Cold War NES

[Tassadar500]

1950

Comprehensive Nation Simulator (CNS).


Military Effectiveness (combination of training, equipment, ability to project force and respond quickly. Measures whether your military is capable of defending on home front only or able to move across the globe) : Embarrassing, Poor, Average, Good, Exceptional

Espionage/Secret Police : Local, Limited, Basic, Adequate, Professional, Extensive, Ubiquitous, Illuminati [strength of spies, intelligence gathering, counterespionage, both internal and external]

Common living conditions (how well the average person lives, includes social infrastructure such as schools and hospitals, availability of goods and consumer items) : Abysmal, Squalid, Poor, Average, Good, Very Good, Exceptional, Utopian


Military levels :

None, Infinitesimal, Tiny, Small, Medium, Large, Very Large, Huge, Enormous, Outrageous

Economy (Speed of upgrading and/or building) :

Primitive, Backwards, Poor, Struggling, Average, Good, Thriving, Exceptional, Glorious, Awe Inspiring

Discontent (Amount of unhappiness, different forms of governments can handle different amounts of unhappiness, and it will be manifested in different ways) :

Insignificant, Minor, Some, Significant, Worrisome, Open Revolt

Projects:

Tech Level (Just to generally keep track of how advanced things are, projects, don’t need to be too specific)

Manufacturing Base (This is on an absolute scale, so small countries will only be able to have moderate ratings. This includes physical infrastructure, such as power plants and assembly lines, NOT to be confused with social infrastructure, which is covered in Common Living Conditions ) :

Primitive, Scattered, Inadequate, Limited, Varied, Sufficient, Plentiful, Extensive, Burgeoning, Awesome

Nuclear weapons (destructive power of your arsenal.)

Few, Handful, Some, Many, Frightening, Catastrophic, Apocalyptic

Nuclear range (how far you have the potential to deliver a nuclear attack from a basing site) :

Local, International, Intercontinental, Global


Government/Society :
Blurb, e.g. “Absolute despotism enforced by a merciless secret police force. Despite this, the population is annoyingly upbeat and optimistic” etc. Can also include miscellaneous information, such as social mobility, etc., whatever you feel needs to be noted.


Finland
Army: Small
Navy: Tiny
Air Force: Infinitesimal
Military Effectiveness: Average
Espionage/Secret Police: Basic
Common Living Conditions: Average
Economy: Average
Discontent: Minor
Tech Level: parity
Manufacturing Base: Inadequate
Nuclear Arsenal: NA
Nuclear Range: NA
Government/Society: Mixed Market Republic


Poland
Army: Small
Navy: Tiny
Air Force: Tiny
Military Effectiveness: Average
Espionage/Secret Police: Basic
Common Living Conditions: Poor
Economy: Poor
Discontent: Significant
Tech Level: Parity
Manufacturing Base: Limited
Nuclear Arsenal: NA
Nuclear Range: NA
Government/Society: Communist Control


North Korea
Army: Small
Navy: Tiny
Air Force: Infinitesimal
Military Effectiveness: Poor
Espionage/Secret Police: Adequate
Common Living Conditions: Squalid
Economy: Backwards
Discontent: Significant
Tech Level: Lagging
Manufacturing Base: Inadequate
Nuclear Arsenal: NA
Nuclear Range: NA
Government/Society: Communist Controlled Collectivized Economy


South Korea
Army: Small
Navy: Tiny
Air Force: Infinitesimal
Military Effectiveness: Poor
Espionage/Secret Police: Basic
Common Living Conditions: Squalid
Economy: Backwards
Discontent: Significant
Tech Level: Lagging
Manufacturing Base: Scattered
Nuclear Arsenal: NA
Nuclear Range: NA
Government/Society: Republic Strong Centralized Government


South Africa
Army: Small
Navy: Small
Air Force: Tiny
Military Effectiveness: Average
Espionage/Secret Police: Basic
Common Living Conditions: Poor
Economy: Average
Discontent: Significant
Tech Level: Parity
Manufacturing Base: Limited
Nuclear Arsenal: NA
Nuclear Range: NA
Government/Society: Market Apartheid Parliamentary


Pakistan
Army: Medium
Navy: Small
Air Force: Tiny
Military Effectiveness: Average
Espionage/Secret Police: Basic
Common Living Conditions: Poor
Economy: Poor
Discontent: Some
Tech Level: Lagging
Manufacturing Base: Limited
Nuclear Arsenal: NA
Nuclear Range: NA
Government/Society: Islamic/Military Coalition Rule


