I got a foreign version, so the text might be a little different.
From the initial screen i click on
Campaign -> Game setttings -> Scenario settings.
There is a table which has ressource settings in the 1st row, starting money in the 2nd and approval settings in the 3rd.
What does changing the ressource settings really change in game? E.g. on the ressource oil i saw the same ammount of squares red independent of this settings and i also could build the same number of facilities, independant if my setting is "abundant", "standard", "dwindling" or "depleted".

Also: what does "worl in "turmoil/insurgence" mean?