Minister of Imperial Expansion campaign thread

[Will 5001]

Welcome to the Minister of Imperial expansion campaign thread. Here the candidates will publish their policies where they can be disscussed to help the citizens decide who to vote for on the all important polling days.


Currently the candidates for Minister of Imperial expansion are as follows:



Will 5001 (UFC)

Sir Ralph (IND)

Jonny (DIA)




The election will be held on a seperate thread on Friday July 12 and end on Tuesday July 16th when the minister will begin (or restart) his duties.

[Will 5001]

Will 5001 policies.

As Minister of Imperial expansion I will work tirelessly to further our position in this ancient world. I will work closely with the City Planner and the SMC (and any other minister which has an interest) in matters relating to the setting up of each and every city. I support the plans detailed in Case Pink/Blue and in subsequent plans relating to the war against America.



Unfortunately this means that production of settlers may have to be put on hold when we are producing military units. However, these military units will gain us more cities and gain us access to more productive lands where, as Minister of Imperial expansion, I could work overtime to give the empire productive and fertile cities which it desperately needs.




I will endeavour to provide a great service to you, the citizens of our great democracy (or despotism, depends on how you look at it) by placing our cities in the best possible location that will give us resources, luxuries and a productive, stable, base from which we can carry out our national aims. In the short term I will advise the foundation of “Blue City” from the settler that is currently being built in Banana HQ.



The minister of Imperial expansion is a very important post and there can only be on real choice: Will 5001 and the UFC




Any quires over my policies can be posted here and I will get back to you promptly.

[Verto]

Aren't you running unopposed? Oh well, UFC is enough for me.

I made a rhyme

[Verto]

Oops, didn't read that part in the first post...

[Will 5001]

Presently, yes I am running unopposed but I am sure that there will be other candidates for this important position.

[Spiffor]

I have some questions :
what do you think about radius overlap ?
Would you consider building a city next to the dyes, even if it's all jungle ?
Once Case Pink is over, when will you intend to settle, with the informations we currently have ?

[Will 5001]

Radius overlap- I do believe that this should be avoided if at all possible. However if we decide that culture is not a priority we may be left with big gaps in our borders, so later cities may have to be built closer together, sacrificing performace later in the game. So, I believe that radius overlap is an evil we have to avoid.

Dyes- The purpose of colonies are for collecting resourses in bad terrian. I believe that this should be disscussed with the Public works advisor and the Minister of economy, the area would need a lot of work and currently the best option would not be a city.


Post case pink- This all depends on where we go next, we may even decide to go to war with France! Otherwise I intend that we settle south of Washington on the grassland to help with our border coverage, to the West of Boston where there are fertile flood plains and productive mountains (just out of our discovery at present) and to to the East where there are mountains, hills, floodplains and possibly grassland.

[Panag]

hi ,

may the best one get the job , .....

so , should we explore the seas , .....

and put some settlers on land that is clean , ...

have a nice day

[Will 5001]

The seas are a good posibility, a good way to bypass the jungle, as long as that doesn't put too much strian on our military or science. But it could all too eaisily be a fruitless exersise, we have to see what the land looks like around America a bit more, the seas could provide a welcome piece of good land though!

[Inverse Icarus]

Sir Ralph is running? IND?

[Will 5001]

Well, according to Pre-Elections Thread Mk II, although I haven't heard any of his policies.....

[Harovan]

My opponent never ran unopposed, since I was the first who applied for this office.

In this crucial phase of the game, our empire needs productive cities. Productive to build settlers, units and may be the first cultural improvements. That means, right now food and shields matter more, than an "optimal" city placement with no overlap. Once we made our way out of our small peninsula, we'll succeed to build city powerhouses soon enough. Ah yes, as one of the authors of Case Pink, I support it of course.

Here is my plan in particular:

- Follow Case Pink and build the "Blue city"

- As soon as our military actions succeed, construct a new coreland in the fertile American and/or French lands. Because this land is good, we can plan future powerhouses there, with an optimal mix of mountains, hills and grassland and only a small or no overlap. Plan cities such, that they may support 20 citizens. More isn't necessary, since specialists in core cities are useless.

- In the further perspective, consider to build the Forbidden Palace in one of these centers (may be in Washington?), to make the cities more productive.

- Later on, when we know more of the map and generated a leader, we should consider to jump our palace. Our capital is misplaced on the tip of a peninsula. It should be surrounded by cities, to take full advantage of the lower corruption.

[Will 5001]

Sorry Ralph, but I just copied the candidates from Trip's post in Pre-Elections Thread Mk II!

[Inverse Icarus]

Ralph, i thought you werent party affiliated?

[Harovan]

I am not. Independent means, there is no party I am in .