[WHPR Day 2442] Four The Fun Of It

Day 2,442, 18:21 Published in USA USA by James S. Brady Press Room

[WHPR Day 2442] Four The Fun Of It

Dateline: Monday, July 28th, 2014 (Day 2442)
Location: James S. Brady Press Room, The White House

Today’s WHPR:
: 1: Congressional Elections Recap
: 2: War Map and Analysis
: 3: Military Units of America
: 4: eAmerican Hero: Hawkie
: 5: eRepublik Housing Industry
: 6: A Guide Through the Alliances


Editor: SecMe😛 Dave Gulya, Deputy SecMed Jude Conners
Contributors: Jude Conners, Zheng He, SColbert, Alexander_Auctoritas, Franklin Stone, Pearlswine and TheHandyMan


Congressional Elections Recap
Jude Conners & Zeng He


America and the world recently went to the polls for the July Congress elections. It seems like an eternity since the USA had to activate ATO Operations, and this election was as uneventful as the ones in the recent past.

Zheng He compiled this list of the 80yh American Congress, in alphabetical order. The list is also available in his paper, 2-Clicker Morning Coffee, so go show some love and vote for it.

AlexPIT (Black Sheep Party)
Alexander_Auctoritas (Feds)
Arrden (Black Sheep Party)
arith seneviratne (Feds)
Artela (US Workers Party)
Bob Boudahili (Black Sheep Party)
Bomb Squad (American Military Party)
Brave.Fighter (Black Sheep Party)
Cholan II (We the People)
Code-Y (American Military Party)
Cubby (We the People)
Dave Gulya (American Military Party)
Deepchill (US Workers Party)
Dinnyin (US Workers Party)
Disco Musolini (We the People)
Elanaconda (Black Sheep Party)
Evry (American Military Party)
Ghost of Tom Joad (Socialist Freedom Party, Sponsored by Feds)
HeapSeppo (We the People)
Heluin (Black Sheep Party)
Henry Pfeiffer Arundel (US Workers Party)
John Killah (American Military Party)
John Largo (American Military Party)
Kemal Ergenekon (US Workers Party)
Kevin Sheridan (Feds)
Kortanul (US Workers Party)
Lemon Vodka (US Workers Party)
Lost Coast (Feds)
Martin Reichert (We the People)
Melissa Rose (Feds)
Molly Emma (Feds)
molo tov (US Workers Party)
MrLaMarke (We the People)
nickbergman (Feds)
Oblige (Feds)
OfficerFriendly (American Military Party)
Paul Proteus (Feds)
Piggy Boot (American Military Party)
Raw784 (US Workers Party)
Resoul (Black Sheep Party)
SColbert (US Workers Party)
Scott Coyle (Feds)
SilentSurfer (American Military Party)
Sniper80 (Feds)
Soda Knight (Feds)
SupaHotFire (US Workers Party)
Talostastic (We the People)
TellUrGrlThx (US Workers Party)
Tenshibo (US Workers Party)
The Mike (We the People)
The Original Hawkie (Feds)
TheNorm (Socialist Freedom Party, Sponsored by Feds)
Trickstir (Feds)
Tyler Bubblar (Feds)
Wild Owl (US Workers Party)
Zheng He (American Military Party)

In the end, the party with the most members (Feds) got the most members into Congress. The second largest party got the second most members into Congress. The third largest party got the third most members into Congress. See a trend here?

Here is a breakdown of how each party fare😛



Remember, you can watch your Congress in action on the USA Forums here.




The Word
SColbert


The Wor😛 The Peasants are Revolting, also are Rebelling

Hello Nation

I’m not afraid to say America is the greatest country on earth. Some of the elites out there might point to statistics and facts to say otherwise, but unfortunately for them I only speak American, not whatever quitter talk that is. Recently though our great nation has come under assault from those who would wish us harm, and make even me question our ranking. No, I am not talking about those greasy French and their short occupation of America’s hub of production of the key resources of orange skinned Guidos. I am talking of course about the recent events in Congress.

