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Being a relatively new nation, The Dominion of Coruna would like to ask the opinion of its fellow nations on a economic/production capapabilities question.

The strength of the Corunian economy rests mainly on our arms manufacturing. If our nation wanted to begin producing arms (infantry weapons like AK-47s and 9mms etc), to what degree would we be able to produce them?

They would not be for sale at a storefront. They would really just be for our regional and national military.
Our economy is 'good' and improving
Our pop is 26 mil and increasing
and defence spending is one of our priorities

I really appreciate any advice that would be given!
Respectfully,
Vera
The Dominion of Coruna

Well, such a thing would be entirely RP (and thus up to you) so there aren't going to be hard numbers -- anything remotely plausible can work.

One idea: if the weapons production is only military, your military might be assumed to have rather better weapons in general than an average nation of your size and economy would, and thus maybe be more effective in combat.

Or you could play it as better access to things like spare parts, ammunition, and replacement guns (and thus more ability to sustain operations, given a decent supply situation otherwise), or a combination of both.

You might also want to interpret "arms" as going beyond simply guns, and including mines, artillery, armored vehicles in which case your entire army would feel the benefits rather than just the guys who carry rifles.

If the weapons did end up for sale, though, this wouldn't be so much, as every @@CURRENCY@@ spent making guns to sell to the Bigtopians isn't going toward your military...

/my two zorkmids, from someone inexperienced in this, may be entirely offbase.

Edit: What the... I meant to reply to this in Gameplay... how'd I end up here? :shock: I need another hour of sleep, methinks...

Like I said, thank you very much for the input. I just needed some idea of what kind of production power I had.