Join the new world

Welcome to eBelgium! You have started a new Citizen (or been accepted for immigration into our country). You have worked, trained, fought and now don't know what else to do. Here's a guide on how to maximize your eRepublik experience.

REMEMBER, THIS IS A SOCIAL STRATEGY GAME

There really aren't that many things to do in the actual game other than work, train, and fight. What keeps the long-time players coming back is the social aspect of the game.

1) Subscribe and read newspapers that are informative and/or entertaining.
2) Join the eBelgian forums. This is where Belgian citizens and other players from around the world talk about the game, offer help and socialize as well.
3) Chat on IRC. Use rizon.net, mibbit.com/chat (Rizon server), ChatZilla or mIRC to talk to fellow eRep people. The National room is #eBrussels. Also, most political parties have their own room.
4) Send a friend request to prominent players. Not only will they often help you, you will be able to see their shouts and stay in the loop about what's going on.
5) If you're a new citizen or need help, contact citizen.info and you will be helped.

You'll notice #2 and #3 involve going off-site. There's a reason for that: The more you play this game, the more you'll realize it's full of bugs and inconsistencies. Because of this, the people who play this game have developed their own resources to communicate.

HOW TO FIGHT AND USE THE HOSPITAL

1) Make sure you live in Brussels. If not, ask citizen.info or your political party for a free moving ticket. Wait until after moving to fight.
2) Go to the Ministry of Defense newspaper to find the correct battle to fight in.
3) If you have extra money, buy weapons at the Marketplace (under the Market tab on top). If not, you can fight without a weapon. It's more efficient to buy multiple Q1 (one-star) weapons than weapons of a higher quality.
4) The number of times you can fight per day:
Wellness between 80-100: 5 times
Wellness between 70-79: 4 times
Wellness between 60-69: 3 times
Wellness between 50-59: 2 times
Wellness between 40-49: 1 time
This is why it's important to keep your wellness as high as possible. If you need help keeping your wellness up, ask citizen.info.
5) The most important step: Use the hospital after you fight.

On these pages, click "Heal" next to Hospital and your wellness will be boosted.

You can only use the hospital once per day. Do not fight after using the hospital.

JOIN THE MILITARY

This is one of the most fun parts of the game. Not only can you get to fight in big battles, but the military will often supply you with free weapons and/or moving tickets. It also has a lot of cool people.

Here's the application form

Thank you for reading. Again, please provide input if I'm missing something.

I "borrowed" this, with some changes from a guide written by ligtreb. Any errors or omissions are mine and mine alone.