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Country owner:	thehiphopdrug
Country strategy:	Undecided
Player experience:	New
Best finish:	265
Total finishes:	1

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Basics Government C Land 2000 Tax Rate 36% Net Income $93,000 Net Food -339 Money $530,000 Food 3,800 Oil 7,500 Turns 39 Turns Played 255 Turns Stored 2	Technology Military 100% Medical 100% Business 100% Residential 100% Agricultural 100% Warfare 0.2% Military Strategy 100% Weapons 100% Industrial 100% Spy 100% SDI 1%
Structures BPT 32 Enterprise Zones 200 Residences 400 Industrial Complexes 800 Military Bases 20 Research Labs 0 Farms 50 Oil Rigs 20 Unused 96	Military Spies 9,900 Troops 16,000 Jets 17,000 Turrets 29,000 Tanks 8,000 Readiness 100% Nuclear Missiles 0 Chemical Missiles 0 Cruise Missiles 0

As you're a commie you'll want to focus all your buildings as Industrial Complexes and go "commmie indy" a pretty solid, easy strat to play. Just keep building up indies and gaining land and selling max military on the public market at the end of each day. Try to sell more than once a day once you start getting more land as well. You'll want to get your bpt up to 60-85 depending on your land goal.. and eventually start buying a lot of industrial technology.

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Basics Government C Land 2000 Tax Rate 36% Net Income $98,900 Net Food -522 Money $750,000 Food 5,500 Oil 9,300 Turns 5 Turns Played 306 Turns Stored 0	Technology Military 0% Medical 0% Business 0% Residential 0% Agricultural 0% Warfare 0% Military Strategy 0% Weapons 0% Industrial 0% Spy 0% SDI 0%
Structures BPT 32 Enterprise Zones 400 Residences 500 Industrial Complexes 1,000 Military Bases 20 Research Labs 0 Farms 50 Oil Rigs 20 Unused 8

Thanks Havoc, I am still learning, obviously... Indy/Commie is pretty straight forward, beginner style! I guess it will work for the first part of the round, huh?

You should destroy the enterprise zones, residences, military bases, farms, and oil rigs and rebuild them all as industrial complexes. And you want to get industrial tech sooner rather than later.

Rockman thanks, but I don't think I'll be staying as an indi commie for the whole cycle.

switching strategies in the middle of the round is difficult to pull off properly, and is not advised for newer players

I'd recommend picking one strategy and sticking with it, rather than switching strategies during the middle of the set.

If you don't want to be an industrialist for the whole set, I'd suggest to switch right now to what you want to be for the whole set, and to keep that strategy for the whole time.

and regardless of if you intend to change strategies mid-round, you will perform much better until the change by sticking with a specific strat.

if you don't want to be an indy the whole time, but do now, go all indy. change to whatever else you want to when the time comes.

Understood. I've heard this from a number of people, however I've never been given an explanation, mathematical or otherwise.. can someone step to the plate and tell me why a "hybrid" country will not work?

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Basics Government C Land 3000 Tax Rate 36% Net Income $112,000 Net Food -682 Money $1,600,000 Food 8,000 Oil 14,000 Turns 0 Turns Played 360 Turns Stored 0	Technology Military 0% Medical 0% Business 0% Residential 0% Agricultural 0% Warfare 0% Military Strategy 0% Weapons 0% Industrial 0% Spy 0% SDI 0%
Structures BPT 32 Enterprise Zones 500 Residences 500 Industrial Complexes 2,000 Military Bases 20 Research Labs 0 Farms 70 Oil Rigs 50 Unused 61

thehiphopdrug

Hybrid Countries (Rainbows) tend not to work unless there are extreme cases. Even then, you would only add farms or oil rigs, and nothing else.

This game is built on numbers and formulae. I'll try and give you a rough rundown without scaring you away with masses of numbers.

Ent Zones, Residences, Military Bases and Research Labs: The formulas to define their effectiveness are based on the % of land that they cover. So, the higher the % of land they cover, the more effective they are ie 500 of one of those buildings out of 600 acres will work more effectively than 500 out of 10000 acres.

So, logically speaking unless you plan on filling up a good portion of your land as either Military Bases OR Research Labs OR Ent Zones/Residences (these work to increase cash flow together) then it is an inefficient use of those buildings.

