Does anyone know of a good way to ensure population growth? I'm capable of sustaining at least twice as many people.

 

Keep in mind that that will probably have some economic repercussions for a little while.

 

Tip: Don't try to go gung-hoe with it right away. Let it be slow and more stable. If it's too rapid, you may suffer from over-population and have to import more food than usual. Plus, you have to consider that there will need to be more homes because these kids are going to grow up. There could be shortages of jobs, etc.

 

If I were you, I would probably try to limit immigration (start by mass-exporting the lazy migrants) in order to have more room for Scandinavian children to be born.

Yeah, i'll do it slow, maybe 10% per year.

 

Food won't be a problem, we're an exporter, we only import exotic foods.

 

As far as I know theres neither lack of housing or builders.

 

There's no lack of work-places either and more people will also mean more workers neccessary.

 

IRL I agree with you on the last one but Scandinavia is about 80-90% empty forest (not counting water bodies).

 

 

Population growth started.

10% per year is huge.

That's having about 1/3 of all couples have a kid each year. That would be so unlikely.

Retech, it was harder than I remembered. It was easier last year, I swear.

Did I just set myself up for a twss?

 

No one is contesting my conquest of the Republic of the Congo, hm? 3 out of 8 days on that have passed. (5 left, if you can't do math)

A reasonable growth rate would probably be between 1 and 2%. Remember, it usually grows exponentially, so in 10 years it'll be higher unless you do something about it.

10% per year is huge.

Yea, last game I had all those ridiuculous modifiers to my growth rate and it only capped at 20%, at which point going any higher became impossible to manage.

 

10% is massive.

It was harder this year? I got a 114 at the very least, and I might have gotten 120 if I'm lucky (Guessed on one).

Does anyone know of a good way to ensure population growth? I'm capable of sustaining at least twice as many people.

 

Keep in mind that that will probably have some economic repercussions for a little while.

 

Tip: Don't try to go gung-hoe with it right away. Let it be slow and more stable. If it's too rapid, you may suffer from over-population and have to import more food than usual. Plus, you have to consider that there will need to be more homes because these kids are going to grow up. There could be shortages of jobs, etc.

 

If I were you, I would probably try to limit immigration (start by mass-exporting the lazy migrants) in order to have more room for Scandinavian children to be born.

Yeah, i'll do it slow, maybe 10% per year.

 

Food won't be a problem, we're an exporter, we only import exotic foods.

 

As far as I know theres neither lack of housing or builders.

 

There's no lack of work-places either and more people will also mean more workers neccessary.

 

IRL I agree with you on the last one but Scandinavia is about 80-90% empty forest (not counting water bodies).

 

 

Population growth started.

 

I wasn't talking about land. I was just talking about housing, jobs, and the like. If you deport all of the lazy migrants, you should have more apartments open for young adults to rent.

 

And 10% really is huge. I've seen a statistic that said that the world growth rate is about 1-2% a year. That's factoring in poor places where women spit out babies left and right.

Plus 10% means more people have babies each following year. It'd take around 18 years for all those new people to have babies, so that means that by the end of those 18 years every woman is having a baby each year, and that's so illogical.

It was harder this year? I got a 114 at the very least, and I might have gotten 120 if I'm lucky (Guessed on one).

I thought it was. Like I said, I'm pretty sure I got higher than 120 last year (I don't remember exactly what), but I'd have to be lucky to have gotten that this year. I probably got somewhere around 114 too.

 

The average growth rate in the world is around 1.18%, according to Wikipedia. Highest is 4.5% or 5.57%, in either Liberia or the Maldives. Neither is very well off.

I know thats a high number, but I don't have the patience to wait a half real year.

I know thats a high number, but I don't have the patience to wait a half real year.

 

Sorry, mate. You need to try to be as realistic as possible. If you had a 10% growth rate, you'll have more problems than you really want.

 

What's the population of Scandinavia?

Regular update. [garden tool]-hum.

Projects:

Classified project III: (4/7)

 

Research:

Kinetic weaponry: (6/10)

Vertical farms: (3/6)

Railguns: (3/11)

Moon base: (2/12)

 

Annexation:

Thailand: (6/10)

24 hours from now will be June 2017.

 

NASA will begin to build the Moon base in 16 hours (April 2017). The site of the base will be near the site of the original moon landing.

 

The current Mars mission should reach the Red Planet in 4 more years. This includes a drill that will collect samples and bring them back to Earth and an airplane that will study the Martian surface.

Switzerland has a brain wave for a new anti-anti-stealth plane with anti-anti-stealth bombs, which are even more destructive than normal bombs...Its actually amazing!

In other news Switzerland has begun a new 'Grass Flattening' scheme. Large Steamrollers have been spotted around the Swiss Boarders flattening Grass...'Its completely pointless' say some.

Chinese scientists are on the verge of a breakthrough with the Berlin portal.

Portal? Do I smell FTL

Portal? Do I smell FTL

 

Nah, I smell BS. :P

 

Some key economic analysts are meeting in Washington, DC.

How unfortunate, FTL smelllls gooooooooood

Can the biosphere manufacture parts to maintain the biosphere indefinitely?

Scientists continue to warn the world about the over-use of antibiotics, which is causing new strains of bacteria to be created (which are resistant to the commonly-used drugs).

 

"We do not want another Black Death, do we?"

Japan diverts 1/3rd of its research capacity (rest is on random stuff and robotics) to creating stronger antibodies that will be reserved for emergency use when existing antibodies fail.

Spain rebuilds the Imperial Japanese battleship the "Yamato" on a budget of 5 billion euros and makes it 75% larger than the original

^

 

Already rebuilt it, except 50% larger and with the latest radar and anti-submarine add-ons. :D

Argh, he said stop making strong things, as the bacteria get stronger.

 

Russia uses its gene and virus research to create a virus that is programmed to eat other viruses, it will have to be programmed carefully as there is a good chance of it consuming all cells.