The Status Bar is at the very bottom of the From below the Left Panel and Map.  It is use to send the Player game state and messages.  Once you have selected a game and loaded it the bar will show the following information:

Map Col,Row – Loaded Map’s size in columns and rows.

###.## MB – Mega bytes of memory being used by applications. (Debugging)

Load: 0500 – Eventually will show current game date and time.

Step – This field will display the current Step the game Turn Execution is in.

Progress Bar – After the Step is the progress bar showing the relative position in the step execution.

Messages – Messages generated during the game are displayed here.