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[RpgGamer]

And I've put together a list of countries that are leaders in certain tech fields:

 

 

 

Norway - Military aviation tech & unmanned aircraft

 

Germania - Biological engineering

 

Brazil - Spaceship development

 

Aether - Artificial Intelligence

 

Luxembourg - Cloning

 

Jerusalem - Implausible planes

 

Findenland - Cooking recipes (lol?)

 

Malaysia - Walker tech/heavy military vehicles

 

Sri Lanka - Extra-planetary bases (the moon bases)

 

Russia - Satellite tech

 

 

 

 

I like this list :thumbup:

 

 

 

I'd like to add that Britannia excells at buying things. :lol:.

 

 

 

Malawi is being brought up to date, production of TerrAvenger continues.

[Hedgehog]

Germania: Since you just gained a bunch of land, I think it would only be fair if you gave up some of yours. I'll buy Denmark for $250 billion.

 

Norway: I'll buy Troms and Finnmark off you for $200 Billion.

 

Russia: I'll buy Poland for $450 Billion and the plans for the CN2.

 

The SPSD's are nearing completion, many should be erected across Findenland within the next 3 years.

 

 

 

The shrimp drug has been completed and are being marketed in many foreign nations. It seems to be popular with white collar workers.

 

 

 

Scientists have stopped working on my lightsaber, because it could apparently cause an apocalypse.

 

 

 

We have begun working on building up our Baltic Navy. We intend to make several battleships (or whatever the latest thing is) per year. We are also manufacturing more submarines.

 

 

 

And the cooking recipes are a serious thing. I expect them to bring in several billion dollars a year when I start selling them world wide. The guys in the southern U.S. will love my BBQ recipe. The Germans will love my sauerkraut recipe. The Chinese will love my ramen and stir fry recipes. The Indians will love my curry recipes. The Spanish will love my Paella recipes. The Poles (and the Pittsburghese) will love my Pirogi recipes. The French will love my escargot recipe. The Australians will love my kangaroo burger recipe. The Canadians will love my moose-beaver-maple syrup pie recipe. The Mexicans, the taco, burrito, and nacho recipes. The Turks will feast to my turkey dinner recipes. The Brits will love my fish 'n' chips. And finally, the Americans will love my artery-clogging, heart attack-causing, greasy, delicious french fries.

[a_bert]

Japan's military budget of 125b is to spent as followers - all technology not researched by Japan acquired via the NWO.

 

 

 

12 stealth reconnaissance aircraft, 30b

 

6.24 million XTF_4000's, 5b

 

28080 Exobreaker X-4 suits, 3.4b

 

4 aircraft carriers, 20b

 

40,000 Lancelots (they were priced at 200k, I think?) 8b

 

16 naval transports 2b

 

4 Antagonist Class light cruisers, 1b

 

4 Shock Class frigates, 1b

 

Training of 150,000 new troops per year [Current army size is 5 million] - 20b (is this reasonable to say that they're highly trained? That's 13k per troop, seems high enough)

 

Building of 100 fighter jets & R+D on them each year to keep up to a reasonable level of tech, 25b

 

 

 

This gives a 9.6b surplus to cover extra costs each year.

 

 

 

Leaves 225b left for other non-military projects from Japan's national budget. K? ^_^

 

 

 

@Hedgehog - where on earth are you getting that money from

[ThurinEthir]

Redoing the math, I think a GDP of about $550b would be reasonable for Taiwan. So total $580b. I tax about 25%, and I guess 20% of that can be used for various projects?

 

So $29b to spend. Fun.

 

That spaceship I launched a few years back reached Mars...and did something. Gathered some information for ourselves, I guess.

 

Progress in Nepal and Bhutan is great, literacy rates have hit 70% with the erection of the new schools, and I've sent some doctors over to help set up the new hospitals. And there's the typical modernizing/improving the conditions of most buildings.

 

Many people are flocking to Samoa, Tonga and the Northern Mariana Islands for vacations.

 

But okay, my next project.

 

Right now we're looking into and researching automated turrets and auto-guns, as seen in Half Life (hence the name).

