NationStates Jolt Archive

Probably been asked before. I couldn't find it, if you know where it has, just post a link there.

I ask this because right now, the Highest Tax Rates is what determines ranks this round. There are thousands of nations with 100% for their average tax rate. The first 3 in the world are the first 3 in their region. The 4th in that particular region does not have 100%. In my region we have 6,258 or so all the way to 6,273 (World Rank) or somewhere around there. Each of us have 100% tax rate (or higher if the game allowed it).

What I am wondering, is what puts some of those people ahead of me, ahead of me, and why am I above others? I have determined that Economy and Population are not the only factors, if they are factors at all.

I suppose what I want to know is how it handles ties. In the case of taxes, there is a massive amount of ties, and it seems to be more important to be in the right region to get a higher, or lower ranking. But there should be more to it than that.

Probably been asked before. I couldn't find it, if you know where it has, just post a link there.

I ask this because right now, the Highest Tax Rates is what determines ranks this round. There are thousands of nations with 100% for their average tax rate. The first 3 in the world are the first 3 in their region. The 4th in that particular region does not have 100%. In my region we have 6,258 or so all the way to 6,273 (World Rank) or somewhere around there. Each of us have 100% tax rate (or higher if the game allowed it).

What I am wondering, is what puts some of those people ahead of me, ahead of me, and why am I above others? I have determined that Economy and Population are not the only factors, if they are factors at all.

I suppose what I want to know is how it handles ties. In the case of taxes, there is a massive amount of ties, and it seems to be more important to be in the right region to get a higher, or lower ranking. But there should be more to it than that.

There is no set code to determine tie-breaks.
I assume it just orders it by the nation it hits first in the region it hits first. Or the other way round.

There is no set code to determine tie-breaks.
I assume it just orders it by the nation it hits first in the region it hits first. Or the other way round.
Maybe. Now I wonder how it figures out which one is first. It is not Alphabetical, nor is it by date in which they entered the region. Or maybe it is when they entered the region, but I couldn't check that. Maybe it has something to do with last accessed? Probably not.

I recall a thread (I'll look for it later) where tax rate was discussed. It seems that the number is capped at 100% or at 0%, but actually it can be quite above 100 and quite below 0. So if you see a nation with 100% tax rate, it actually could have 187% (to say a number) and be cut at 100%.

http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=142139

Thanks, that helps. I suspected as such though, with the open ended variables. However, that does not explain why all the regions were sequential. Maybe the person above me did have 330% while I was at 200%, but as for world rankings, surely there must be other people in other regions that would be between us? I know my Tax rate is quite high, as when it reached 100%, I thought it would be funny to increase it, then I thought, "hey, since it is already at the max, it's not going to hurt them anymore."

I suspect that as the engine is parsing the regions it's just looking for 0 to 100 and ranking accordingly. My region had two nations that were ranked 765 and 766, and, as you have said, I doubt that they are actually anywhere near each other if you were to look at the "real" tax rate.

So I guess it looks at 0 to 100, and then, possibly, looks at age (or length of time in region?)? I know it's not alphabetical.

I know I always rank first in th region on tax rate and I'm the longest inhabitant.