You know me America, like any good lover should. I am a rich powerful elite, who desperately wants to change the status quo away from those in power. You might say to me “but SColbert, how can you be both an elitist and a fighter of the establishment?” The answer is obvious. Us elites are on the defensive, and have become a persecuted minority. The powerful 1% are the minority in this country, I mean there is only 1% of us. Our cause has many leaders. From me, to someone comparable, like Emperor Palpatine maybe, us elitists come in many shades (mostly white). Our power though has come under assault from the riff-raff of society. From pig disgusting Swedes like Seppo to comedically stereotypical old person Arrden us elitists have it tough.

The first assault came in the form of former Canadian President, and avian flu carrier DMV3. This moose lover over here wanted back into our great nation. No one can blame him from wanting the warm embrace of lady liberty, but I can blame him for other things if I want. From there Delyruin, a turncoat to the elitist movement, decided he too wanted to spit in the face of America (what was he spitting? Probably the maple syrup he was given as a bribe to betray us) by bringing discussion of censuring Pfeiffer for reasons I will completely ignore for the purpose of me being right. This led to a vote that only showed the decline in our power, with Pfeiffer being cleared of all crimes 27-13. Way too close for comfort.

Us elites, although still powerful, are under siege. In our secure fortress of USWP we command a clear 25% majority of congress. The POTUS and Vice POTUS also being from USWP puppet parties of WTP and the Feds bow to our every whim (except like when we clearly want something like DMV’s remaining in Canada, or keeping a WT of 10%, or… well you get the picture). You see us elites always get our way, except when we don’t, and the alternative elites are clearly threatening our power, except when they aren’t. Some might say this is simply how the game has always been played. Two opposing sides rising against each other in politics. They might point to the election of Glove on populist positions, or Pfeiffer’s controversial election during Unity times. But I know better than to look to the past to determine how the past happened. I feel that my position is under attack, and that can only mean we are in the midst of a grassroots rebellion the likes of which has never been witnessed, except for the times it has.

And that’s the word.



War Map and Analysis
Alexander_Auctoritas]




Let's start off in the Baltic region today. Latvia and Belarus are fighitng again, and are entering the twelth battle in their war. Latvia has the upper hand in the current battle. Let's see if they can get on top of Belarus in the overall campaign. Lithuania continues to battle with Sweden in one of, if not THE, longest running current WAR. After twenty-two battles, Lithuania is about to attack. I now Sweden has been wiped in the past couple months, I'm not sure about Lithuania. I hope they are all enjoying this entrenched engagement.

Turkey is doing work on Hungary. They have won the first two battles, but it appears Hungary will turn the tide in the third battle for Central Hungary. I remember the good old of fighting over NGP over and over and over and over and over...

Serbia is removing BiH from the Balkans, again. Foes forever, they are. It appears BiH lost their holdings in the Middle East and will be wiped. :/ Serbia is also retaking many of the regions they lost in Italy. Italy has never really been able to beat Serbia without significant assistance, and even then with great difficulty.

Mexico has been fighting for her life against Columbia. They were able to secure Congressionals, but Columbia keeps coming at them. I wish out Southern neighbors the best in their WAR with Columbia, which seems to be flaring up quite frequently.

The Republic of Macedonia initiated a war against Greece but have only won 2 of the 6 battles in this WAR. Greece is about to attack. RoM is safe, having two regions in Australia, so we shall see if this goes anywhere and if it comes back repeatedly.

Ukraine being admitted to SIRIUS is news to me, but it doesn't seem to matter much in their war with Romania. THey have lost five battles and are about to lose a sixth. Down to three regions, Ukraine will most likely be wiped, barring an unbelieveable Hail mary from SIRIUS.

There are some other little things going on, such as Chile wiping Peru again, but these are the high points at this time.

