Am I mistaken in remembering the eUSA had about 10 000 ecitizens yesterday?
I saw 13 300 today on the main page. Am I simply misremembering, or has there been a massive increase in one day (following an article, maybe? I’ve been told it happened some time ago in eHungary)? Does someone remember for sure?
Thanks for the tip.
I noticed several time mentions of ecountries trying to regulate their currency’s value. What I don’t understand clearly is why they do that. Is it, like in real life, to boost exports? Do you happen to know in this case, for instance?
They’ve said that the rapid appreciation of the dollar is “too fast” and “too high”. At the time the debate thread was started, he said it’ll soon approach .024g and you could almost hear the sound effect in the back going “Dun dun DUN!” and a woman scream.
I have no idea why this is a problem. Apparently, they’re worried about dying dollars. That is, the money lost from circulation when a person quits the game. A lobbyist named Alby is worried about hyperdeflation though. I’m not sure who I agree with, since apparently everyone is for printing the money except him. “Alby v. World”, they’re calling it. There must therefore be something I’m not getting.
I’m no more a manager.
Forget about the commissions and jobs, I just resigned. It’s just impossible to turn a profit with this company, in my opinion. Given the prices Q2 houses are actually sold in practice, a company of this kind would need ideal conditions that just can’t be met in France to be competitive.
I sent my resignation letter 5 minutes ago.
I’ve no regret, I got a crash course about eRepublik companies, productivity, salaries from the point of view of the employer and so on (you know what… we produce nothing, basically, with our paltry skills. We’re just there to serve lemonade to the actually productive workers, so that it will boost a little more their production). It seems I won’t suddenly jump up the ladder, and I’ll have to claw my way up like everybody else.
I think my long term goal for erepublik was going to be starting a company although I don’t see that happening anytime soon.
But it’s a fun journey, ain’t it?
Just reading everything the user’s submit is fun enough.
Mine too… But maybe we could someday envision a Doper-owned company, each of us putting some money in it. I understand that creating a company plus having some cash to start it would require about 40 gold.
If there were, say, 5 of us, that’s 8 gold for each “stockholder”, and it could be possible relatively quickly. Plus, we could work in it ourselves, which means less cash needed at start.
However, we would also need an organization to hold it, and I don’t remember how much it costs.
ETA : creating an organization costs 5 gold.
Toujours dans la meme idee, il y a des compagnies a vendre, aussi. Peut-etre qu’il y a moyen d’en degoter une pour moins cher que le prix normal de creation, avec un peu de chance (j’avais regarde la liste d’un oeil distrait il y a quelques jours, et certaines se vendaient pour moins de 10 gold, mais je suppose qu’elles etaient situeees dans des regions peu productives).
I’d be interested in buying in, whether we create one or, as clairobscur so slyly put it, purchasing an existing one on the market. I’d be in for up to 10 gold.
And there’s another condition : one must be level 9 to create a company, but this should happen quickly.
You already have 10 gold???:eek:
What about some preliminary brainstorming, if some people are interested? Could you put forth ideas?
Iron crossed my mind, because I’ve heard it was chronically lacking in France. I looked at a productivity map, and noticed that neither the USA nor France (where we might be able to smuggle it) has a highly productive region for Iron. Plus iron is required for weapons, weapons for war, and war aren’t exactly rare.
Brazil or Spain (and others in Asia, but I’ve no clue to which countries they belong) have such highly productive regions, and they are relatively populated, so there might be a local market there (though it might be necessary to speak Portuguese/Spanish), and in both cases taxes on iron are low. I looked under Brazil, and saw that an Iron company in a “high” production region was on sale for 17 gold (at least, it shows that companies might be affordable).
On the other hand, I don’t know if we would be able to actually find armament companies willing to buy smuggled iron. Can an individual even have iron in his inventory? Aren’t they often state-owned?
Also, could it be possible to borrow the money to buy a company with the company as a collateral?
I had planned on purchasing a 20 gold box anyway, since at the rate of 5 IDR/day it’d take me a looongg time to buy a house, and my wellness is dropping daily.
So, you are correct…I’m nowhere near that good of a player.
I see from the forums that one is strongly discouraged from opening a raw materials company in anything other than a high productivity zone. However, regional productivity bonuses do not affect manufacturing companies (Productivity - eRepublik Official Wiki)
Yes, that’s why I mentioned Spain and Brazil, where there are high productivity regions. On the other hand I suspect that it might be highly congruential for this very reason.
Manufacturing companies could be easier… but what product? Where? Since licenses are costly, it should be a large enough market so the company could sell locally. Without too much concurrence. With low taxes. With low salaries. With under priced raw materials. Will someone find the perfect product and place?
Food is probably the safest bet in terms of companies to start but the market, atleast in the US is flooded.
We do have a bit of time to figure it out though.
But you’ll reach level 6 and get 5 gold in a couple days, won’t you?
Also, I remember reading somewhere that even though there is an increase in wars, the price of weapons has stayed fairly constant. You’d think weapons prices should have risen.
Indonesia has some of the lowest (if not THE lowest) iron prices:
http://ereptools.pl/market/raw/ind/7
wages and food are decently-priced. Income tax is typically 1%.
So, based on those metrics, a weapons factory would seem to be reasonable.