2000 (section)

== Municipal Management ==

The system’s most important role was the management of city finances. PAX 2000 tracked budgets, expenditures, tax receipts, public-works schedules, purchasing orders, payrolls, infrastructure costs, and long-range municipal projections. It could detect irregularities, flag waste, and recommend adjustments to keep Unity City’s government functioning efficiently.

This gave City Hall a level of administrative coordination far beyond most cities of the period. PAX 2000 could compare road maintenance schedules against transit needs, adjust sanitation deployments based on neighborhood activity, and identify financial problems before they became public scandals. Its recommendations still required human approval, but city officials often relied heavily on its projections.