Until next time, Keep Shaking that Ass.juyyu7



Military Units of America
Franklin Stone



American Political Parties
Franklin Stone



United States Armed Forces
DMJohnston, Commander

The United States Armed Forces (USAF) are the official military unit of the eUnited States. Funded by Congress and commanded directly by the President of the eUnited States, USAF is the sword of the eUS when our borders must be defended or our allies are in need. With the Flight Training program to integrate new players and a Strength Enhancement Program to assist in Training Ground Upgrades combined with outstanding supply levels, USAF is ready to welcome you.

Flight Training Application for new players or join the United States Armed Forces, America's Sword in game.

Easy Company
DeepChill, Commander

Easy Company (EZC) is an American Airborne Private Military Unit (Militia) that is 100% privately funded through the work of private donors. EZC is open to any American, from any party, regardless of strength or prior experience. EZC uses their skills as well as inter-party relations to further American interests around the globe through military and economic warfare tactics. Easy Company’s primary objective is to facilitate the education of new players, to utilize their strengths to promote eAmerican interests, and to kick ass.

EZC prides itself on having the best military community in America.
EZC is one of the Top 3 ranked Military Units in America.
EZC is home of the Military Fitness Academy Training Program, the best Military Academy in America for Division 1 players.

Apply to Easy Company, America's Fist in game.

Seal Team 6
Cubby, Commander

SEAL Team 6 commonly known as ST6 is an American Elite Mobile Private Military Unit (Militia) of America, with the task of fighting for America and it's allies. SEAL Team 6 is a Closed Military Unit and before joining you must apply by filling out a form. After filling out the form a member of the ST6 Command Team will contact you to inform you if you were accepted or not. If your are Accepted you will be placed into TST6 commonly known as Pups. NOTE SEAL Team 6 applicants are not let in based on Rank and Strength it is based on Activity, Ability to be on IRC and to be able to work in Communes and all applications are decided on a case by case basis.

Apply to ST6, America's Spear Tip in game.

US Marines Corps
redbirdusa, Commander

The US Marines is a donation funded American Private Military Unit (Militia) and is the strongest branch of the private MUs! The USMC is a highly selective group of warriors with the base requirement of 35000+ damage per hit, we are dedicated to defending America and our allies. Apply by filling out the USMC Application today.

Apply to The US Marine Corp, America's Muscle in game.

eUS Military
seeker1, Commander

The eUS Military Airborne is a self supporting American Private Military Unit (Militia) of the EUS Military. Our minimum entry requirement is 20,000 strength. Our members work in our communes, which enables the Airborne to support ourselves while giving our soldiers a community within the game with an active IRC presence. We sponsor quarterly military skill contests among our platoons and recognize individual achievement by promotion through a system of enlisted ranks.

Apply to eUS Military, America's Stone Wall in game.

Help defend America!
Join a Military Unit Today!




eAmerican Hero
WookyJack





The Original Hawkie



Hawkie is a 22 year old recent graduated M.A. student who is now looking for a job along with the rest of the peasants in the world. She started playing erepublik in her undergrad tenure while taking some breaks here and there. In 2010 she started in eUSA and went through some name change transformations that eventually lead to her being well known as an avid hawk enthusiast and snow lover of the sport "hockeye." Just kidding about the snow lover sport! But she did mention that it has nothing to do with that sport.

Hawkie worked in the beginning as an officer in the United States Training Corps (USTC) and did much party work with Mazzy Cat in We the People (WTP). Her least favorite job she has held was simply forgotten about and not really worth mentioning. She is currently the Immigration Enforcement System (IES) Director. She enjoys this job the most because she feels like she is contributing and that is most enjoyable to her while playing erepublik.

