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I don't understand what to do. How can I improve my nation's economy? Invade other places?

The easiest way to improve your economy is to accept issues that will lower taxes, and to not impliment new government programs. Privatizing government spending (like health care, roads, etc) also helps.

How about invasions and wars? :sniper: :mp5:

How about invasions and wars? :sniper: :mp5:


How do I go to war against another nation? Or trade?

In one sense, you can't. NationStates doesn't include these things -- because it's a simple game, and because they would bias things in favor of militaristic and capitalist nations. One of the nice things about NationStates is that you can craft a nation into your idea of Utopia without having to worry about such pragmatic concerns as national defence.

Into the breach, however, steps the NationStates community, which has independently devised an entire system covering war, trade, and just about anything else you can think of. This takes place entirely on the forums (mostly in International Incidents), and is role-played.

Many people have asked about the possibility of a more sophisticated version of NationStates, with trade, military conflicts, and more. This does sound cool, but I haven't decided yet if I want to do that. It would be a lot of work, and I'd have to charge people to play it. But it's possible.

http://www.nationstates.net/cgi-bin/index.cgi/page=faq#gameplay

EDIT: See also --
The Euroslavia Series of Helpful Hints: http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=408855
International Incidents Consolidation Sticky: http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=437653

How about invasions and wars? :sniper: :mp5:
Listen to everything Euroslavia tells you, and you'll be fine.

((Ok, maybe not "I have not invaded Chechnya", but everything else. ;)))

~The Concordance~

The easiest way to improve your economy is to accept issues that will lower taxes, and to not impliment new government programs. Privatizing government spending (like health care, roads, etc) also helps.
This is one of the best ways to improve you economy. Being an Evil Conservative, and heartless capitalistic no good b*****d like myself helps too. However some government funding can help you in RP (ie. like genetic engineering, space programs, military spending). Just remember the simple rule: high taxes+large government+lotsa entitlements+anti business practices=crappy economy; Low taxes+lotsa private enterprise+low government spending=great economy.