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So I don't actually know what I lose when a country leaves the x-com project. I know I need a certain number of countries in x-com to survive and I know it prevents you from getting the continent bonus but what else do you lose?

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If you lose a country due to panic the following things are not possible anymore:

  • Launch Satelites to generate a monthly income
  • Complete any missions in that country
  • You won't get any request from that country to fulfill

So what you lose is the rewards for those activities and the (theoretical) income if you had a satelite there or where planning to launch one.

Sidenote:

You can't rescue all countries, so I say go for those that are most important to you in terms of bonuses and income.

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I don't think they give monthly income without satellites in those countries, right? – Muz Oct 19 '12 at 13:22
Yes, they don't. But you can't get a satelite there anymore either. So you don't lose it right away, but you lose the ability to get that income. I updated the answer though. – NoneOfYourBusiness Oct 19 '12 at 16:48
Actually I did a playthrough on normal and beat with with all countries and all low panic :P. So thats why I wanted to know. I swapped to classic and well... wow it's hard. – Shykin Oct 19 '12 at 17:02
Second Shykin on that. If you prioritize on satellites and minimize total global panic gain, it's also perfectly possible to save all countries on classic as well. Haven't managed it on impossible yet. – peakxu Nov 27 '12 at 2:01

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