China
Army: Large
Navy: Small
Air Force: Tiny
Military Effectiveness: Poor
Espionage/Secret Police: Adequate
Common Living Conditions: Poor
Economy: Poor
Discontent: Significant
Tech Level: Lagging
Manufacturing Base: Varied
Nuclear Arsenal: NA
Nuclear Range: NA
Government/Society: Communist Bureaucracy


Australia
Army: Small
Navy: Small
Air Force: Tiny
Military Effectiveness: Average
Espionage/Secret Police: Basic
Common Living Conditions: Good
Economy: Good
Discontent: Minor
Tech Level: Parity
Manufacturing Base: Varied
Nuclear Arsenal: NA
Nuclear Range: NA
Government/Society: Republic


Canada
Leader: Foolish_Icarus
Army: Small
Navy: Small
Air Force: Small
Military Effectiveness: Average
Espionage/Secret Police: Basic
Common Living Conditions: Good
Economy: Good
Discontent: Minor
Tech Level: Parity
Manufacturing Base:
Nuclear Arsenal: NA
Nuclear Range: NA
Government/Society: Republic


India
Army: Medium
Navy: Small
Air Force: Tiny
Military Effectiveness: Average
Espionage/Secret Police: Basic
Common Living Conditions: Poor
Economy: Poor
Discontent: Some
Tech Level: Parity
Manufacturing Base: Varied
Nuclear Arsenal: NA
Nuclear Range: NA
Government/Society: Mixed Market Parliamentary


Yugoslavia
Army: Small
Navy: Tiny
Air Force: Infinitesimal
Military Effectiveness: Poor
Espionage/Secret Police: Adequate
Common Living Conditions: Poor
Economy: Struggling
Discontent: Significant
Tech Level: parity
Manufacturing Base: Inadequate
Nuclear Arsenal: NA
Nuclear Range: NA
Government/Society: Communist Control


Egypt
Army: Medium
Navy: Small
Air Force: Infinitesimal
Military Effectiveness: Poor
Espionage/Secret Police: Basic
Common Living Conditions: Poor
Economy: Poor
Discontent: Some
Tech Level: lagging
Manufacturing Base: Inadequate
Nuclear Arsenal: NA
Nuclear Range: NA
Government/Society: Loose Monarchy


Israel
Army: Small
Navy: Infinitesimal
Air Force: Infinitesimal
Military Effectiveness: Good
Espionage/Secret Police: Adequate
Common Living Conditions: Average
Economy: Average
Discontent: Some
Tech Level: Parity
Manufacturing Base: Scattered
Nuclear Arsenal: NA
Nuclear Range: NA
Government/Society: Parliamentary Mixed Economy


BRD
Army: Tiny
Navy: Infinitesimal
Air Force: None
Military Effectiveness: Poor
Espionage/Secret Police: Basic
Common Living Conditions: Poor
Economy: Struggling
Discontent: Some
Tech Level: Lagging
Manufacturing Base: Inadequate
Nuclear Arsenal: NA
Nuclear Range: NA
Government/Society: Western Federative Republic


DDR
Army: Tiny
Navy: Infinitesimal
Air Force: None
Military Effectiveness: Poor
Espionage/Secret Police: Adequate
Common Living Conditions: Poor
Economy: Poor
Discontent: Significant
Tech Level: Lagging
Manufacturing Base: Scattered
Nuclear Arsenal: NA
Nuclear Range: NA
Government/Society: Communist Party Controlled


France
Army: Medium
Navy: Medium
Air Force: Medium
Military Effectiveness: Poor
Espionage/Secret Police: Basic
Common Living Conditions: Average
Economy: Struggling
Discontent: Some
Tech Level: Parity
Manufacturing Base: Limited
Nuclear Arsenal: NA
Nuclear Range: NA
Government/Society: Unitary Republic


Great Britain
Army: Medium
Navy: Large
Air Force: Medium
Military Effectiveness: Average
Espionage/Secret Police: Adequate
Common Living Conditions: Average
Economy: Struggling
Discontent: Some
Tech Level: Parity
Manufacturing Base: Limited
Nuclear Arsenal: NA
Nuclear Range: NA
Government/Society: Mixed Market Parliamentary


USA
Army: Large
Navy: Large
Air Force: Very Large
Military Effectiveness: Good
Espionage/Secret Police: Basic
Common Living Conditions: Very Good
Economy: Glorious
Discontent: Minor
Tech Level: Parity
Manufacturing Base: Extensive
Nuclear Arsenal: Some
Nuclear Range: International
Government/Society: Capitalist Federative Democracy.


