From the Praetorian Intelligence Agency, 320 BC
Greetings, mighty Caesar. The Praetorian Intelligence Agency has once again compiled a report on how Rome's economy compares with the economies of the world's other nations. Note that for our mighty empire, we have included three Gross National Product figures, the first representing our GNP if we use none of our income for science, the second at our current science rate of 90%, and the third if we would use all our income for science. Keep in mind that at our current 90% rate, we are running a deficit of thirty gold each decade.
GNP:
Rome: 277/324/330 million
Second: 257 million (Almost certainly Persia)
Third: 197 million
Fourth: 170 million
Fifth: 163 million
Sixth: 157 million
Seventh: 154 million
Eighth: 114 million
Mfg. Goods:
Rome: 150 megatons
Second: 93 megatons
Third: 83 megatons
Fourth: 69 megatons
Fifth: 65 megatons
Sixth: 61 megatons
Seventh: 52 megatons
Eighth: 45 megatons
Productivity:
Rome: 446
Second: 317 (Almost certainly Persia)
Third: 274
Fourth: 239
Fifth: 225
Sixth: 206
Seventh: 185
Eighth: 152
We are uncertain as to how well our advantage in GNP translates into actual income. On one hand, your wise investment in courthouses is helping hold down the level of corruption in most outlying areas. But on the other, our empire is so vast that corruption in outlying regions is still considerable. In any event, we look forward to the time about sixty years in the future when our Forbidden Palace will be complete and can contribute to reducing corruption.
Given Persia's size and the republican nature of its government, we have little doubt that it is second in GNP and Productivity. We strongly suspect that Greece is second in Mfg. Goods since they have the world's second largest population and their king is probably a better manager than the other foreign rulers, but we are reluctant to claim certainty. In GNP, it seems slightly more likely that Greece is fourth or below than that it is third, but there are too many variables involved for that to be more than an educated guess.
Your faithful servant,
Informius Maximus
Greetings, mighty Caesar. The Praetorian Intelligence Agency has once again compiled a report on how Rome's economy compares with the economies of the world's other nations. Note that for our mighty empire, we have included three Gross National Product figures, the first representing our GNP if we use none of our income for science, the second at our current science rate of 90%, and the third if we would use all our income for science. Keep in mind that at our current 90% rate, we are running a deficit of thirty gold each decade.
GNP:
Rome: 277/324/330 million
Second: 257 million (Almost certainly Persia)
Third: 197 million
Fourth: 170 million
Fifth: 163 million
Sixth: 157 million
Seventh: 154 million
Eighth: 114 million
Mfg. Goods:
Rome: 150 megatons
Second: 93 megatons
Third: 83 megatons
Fourth: 69 megatons
Fifth: 65 megatons
Sixth: 61 megatons
Seventh: 52 megatons
Eighth: 45 megatons
Productivity:
Rome: 446
Second: 317 (Almost certainly Persia)
Third: 274
Fourth: 239
Fifth: 225
Sixth: 206
Seventh: 185
Eighth: 152
We are uncertain as to how well our advantage in GNP translates into actual income. On one hand, your wise investment in courthouses is helping hold down the level of corruption in most outlying areas. But on the other, our empire is so vast that corruption in outlying regions is still considerable. In any event, we look forward to the time about sixty years in the future when our Forbidden Palace will be complete and can contribute to reducing corruption.
Given Persia's size and the republican nature of its government, we have little doubt that it is second in GNP and Productivity. We strongly suspect that Greece is second in Mfg. Goods since they have the world's second largest population and their king is probably a better manager than the other foreign rulers, but we are reluctant to claim certainty. In GNP, it seems slightly more likely that Greece is fourth or below than that it is third, but there are too many variables involved for that to be more than an educated guess.
Your faithful servant,
Informius Maximus
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