Tiborita
17-12-2004, 06:02
If you don't mind a recycled answer:
how do you give buy things, such as weapons and stuff? And where do you see how much money you have.
Hi. Welcome to NationStates. There is nothing in the game mechanics that simulate buying and selling. Buying and selling is done by roleplay. You'll see in the International Incidents forum several threads of players who who sell things. If you see something you want, you just make a post (example (http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=7520865&postcount=323)) and the player who started the thread will either confirm or deny your order.
As to money, some players have made calculators to help you judge your economy. Each one will probably give you different results, but you'll have an idea of your economy. Here are the ones I know of:
http://www.pipian.com/stuffforchat/gdpcalc.php
http://twr.1colony.com/ver8/calc8.0.html
http://www.thirdgeek.com/nseconomy.php?nation=
http://www.sunsetrpg.com/nsxmlparser.php
http://www.sunsetrpg.com/economystatistics.php
You should also note, a defense budget is not entirely used to buy stuff. Procurement should probably be in the 20%-30% range of a defense budget.