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[Datajack Franit]

Important for all the newbies at simcountry

-change your education priorities giving lots of "points" to managers, medium-hi level workers (25/45) according to yr needs, doctors, teachers/uni teachers and executives (20-10) and no more than 1/2 points to nurses

-check your corporations: read what I said about quality and change che trade priorities using the menu

sell: 5% and 10% decrease after a month
bid materials: 4% and 15/20% after a month

-don't build roads, rails, water pumps, hospitals or universities, spend instead on schools and hi-schools (only if you have less than 1/3 of your needs; countries receiving lack of teachers messages shouldn't even build schools at all and invest money on corporations

-taxes: 30%+40% is a fair price, but feel free to raise those ones to 40%+45% not more

-seek CEOs to build corps in your country to decrease unemployment and give wages to your working masses of silly peasants

-budget: have a look at the expected full-year projections; if you're gaining 40 B and spending 100 B something is wrong. Cut down by 50% everything which is not education. Turn military down of 90% and education not more than 20%

-ask federation members trade agreements and hints about how to play

[Skanky Burns]

On your education page, you will be able to see how many teachers and university teachers you have with comparison to how many you need. My country had hardly any, so my teacher priority is at 40. Now I'm getting about 500 per month rather than the small number I used to be getting.

Try building a new corporation (one you own pays its profit to you as well as taxes). Services is always a good one. It will show you a table with all the different types of workers, and from there you can judge how many of each you need (in a general sense) and be able to set the education priorities based upon your needs.

What countries are people playing? I am president of The DreamWorld KingDom.

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by Datajack Franit
-seek CEOs to build corps in your country to decrease unemployment and give wages to your working masses of silly peasants

How do I do that?

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by Skanky Burns
What countries are people playing? I am president of The DreamWorld KingDom.

I am president of Silence Eper.

[Skanky Burns]

My observations:
You have almost enough people for an additional 2 universities. I would recommend getting them now so you can have more executives being trained. Teachers are in desperate shortage, so bump thier priority right up too. You don't have enough teachers for additional schools or highschools, so don't build any of them yet.

Corporations: You have 2 high-tech services industries which are in high demand. You should extort the hell out of these by setting their selling strategy to maybe 150% above market and reducing by 5% each month they are not sold. This will get you a nice profit. Check the demand for your other corporations, and adjust them as necessary.

Also, get both companies to reserve 100,000 units each, and next month sell 100,000 to your own country (which doesn't have any) and perhaps sell the other companies reserved units to your own companies that have shortages of high-tech services.

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by Skanky Burns
Corporations: You have 2 high-tech services industries which are in high demand. You should extort the hell out of these by setting their selling strategy to maybe 150% above market and reducing by 5% each month they are not sold.

Pretend that I'm stupid and tell me how to do that.

Edit: Nevermind. I figured that out. Do any of the other companies stand out to you?

[Skanky Burns]

Hmm, well now I seem to be having trouble moving them at 250% cost. Worth a try anyway. I've still got my biggest services company offering them at 250% as it can afford to wait a bit before getting more income. My second is now trying 199% of cost.

The easiest way to change all your company selling strategies is to go to "Corporation Value" page. Near the bottom is a "set trade strategies" option, which allows you to change the selling (and buying) strategies of all your companies.

Also, with products that aren't in demand, it is a better idea to sell slightly below their market value. If their quality is 130 for instance, try selling at 28% above market cost. Your air-transport company can probably raise its prices a bit.

EDIT: Typo.

[DinoDoc]

Am I selling anything you need? Would you like to work out a trade contract? Would that be worthwhile at this time?

[Skanky Burns]

You need High-tech services and milk, which I can provide (next month) and I need bread which you can provide (next month). If you could reserve about 100,000 units of bread for me at market price, that would be great. I might get 50,000 units of clothes too if you don't mind. I can reserve however much milk and high-tech services you need at market price, services too if you want.

Also avaliable for market-price is electricity, gasoline, spices.

[Kropotkin]

I've got a enterprise caller McKropotkin. I'm trying to start my companies in apolyton countries if possible. So far I have the following countries:

*Schiller Republic
*SeaSide View
*Keit Alliance
*DreamWorld KingDom
*Silence Eper

If there's someone else out there that wants to be on that list, post it here or pm me.

[Skanky Burns]

I've got buying working well now. I just add 1 or 2 % to the cost price (no matter if its in shortage or excess) and my order normally gets filled faster and much much cheaper than even immediate pricing.

Kropotkin, I don't think I have enough staff for another company yet, but I'm pumping out executives now (at 99 priority compared to 6) so soon I should have plenty.

[Datajack Franit]

Build some CEOs companies in Franit Empire as well please- got plenty of workers

[Alex]

Well, I've got myself a nice little country called Tupan, in the Virgina Bella continent. Now I just need to learn how to play this thing adequately.

[dudemanjack]

I am president of Revillon, home of the $170 billion debt with a 4 million population...:-D

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by Skanky Burns
I can reserve however much milk and high-tech services you need at market price, services too if you want.

25000 units of milk would be nice. I've set the companies to reserve the requested portion of thier production aside for you.