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| Topic Started: 19th April 2014 - 08:54 AM (265 Views) | |
| Arpeggi | 19th April 2014 - 08:54 AM Post #1 |
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Hey guys, since Themata is wanting to get out into the world as far as trade since the economy seems to be on a high I was hoping to get advice on realistic figures for Themata so I don't go too overboard with statistics. Here the situation in Themata: The economy has been overall improving greatly ever since the end of war and ever since it was placed purely under labor union control. A beaten country calls for aid but refuses too much outside help to boost employment and production rates. This has, worked and the economy is rising above expectations. This has spawned plenty of Labor Union Enterprise who are ready to trade with eachother and the world. Now I've gotten these figures from nstracker which I created an entirely new nation to simulate my rp Themata. The NS nation I'm simulating with however has 35 million people while rp Themata has 64 million. Realistically speaking I need help tweeking my numbers. I also want to know if this is realistic figures from a war torn country rebuilding it's country through it's own resources and economy. Mind you only about 4 to 5 citiies werw damaged but not totalled completely with only sections damaged not the entire city. Most damage was enviromental, besides Jerdin, Jerdin was f*cked up. Advice? Exchange Rate T$ 2.5405 = $1 GDP T$ 300,452,116,389.12 GDP/Capita T$ 8,345.89 Imports T$ 35,734,076,640.00 Exports T$ 36,019,949,253.12 Trade Surplus: T$ 285,872,613.12 |
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| President Pete | 19th April 2014 - 04:40 PM Post #2 |
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Finding work after a war shouldn't be a problem. Jobs will be abundant in reconstruction. Financing it will be the challenge, but just like after WWII, governments were able easily enough to finance the work, knowing that the money to repay the loans would come from the profitability of the infrastructure that the loans were paying for. This is why labour unions and corporations are both needed, and why they need to find a middle ground. The corporations will keep the work profitable and make sure that there is money to be made, while the labour unions need to defend to rights of the workers and ensure a fair wage. The corporations need to know that they will still be able to make money. If the new labour laws are clear and simple to follow, then a company can determine if it is able to make a profit out of a projected business plan. But you can't put the responsibility of making money into the hands of the labour unions, because that would stymie their ability to look out for the worker's interests. The unions could own shares of the company and so benefit when the company profits, but any more than that would create a circular spiral of unprofitability. Themata should look at the industries that were strong before the war, and build on that past record of success and its reputation. resolve among the citizenry is usually high after a war, resulting in the morale that's needed to rebuild. This also puts a lot of responsibility on the leader to rally his people together. |
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| Arpeggi | 19th April 2014 - 06:31 PM Post #3 |
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Thank you pete The problem is: Unions are not so inviting to corporations, they are willing to let them into Themata as long as they follow terms & conditions without question. Which is very unattractive to capitalist. Laws in place also make it extremely challenging to impossible for buisiness to rise to corporate levels. The state does run the economy but only by the workers union preferances, which basically means the unions run the show anyway. The state makes money and income lets say rather than corporations, so unions don't necessarly have the responsibility of making money. It's a democratic cooperative between the state and unions, unions simply organizing and demanding ways for the state to enforce the Union's economic policies and rights. For now, that's the way it is, but I understand that a socialist economy and communist economy is nearly impossible this day in age as humans are still selfish and greedy and what not, it's an ideal society for a small village, but humans havn't evolved to the stage of living in that form at a large scale. Corporations will be regulated heavily in the future of Themata. Unions will still hold supreme power to control policies and regulation of the economy and corporations will follow the people rather than the people following the corporations, which could either generate a bad or negative effect. |
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| President Pete | 19th April 2014 - 06:57 PM Post #4 |
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Then why don't you encourage small businesses to take over a large part of the economy? Small businesses have a very hard time exploiting labourers, because the work force and management work so close to one another and must constantly interact, and the smaller company size also limits to an extent the disparity of income between owners and employees. Limit the size of small businesses to 20-30 employees or a certain amount of annual revenue. Then let the government be in control over all capital projects that require big bucks to finance, like large-scale manufacturing, building skyscrapers, etc. Having all the projects'/businesses' finances centralized will lower the need for mega-profits, and put all the money back in the same pot for new projects. But you'll have to watch out big-time for corruption with this type of system. China has a very powerful industrial machine that has been successful in dominating the world market; living conditions for workers have also steadily gotten better, so it is possible. (They just need to improve on human rights.) The biggest area you'll have to watch is the media. You can't have the government controlling/owning the news media without it becoming a propaganda tool. Even here in Canada we have that problem with the CBC. Edited by President Pete, 19th April 2014 - 07:02 PM.
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| Arpeggi | 19th April 2014 - 07:15 PM Post #5 |
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Actually thats what I might do, my NS nation Themata-Arpeggi is exactly the same as my rp one to simulate mainly the economy. Big buisiness isn't alowed in the NS nation but small buisiness is, and that small buisiness splits the economic power 50/50 with the state. According to nationstates, which is somewhat realistic, the economy is strong an stable. As far as media, I'm not sure, it for sure will NOT be under state control. The state has absolutely no power over the civil rights and political freedoms of the people. |
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