What's Wrong with the Serbian Economy

Day 2,090, 10:43 • Published in Serbia Canada • by New Faustian Man

Serbia for 96-97% of the last two years have been the strongest country in this game, and yet have never enjoyed the economic bonuses to go along with having the strongest military in the e-world. Poland (minus a couple blips) have had almost constant 10/10 bonuses for close to two years. Brazil, Spain and even the eUS have enjoyed similar success, success that probably dwarfs that of eSerbia – yet all three countries are militarily much weaker than eSerbia.



The daily damage output of Serbia/Poland/USA/Spain/Brazil


The problem is Serbia’s difficulty at maintaining full economic bonuses. And the reason for this difficulty is the manner in which Serbia is strung out across southern Europe, at the mercy of numerous countries and possible resistance wars.


To reach full bonuses requires Serbia invade and hold down some or all regions of the following countries:



As you can see, these countries can do almost 20 Billion worth of damage on any given day


Forced to hold all these countries down ensures whatever advantage Serbia have by being the strongest country in the game is almost entirely negated. And none of this takes into account the border Serbia get through taking possession of the French region Aquitaine. This gives Serbia a border with a country rabidly opposed to it which, combined with the damage of other countries, means Serbia are always at the mercy of a well-coordinated mass attack by enemies which can easily strip them of their bonuses.



The eUS-Polish NAP and its Impact on Serbia and the Serbian Economy

If we contrast the eSerbian predicament with the Polish:



We see that the Poles comfortably cover most of mainland Europe, now entirely wiping Netherlands, France and large parts of Germany (Belgium too but that’s part of a TW). They also hold an eUK region to defend against a possible eUS attack against the eUK.


This is yesterday’s damage output for the three countries Poland holds down to achieve its bonuses:



France-Germany-Netherlands dropped nearly 7.5Billion yesterday, next to Poland’s 16 nearly 17Billion per day – that’s a drop in the ocean.


With the potential renewal of the eUS-Polish NAP, we’re going to see a general cease-fire by official military units of the eUS and Poland from fighting against eachother (something that will probably extend to Spain as well). This will force Germany and France to commit to negotiations with Poland to secure some core regions – a state of affairs we’ve had pretty much since the collapse of TERRA anyway, and that's looking like it might continue indefinitely.


This NAP, ensuring as it does an end to hostilities between Poland and the eUS, means that the eUS will be able to concentrate all their firepower against their favorite obsession: eSerbia. This will most likely materialise as a direct attack on Aquitaine to regain Rubber for the eUS economy and wholesale support of Albania, Croat and Italian resistance wars against Serbia.

We’ve recently seen the eSerb economy stripped bare due to well co-ordinated strikes by CoT and fellow-travellers Croatia and Brazil. The question is: are we heading into the winter with a eUS-Poland NAP just round the corner and 8 months of eUS-led attacks against the Serbian economy? All the ingredients are there, that’s for sure. We’ve witnessed increased goodwill between Spain and the eUS for the last year, which has pretty much meant the official government forces of each country have a no-fire policy. Is this about to extend to Poland as well, so that we see only lukewarm support of Serbia when the eUS launch their attacks?



A Solution

The obvious solution is to reach some sort of amicable agreement with those countries which neighbour Serbia, and from which it sources some of its resources. But such a scenario seems fraught with difficulty, we’re talking possibly five treaties, at least three of which would be with countries eSerbia have had dire relations with going back years.

I have another solution in mind though.

Serbia and Poland absorb an immense amount of regions in order to achieve a full bonus economy, especially Poland, this not only fulfils the objective of robbing enemy nations of both regions and bonuses, it also retards the growth of many allied countries, the traditional ones of Hungary, Slovenia, Lithuania, and the new ones Romania, Greece and Ukraine.

You might think the addition of a couple bonuses to a nation’s economy would make only an incremental difference to their damage output, but the correlation is often much more extreme than that. With Serbia and Poland locked in Europe means the natural growth of other TWO states is permanently stunted. Add to that the deficiency of TWO power in the Southern Hemisphere/Asia/Pacific region and you start to see the problem. Is the solution then for one of the TWO powerhouses moving to the Southern Hemisphere, thus freeing up European territories for TWO allies whilst at the same time tapping the huge resources in the Southern Hemisphere?




The above graphic illustrates a great potential base for one of the TWO powerhouses (Serbia/Poland/Greece) in the Southern hemisphere

South Africa is a resource-rich hub, its indigenous regions are:

N. Cape > Saltpeter
W. Cape > Aluminium
E. Cape > Deer
KwaZulu Natal > Cattle
Free State > Aluminium
NW Province > Saltpeter
Mpumalanga > Cattle
Limpopo > Fruits
Gauteng > Fruits

And South Africa also gives onto South America and Oceania, allowing both for easy 10/10s and some interesting wars down there. I think only Serbia, Poland or maybe Greece have the power to hold onto eSouth Africa against the full might of BrUSA, considering the difficulty of facing the latter in their night-time hours.



The New Set-up in Europe

A Europe without Poland or Serbia would open the door for a much more balanced conflict between TWO and CoT (or the latter’s successor alliance). Russia/Germany/France/Asgard would be looking to capitalize on a Poland-less Europe, as would the many countries under Serbian control in the Balkans, leading to the outbreak of some interesting conflicts.

TWO do claim (fallaciously at present) that the “world belongs to them”, when in reality they have about 90% of Europe for most of the year, and that’s all. Since when did 90% of Europe constitute the “world”? A second, more serious point, and like I’ve said above: Poland holding much of mainland Europe hinders the development of the economies of other TWO states in the region by hogging bonuses -- so were either Poland or Serbia, preferably Poland, to move to the Southern Hemisphere, would allow Romania/Hungary/Slovenia/Ukraine and the UK to move into interior Europe, taking up the slack of regions vacated by Poland, absorbing the bonuses in the process, greatly increasing the power of TWO and states allied with it as some of the mid-sized (by TWO-standards) and smaller countries are able to give their economies a huge boost.


It would also nix the present state-of-affairs where the eUS is bordered by TWO "enemy states" (Spain/Poland) that it shares NAPs with, to one where the eUS is bordered by a plethora of real enemy states, including (via France) potentially Slovenia, Romania, Hungary, Ukraine etc.


This move although it might seem to weaken TWO in Europe, increases its power elsewhere, and replacing Polish suppression of Europe with wars between Slovenia/Romania/Hungary etc. against the eUS/France/Germany is a waaay more interesting time to spend the next 8 months than see Poland sign an NAP with the eUS and then stagnate on their bonuses whilst the eUS launch assault after assault against eSerbia. This new set-up would mean any number of TWO countries could march through France and get a border with the eUS. It could mean multiple TWO countries holding onto parts of France, effectively spreading eUS damage across a huge front, ensuring the eUS might face multiple NEs at any point throughout the year. And it would also deny the eUS the luxury (which this upcoming Polish NAP will grant them) of simply spending the next eight months attacking eSerbia and attempting to undermine the eSerbian economy.



^South African




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