Join the new world

Your first few days in eRepublik can be harrowing days. Luckily for you, citizen, the Department of Education is here to walk you through those days, and before you'll know it, we'll get you supplied, integrated, and ready to fight for the greatest eNation in the world.

First Levels

The first thing you should do is get a job (you bum). You can find one in the job market under skill level 1 (or Apprentice). After you get hooked up with a job, you can work for the salary you just gained. Simply click the lowest booster - which is a 10% increase for free - then press the big blue Work button. You shouldn't buy any gold boosters while you're new, you want to conserve your gold. After you do that, you'll automatically earn your salary (minus taxes).

The next step is to go train at the training grounds. Take the same steps you did for working, no gold boosters and click the big Train button. You'll automatically gain some military skill in the unit type you chose. If you have over 3 gold available, you can level up faster in the military skill by picking the .19 gold booster, at the cost of some of your Treasure Map money (explained below) from the Super Soldier medal you get. From that results screen (or the home page), you can gain 10 skill in both and another experience point by clicking "Get reward". You can do these 3 steps everyday.



After that, use the marketplace and upload an avatar on your profile page. The first time you do all of these steps, you should be gaining an experience level. You can also do missions at your own pace (don't break your bank or your health trying to finish them all) to get more XP.

You can and should work and train everyday: working everyday rewards the Hard Worker medal and your daily wage, and training makes your life worth living by building up your ability to mow down countless PHX fools.

Health

Health is a number on your left sidebar, under your name and avatar. Working consumes 3 health and training consumes 1. You can gain health by eating food (or at daychange from a house, when you can afford one). Your health directly affects your productivity in daily activities: the lower your health goes, the worse you do in working and training. Working with low health will earn you the ire of your employers, and could result in wage decrease or firing. Going under 20 health will disallow you from doing any activity other than eating food.

Once you're level 6, you're of age to fight in almost mortal combat. More about fighting can be found in an earlier article we wrote here. Fighting is how we as a country gain new territories, defend our own, and help our allies in their campaigns. Citizens follow the Dept. of Defense's orders for battlefields and fight in them. Everytime you press the fight button on a battle screen, you will deal damage and lose 10 health. You should never fight if you cannot afford the food you will need to heal the damage from it. Plan ahead.

The U.S. government has many programs in place to make sure you don't get trapped with no health and no money. Filling out the New Citizen Assistance form will get our top men on the line to get you what you need to survive.

Location, Location, Location

If you look on your own profile, you'll see you get two locations put on the side of your profile: your current location, and your citizenship. You can change your location by clicking that change link next to it, and using a moving ticket. Once you're level 7, you can use said moving tickets.



What your location allows you to do:
- Fight for the location country and her allies in a normal battle
- Fight for the location country only in a resistance battle
- Work at a company in the location country
- Your presence in a region increases the price to attack it

The last point there is the most important for any citizen not moving around for the military. The U.S. designates "fortress states", or states that we engineer to have a high population number, so that they are costly to attack. We are currently doing this with California, and the government can supply you with free moving tickets to go there by filling out this form.

Unlike your location, citizenship is free to change - but it requires a country's congress to approve your request. Citizenship allows you to participate in a country's political process, including voting and running for office. As an American, you shouldn't change your citizenship unless you're supported by Strategic Air Command, or you will have difficulty getting your American citizenship back. The reason for this is political take-overs. You can read more about citizenship and political takeovers here.

Currencies + Treasure Maps



When you reach your 5th and 10th level, you'll notice you earn something called a "treasure map". Go to your treasure map page which is hidden away in Gold & Extras. If you have a treasure map in your little wooden box, you can select to use it. You pick an X to dig, and you will be given a random sum of 4-6 gold. Gold is a universal currency that can be used for boosting in your daily activities (should not be done while you're new!), buying organizations, companies, or newspapers; or you can redeem them for local currency on the monetary market.

The monetary market is where you can trade gold for local currency, or vice versa. Our U.S. Dollar (USD) is a local currency - it's only usable in the USA. It is accessible from under the market tab. The monetary market has many uses, but I'm just going to demonstrate here how to get USD for your gold, if you ever find yourself short on dollars.



Things You Should Do

Now that you're an established citizen of eRepublik, working and training like a boss, it's time to get active in the community. It is social strategy after all.

Join the eUSA forums. Help sections, general discussion, congressional hearings, all the action happens here.
Join a military outfit or a militia. Free food, tickets, and company in exchange for loyal service to your country.
Join #tc on the Rizon server in IRC. You can join directly here, or learn how to set up an IRC client from our article here.

- New Citizen Assistance Form, free food and mentoring from the Department of Interior
- Message the Department of Education, give new ideas or feedback on planned topics
- Department of Defense Orders, guidance for civilians looking to contribute in a battle
- White House Press Releases, news, information, and links directly from the President's staff
- Presidential Newspaper, the current President of the United States' newspaper



Thanks for reading this article, and welcome to eRepublik and the eUnited States of America. Remember that our goal here at the Department of Education is to make your elife as long and successful as possible, so don't be shy about asking questions!

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Until next time,
Blank Keating