Farms, Oil Rigs and Indies have a set production per acre. I know that some people in express tend to produce their own becuase the market is thin.

But at the moment in primary average prices for turrets on the last 12 hrs are $113. An industrial site produces 1.86 turrets per site. You're gov is communism so you get a 35% bonus. This means you produce 2.511 turrets per IC per turn. At current prices including commissions it is producing $255 per acre.

A farm at this time of reset produces 5.3 bushels per acre. They currently sell for ave $33 so that is $157 per acre of farms.

By building farms for food you are losing nearly $100 per acre per turn.

There are a lot more variables that go in to this but but hopefully it helps.

Industrial Complexes and Farms have a set production per acre, but it is more efficient to only build one of those two buildings because both buildings get a huge boost from technology and it is much cheaper to only have one area of technology that you need to keep a large amount of tech in to boost your production than to have those two areas which you need to buy tech in.

And as londwell said, enterprise zones, residences, military bases, and research labs are more productive when they occupy a higher percentage of your land. If you have 500 enterprise zones on 1000 acres, it gives a bigger boost to PCI than if you have 500 enterprise zones on 2000 acres. If you have 500 research labs on 1000 acres, it gives you more tech per turn than if you have 500 research labs on 2000 acres. Etcetera.

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Basics Government C Land 3000 Tax Rate 38% Net Income $107,000 Net Food -1,060 Money $1,200,000 Food 6,100 Oil 18,000 Turns 5 Turns Played 394 Turns Stored 0	Technology Military 0% Medical 0% Business 0% Residential 0% Agricultural 0% Warfare 0% Military Strategy 0% Weapons 0% Industrial 0% Spy 0% SDI 0%
Structures BPT 35 Enterprise Zones 500 Residences 500 Industrial Complexes 2,000 Military Bases 0 Research Labs 0 Farms 0 Oil Rigs 50 Unused 310

Destroy the ent/res and get your bpt up to at least 50..

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Basics Government C Land 4000 Tax Rate 38% Net Income $104,000 Net Food -1,090 Money $7,200,000 Food 27,000 Oil 22,000 Turns 0 Turns Played 439 Turns Stored 0	Technology Military 0% Medical 0% Business 0% Residential 0% Agricultural 0% Warfare 0% Military Strategy 0% Weapons 0% Industrial 0% Spy 0% SDI 0%
Structures BPT 42 Enterprise Zones 500 Residences 500 Industrial Complexes 2,000 Military Bases 0 Research Labs 0 Farms 0 Oil Rigs 50 Unused 590

your slowly getting the BPT up.. :) ITs boring at first.. I know, but once your done, your done. Ive got 70, and it sucked, but its worthwhile.

and yes, toss the ent/res sites.. they are doing you zero good right now!, and build the empty land.

Navisis, I'm going to actually build up my res/ez's soon... I wanted to produces spies, sell some military and such before I switch to a casher strategy. After that, I'll take out some of my indi buildings and switch to a democracy. And yes I am getting a higher BPT, what do you suggest, about 65-70... It's at 55 now... Thanks, later.

I suggest that you take the advice that everyone in this thread has given you.

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Basics Government C Land 4000 Tax Rate 38% Net Income $202,000 Net Food -1,650 Money $11,000,000 Food 0 Oil 29,000 Turns 33 Turns Played 504 Turns Stored 0	Technology Military 100% Medical 100% Business 111.33% Residential 117.52% Agricultural 100% Warfare 0.2% Military Strategy 100% Weapons 100% Industrial 103.75% Spy 100% SDI 1%
Structures BPT 55 Enterprise Zones 700 Residences 900 Industrial Complexes 2,000 Military Bases 0 Research Labs 0 Farms 0 Oil Rigs 50 Unused 4	Military Spies 72,000 Troops 120,000 Jets 75,000 Turrets 140,000 Tanks 10,000 Readiness 100% Nuclear Missiles 0 Chemical Missiles 0 Cruise Missiles 1