 

Then of course we'll build some and install them as part of our defensive system.

 

Engineers are also looking into some other works inspired by Half Life, including Striders.

 

This won't be the end of my military improvements though - we've established well-hidden and well-defended training grounds in some of my new islands, to help train all the new men I'm conscripting.

[The Dark Lord]

The guys in the southern U.S. will love my BBQ recipe.

 

 

 

I hate to tell you this, but DIXIE IS DEAD!!! (in more ways than one)

[Hedgehog]

Japan's military budget of 125b is to spent as followers - all technology not researched by Japan acquired via the NWO.

 

 

 

12 stealth reconnaissance aircraft, 30b

 

6.24 million XTF_4000's, 5b

 

28080 Exobreaker X-4 suits, 3.4b

 

4 aircraft carriers, 20b

 

40,000 Lancelots (they were priced at 200k, I think?) 8b

 

16 naval transports 2b

 

4 Antagonist Class light cruisers, 1b

 

4 Shock Class frigates, 1b

 

Training of 150,000 new troops per year [Current army size is 5 million] - 20b (is this reasonable to say that they're highly trained? That's 13k per troop, seems high enough)

 

Building of 100 fighter jets & R+D on them each year to keep up to a reasonable level of tech, 25b

 

 

 

This gives a 9.6b surplus to cover extra costs each year.

 

 

 

Leaves 225b left for other non-military projects from Japan's national budget. K? ^_^

 

 

 

@Hedgehog - where on earth are you getting that money from

 

I calculated my GDP. I got 1.1 trillion. Someone can check that for me. The shrimp drug is very successful, so that adds a few billion a year. And its not like I'll be spending all that money at once.

[a_bert]

Japan's military budget of 125b is to spent as followers - all technology not researched by Japan acquired via the NWO.

 

 

 

12 stealth reconnaissance aircraft, 30b

 

6.24 million XTF_4000's, 5b

 

28080 Exobreaker X-4 suits, 3.4b

 

4 aircraft carriers, 20b

 

40,000 Lancelots (they were priced at 200k, I think?) 8b

 

16 naval transports 2b

 

4 Antagonist Class light cruisers, 1b

 

4 Shock Class frigates, 1b

 

Training of 150,000 new troops per year [Current army size is 5 million] - 20b (is this reasonable to say that they're highly trained? That's 13k per troop, seems high enough)

 

Building of 100 fighter jets & R+D on them each year to keep up to a reasonable level of tech, 25b

 

 

 

This gives a 9.6b surplus to cover extra costs each year.

 

 

 

Leaves 225b left for other non-military projects from Japan's national budget. K? ^_^

 

 

 

@Hedgehog - where on earth are you getting that money from

 

I calculated my GDP. I got 1.1 trillion. Someone can check that for me. The shrimp drug is very successful, so that adds a few billion a year. And its not like I'll be spending all that money at once.

 

 

 

20% of 1.1 trillion is 220b

 

 

 

20% of that is 44b

 

 

 

hmmm

[The Dark Lord]

You take your GDP, multiply it by .15 or .2, and take the number that you get. This is the money that you tax, which is the money you spend. The rest of the money goes back into the civilian world. Then, of course, you would want to keep at least some of that money back so you can spend it on infrastructure maintenance, healthcare, or emergency funds. Any money that you don't have designated for those aforementioned things can be used for military spending.

 

 

 

If you don't use the number you get from multiplying your GDP by .15 (15%) or .2 (20%), then you are cutting into the money that civilians need to function. If you do it too much, they'll revolt.

[Hedgehog]

You take your GDP, multiply it by .15 or .2, and take the number that you get. This is the money that you tax, which is the money you spend. The rest of the money goes back into the civilian world. Then, of course, you would want to keep at least some of that money back so you can spend it on infrastructure maintenance, healthcare, or emergency funds. Any money that you don't have designated for those aforementioned things can be used for military spending.

 

 

 

If you don't use the number you get from multiplying your GDP by .15 (15%) or .2 (20%), then you are cutting into the money that civilians need to function. If you do it too much, they'll revolt.

