Join the new world

This is an adaptation with permission of this guide from Buck Roger originally published in Greece.

This article three of a four part article, meant to serve as a reference for new players.
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4

At the end of 45 days, if you play your cards right, you can achieve all of the following:
** Level 16, with access to all the features of the game
** 20 Gold (Rewards from reaching Level 6, Level 16, Strength 5, and Working for 30 days)
** Wages in currency valued at about 5 Gold or more
** Skill 4 in your job
** Strength 5
** Rank 4 (Lieutenant) with a 180% damage multiplier (1.5 times a Private)
** (Optional) The respect and admiration of your peers

This guide will show you how to do all that and a little bit more.


Adolescent Stage: Day 17 to 45 (Levels 13 to 16)

Once you get over the great wellness problem plaguing eChlidren, you have also learned many of the mechanics of the game along the way and are off to a great start. You will be free to pursue the various fun parts of the game more as time goes on; these include making friends, expressing opinion, running for office, fighting for your country, building your wealth, and helping others succeed as you have.

Here are some of the milestones promised at the beginning of this article (in the life of the citizen on an ideal schedule--fighting 5 times a day on almost every day possible to do so, i.e., on every day after Day 😎:

(1) Day 6. Skill 2 in your job.
(2) Day 8. Level 6 and a 5 Gold award.
(3) Day 16. Skill 3 in your job.
(4) Day 21. Level 14 and the ability to run for President.
(5) Day 28. Level 15 and all abilities are unlocked.
(6) Day 30. Hard Worker medal and a 5 Gold award.
(7) Day 36. Skill 4 in your job.
(😎 Day 39. Rank 4 (Lieutenant) fighting mostly bare-fisted.
(9) Day 43. Strength 5, a Super Soldier medal, and a 5 Gold award.
(10) Day 44. Level 16 and a 5 Gold award.

The majority of your experience comes from fighting. The numbers above assume 5 fights a day on every day starting at Day 9. Your progress will be only slightly slower if you fight 4 times a day occasionally. Fighting will give you 2 experience per fight, so 5 times a day makes for 10 experience in a day. The other common methods of gaining experience--food, training, and work--are 1 experience each. That means over three-quarters of your experience comes from fighting. Fighting is also very important for increasing your total damage done over all time, as that determines your rank, and a higher military rank will give you more damage per fight.

Now is a great time to become more active in the eUSA. Join the eUSA Forums, make ingame friends, invite your real life friends, apply to the military, start a newspaper.

Resources:
Guide to Civilian Fighting
Department of Defense - These are your ORDERS, subscribe to this paper and vote it up every day.
Global Defense Report - This will keep you informed about the war
eRepublik in Maps - This newspaper documents all the battles.