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Skanky Burns
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Skanky Bastard Quartermaster
Aug 2001
time: 14:26
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http://www.SimCountry.com/entry.html
There are a few people from Apolyton who play this game on the White Giant world, and are part of the Apolyton federation for mutual defence.
For those who haven't played this game yet, you can become the president of a country, and control many aspects of that lucky piece of land. You can set the education priorities, control what corporations are built in your country, build a defensive and offensive military, perhaps even conquer other countries. Whilst the detail can be overwhelming at first, many things can be automated until you feel comfortable taking control, and current players should be able to help you with any problems.
For those just interested in the business side of things, you can also (or) choose to become a corporate owner - just building business' in other peoples countries, and hopefully, raking in the cash as you do so. This is much easier to control than a full country, and can be run sucessfully with as little as 1 company (my one-company corporation) or with as many companies as you can afford to build.
When you invite a new user, as an added bonus both parties get an extra 20 B$ which really helps out in the beginning. If anyone wants to join, just post in this thread and an invitation will be sent your way.
Since my country doesn't really need the bonus, the first person to join can invite the second (thereby getting a 40 B$ bonus), the second can invite the third, and so on.
For those who are playing the game, we can use this thread as an update on how our countries are doing, and discuss federation strategies.
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Skanky Burns
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Skanky Bastard Quartermaster
Aug 2001
time: 14:26
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Update on the Empire of Drunken Macaque NoCEOs
http://sim03.simcountry.com/cgi-bin...ENMACAQUENOCEOS
Celebrations filled the capital of Skanky City over the weekend as the Empire finally reached the landmark population of 5 million people. To comemorate, the president (who wasn't one for much words) expanded the offensive force by 500 fighter planes, raised social security by 2% and increased the priority of middle-level managers. Thankfully, the people were easily amused.
The Empire of Drunken Macaque now has over 5,000,000 people, and a very strong economy. Health and education both have more facilities than required, and enough staff "spare". Social security payments are at 64%, and will slowly be raised to 70% over the next 6 months. Transportation exceeds requirements, and finances are surperb.
Each month, the Empire rakes in over 34 B$, which includes over 5 B$ in interest payments from others. Expences are over 16 B$, with the cost of government around 800 M$ above the monthly cost of defence. Each month, my country pulls in around 18 B$ 
Corporations in the country are now valued at 3,244 B$
Defence Forces (99.2 index):
Anti Aircraft Missile Batteries 2,000
Missile Interceptor Batteries 250
Short Range Missile Batteries 10
Armored Vehicles 100
Helicopters 2,000
Interceptors 100
Jeeps 100
Light Artillery 100
Light Tanks 100
Radar Planes 3
Offensive Forces (61.7 index):
Fighter Planes 1,000
Attack Helicopters 1,000
Heavy Jeeps 100
Long Range Radar Planes 3
Strategic Forces (2.8 index):
Strategic Bombers 10
Hydrogen Bombs 25
Last edited by Skanky Burns on 01-03-2003 at 18:14
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Sandman
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Sinister Penguin
Aug 2001
time: 05:26
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My country is Neo Tantallon. It used to be called Tantallon 2, but I realised how naff that sounded.
My population is 10 million, but my companies are only worth 2.5B, compared to Skanky's 3.4B. Probably my dodgy pricing strategy. My finances are in great shape, with me being able to cut profit-taking from my state companies. Hopefully, I should be able to increase their value by doing this.
I had a problem with my loans when a whole load of my companies went bust, but they've all been cleared now.
My main shortage at the moment is skilled people types. Employment wavers between 95% and 97%, so I've been constantly balancing my education priorities to get necessary people. These shortages have made it difficult to build hospitals and universities. When I took control of Neo Tantallon, I made sure to 'bleed off' the excesses of nurses and engineers that the AI seems to like building up.
Due to these constraints, my military is quite small.
I'm the leader of the Apolyton Federation, but I've been a bit neglectful recently.
Neo Tantallon boasts a long coastline, mountains in the interior, and a spectacular meteor crater.
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is this game really as complex as it seems at first? how long does it take to play(and do well)?
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Skanky Burns
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Skanky Bastard Quartermaster
Aug 2001
time: 14:26
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It depends on how much you want to control. My one-company corporation takes a minute each day to keep it on track. I could now probably leave it for a week and still be doing well. All I do each day is check that it has full upgrades (they drop down by 1 every 10 months or so) and so long as that is fine, I just loan out the profit my corporation has spare.
Controlling more businesses will increase the time you take each day potentially, but not by too much. Again, what I do is buy upgrades each day, check hiring is at 100%, and increase the selling price of each company to just under its quality level. Then loaning out my spare cash to get me even more income.
Running a country is of course more complex, and takes more time initially to get things in order. You will need to check education frequently to ensure you have enough facilities, and also to check you are producing enough people of each skill type. You will also be controlling many businesses in your country, ensuring there are enough of many different product types for people to purchase each month, balancing budgets, etc etc.
To do well (but still let the automation do some work for you), your best bet would be to keep buying efficiency and quality upgrades. They will let you charge a fortune and still have your customers leave smiling. I set my companies to sell at 1% less than their quality level, and reduce by 1% each month. Sure, they won't sell every month, but if you can survive a month or two with no income, the third month you will be raking in the cash - selling 3 months worth of goods all at once. I start buying at 2% above market price, as the automated buying system only buys stuff when you are about to run out (less than 1 month of stock left). This generally ensures you don't have shortages. I increase this by 3% each month it isn't filled, as shortages will drain your money faster than the increased stock price will.
One of the biggest time-savers you can have is to make trade contracts for items your country uses per month (trade -> View products your country has in stock) so your country doesn't have any shortages. Once these contracts are set, you can ignore them for another 99 months, rather than trying to buy enough products each month and being unable to purchase enough due to budget constraints.
Sandman: Nice unemployment rate! Mine is at 15.4% at the moment, but I don't have enough high-level workers for another company at the moment. I have decided to expand my military again to try and soak up some of those unemployed, and 500 attack helicopters will soon be on their way.
Lemmy: Internet and high-tech companies will get you quite a good income, but you don't have any services companies. Services are cash-cows, get one asap!  Perhaps check your salaries too, they might be a little on the high side.
Frozzy: There's something fishy about your corporation. 
If you do win that corporation (and I'm guessing you probably will), change the sell prices at least - otherwise you will never make money.
Anyway, see if you can start a services company too. And keep on buying quality and efficiency upgrades.
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01-03-2003 17:40
invitee bonuses! I didn't use those. 
How come? I have no clue on what to do, I just did some things, so it looks like it just gives this Experienced to random users... 
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