Hello, so this is my idea for a feature:

When you start to go into debt, if you have over 50% influence with a ruling party of any country, you could try and "pull some strings" and get them to give you a bailout, (All your debt + $50mil - maybe this could be increased by laws being changed) but once you receive it then your influence with that party will reset to zero and after a certain amount of time, you will have to pay them back.
Or you could default on your debts, but it will decrease your public opinion by 50% and give your competitor 20% more power, but this will also make some political party's distance themselves from you and if you are the leader of a corpornation, then you will have 25% of your shares removed.

These are all pretty cool ideas, and I'm looking for ways to throw people bones if they're struggling. (I'm trying to create a simple adaptive difficulty type system.) So I'm going to look at these ideas and try to work them in.

The problem with this system is that if you're struggling, get bailed out then lose your influence and lose public opinion, that could create a feedback loop where players get into trouble and then things get worse. So if I use these ideas I'll have to make sure it helps people who are struggling rather than making things worse for them.