Q5 Hospital in the West Region
Day 701, 03:09
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by Mitch Rapp
The worldwide demand for Q5 Hospitals has dropped enormously. PEACE doesn’t attack any F/E countries anymore for the fear of activating MPP’s and this is the same the other way around. This has left us with two Q5 hospitals in stock (a third one already 40% done) and no one wanting to buy them. Although we are all looking hard on finding buyers for our hospitals and DS it looks like this will take some time.
That is why I want to propose the placement of a Q5 Hospital in the West Region. Yes, the West Region and not Flanders. Here is why:
The West region is the only region that matters. Yes all other regions are also important but the West Region is the only one with a high raw namely grain. This is why we placed a Q5 DS there because if we get attacked and are being overrun we will retreat to the West Region. This is our Alamo.
A lot of the major companies are located in the West Region as well and the grain companies which make up a sizeable part of our tax revenue.
The West region is already very active as in the last congress election 69 people (58 in August) voted in the West Region compared to 74 (86 in August) in Wallonia. A total of 240 people live in the West Region.
Right now the West Region has a Q4 Hospital which will be lost if we place a Q5 Hospital but remember that if we ever get attacked we will all have to move to the West Region and that one time extra fighting will make us much stronger. So although the cost might be high from a strategic point of view and on the long term the placement of a Q5 Hospital will be necessary.
I hope I can count on your support.
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I don't really know if we need another Q5 hospital in our country, but if people are in favor of this then the West Region is the best choice now also in my opinion. There are a lot of reasons why this region is favored now compared to other regions.
Full support for a Q5 hospital in West. If we keep the second for sale, can't we commit on the third (the one under construction) to be put in Flanders? This way eCitizens who want to settle in Flanders would find it attractive. Also a suggestion to commit in long-term plans on building subsequent Q5 hospitals in every region. This would help towards player retention.
The same arguments can be applied to me who wanted the Q5 Defence System placed in eUNL - there isn't the population in our country that would justify having four regions with Q5, nor sacrifice of 270-300gold that would be lost in a sale.
I think it would be better to sell the hospitals though I think the current 270-300gold price tag is too high for the marketplace.
@Lamoraal the placement of a Q5 hospital in the west region should not be connected to the placement of a hospital in flanders. Flanders is a completly different case. The west region is a strategic place that cannot be attacked by another nation unless they first take another dutch region. No RW can be started there unlike flanders where that is relatively cheap. The west region should be our fort as Zoli suggests in this article: http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/-usa-roi-hospitals-and-defense-systems-990162/1/20" target="_blank">http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/-usa[..]/1/20
@ Hugo Q5 Hospitals and DS arent the same. A hospital provides the people in the region with an extra fighting chance and therefoer xp and higher damage. Rigth now we are trying to sell the other onces for a lower price but every major country has their own state company that makes them.
Actually the placement of a hospital in the west region would increase the population there making the Q5 DS that is already there more effective.
I would be tempted to support the placement of a hospital in Flanders first because that would complete the coverage of medical infrastructure in eUNL.
However I also support the view of Mitch with regards to upgrading the hospital in West Netherlands, as part of a wider RW defence strategy.
I ask Mitch: if you propose an 'Alamo' in West Netherlands then surely you can publicly back me when I seek the placement of the Q5DS in Brussels.
@Hugo this topic is about the placement of a Q5 Hospital in the west Region and i believe the placement of a Q5 DS in Brussels is and should remain a seperate issue.
I agree, it's most sensible to have a Q5 hospital in West, first thing. I do not propose to have the first Q5 hospital in Flanders, nor even the second (keep it on sale); only in third instance in order to, as Hugo puts it, complete the coverage of medical infrastructure. In politics, things are more often coupled than not 😉
Investing in infrastructure is useful for attracting and retaining citizens to eUNL, to all regions. When needed, we can still retreat to West.
If you look at countries like Hungary and Romania, they have Q5 Hostpitals all over the place, okay consiedered that they have more citizens, they can afford this better, and it works better, but I think we should look up to them in the long run and try to put hospitals of the best quality in every region. because there is no threat at all right now I would suggest to place the next hospital in Flanders, and the second one (or if we are able to sell one, the one after) in West. That remains us only with 2 more regions without an Q5 hospital. South and East.
@Mitch: The proposed placement of a Q5 Hospital in West NL is not a separate issue to Defence Systems when you try to sell your idea as a national 'Alamo'.
Let me be clear - I support your idea of a national Alamo but I also think that such a policy should have benefits for Brussels too (being the No.1 region in eUNL).
Outside of that Flanders still needs parity with other regions. Fairness should be the cornerstone of our government's policies too. The debate should shift to Flanders perhaps.
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In my opinion, ALL regions should have a Q5 hospital, just like the other super-countries 😉
Indeed all regions need a Q5 hospital and it is good to achieve that. Problem is the costs. For that it needs time to achieve this. We must sell hospitals to to foreign nations because we import a lot of iron, wood, diamonds and oil for gold. But placing a Q5 in Flanders where you can start a RW for only 85 gold is a risk.
As said more active citizens are in West. And West is our most valuable region. That is why now West is best 😉
I support this idea. Of course I'd rather have the gold but if no one is buying right now, let's just invest in our own infrastructure. If a buyer ever comes up, we still have 1.4 hospitals in stock ready to sell 🙂
Hospital in West. yes!!