Recently, she returned to the Federalist Party and still retains the prestigious title of IES Director. What does an IES Director do? They hold the keys to eUSA citizenship. Any time an application comes in, it is reviewed by her staff. They check it for a few things to decide whether the application is approved or denied. This stuff is not taken lightly. Applications are heavily scrutinized for loyalty and benefit to the country. IES functions well as a kind of watchdog and this especially stands in the unblacklisting of DMV3 and subsequent denial of his citizenship application. "In DMV’s case, while some may have felt he didn’t deserve to be on the blacklist of our most notorious enemies with the likes of Ajay, they didn’t necessarily want him back in the eUS after his spending against the country in the recent war. I think IES may face some challenges in the future by those who don’t agree with an impartial judge according to regulations of who should receive citizenship, but can stand on its own two feet by value of the integrity of those involved in its work." - Hawkie

What does Hawkie do on her regular day to day? She entertains herself on the Federalist forum games, reads all the new articles and votes each one (only because that's how she remembers she read them), checks PMs, does IES work and chit chats on IRC. Also, she is definitely kept on her toes when people try to squirrel their way in (get eUSA cs) by moving to other eUSA allied countries and constantly dropping her PM's asking her to look at someone. (Hawkie gave me a hawkeyes death stare because she knows I hit her up a lot...A LOT. In fact, this is exactly what I get.)


This is her forum signature!

Anyways. Ever since she was 'suckered' into IES Director by Wild Owl she did work for the FBI, the eUS Military and a bunch of other places. She believes if people are interested in these types of positions that involve attention to detail and investigation then make yourself reliable and trustworthy to the eUSA community and work eventually finds you! For now, she keeps herself busy and awaits another Glourious Failure (GF) Day to be able to laugh at Plato while believing this is all just some sort of social experiment. She will continue to serve eUSA in a more consistent capacity, hopes to move to Oregon to find a job and eat the finest food the city has to offer.

For her resolute, diligent and continuing love to watch over eUSA, Hawkie is truly an eAmerican Heroine. Thank you, Hawkie!


Congress Critters, don't ever approve citizenship without IES approval or she'll come pluck out your eyes!



eRepublik Housing Industry
Alexander_Auctoritas & Pearlswine


I had the pleasure of getting some housing information for everyone from one of the unsung heros of these eUnited States of America. Pearlswine has been around as long as I've played erepublik. He has been an economic guru most of his elife. He was kind enough to give me the low-down on the new Houses introduced into erepublik.


Houses:
The 'new' industry added to the game.

House RM:
Houses require 'House Raw Materials'. These are made from house RM companies that differ in one important way from weapon and food RM companies. For house RM (and house companies proper) the ability to work as manager is disabled. This means house RM and houses can only be made by people who have been hired off the job market.

This has an effect on the viability of house RM companies.
House RM companies produce more RM at higher qualities. Before the bonus for owning certain regions a Q1 house RM company will produce 35 RM for each person worked. A Q5 house RM company will produce 250 RM for each person worked. This makes it naturally unprofitable to work people at a house RM company with a quality other than Q5.

Houses:
Houses can currently be made in qualities 1 through 3. When active a house will increase the maximum amount energy that can be held by a value similar to an energy center. Q1 and Q2 companies increase this value by 50 and Q3 houses increase this by 100. Each house type has a duration. Q1 and 3 last for 7 days and Q2 houses last for 15 days. They manually activated and the timer does not count down while not active. When the timer is stopped, the duration rounds down to the nearest hour.

House companies:
House companies are made and upgraded in the same way as other companies. The costs are identical. Just like house RM companies, there is no ability to work as a manager in one of these companies. Additionally, houses require more than 'work' to make. A Q1 house requires 5 days of production, Q2, 10 and Q3, 20. Progress toward a completed house is shown on the my places screen. RM costs for Q1,Q2 and Q3 companies are 1000, 2000, 4000 respectively.

Production Bonus:
Similar to how food and weapon companies have production bonuses depending on regions owned, house companies do too. The raw material in many regions were changed when houses were introduced. The US naturally has 4 out of the 5 RM's in their native regions for an 80% bonus. This bonus applies to both RM production and the amount of labor required to make a house in a company.

For example. with an 80% bonus, 1 employee will make 450 RM in a Q5 RM company.
For a Q2 house, it takes 10 works to make one house. With an 80% bonus, 10 works will make a whole house and be 80% into a second house. RM consumption is based off of the number of houses made and is not reduced on a per house basis. So that 1 house still took 4000 RM and that 80% of the second house took 3200 RM.