 

:cry:

 

I am currently still selling my plans for the CN1 and CN2 for 300 and 200 billion respectively.

 

Germania could trade Denmark and the Baltic coast (and 50 miles inland) of Germany for the plans for both tanks and a hundred billion dollars.

 

I would like to buy Poland from Russia for the plans of the CN1 and 200 billion.

 

 

 

Good?

[Seraphi]

Dungeon, you asked me to say the resources I have in space at the moment.

 

 

 

The Elysium space station, for a start.

 

 

 

Aside from that, I have a lot of satellite radar systems and two Rhadamanthus class battleships.

 

 

 

Thats about it.

 

 

 

Side notes:

 

 

 

Atlas drone testing is now totally finished, and they are ready to be used on the real battlefield.

[Nero]

You take your GDP, multiply it by .15 or .2, and take the number that you get. This is the money that you tax, which is the money you spend. The rest of the money goes back into the civilian world. Then, of course, you would want to keep at least some of that money back so you can spend it on infrastructure maintenance, healthcare, or emergency funds. Any money that you don't have designated for those aforementioned things can be used for military spending.

 

 

 

If you don't use the number you get from multiplying your GDP by .15 (15%) or .2 (20%), then you are cutting into the money that civilians need to function. If you do it too much, they'll revolt.

 

:cry:

 

I am currently still selling my plans for the CN1 and CN2 for 300 and 200 billion respectively.

 

Germania could trade Denmark and the Baltic coast (and 50 miles inland) of Germany for the plans for both tanks and a hundred billion dollars.

 

I would like to buy Poland from Russia for the plans of the CN1 and 200 billion.

 

 

 

Good?

 

 

 

No one is going to sell you their land. If you want Germanian land, come and try and take it.

[Wisp]

Ok: on navies.

 

 

 

Here's how it works.

 

Battleships:Useless, no navy has used them since the 90s. They are overly expensive, and complicated, and have giant munitions holds which make them go boom really easily.

 

Destroyers: Smaller, quicker craft. Best for escorting larger ships. But they are also, in modern warfare, usually heaviest surface combat ships. Many of them are also equipped with cruise missiles and the like.

 

Cruisers: Mostly replaced by destroyers, but serve pretty much the same roles. They are larger than destroyers usually, but slower and less maneuverable.

 

Frigates: Usually cover a specialized role, anti air, or anti submarine, or anti missile.

 

Aircraft Carriers: Replaced battleships due to their better range, and are much more effective.

 

There is no latest thing for ships. But the most effective types are: Aircraft Carriers, Destroyers, Frigates. Then of course patrol boats and cargo boats have their place as well.

[Latinoking]

No one is going to sell you their land. If you want Germanian land, come and try and take it.

 

:lol:

 

 

 

This could get interesting.

[The Dark Lord]

No one is going to sell you their land. If you want Germanian land, come and try and take it.

 

:lol:

 

 

 

This could get interesting.

 

 

 

 

 

I SECRETLY REVEAL 200,000 TROOPS I HAD HIDDEN IN BERLIN!

[Nero]

No one is going to sell you their land. If you want Germanian land, come and try and take it.

 

:lol:

 

 

 

This could get interesting.

 

 

 

Considering Findenland's last war with me, I'd say it'll get weird before it gets anywhere near interesting.

[a_bert]

Dungeon, you asked me to say the resources I have in space at the moment.

 

 

 

The Elysium space station, for a start.

 

 

 

Aside from that, I have a lot of satellite radar systems and two Rhadamanthus class battleships.

 

 

 

Thats about it.

 

 

 

Side notes:

 

 

 

Atlas drone testing is now totally finished, and they are ready to be used on the real battlefield.

 

 

 

And what does the Elysium space station do? That's what I don't understand, really. Also, Gisele D, dusty, is this another planet that you've found?

 

 

 

Sri Lanka's GDP:

 

 

 

GDP (PPP) $92.018 billion (2008)

 

 

 

Sri Lanka has mostly had strong growth rates in recent years.

