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; Sid Meier's ALPHA CENTAURI
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; FACTION FILE: United States
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; Copyright (c) 1997, 1998 by Firaxis Games, Inc.
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; ALPHA CENTAURI reads the rules of the game from this file at
; startup. Feel free, at your own risk, to experiment with editing
; this file. We recommend you make a backup copy of the original.
;

#US
United States, The Capitalists, Americans, M, 2, Smith, F, 1,  1, 1, 1, 1,
  TECH, Indust, ENERGY, 100, POPULATION, 2, COMMERCE, 1, 
  Economics, Free Market, ECONOMY
  Economics, Planned, nil
  American, Smith,
  Kathy, Smith, The Smith Foundation
  President, shrewd, monopolistic, wealthy, bloated,
  Filthy Money Grubber
  dominate Planet's economy
  to reap the rightful rewards of skillful investment and planning
  achieving total monopolistic control of all of Planet's resources
  achieving total monopolistic control of all of Planet's resources
  grab every drop of Planet's wealth for yourself
  counting her ill-gotten energy tokens
  counting your ill-gotten energy tokens
  monopolistic grasping
  monopolistic grasping, M1
  business plans, M2
  corporate empire-building, M1
  investment, M1
  exploiting Planet's natural wealth
  Corporate Security
  Smith Corporate Policy

#BASES
Washington D.C.
New York
Los Angeles
Chicago
Miami
Seattle
Boston
Philadelphia
Houston
Dallas
Atlanta
San Francisco
Denver
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Cleveland
St. Louis
New Orleans
San Diego
Tuscaloosa
Charleston
Las Vegas
Detroit
Nashville
#END

#WATERBASES
Smith Hydrochemical
Smith Ocean Resources
Smith Marine
Smith Sea Platform
Smith Dock
#END

#BLURB
^  Human behavior is economic behavior. The particulars may vary,
but competition for limited resources remains a constant. Need
as well as greed have followed us to the stars, and the rewards
of wealth still await those wise enough to recognize this deep
thrumming of our common pulse.
^
^        -- CEO Nwabudike Morgan,
^           "The Centauri Monopoly"

#DATALINKS1
^LEADER: {President Miriam Smith}
^BACKGROUND: {Conservative Coalition of America}
^AGENDA: {Free Market Economics, Pro-Industry}
^TECH: {Industrial Base}
^

#DATALINKS2
^COMMERCE: {bonus increases value of treaties, pacts, loans}
^Begins with 100 extra energy credits.
^Need HAB COMPLEX for bases to exceed size 3: {Creature comforts at a premium}
^{May not use Planned Economics.}

#FACTIONTRUCE
#xs 440
#caption $CAPTION7
"Vendetta is bad for business, $NAME1. I suggest
we pledge Blood Truce and get back to work."

"Fair enough. I shall order hostilities to cease."
"Sorry, $NAME3, but I plan to put you out of business."

#FACTIONTREATY
#xs 440
#caption $CAPTION7
"Friend $NAME1, I can offer lucrative trading arrangements
if you will agree to a Treaty of Friendship. Shall we
become business partners?"

"By all means. Let us prosper together in peace."
"No. All of the profit would find its way into your pocket."


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