Economics:
RM:
The cost to make RM in a Q5 company can be determined with the following formula:
Cost = Employee's Wage / (250 * (1 + bonus % / 100)
So at a wage of 30 USD and an 80% bonus:
=30 / ( 250 * 1.8 ) = 0.067 USD

House companies:
The cost of a house has two components, RM and labor.

RM cost can be calculated directly:
The cost of the RM portion of a house's cost is the amount of RM * the price per RM
A Q2 house takes 2000 RM, so if you purchased RM off the market for 0.08 USD that house would take 160 USD of RM

The labor can be calculated with the following formula
Labor cost = (Number of works to complete 1 house * Average employee wage) / (1 + RM Bonus / 100)
So for a Q2 house with a 30 USD wage:
😞10 * 30) / 1.8
=166.67 USD

The total cost is the RM plus the labor cost:
= 160 + 166.67
=326.67 USD

This is the cost to make the house. If sold on the market for more than that (after VAT is removed) profit is earned, otherwise the company owner takes a loss.[/b]


Thanks for the info, Pearlswine, and keep doing what you do.





Guide Through the Alliances
TheHandyMan



What is an alliance ?
I know there is a lot of new players reading this guide, so I will start it with simple definition of alliance: “An Alliance is group of countries with: mutual enemies or mutual interests or both.”

Why does a country want to change its alliance?
Mostly because of power. It is simple: if you are in alliance with more influence, you are more likely to get more benefits from being there, than being in an alliance with average influence.

But is it really that simple?
No, it is not. There is a second huge factor in alliances apart from power.
That factor is homogenity. If every country in alliance is willing to sometimes put interests of others in front of their interests, and if citizens are willing to hit for others as hard as they would hit for their country, then we can say that the alliance really is strong.

If you bring 11 best football players of the world in one team, if they do not act like a team, they could loose every single game…



Alliances often make blocks.
In eRepublik, there were, there are, and there will always be, many alliances. But often more alliances with same goals or enemies make blocks. Today we can say that we have a bipolar world. The major fight is now between proAsteria and proSirius block. When the TWO former alliance, that controlled the whole world, was dismissed due to bad relations between Poland-Serbia, all TWO's former members had to decide weather to join with Poland or fight for the Serbian side.


With the combination of other former alliances and formerly neutral countries, proAsteria and proSirius blocks were born. In this guide we will be talking about both blocks and every alliance in eRepublik. So lets get started…



Alliance #1-LETO

LETO belongs to proAsteria block.
Leaders from the shade in this alliance are Taiwan,Colombia and Portugal.
Taiwan: controls South Korea and Southern Japan. They are medium sized and medium strong country, but their good relations with China gives them good economic bonuses 80%F+60%W+60%H. Further more, their good economic bonuses are obviously building strong market, as we see 1000000 currency at national treasury.
Colombia: is another medium sized and medium strong country.
Where is the “trick” here? South America is proAsteria (except Chile), while North America is proSirius.
Colombia is geographically at the place where they could attack Mexico and potentially be a threat for the United States.
They even had war with Mexico, where they occupied most of Mexico. Mexico is now gaining regions back. But as long as Argentina controls South America, Colombia has good chances of growing their power.
Portugal: is one of the Top 20 countries in influence. But they can't go anywhere. Spain is too strong for them, as is United States. But they are too strong for Spain. It is a huge paradox, but Spain can't deal with its western neighbor. They seem to have a stable economy in country with 700,000 currency and 900 gold in their national treasury.
Moldova, France and Peru: are here for their own interests. Moldova relies on Romania, while Peru relies on Argentina. But what about France ?
Well that story is a bit longer. In the time of TWO domination, southern France was occupied by Serbia and northern France was occupied by Poland. When TWO split up, (because of Serbia-Poland issues) France decided to go to Serbia's side, even though they were once upon a time having a war against them. But the proSirius side managed to kick Serbia first from France, and than from Italy. France was then divided between USA and Poland for some time, and than Chile came with an Air Strike, and Chile is still in France and Italy.
So did France make a bad decision about moving to proAsteria block? Time will show.
Montenegro: is here due to good relations with Serbia.
Israel: was once upon a time under occupation of Serbia, as well. However Israel is now on their side… They are now under occupation of Cyprus.
Belarus: was under occupation of Albania for quite a time. Now they've liberated themselves. The problem is their neighborhood. Russia and Baltic countries; Poland and Ukraine, all from the other block… They will get some support when Romania occupies Ukraine.
Iran and Australia: are maybe in the worst situation of all the countries in LETO. They are under occupation of Turkey/Indonesia-FYROM-Chile.
Canada: had some movements in UK, but it was soon cleared. Canada makes 15 times less damage than USA, so if we decide to take Quebec and one other region to connect us with Quebec (for iron) I do not think they could defend themselves.
Alliance #2-Aurora