 

 

 

3% for 3 years [Recession!], 6% for 5 years, 3.4% for 4 years, 3% for 6 years, 2.6% for 10 years, -1% for 2 years, 1.8% for 8 years.

 

 

 

268 billion.

 

 

 

20% of that is 53 billion

 

 

 

20% of that is 10 billion.

 

 

 

Gabon:

 

 

 

GDP: purchasing power parity - $21.44 billion (2008 est.)

 

 

 

GDP - real growth rate: 3.6% (2008 est.)

 

 

 

3% growth for 8 years, 2% growth for 10 years, -1% growth for 3 years, 4% growth for 7 years, 2.6% growth for 10 years

 

 

 

53 billion

 

 

 

15% of that is 8 billion

 

 

 

20% of that is 1.6 billion

 

 

 

Mauritius:

 

 

 

GDP $15.73 billion (2005 estimate)

 

GDP growth 2.5% (2005 estimate)

 

 

 

2% growth for 10 years, 1.5% growth for 8 years, 3% growth for 10 years, 2.4% growth for 10 years

 

 

 

35 billion

 

 

 

20% of that is 7 billion

 

 

 

20% of that is 1.4 billion

 

 

 

Maldives:

 

 

 

GDP: - US$817 million (2005)

 

 

 

GDP - real growth rate: -3.60% (2006)

 

 

 

-3% for 6 years, -1% for 2 years, 2% for 10 years, 3% for 6 years, 1.8% for 15 years

 

 

 

1.268 billion

 

 

 

15% of that is 190 million

 

 

 

20% of that is 38 million

 

 

 

As far as I can tell, any economy in Andaman and Nicobar is extremely small. Perhaps with your rule the GDP will climb to 10 million in a years time, but all of this should be reinvested back into the islands until they are at least 100 million GDP.

 

 

 

Ergo; your budget is 13.038 billion. Plus the money I pay you from India's taxes in exchange for your help in India.

 

 

 

@Sere, hurrr

 

 

 

@Doom on navies; I thought cruisers were anti-air ships. In that case, consider my 4 cruisers to be 4 frigates with anti-air capabilities.

[Nero]

Also, Gisele D, dusty, is this another planet that you've found?

 

 

 

Yeah, Gisele D is a planet around 18 light-years from Earth that's within the habitable zone. I sent a ship there a while ago, and then 2 ship shortly after, and then a fourth shortly after that. So I should soon have around 200,000 people on the planet.

[jasignhagj]

Nothing exciting out of TROK. could someone please post the original map? it would be useful to fix some borders.

[Nero]

Nothing exciting out of TROK. could someone please post the original map? it would be useful to fix some borders.

 

I have it on my other computer, which is currently not plugged in (waiting to move my new desk in), but I posted an old map a couple pages ago, I go get it.

 

 

 

[hide=oldest map I could bother finding][/hide]

[a_bert]

Also, Gisele D, dusty, is this another planet that you've found?

 

 

 

Yeah, Gisele D is a planet around 18 light-years from Earth that's within the habitable zone. I sent a ship there a while ago, and then 2 ship shortly after, and then a fourth shortly after that. So I should soon have around 200,000 people on the planet.

 

 

 

Is this planet publically available for colonisation or do you have a monopoly on it?

 

 

 

Also FFFFFFFFFFF, need my spaceship. It's going to cost 1 trillion in total, and will be done in 3 more years. Dusty, you seem to have done a lot of stuff in space, what kind of ship is that going to get me? (This leaves me with 40 billion spare each year to carry on, I believe)

[Wisp]

Our first ship cost us 1.2 trillion and could hold 1050 people in cryogenic sleep, and reach near luminal speeds. This was a while ago though.

 

Our more modern ships cost us about a trillion each, and carry about 30,000 people in cryogenic sleep.

 

I'd say since you don't have quite the experience with building ships as dusty and I have, yours would hold maybe 10,000 people or so.

[Seraphi]

Dungeon, you asked me to say the resources I have in space at the moment.

 

 

 

The Elysium space station, for a start.

 

 

 

Aside from that, I have a lot of satellite radar systems and two Rhadamanthus class battleships.

 

 

 

Thats about it.

