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Hello, I'm William Richardson, you've probably often seen me in IRC, or see me in shouts, or seen me in comment sections of articles. If so, you are likely at least vaguely aware, that I'm for President, come March 5th
You've also likely caught wind, in your readings, of an ongoing controversy between my self and others. I have been fighting for some fundamental economic reforms, real skin deep reforms, that'll see us make more money, spend less money, hit stronger be more secure. the problem is, of course, as it'd involve major change, it's stirred up vocal opposition.
Before that, let's get to what I'm proposing. In e-sim, we have raw materials, raw materials which are produced in companies by workers. The wars of E-sim are primarily fought over these high regions.
High regions, you see, provide a 100% modifier to raw production, and mediums, 75% as such, High regions are the basis of industry. Here in UK, we have Two high regions, one from Ireland, Diamonds, which we've occupied for weeks without problem and one from south west England, Oil. Diamonds are used to produce gifts of any quality,and Oil, tickets of any quality.
More important to our purposes, high regions do one more thing. They add a 25% bonus to production of any good win which that country has a relevant high region for. As in, we are 25% more productive with Diamonds and Oil, then we are with any other product. We happen to be very lucky worth these regions too, as Oil and Diamonds produce gifts and tickets, the most profitable consumables in the game. On that basis, I see that the more we tilt our economy to producing tickets and gifts the more extra Gold we can make. Gold that can fund our armies and fund our continued growth. On that note, I'm of the position that government policy should incentivise citizens to operate and work in those core 4 industries, oil, diamond, tickets and gifts and protect our local production of these things.
By the same token, we must decentivise production in less efficient industries. This would be a gradual process, the end result being that we off load the cost of these industries to other countries with other high regions. We'd ensure low tariffs have foreign producers dumping cheap goods not in our core four industries here, while we work for higher wages in other industries.
Now I know this can't happen overnight, congress needs to agree and then the process must begin slowly not to jolt our economy too hard, but it'd be steady and guided. Before they though, we'd take this model to our Army, as it's closer tied to Presidential discretion. Our Military unit currently has soldiers stationed around the world working in companies producing us weapons and tickets. I did the numbers in a recent comment, benefits shown here would similarly apply to our economy at large.
Tools used:
http://ideacode.pl/e-sim-calculator/
http://esim.dooge.eu/products.php?serv=antica
A skill 6 worker makes 6.92 in gold in Q5 gifts sold at the cheapest rate in the world, built with our diamond cost.
At a slightly above average price of 0.07 per q1 Weapon a skill 6 worker makes 4.13 Gold in weapons at Spanish iron prices, cheapest consistent source of Iron I found.
Even if you had to sign a contract for 4.5 GOLD to get the same weps and 6.5 Gold for the same gifts, you come out 2 Gold ahead, whole thing is at least 20% more efficient.
Not even counting the cost of tickets to move back and forth, the cost of health loss from q1 tickets, or the cost of making q1 tickets instead of Q5 Gifts
Note, this is the efficiency gained from such a switch involving companies in high regions, Imagine what it's like from companies manufacturing without a relevant High region.
Now while this may appear to be a single issue I'm harping on, it's the centre of all of our issues. If we use our production more efficiently, we can afford to do more hits in battles with better weapons, we can establish stronger connections with foreigners, so they have an interest in fighting side beside with us and it provides us more wealth to reinvest in our economy and making our selves more Gold. It's a positive feedback cycle
But even beyond that, this represents the type of thinking I'd bring to the Presidency. Every time I make a decision, I ask not only what it'll allow us to do, but what it may prevent us from doing, running from the short to long term. I think of the depth, width, height and repercussions of decisions, one could cal this four dimensional thinking. But whatever the case may be, I ask of you two things.
firstly and most importantly, analyze and check everything I've said proposed. Use the tools I linked, see if it adds up, infact do this with every idea you face.
Secondly, I ask for your vote on the 5th of March.
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About the game:
USA as a world power? In E-Sim it is possible!
In E-Sim we have a huge, living world, which is a mirror copy of the Earth. Well, maybe not completely mirrored, because the balance of power in this virtual world looks a bit different than in real life. In E-Sim, USA does not have to be a world superpower, It can be efficiently managed as a much smaller country that has entrepreneurial citizens that support it's foundation. Everything depends on the players themselves and how they decide to shape the political map of the game.
Work for the good of your country and see it rise to an empire.
Activities in this game are divided into several modules. First is the economy as a citizen in a country of your choice you must work to earn money, which you will get to spend for example, on food or purchase of weapons which are critical for your progress as a fighter. You will work in either private companies which are owned by players or government companies which are owned by the state. After progressing in the game you will finally get the opportunity to set up your own business and hire other players. If it prospers, we can even change it into a joint-stock company and enter the stock market and get even more money in this way.
In E-Sim, international wars are nothing out of the ordinary.
Become an influential politician.
The second module is a politics. Just like in real life politics in E-Sim are an extremely powerful tool that can be used for your own purposes. From time to time there are elections in the game in which you will not only vote, but also have the ability to run for the head of the party you're in. You can also apply for congress, where once elected you will be given the right to vote on laws proposed by your fellow congress members or your president and propose laws yourself. Voting on laws is important for your country as it can shape the lives of those around you. You can also try to become the head of a given party, and even take part in presidential elections and decide on the shape of the foreign policy of a given state (for example, who to declare war on). Career in politics is obviously not easy and in order to succeed in it, you have to have a good plan and compete for the votes of voters.
You can go bankrupt or become a rich man while playing the stock market.
The international war.
The last and probably the most important module is military. In E-Sim, countries are constantly fighting each other for control over territories which in return grant them access to more valuable raw materials. For this purpose, they form alliances, they fight international wars, but they also have to deal with, for example, uprisings in conquered countries or civil wars, which may explode on their territory. You can also take part in these clashes, although you are also given the opportunity to lead a life as a pacifist who focuses on other activities in the game (for example, running a successful newspaper or selling products).
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