Aurora belongs to proSirius block. Leaders from the shade in this alliance are Chile, Bulgaria and FYROM (all 3 are in the Top 12 countries in influence).
Chile: proved themselves to be excellent ally. They are literally all around the world, and their influence and national treasury continue to grow. This is proven when we see that they have 14/15 bonuses that are both connected and not connected to their Capital. A NAP between Argentina and Chile is the reason for their power. That NAP will probably result in 2 cases: either they will break it and start war or Chile will join proAsteria or Argentina will join proSirius block.
Those two countries are too strong to have a NAP at the moment. It is like when Poland and Serbia were in the same alliance, possible, but not for a long time. Their role could be crucial in stopping Serbia's ability to reclaim Italy and France.
Bulgaria: is a huge surprise for me. They were constantly weaker than Romania, and than all of a sudden, they started to make more damage. They broke NAP and are now controlling some of Romania's regions. Maybe we could see a new NAP between Romania and Bulgaria, but this time in Bulgaria's favor.
FYROM: is 4 times weaker than Greece in influence. However, they are strong enough to keep Australia under occupation with Indonesia and Chile. Maybe some of these countries currently occupying Australia will try to get South Africa's region. We will see…
Indonesia: does not make as much damage as FYROM-Bulgaria-Chile, but they appear to be a stronghold of Aurora. Luckily for them, no one in their neighborhood can mess up with them.
Italy and Germany: are two RL big nations. In eRepublik we do not see them ruling Europe. It is the opposite. Southern Germany has been controlled by Poland for quite a time (I think they have agreement with Poland). Italy freed themselves from Greece, but now Serbia is on the move.
Ireland and Mexico: are on our side. Mexico had some problems with Colombia, but Ireland has not had defensive wars for quite awhile.
Paraguay and Venezuela: both have a NAP with South America. If the NAP is broken they will have problems with Brazil, Argentina and Peru, all from other blocks, and all stronger than them.
Alliance #3-Asteria

Leaders from the shade in this alliance are Serbia and Argentina.
Serbia: was once upon a time very dominating in eRepublik. However, times have changed, and they are no longer the worlds greatest force. Poland is now making more damage. Serbia is now in an active war with Bosnia and Italy. I predict they will win in Italy easily, but the real question is;will we see a war between Serbia and Chile in Italy? Another question is; will Serbia sign a NAP with Croatia? If this NAP is signed, that would a be a huge step forward in Sirius.
Argentina: has shown itself to be the strongest of all nations in Asteria, imho. Serbia and Romania were removed this alliance at one point. In that time, Argentina has been growing its influence in the new world.
Greece: was, and maybe still is, divided between Asteria and Sirius. Some MU's still fight contra Asteria. Greece is now one of the Top 3 countries in influence, with a stable economy and bonuses. As Brazil moved from Sirius to Asteria, I think that Greece could move from Asteria to Sirius. But Greece means more to Asteria than Brazil does to Sirius.
Slovenia: is in this alliance because of Serbia. They are in good relations. However, Slovenia is a relatively weak country, surely the weakest in Asteria, especially when we know that Ireland occupied them in past.
Brazil and China: are here to protect their interests. It is really simple, Brazil wanted to have original regions, which was not possible when they were in Sirius and therefore they exited Sirius and joined Asteria. As they are now in the same alliance as Argentina, they are getting some original regions returned. China, on the other hand, wanted security. They have financial security, and I am pretty sure that they could deal with combined attacks of Sirius just with their money (COs). Stable bonuses attracted lots of players with companies and elite players, and China now uses the benefits of it.
Alliance #4-Root

