The budget screen shows you the following information: * Your country's current allocation of its monthly income, on the six spending sliders. * Your country's full investment levels into tech and stability, proportionate to the total tech cost of the next level. This is shown by the green bar below each slider; the further right it is, the nearer to the next level you are. You can see the exact numbers on a tooltip over each slider. * Via tooltip, your country's full investment rates into tech and stability, which includes the budget of monthly spending but also several sources of direct investment. You can mouse over the sliders to get tooltips, which show a breakdown of all investment into their particular field. * Via tooltip, your country's current rate of increase of in