[DoE] Understanding Bonuses

Day 2,440, 03:44 • Published in USA USA • by Department of Citizen Affairs


Economic Bonuses
A lot of us have heard this word being thrown around lately, particularly in PoTUS interviews with the elections around the corner. Why should the ordinary player care about economic bonuses, and how are they helpful to a country?

This article aims to explain economic bonuses to newer players and their political, economic and military ramifications on a country.



All regions on eRepublik are given a single economic bonus, which gives a 20% boost in productivity to the nation holding them.

Food bonuses: Grain, Deer, Fish, Cattle, Fruits
Weapons Bonuses: Iron, Aluminum, Saltpeter, Oil, Rubber
House Bonuses: Sand, Clay, Wood, Limestone, Granite

As of now, no country holds the complete set of bonuses in all three categories, although many including the USA have the means to do so and have held 100/100 in foods and weapons in the past. It must be noted that having multiple regions with the same economic bonus resource will not give you an extra boost in productivity. Furthermore, regions must be connected to a nation’s capital to be eligible to give the full benefit to a country’s resources, as regions that aren’t only provide it with a 10% bonus.

The following table gives an accurate summation of the bonuses currently held by eUSA:





The Current eUS Bonus situation:

As of now, the USA holds a 100/90/80 bonus. We have 60 food bonus in our cores, and gain fish from both Japan and France, while we get deer from Hokkaido, Japan.

Baja, Poitou Charentes and Oriente help us to keep our weapons bonuses. It may be noted that our 90 bonus in weapons is temporary and it will go back to 100 once we’ve closed out the Japanese war. The USA has rental deals with Cuba and Mexico for iron and saltpeter respectively.

The USA was the most well endowed country by the admins in the newly implemented Housing industry. We got 80 house bonus in our cores, far greater than that of any other country.

Nations that are wiped from the map and hence possess no economic bonuses are severely disadvantaged in terms of economic growth. Their income tax evaporates, the cost of finished products goes up and the populace suffers. Full bonus nations on the other hands, enjoy huge benefits but often unwittingly end up being targets of PTO groups. By adopting a reasonably high course for the past few months, eUSA has been able to control its political situation to a large extent and maintain a moderate source of income for the country.