25-08-2002 17:55									#91
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I've been slowly building up my country. The transport network is complete, the health service is virtually complete and I have some profitable companies going.

The car company that was failing miserably when I joined is now my most valuable company!

What should I buy defense-wise?

	25-08-2002 19:14									#92
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Depending on your neighbours. If you don't have human neighbours you're in luck. Just slowly build up interceptors, choppers, and defensive missiles. Also add bases when needed. Otherwise, depending on your neighbours, you may need to build up quicker.

	25-08-2002 22:03									#93
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Oddly, my Gold firm is turning a loss, large enough to make a net loss of .1B. So I bought it an efficiency upgrade to reduce salary costs.

	25-08-2002 22:17									#94
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lol

	25-08-2002 22:57									#95
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An important habit you should have is the relentless upgrading of your companies. I usually make one upgrade a turn on these criteria:

1. Upgrade quality if there is a surplus in the product of the company, effectivity otherwise.

2. Upgrade quality if cost of salary < 2x cost of insterests on loans. Does not apply to loan-free companies.

3. Upgrade quality if there is a chronic surplus problem in the market.

4. Upgrade quality if both are in surplus or in shortage, upgrade effectivity otherwise.

5. Upgrade quality if upgrading effectivity doesn't pay itself back in 6-12 months.

Will think about the priorities later

	26-08-2002 04:09									#96
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I think I need to stabilise income a little first. One of my companies didn't produce at all last tick, due to a supply shortage. Until I'm consistently making money, I don't feel I can really afford to invest too much more.

	26-08-2002 14:23									#97
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That shouldn't be a problem. Quality upgrades only cost around 50M E$ each, and you can only order two of them at a time (plus there's a two month delay before you receive the order). So I would say, as long as your companies have some cash available, by all means upgrade...upgrade...upgrade. The more you increase your quality, the more you can raise the price, meaning the faster your companies can start making a profit.

	28-08-2002 03:50									#98
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Is it really wise to build a Chemicals corp with a surplus of about 300M around?

	28-08-2002 09:42									#99
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I have four and they are all doing quite well. Ultimately it's your decision, naturally.

	01-09-2002 15:08									#100
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I seem to have found something that works. My enterprise now has a market value exceeding 300B.

So far expansion has been working. I either acquire or start a new company every (real) day in either services, electric power, or chemicals.

It seems that it doesn't matter how big a debt you have. As long as you get a positive cash flow, it's fine.

	01-09-2002 15:15									#101
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Another question for the guru:

Should I close my air transport company? It doesn't make much money, but I've heard conflicting advice on what to do with them.

	01-09-2002 15:21									#102
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Don't close it if you can help it. It's not losing money yes? Keep it around. Keep increasing both efficiency and quality. Sell low when there is a surplus and high when there is a shortage. Should do fine.

	01-09-2002 15:29									#103
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Ok, will do.

	02-09-2002 03:47									#104
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Yeah, my Gold Corp is losing money atm. I'm improving efficiency, though, since the loss has been decreasing recently.

	02-09-2002 08:44									#105
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Yeah, some sectors are very harsh. Both of my alumnium and potassium companies went bankrupt.

	07-09-2002 00:00									#106
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Gold went bust, as did my new Construction firm. I have a new High-Tech Services firm, and a new Road Maintenance firm though. And a new Services firm, although that has something distinctly off about it.

Basically, the Corporations Summary page says that it's been set (automatically) to 0% production and employment. The Corporation details page for it says that hiring is set at 70%. This is, interestingly, not contradictory - since for each type of staff I need, the amount employed at 100% hiring is shown as "-". This is perplexing. The firm isn't doing too badly, of course - no materials or salaries to pay, it's losing on 35M a month on interest, so I can keep it open a fair bit longer. But does anyone know how to make it think it needs workers?

	07-09-2002 05:13									#107
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I've been offered a peace treaty by a nearby country. How do I accept (and should I)?

Chowlett:
You can manually set production and hiring levels for all your companies from the "My Corporations" page (click on "change production and hiring" near the bottom of the page). If that doesn't work, go to the home page of the country it's located in and check the "Employment Index" page. They might have worker shortages.

	08-09-2002 03:29									#108
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Jules - yeah, I know. And the worker hiring levels are set (automatically) at about 50% currently. I haven't checked for worker shortages, but this is a brand new corp, so they were presumably there a short while ago. What seems to be the problem is that the company is failing to admit it needs workers.

	08-09-2002 03:51									#109
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nm, it closed. I put it down to a bug. I'll found a new one.

I also just realised that since all my products start above 100 in quality, I can raise prices across the board. A trial run in my first High-Tech Services corp proved the strategy to be sound. I shall be monitoring developments closely.

	08-09-2002 20:17									#110
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Looks like there will be markers in high tech services and household products.


Chowlett,

All companies start at 130 quality initially and most of them go only up from there. Take this into account.

	14-09-2002 03:02									#111
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So how's everyone doing?

Right now my enterprise, Bilberschnook International, is ranked 520 out of the 1704 CEOs in White Giant. And my country, Schiller Republic, is 725 out of 2304 human presidents. Both are in the top one-third.

	14-09-2002 17:07									#112
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My rank is 200-ish (somewhere between 200 and 300). I tried stop expanding and my climb stopped. So it seems that expansion is the fastest way to move up.

	17-09-2002 20:50									#113
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Woohoo! Schiller Republic is in the black for the first time in a long time.

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	19-09-2002 03:42									#114
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Ok, now that my country's finances are in great shape, I think it's time to start beefing up the military.

Question:
what are the functions of fortifications, military bases and airports? I already have three fortifications, a defensive base and airport. Is there any reason I should build more?

	19-09-2002 14:58									#115
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Each airport can hold a limited number of interceptors, so you need more airport if you want to have more interceptors, which are good for defense. Same thing with bases. I am not sure what forts do, though.

	20-09-2002 05:44									#116
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OK, you got me interested. Just started playing a country called the Scumlands

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	20-09-2002 11:18									#117
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You couldn't wait for an invite, eh?

	25-09-2002 20:50									#118
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I am on a roll now The market value of my enterprise cleared 700B easily.

	25-09-2002 20:58									#119
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This thread still alive?

*shock* *gasp* *horror*

aye Petoria has been sucking.
You dont want to see our numbers

	25-09-2002 21:05									#120
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I overbuilt my economy at first in the , so that very soon I ran out of High Tech Executives and nearly a dozen corporations went under. Fleeing the angry mobs who lost their jobs from my countries economic collapse, I took control of my neighboring country of Scumlandia where I'm doing much better now (it probably helps to have citizens fleeing into my new country from the one I screwed up). Between myself and Jules, we can eventually dominate the whole Great Palms region.