Root belongs to proSirius block. Leader from shade in this alliance is Lithuania.
Lithuania: is always close to one of the Top 15 countries in influence. Lithuania is leader of the Baltic block, and the strongest country in Russia-Romania-Poland triangle.
Estonia: is holding on very well. They have 2 resources (fruit and oil) needed by far stronger Finland.
Switzerlan😛 is now at its golden age, they are controlling some of the French regions. At the moment they are surrounded by allies, so they are in a good situation, but if Serbia manages to get through Italy and back again into France, it will all get messy for Switzerland again, knowing that Slovenia has attacked them in past.
Slovakia: uses the Turkish attack on Hungary to hold original regions.
Georgia, Bosnia and South Korea: are having problems at the moment. Poland has its gold mine in Georgia's region. But that's not a concern for Georgia, their biggest threat is Argentina who is holding one of their regions, and is attacking Russia as I am writing this. Bosnia and South Korea can't respond to Serbia's and Taiwan's occupation. (Bosnia is controlling its original regions, but it is just temporary…)
Alliance #5-Sirius

Leaders from the shade in this alliance are Poland and Turkey.
Polan😛 is the strongest country in eRepublik. They are in very good relations with Spain and they have shown themselves to be an excellent ally by helping both UK and Spain to get rid of Argentina. Recently they were in war with Serbia, but when Serbia lost its determination bonus, it was made clear that Poland will win that war. Poland now has an open war with Germany, and then maybe they will keep moving to France.
Turkey: is something like Argentina is in Asteria, a Country that has not been conquered for a long time, but they were not attacking anyone for a long time either. While being in peace time, they succeeded to keep their national treasury and influence growing, and are now stable within the Top 5 countries in influence. They have a open war with Hungary. If they manage to win the war and remove Hungary temporarily, that would be a huge success for Sirius. Romania would not help Hungary because Romania is the reason why Hungary left Sirius. Serbia is too busy dealing with Croatia, and Slovenia is simply to weak to help.
Croatia: is the third force of Sirius. Croatia had a RL war with Serbia, and Croatia is having a war with Serbia from the start of the game. However, as Serbia is losing strength, Croatia manages to give headaches to Serbia basically every month. Croatia is 2 times weaker then Serbia, but they have more help from their alliance than Serbia. So when we watch a war between those 2 countries, we can except Croatia to win the MPP battles, and Serbia to win resistance wars. Croatia's potential NAP with Serbia would be a huge relief to Serbia, but a huge loss to Asteria.
Spain and UK: were both under occupation of Argentina. Now they do not have a potential enemy near by, so they can focus on growing influence. UK is something like Slovenia is in Asteria, the weakest country in the alliance (quick note: UK makes 2 times more damage than Slovenia). However, they have earned a place in Sirius due to excellent diplomacy. Spain has excellent relations with Poland, so they decided to join Poland's side rather than Serbia's.
Ukraine: took Brazil's place in Sirius. Ukraine is probably the future of Sirius, we know Ukraine has about 2000 D1 Soldiers and Argentina has more, about 2050
Alliance #6-Asgard

Asgard belongs to proAsteria block. Leader from the shade in this alliance is Finland.
Norway, Finland and Sweden: are all Scandinavian countries. Their combined damage is not really high. At one point in past, they managed to lead successful wars with UK and the Baltic countries. Now they are bound to Scandinavian territory (the only exception is Finland as they have 1 Russian region).
Alliance #7-SinFiliS

