\o/ A Study on Damage Outputs of the Three Alliances \o/

Day 1,225, 23:57 • Published in USA USA • by Kazeal


Hey homies!

This article comprises the beginning of a short series summarizing the results of a project I have been working on for quite a while now. With the help of eUS Interns JLakefour, Richard Nixon II, Naron, and Smack, we have compiled myriad data collected from Bogdan_L's paper, tracking three specific aspects of all countries currently in alliances in eRepublik; these aspects are: the amount of damage inflicted in their battles each day, the amount of their gold spent each day, and the number of their citizens (not necessarily residents) fighting each day.

While Bogdan deserves credit for collecting the initial raw data that fuels this study, much of his work is not interpretable without aid; it is my intention, with this study, to organize the data he provides and make it easily understandable by the casual reader. In doing this, I have two main goals: firstly, it is my hope that the following graphs and information might help to reveal certain trends and patterns useful in foreign affairs and military strategizing. Secondly, with this article, I aim to open up the field of foreign affairs to a broader range of players; for too long has it remained an esoteric field, with understanding of it passed exclusively among members of the elite class. Hopefully, this article, as well as several of my past articles, will help to educate more players about this vital area of the game.

Let's get right down to it, shall we?



The following three graphs focus on overall damage dealt by citizens of each country. While my next three articles will expand on other factors affecting these overall damage output capabilities, there are still several factors which may slightly skew this presentation. Chiefly among them are 1) the limitation of citizenship and 2) the overall distribution of damage.

1) Bodan's data collection delineates fighters based on citizenship, which means that players on PTO duty from certain countries are misattributed, as they bear citizenship of a country that is presumably not the one to which they belong. This leads Bogdan to record the damage they deal as belonging to an incorrect country. This effect is very small, however, as no country maintains a large enough PTO force to alter Bogdan's numbers in any great way.

2) Bogdan's data collection tracks overall damage dealt by all citizens of each country, and does not distinguish between different battles. This means that the data may become exaggerated in certain cases when a country's damage is split between many different battles. The data takes into account overall damage, but does not show the effectiveness of each country in directing that damage.

In spite of the above two limiting factors, however, the data still creates a fairly accurate picture of the broad landscape of states and alliances, and shows the strengths of countries relative to each other.


The Graphs:
We have been unable to gather data from day 1208 to day 1209, so there is a small gap in the graphs~ Also, yes, FYROM and Ukraine are missing right now, but will be added soon~ Also Germany~


As shown in the above graph, Serbia has consistently thrown out the most damage of any New World Order member. Hungary and Poland throw out similar amounts of damage, but Hungary is able to throw just a bit more than Poland. On average, Spain and Iran, even combined, throw out just over half as much damage as each of the top three countries in the alliance.


From the above graph, it is easy to see that Romania is the strongest EDEN member, and that it has (over the past ten to twelve days) been steadily increasing its lead on the next most powerful state, Croatia. While Croatia does a little bit more damage than the next two strongest states, it is interesting to note Bulgaria's position; vastly undermentioned in US politics, its damage output is on a par with that of Greece, one of our major allies. Also of note, within the last fifty days China has nearly doubled in strength, but is still lagging behind the growth rates of top EDEN members.


This graph shows that the USA has, over the past fifty days, grown to become the strongest country in Terra, overtaking Brazil (and with Turkey having left the alliance on day 1,20😎. Brazil has remained near the top, but France and Russia have seen a surprising amount of growth, both having more than doubled in strength. Similarly, the UK, Canada, and Argentina have nearly tripled in strength; however, these three states remain near the bottom of the alliance. Japan has experienced relatively minimal growth.


In sum, looking at the three alliances as monolithic structures, it is clear that EDEN is (in terms of brute strength) the strongest of the three alliances in eRepublik. NWO rivals EDEN in power, but falls just a tad short of equaling it. Terra has decayed, after the departure of Turkey, to be less than half as strong as either of the two other alliances, no longer comprising a strong rival. An interesting note: EDEN contains thirteen states, Terra contains eight states, and NWO contains only five states, making the latter alliance by far the most efficient (in terms of raw damage output).






If you would like some additional background information, please feel welcome to peruse some of my past related articles:
----\o/ Alliance Overview: NWO \o/ - This is a brief overview of the New World Order alliance and its member states.
----\o/ Alliance Overview: PanAm \o/ - This is a brief overview of the PanAm (now known as Terra) alliance and its member states.


That's about all for now. My next article will be a look at the amount of gold spent by each alliance country (as well as by the alliances, themselves), as shown by Bogdan_L; there will be lots of pretty graphs in that article, too 😉 After that, the third article in this series will explore the number of citizens fighting for each alliance, and how these numbers relate to the amounts of gold spent and the overall damage outputs (this formula will allow us to estimate the tanking force of each state). Finally, the fourth, and final, article that I have planned in this series will apply Bogdan's three data categories to several unaffiliated countries, including: Indonesia, Portugal, Israel, Egypt, and Mexico. Don't forget to:
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