 

 

 

Side notes:

 

 

 

Atlas drone testing is now totally finished, and they are ready to be used on the real battlefield.

 

 

 

And what does the Elysium space station do?

 

Its a giant production facility, defense system, living space, research area, and just general purpose space station, really.

 

It also has a large hangar which can hold around 5 of my Rhadamanthus class battleships.

 

 

 

Since people are starting to get riled up about distant planets now, I say discovery of the rift should come fairly soon.

 

Maybe another 10-15 years?

 

 

 

Building a lightspeed ship now is still a good idea, so that you can claim planets first.

 

 

 

(Jeez, we're gonna need a stellar map :shock:)

 

(How should we go about that? )

[Nero]

Also, Gisele D, dusty, is this another planet that you've found?

 

 

 

Yeah, Gisele D is a planet around 18 light-years from Earth that's within the habitable zone. I sent a ship there a while ago, and then 2 ship shortly after, and then a fourth shortly after that. So I should soon have around 200,000 people on the planet.

 

 

 

Is this planet publically available for colonisation or do you have a monopoly on it?

 

 

 

Also FFFFFFFFFFF, need my spaceship. It's going to cost 1 trillion in total, and will be done in 3 more years. Dusty, you seem to have done a lot of stuff in space, what kind of ship is that going to get me? (This leaves me with 40 billion spare each year to carry on, I believe)

 

 

 

Currently all my shipyards are constructing ships. I could start on one in 3 years, idk, Doom might be able to start building one for you right now, but I think hers are more expensive.

 

And the planet isn't called Gisele D anymore, it's called Midgard now.

 

 

 

Dungeon, you asked me to say the resources I have in space at the moment.

 

 

 

The Elysium space station, for a start.

 

 

 

Aside from that, I have a lot of satellite radar systems and two Rhadamanthus class battleships.

 

 

 

Thats about it.

 

 

 

Side notes:

 

 

 

Atlas drone testing is now totally finished, and they are ready to be used on the real battlefield.

 

 

 

And what does the Elysium space station do?

 

Its a giant production facility, defense system, living space, research area, and just general purpose space station, really.

 

It also has a large hangar which can hold around 5 of my Rhadamanthus class battleships.

 

 

 

Since people are starting to get riled up about distant planets now, I say discovery of the rift should come fairly soon.

 

Maybe another 10-15 years?

 

 

 

Yea sure.

 

 

 

Our first ship cost us 1.2 trillion and could hold 1050 people in cryogenic sleep, and reach near luminal speeds. This was a while ago though.

 

Our more modern ships cost us about a trillion each, and carry about 30,000 people in cryogenic sleep.

 

I'd say since you don't have quite the experience with building ships as dusty and I have, yours would hold maybe 10,000 people or so.

 

 

 

They can hold more people then that, but you need to remove some parts of it to accomodate that. Like, a transport ship will just be a cylinder of metal with an engine, cockpit and cryo sleep section. Probably no real life support other then co2 scrubbers.

 

 

 

Maybe another 10-15 years?

 

 

 

Building a lightspeed ship now is still a good idea, so that you can claim planets first.

 

 

 

(Jeez, we're gonna need a stellar map :shock:)

 

(How should we go about that? )

 

No lightspeed ships for a looong time, since it breaks physics laws. We'll already have the hub thingy we find, so that should tide us over for a while (probably will bring around 6 more planets into colonization range).

[Wisp]

I'm having second thoughts about the rift. After some research there are some other ways superluminal speeds (ftl) could be attained, without raping physics. Finding a rift in the middle of nowhere seems sort of like a cop-out.

[Seraphi]

Okay Doom, what did you have in mind?

 

 

 

I am working on a pair of Rhadamanthus class ships with the weapons systems stripped off, and they will serve as interstellar colony ships

 

My second dyson shard has been dispatched.

 

 

 

I am in the early stages of planning a second space station for orbit over mars, much the same as Elysium, but a lot smaller, designed to be a docking station for my ships.

 

 

 

Also, another Rhadamanthus class battleship has begun production (I need some way to keep my engineers employed ;) )