SinfFiliS is the neutral alliance consisting of Philippines, Singapore and Egypt. They make about 500,000,000 damage, which is 80 times less than Poland, so they simply can't make much difference.
Alliance #8-Pacifica

Pacifica belongs to proSirius block. Leader from the shade in this alliance is USA.
USA:. I am proud to say that we now have the best bonuses in eRepublik. We managed to connect every region to our capital (except Orient) and now we have 100%F/90%W/80%H. Now we must do our best to extract the best out of this situation. We are within the Top 15 countries in influence. I fell that we should invest money gained from economy to new and old players, so that we can improve our ranks to reach Top 10, Top 5 and who knows; only the sky is the limit. However we should not forget that an AirStrike from a proAsteria country is possible. The good thing is that I see only Argentina being in a situation of air striking on USA's territory. All other proAsteria countries are too busy with their own issues (Serbia, Romania etc.), or simply they do not want to attack anyone (China, Greece etc.)
Russia: is currently in a bad situation. They have to defend vs. Argentina. Otherwise it will be very hard to stop Argentinas offense and reclaim their regions. Romania seems to be biggest threat near by. Russia makes about same dqmage as we do, so our combined damage equals Croatia's damage (7th country in influence).
Latvia: is the 2nd strongest from Baltics countries. Excellent thing is, that their damage equals whole Asgards damage. I am constanly talking about damage because of a clear reason. Latvia is strong enough to spread its influence on Scandinavia, Russia is strong enough to maybe deal with Belarus, or even better to help us. What can USA do? USA is strong enough to deal with both Canada, Japan and Taiwan. If Russia wont be attacked by Romania, than Russia and USA combined can easily defeat Canada-Japan-Taiwan-Belarus, and put Pacifica in even better position, which will certanly attract other strong or middle strong countries to join the alliance.

Alliance #9-Tripod

Tripod belongs to proAsteria block. It consists from 2 countries : Thailand and New Zealand.
New Zealan😛 is trying to get rid of Chile. It is a hard mission for them, they are just to weak to do that. Good thing for them is that Chile does not need all of their region, especially when New Zealand sees how their western neighboor Australia is conquered and divided.
Thailan😛 has been PTOed by Serbia long time ago. So it is clear why they are on Serbians side. With far more money and bonuses than New Zealand, they are in a good position. I do not see war between them and Indonesia.
So that is it for todays WHPR. This was a huge piece of text for the part 1. In the part 2 it will be all about numbers and maps. Stay tuned ! 😉
I hope you could understood my english, cause I am not RL from the States.
TheHandyman



In My Life
Dave Gulya, Secretary of Media


I'll keep this short as I know that we have given A LOT to you in this edition.

I know I'm at the office late...again. I know I'm at the office real late when Wild Owl comes by and tells me to go home and whatever I'm working on can wait.



He's right, but I have just a few more details I want to finalize and the Press Office in Latvia opens soon. I have a call in to their Minister of Information.

Just a little lean back in the chair to rest my eyes for a few minutes won't hurt...

Then I hear clearing his throat. It's The President. He asks if he is interrupting anything and as I clear away the sleep from my eyes, I tell him no. And at that time, I see the piece of paper stuck to my cheek where I have drooled on myself.

Anyway, he asks for a favor. I am the only staff member still here, so I know he is either really desperate or he really trusts me. He begins to recount stories from when he was in college. He ran track and cross country. His preference was always cross country as he really felt a connection with the outdoors. Moving on, I ask him, what it is I can do for him. He tells me of his plan to distract the Security Detail, ditch them and go for a run in the Park. The Security Detail usually makes him take busy streets and he prefers to run in a wooded area, and so on.

I begin to explain my concerns and finally I just say it.

Have you seen these guys?



He instantly calms my fears and reminds me that he is The President of the United States and that position comes with a lot of power.

He goes over the plan.

It's nearing first light when we head out.



I can't get into too much detail but I'm sure several Federal Laws were broken.
dmjohnston went for his run and I continue to serve at the pleasure of The President.



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