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Basics Government C Land 5000 Tax Rate 37% Net Income $277,000 Net Food -1,730 Money $2,200,000 Food 3,300 Oil 5,300 Turns 3 Turns Played 559 Turns Stored 0	Technology Military 100% Medical 100% Business 115.23% Residential 115.39% Agricultural 100.26% Warfare 0.2% Military Strategy 100% Weapons 100% Industrial 103.14% Spy 100% SDI 1%
Structures BPT 59 Enterprise Zones 900 Residences 1,000 Industrial Complexes 2,000 Military Bases 0 Research Labs 0 Farms 20 Oil Rigs 50 Unused 370	Military Spies 86,000 Troops 100,000 Jets 87,000 Turrets 110,000 Tanks 30,000 Readiness 100% Nuclear Missiles 0 Chemical Missiles 0 Cruise Missiles 1

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Basics Government C Land 5000 Tax Rate 37% Net Income $136,000 Net Food -1,420 Money $180,000 Food 17,000 Oil 8,000 Turns 11 Turns Played 586 Turns Stored 0	Technology Military 0% Medical 0% Business 0% Residential 0% Agricultural 0% Warfare 0% Military Strategy 0% Weapons 0% Industrial 0% Spy 0% SDI 0%
Structures BPT 60 Enterprise Zones 600 Residences 700 Industrial Complexes 2,000 Military Bases 0 Research Labs 0 Farms 0 Oil Rigs 50 Unused 540

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Basics Government C Land 4000 Tax Rate 37% Net Income $-51,400 Net Food -1,330 Money $0 Food 59,000 Oil 4,700 Turns 10 Turns Played 641 Turns Stored 0	Technology Military 0% Medical 0% Business 0% Residential 0% Agricultural 0% Warfare 0% Military Strategy 0% Weapons 0% Industrial 0% Spy 0% SDI 0%
Structures BPT 64 Enterprise Zones 0 Residences 0 Industrial Complexes 4,000 Military Bases 0 Research Labs 0 Farms 0 Oil Rigs 50 Unused 10

looks much niceer :-)

I'd even dump the rigs as well unless oil is crazy high ($300+)

Main thing is to sell as much military as you can at the end of every days turns. Any left over cash should go to indy tech.

Yup, try to sell military more than once a day even if you can.

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Basics Government C Land 6000 Tax Rate 35% Net Income $-102,000 Net Food -1,940 Money $12,000,000 Food 50,000 Oil 39,000 Turns 11 Turns Played 773 Turns Stored 0	Technology Military 99.44% Medical 100% Business 102.39% Residential 101.76% Agricultural 103.25% Warfare 0.2% Military Strategy 100% Weapons 100% Industrial 131.15% Spy 100% SDI 1%
Structures BPT 71 Enterprise Zones 0 Residences 0 Industrial Complexes 6,000 Military Bases 0 Research Labs 0 Farms 0 Oil Rigs 0 Unused 130	Military Spies 130,000 Troops 110,000 Jets 290,000 Turrets 310,000 Tanks 60,000 Readiness 100% Nuclear Missiles 0 Chemical Missiles 0 Cruise Missiles 1

Too heavy on troops and tanks. Focus more on jets and turrets. Decent start on indy tech, though.

I haven't played indy in years (literally). When I used to play it I'd have about half my turns with 95% turrets and 5% spies, and the other half with 95% jets and 5% spies.

I would always purchase troops and tanks with left over funds as I found it was cheaper to buy them rather than produce them.

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Basics Government C Land 7000 Tax Rate 35% Net Income $-227,000 Net Food -2,460 Money $510,000 Food 51,000 Oil 25,000 Turns 2 Turns Played 863 Turns Stored 0	Technology Military 0% Medical 0% Business 0% Residential 0% Agricultural 0% Warfare 0% Military Strategy 0% Weapons 0% Industrial 0% Spy 0% SDI 0%
Structures BPT 71 Enterprise Zones 0 Residences 0 Industrial Complexes 7,000 Military Bases 0 Research Labs 0 Farms 0 Oil Rigs 0 Unused 8

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Basics Government C Land 7000 Tax Rate 69% Net Income $-430,000 Net Food -1,640 Money $720,000 Food 83,000 Oil 2,400 Turns 2 Turns Played 1052 Turns Stored 0	Technology Military 92.88% Medical 100% Business 102.11% Residential 101.62% Agricultural 102.95% Warfare 0.2034% Military Strategy 100% Weapons 100.02% Industrial 134.24% Spy 100.02% SDI 1.02%
Structures BPT 66 Enterprise Zones 1 Residences 1 Industrial Complexes 7,000 Military Bases 0 Research Labs 0 Farms 4 Oil Rigs 5 Unused 360	Military Spies 130,000 Troops 3,700 Jets 920,000 Turrets 780,000 Tanks 37,000 Readiness 92% Nuclear Missiles 0 Chemical Missiles 1 Cruise Missiles 1

good good - keep growing and buying indy tech.

