Announcements:
Ceiling for extra 5 spies/turn lowered to 100 espionage.
Stock market mechanic refined. Number of branches built per turn decreased; the link between profit and price has weakened.
Spreadsheet now includes stock ownership on Sheet 2.
Update V
Map
Stats
Note: Income is rounded UP. 30.1-30.9 gold will be counted as 31 gold, etc.
Double Note: Some of you have negative money in your vault. This is added to your income and that is your total spending money. The negative rating represents the money that companies have taken from you to give you their power this turn. This will last until you cancel your contract.
The World Bank is offering loans of 10 gold for 11 gold the following turn. Provided they are not rejected by a chair, they shall be accepted.
==Overview==
It is the Year 3014. Important news are as follows:
The USSR, with sheer numbers, has brutally crushed all but one province of the former Partitionanian state. With the Prussian Civil War over and Crimea and Sweden allied with the USSR, things do not bode well for the Finno-Poles.
The OCP has been vocal in assisting Poland with aid, causing a massive tanking of their share price as investors fear involvement in geopolitics.
The UN has seen some procedural revisions, but no policies of note. The UN's standard of living sinking beneath that of many first world nations, UN Zone leaders are due to meet and discuss a new plan of action later in the year.
The World Bank's coffers continue to explode as nations tack on debt to pay for various initiatives, in turn leading to even more credit extensions.
Peru and Brazil have formally inked an alliance, finally bringing activity to South America. The 501st, in North America, as a contrast, has seen a massive invasion by the Kleptocrats, who cite an impending threat to the global balance. This has put Indonesia at war with almost all of North America.
Many civil wars have ended, but others have started, and the Bengal Civil War continues to rage with minimal changes, due to neither side dominating the seas.
Perhaps most striking was the dissolution of the London-led anti-USSR coalition. London imploded into two much weaker powers, its bioweapons program evaporating, while Catalonia now has tense relations with the Romans over occupied parts of the coastline. Rome also having to deal with its ally Byzantium's civil war, it is predicted that Europe will see a Red Partitionania as practiality overrides the small state's independence.
Most alarming, by contrast, is the news of the development of nuclear weapons, though it not known by whom. Lacuna Corp. has said that it will stand ready to clean up any pollutants from their use.
==Awards==
Largest population - USSR
Largest economy - Somalia
Highest quality of life - Somalia
Most influential merchants - Somalia
Greatest diplomatic clout - China (Union)
Biggest Army - USSR
Biggest Navy - USSR
Biggest Air Force - Katterland
Best-trained Army - USSR
Best-trained Navy - Coruscant
Best trained Air Force - Hungary
Most powerful Army - USSR
Most powerful Navy - Coruscant
Most powerful Air Force - Hungary
==Uprisings==
Occupied territories rise up for five turns after occupation, damaging industry and causing loss of troops. They do not usually directly confront troops unless there's a good chance of victory; they prefer terrorism and guerrilla warfare.
Equation: 0.50 industry points lost per province occupied; 1 army lost per 10 provinces.
Katterland-Occupied Oz (17 territories - Turn 3)
9 Industry lost. 2 armies killed.
USSR-occupied Partitionania (32 territories - Turn 1)
16 Industry lost, 3 armies killed.
Maxland-occupied Bengal (2 territories - Turn 0)
Ramblings of unrest.
Roman-occupied Catalonia (4 territories - Turn 0)
Ramblings of unrest.
==Border Disputes==
N/A
==Stock Market==
Soylent, Inc. stock drops; Kintobor plunges enormously.
Profitability fluctuates from -5% to 5% per turn. Speculation varies from -10% to 20% per turn.
You may buy a corporation's power for 10% of your income each turn.
Anyone who can command 50%+1 shares can alter the dividend rate, blacklist anyone who's not yet a shareholder from purchasing, and offer/deny the Corporations' powers to anyone for any price. Commanding 20% of a a corporation gives you its power free of charge.
Stock prices:
Companies determine branch chance randomly, but go by (number of shares owned in company) + (0.25-tax rate) + 1. Multiply by 0 if at war.
==Bueno Events==
Economic boom (grows industry by 5%)
Victoria; America.
Growing Market Share (+10 Trade tech)
Brazil, China (Union)
Military Innovation (increases random military tech by 10)
Swahili, Prussia - Both Army
Nationalism (grants 2 random units)
Sahara, China (Union); Navy and Air Wing.
Growing Influence (increases culture by 10%)
501st, Kleptocratica
Gift to the State (2 random shares)
Sometimes a patriot leaves wealth to the government. ... Sometimes these patriots' gifts are actually worthwhile and amount to something.
Crusaders, Sahara - both Soylent
==Do Not Want Events==
Epidemic - Every turn since the last one the chance of an epidemic grows by 10%. Last outbreak on Turn 2.
No outbreaks.
Recession (reduces industry by 5%)
Brazil, Klonofornia
Xenophobia (Makes a certain country gain an "Anti" tag against you, making them oppose you in everything and refusing clientisation)
Katterland is now hated by Sumatra.
Fleeing population (states at war will see a loss of people)
10 Partitionanians flee into Prussia.
100 Soviets fleet into Belarus.
100 Caribs flee into Florida.
100 Cubans flee into Florida.
100 501sters flee to Klonoafornia.
100 Kleptocrats flee into Borneo.
100 Colonists have fled into Maxland.
Brain Drain
Global average tax rate: 24%. States above lose industry, states below gain it.
Caribbean: -75 Industry
Other 25% states: -1 Industry; 25 total
Sahara - 7. Gains. Gains 13 industry.
Somalia - 23. Gains 42 Industry.
501st - 25. Gains 45 Industry.
=Baby Boom=
Any state that has 1/2 the average pop. density has a chance of getting this each turn. It is an incentive to seize large amounts of land. It grants 10 population per province.
Half average is 251.
Both Chinas, Takrur, Peru, Swahili, Turkestan.
==Union of Nations==
UN Building
Secretary General (+50 Culture) for 3014 - 3015 is Katterland.
Resolutions:
Resolutions may now be proposed post-lock. Resolutions are counted when orders lock for simplicity.
World Bank Chairs (adds 25 culture) - Babylon, East Russia, Somalia
Olympics (adds 5 Industry points)
3002 Winter - Turkistan
3004 Summer - Peru
3006 Winter - Formerly Oz; given to Peru
3008 Summer - Coruscant
3010 Winter - America
3012 Summer - 501st
3014 Winter - Crusaders