Turns

Once a week, or whatever fixed time frame is decided for in a game, turns will come to an end, production will run and the new turns will begin. During this magical time, the game will go offline, prevent any actions of any sort to take place. Additionally, while the game system is off-line, a number of other housekeeping activities take place. Things like server maintenance, back-ups, etc.

During the reset process, the following things happen.

Actions are Reset
The actions of all Cities, Guilds, Characters and Military Units are reset. This includes giving all moving units a new set of movement points for the coming turn.

Production
All cities produce food.

All population consume food.

Population grows.

Recruits are added to inventory.

Population produces items.