SimCountry

[Skanky Burns]

http://www.SimCountry.com/entry.html

There are a few people from Apolyton who play this game on the White Giant world, and are part of the Apolyton federation for mutual defence.

For those who haven't played this game yet, you can become the president of a country, and control many aspects of that lucky piece of land. You can set the education priorities, control what corporations are built in your country, build a defensive and offensive military, perhaps even conquer other countries. Whilst the detail can be overwhelming at first, many things can be automated until you feel comfortable taking control, and current players should be able to help you with any problems.

For those just interested in the business side of things, you can also (or) choose to become a corporate owner - just building business' in other peoples countries, and hopefully, raking in the cash as you do so. This is much easier to control than a full country, and can be run sucessfully with as little as 1 company (my one-company corporation) or with as many companies as you can afford to build.

When you invite a new user, as an added bonus both parties get an extra 20 B$ which really helps out in the beginning. If anyone wants to join, just post in this thread and an invitation will be sent your way.
Since my country doesn't really need the bonus, the first person to join can invite the second (thereby getting a 40 B$ bonus), the second can invite the third, and so on.

For those who are playing the game, we can use this thread as an update on how our countries are doing, and discuss federation strategies.

[Skanky Burns]

Update on the Empire of Drunken Macaque NoCEOs

http://sim03.simcountry.com/cgi-bin/cgi2nova?SN_ADDRESS=wwwCountry&SN_METHOD=country&miCountryName=THEEMPIREOFDRUNKENMACAQUENOCEOS

Celebrations filled the capital of Skanky City over the weekend as the Empire finally reached the landmark population of 5 million people. To comemorate, the president (who wasn't one for much words) expanded the offensive force by 500 fighter planes, raised social security by 2% and increased the priority of middle-level managers. Thankfully, the people were easily amused.

The Empire of Drunken Macaque now has over 5,000,000 people, and a very strong economy. Health and education both have more facilities than required, and enough staff "spare". Social security payments are at 64%, and will slowly be raised to 70% over the next 6 months. Transportation exceeds requirements, and finances are surperb.

Each month, the Empire rakes in over 34 B$, which includes over 5 B$ in interest payments from others. Expences are over 16 B$, with the cost of government around 800 M$ above the monthly cost of defence. Each month, my country pulls in around 18 B$

Corporations in the country are now valued at 3,244 B$

Defence Forces (99.2 index):
Anti Aircraft Missile Batteries 2,000
Missile Interceptor Batteries 250
Short Range Missile Batteries 10
Armored Vehicles 100
Helicopters 2,000
Interceptors 100
Jeeps 100
Light Artillery 100
Light Tanks 100
Radar Planes 3

Offensive Forces (61.7 index):
Fighter Planes 1,000
Attack Helicopters 1,000
Heavy Jeeps 100
Long Range Radar Planes 3

Strategic Forces (2.8 index):
Strategic Bombers 10
Hydrogen Bombs 25

[Az]

I had a country some time ago, but I quit.... I had tests, not enough time.

Say... how do you balance the frickin' budget, in the beginning?

[Skanky Burns]

To be honest, I haven't used the budget yet. It would probably make my country more efficient, but... I'm reluctant.

When my country started out though, I put taxes to 40%, profit payments to 80%, and the two invite bonuses I got really helped keep me above water. I invested heaps into education, didn't do much to roads or rails, but still managed to get quite a large debt. Then I started to slowly make money and pay off loans. The biggest help was buying quality upgrades - now my companies are at 200 quality, and I am raking in the cash.

I have found a nice country with an 11 mil population , so whoever asks for it first can have it.

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by Skanky Burns
To be honest, I haven't used the budget yet. It would probably make my country more efficient, but... I'm reluctant.

Why? Noone will blame you if it goes wrong..........[pause]..........ok, question asked, question answered.

[Az]

invitee bonuses! I didn't use those.

Still, I had a deficit of, oh, 60 billion E$, so I don't think it would do much to me.

[Lemmy]

I have a corporation on White Giant name Lemcorp Incarnate

It's my second corporations there, i closed the first one because i had a $200 bil debt..
Now i only have $69 bil debt, and my corporations are making money, my networth is $137 bil now, with 3 companies.

[Eli]

Sorry, I'm loyal only and only to Utopia.

[Az]

Offensive Forces (61.7 index):
Fighter Planes 1,000
Attack Helicopters 1,000
Heavy Jeeps 100
Long Range Radar Planes 3

Gosh, I wanna go back to that game.

[Sandman]

My country is Neo Tantallon. It used to be called Tantallon 2, but I realised how naff that sounded.

My population is 10 million, but my companies are only worth 2.5B, compared to Skanky's 3.4B. Probably my dodgy pricing strategy. My finances are in great shape, with me being able to cut profit-taking from my state companies. Hopefully, I should be able to increase their value by doing this.

I had a problem with my loans when a whole load of my companies went bust, but they've all been cleared now.

My main shortage at the moment is skilled people types. Employment wavers between 95% and 97%, so I've been constantly balancing my education priorities to get necessary people. These shortages have made it difficult to build hospitals and universities. When I took control of Neo Tantallon, I made sure to 'bleed off' the excesses of nurses and engineers that the AI seems to like building up.

Due to these constraints, my military is quite small.

I'm the leader of the Apolyton Federation, but I've been a bit neglectful recently.

Neo Tantallon boasts a long coastline, mountains in the interior, and a spectacular meteor crater.

[Datajack Franit]

Franit Empire salutes you

Remind to give lots of cash to others as loans, you'll have a marginal but steady income every month (interests)

[Frozzy]

I started a corporation called FrozzCo Ltd

I'm starting to get the hang of it... but these numbers a confuzzling

[pg]

is this game really as complex as it seems at first? how long does it take to play(and do well)?

[Az]

yes. Well, in any case, my connection speed got me frustrated with it.

[Urban Ranger]

Yeah you probably can't play witout broadband connection.