USSR
Army: Very Large
Navy: Medium
Air Force: Medium
Military Effectiveness: Average
Espionage/Secret Police: Adequate
Common Living Conditions: Average
Economy: Struggling
Discontent: Significant
Tech Level: No new projects
Manufacturing Base: Plentiful
Nuclear Arsenal: Handful
Nuclear Range: International
Government/Society: Statist Totalitarianism; Centrally planned collectivized economy

[Tassadar500]

Reserved for Map.

[Tassadar500]

Reserved for Current Turn.

[foolish_icarus]

Canada!

EDIT : Note that I forgot the "Manufacturing Base" rating for Canada, which should be 'Varied', and the stats alltogether for Cuba, which should be roughly similar to Yugoslavia or thereabouts.

[foolish_icarus]

WE WILL BURY YOU!

[Pave]

I take Finlandia on my control!

[Illuminatus]

Drug Josip Broz Tito takes command of Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia.

[Urban Ranger]

China.

China
Army: Large
Navy: Small
Air Force: Tiny
Military Effectiveness: Poor
Espionage/Secret Police: Adequate
Common Living Conditions: Poor
Economy: Poor
Discontent: Significant
Tech Level: Lagging
Manufacturing Base: Varied
Nuclear Arsenal: NA
Nuclear Range: NA
Government/Society: Communist Bureaucracy

Discontent should be Insignificant. The warm afterglow of the revolution was still there, and the society overall was indeed an improvement.

But I have no idea what I am doing.

[Mr. President]

Mind if I give this a shot? It'd be my first NES.

I'll go Australia.

[Mr. President]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger

Discontent should be Insignificant. The warm afterglow of the revolution was still there, and the society overall was indeed an improvement.

It's more of a challenge this way

[Urban Ranger]

Maybe it's too much of a challenge this way

[Kuciwalker]

Israel!

[foolish_icarus]

Ah, most excellent. Let us summon the spirit of Nuclear Master and begin the NES!

Some general guidelines :

Orders
If you do nothing else, do orders. These have to do with your stats and possibly military movements. They represent your government's and population's efforts. It's usually a good idea to provide descriptions and justifications for your orders in real world terms.


Diplomacy

I don't know what NM's rules are regarding PM diplomacy. It is usually allowed, but discouraged, because things are more interesting if everything occurs in the thread. NM will answer non-player-country diplomacy. Try to make your messages obvious so they're easy for him to spot.


Stories

Can take any form you desire---omniscient, newspaper, third or first person, etc---or you don't even have to do them if you don't want to.


Updates

NM will periodically make updates with results for actions, maybe random events, battle resolutions, et al. The degree to which he take specific control of actions depends on what he sees fit to do.

[Metaliturtle]

I would like to take Poland

STAT RESTATEMENT FOR POLISH AWESOMENESS AND ALTERED FOR CHANGES TO STUFF BY METALITURTLE IN A STORY TO FOLLOW THIS POST:

Poloxia {CHANGED}
Leader: Lieutenant Steve 'n Frenchy ((Metaliturtle))
Army: Small
Navy: Tiny
Air Force: Tiny
Military Effectiveness: Average
Espionage/Secret Police: Basic
Common Living Conditions: Poor
Economy: Poor
Discontent: Significant
Tech Level: Parity
Manufacturing Base: Limited
Nuclear Arsenal: NA
Nuclear Range: NA
Government/Society: Communist Control

[Metaliturtle]

((Yeah I got these guys from the movie Good Morning Vietnam if you're wondering, basically I'm going to try to play a ruler with quasi-split personalities!))

"I want to hear a nice, Polish, polka!"

"Oh but ov corz Lieutenant Steve! I love a good polka as much as zee nex gai."

---

"Ahhh Lieutenant Steve let uz go find zee wimminz!"

"Oh Frenchy, first we need our prophilactic kits! Nothing is more painful than VD"

"Maybe KP Lieutenant Steve! Maybe KP!"

"It's a good thing we live in Communism Frenchy, in a capitalist pig country like Canada, the dishes are done ONLY by Polish slaves from Poloxia! Here, clean dishes are provided for us by one dish cleaning factory that handles all of our dish cleaning needs!"

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Orders sum up:
Discontent lessened due to new dish-cleaning factories
Economy slightly improved by additional work.
Military Commanders more likely to go ape when fighting Canadians due to predjudice about inefficient dishwashing practices.