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Basics Government C Land 9000 Tax Rate 36% Net Income $-512,000 Net Food -2,270 Money $5,200,000 Food 560,000 Oil 4,400 Turns 7 Turns Played 1244 Turns Stored 0	Technology Military 95.37% Medical 99.96% Business 104.25% Residential 102.72% Agricultural 103.1% Warfare 0.2032% Military Strategy 100% Weapons 114.2% Industrial 128.79% Spy 100.02% SDI 1.02%
Structures BPT 65 Enterprise Zones 0 Residences 0 Industrial Complexes 8,000 Military Bases 0 Research Labs 0 Farms 0 Oil Rigs 90 Unused 0	Military Spies 170,000 Troops 1,800 Jets 950,000 Turrets 1,400,000 Tanks 64,000 Readiness 85% Nuclear Missiles 0 Chemical Missiles 1 Cruise Missiles 1

xlnt !

Looks good, make sure too keep your indy tech higher though. And might wanna invest in some bus/res/mil tech to keep your expenses lower.

I've got the basics, obviously... However my country seems to be treading water, not really gaining much NW... Should I invest some turns in stockpiling or warring or other? Looking to perhaps switch to an MBR in a few weeks, as needed. Any other suggestions out there? Thanks a bunch!

Just keep exploring and selling off max military every day and try to maintain indy tech at 140~..Once you do that, start buying up bushels with excess cash you have on hand and stocking them on the market.. I'm not sure how much longer the set is though (not playing primary).

Indy tech has a max at 160% right now, he should be aiming for about 155% indy tech, along with 86-90% military tech

Unfortunately, military prices have been quite low this set, which has made it a hard set for indies.

Just keep exploring, building, and selling military once or twice a day. Do not switch to MBR unless you've stockpiled over 100 million bushels on the market.

hey guys i will update this thread here shortly.. it's unfortunate that this strat is considered easy as i am having quite a time managing it! it's not as easy as a casher! i just need to pick my targets carefully when grabbing... anyway there is still a month or 1500 turns left give or take 8)

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Basics Government C Land 9000 Tax Rate 53% Net Income $-234,000 Net Food -1,900 Money $690,000 Food 360,000 Oil 18,000 Turns 15 Turns Played 1600 Turns Stored 0	Technology Military 97.83% Medical 99.83% Business 104.53% Residential 103.44% Agricultural 104.04% Warfare 0.2819% Military Strategy 100.4% Weapons 106.68% Industrial 144.89% Spy 100.37% SDI 2.14%
Structures BPT 63 Enterprise Zones 4 Residences 3 Industrial Complexes 8,000 Military Bases 1 Research Labs 5 Farms 2 Oil Rigs 700 Unused 790

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Basics Government C Land 9000 Tax Rate 53% Net Income $-394,000 Net Food -3,080 Money $2,000,000 Food 530,000 Oil 12,000 Turns 0 Turns Played 1648 Turns Stored 0	Technology Military 97.83% Medical 99.75% Business 104.6% Residential 103.53% Agricultural 104.21% Warfare 0.2892% Military Strategy 100.46% Weapons 106.68% Industrial 144.67% Spy 100.37% SDI 2.27%
Structures BPT 63 Enterprise Zones 0 Residences 0 Industrial Complexes 8,000 Military Bases 0 Research Labs 0 Farms 0 Oil Rigs 600 Unused 0	Military Spies 5,700 Troops 470,000 Jets 880,000 Turrets 1,000,000 Tanks 410,000 Readiness 100% Nuclear Missiles 1 Chemical Missiles 0 Cruise Missiles 0