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Extra! I have just written an article From Baby to Young Adult: Your First 45 Days that is of special interest to young players (and those who love them... or just employ them).

My previous articles "Business Opportunities in 27 Countries" and "Finding and Funding Your New Business Plan" have provided some basic info on how to start a business, some pitfalls to beware, and some markets that might be promising. In this article, the newspaper will take a detour through "Home Economics," things which every player can do to get more money and to get more out of their money, before returning to business and other, more ambitious endeavors.This time, I have decided to host the article in the eUK.



This article will show you ways (a) Gold can be created, (b) your daily wage can be increased, and (c) money can be invested for passive income. It is followed by "Home Economics: Saving Money," published in eUkraine, which talks about ways to buy less or spend more effectively.

(A) Gold is Both Created and Destroyed

However, as thrifty citizens, we are interested in the ways that Gold is created. I am leaving aside for now ways Gold is transferred among players (such as work, trade, tax, the monetary market, etc).

how to up a Level

At level six, or 35 exp, most players notice that they have received 5 free gold for leveling. That is not the only time you can get gold for leveling, however. As noted in the eRepublik Wiki, levels 16 through 24 have 5 gold rewards, while higher levels have been designated as having even higher rewards (while requiring as much as 10,000 exp per level). Level 16, however, is quite achievable at only 500 exp required, level 17 at 750 exp required, lvl 18 at 1000 exp required, and further levels at increments of 1000 or more... just see the chart already if you care about the numbers.

While it is not a lot, it is something, and there's no reason not to do the most important thing for leveling anyway... which is fighting. Every fight gives you 2 exp, so you can gain 10 exp on a day with 5 fights in addition to the 3 exp received for work, training, and eating. That means the rate of experience gain is more than quadrupled on days on which you fight.

Achievements

Every achievement carries a reward of 5 gold per time achieved. There are eight achievements:

** Hard Worker: Citizen has worked for thirty (30) days in a row. This can be for any number of employers, or even for employers in different countries.
** Super Soldier: Citizen has fought at least once and has advanced five (5) strength levels.
** Battle Hero: Citizen has inflicted the highest total damage in a battle for one of the sides.
** Resistance Hero: Citizen has initiated a successful resistance war.
** Country President: Citizen has been elected as the Country President.
** Congress Member: Citizen has been elected as a Member of Congress.
** Media Mogul: Citizen has gained one-thousand (1000) subscribers for his/her newspaper.
** Society Builder: Citizen has invited ten (10) people who have reached experience level 6.

Phony Friend

If somebody is invited and reaches level 6, you will get 5 gold at the same time that the invited citizen does.

Buying Gold with Real Money

This is mentioned for completeness and not because I would try to persuade anyone to do this (or, for that matter, not to do this).

Of the options provided by eRepublik, the best ratio is the 10 euro for 20 gold. Although you can do this only once per week, this is a weak restriction given that you can create Organizations for 5 gold apiece and that all your Organizations have different timers than your citizen and from each other. So you could buy 200 gold for 100 euro each and every week with 9 different Organizations... if that is how you roll.