NationStates Jolt Archive


A Country for Sale

Present Day Comatica
25-10-2004, 02:12
I am selling the Allied States of Phoenix Mere at auction. Here is it’s description:

UN Category: Liberal Democratic Socialists
Civil Rights:
Below Average
Economy:
Good
Political Freedoms:
Superb

Location: Phoenexus

The Allied States of Phoenix Mere is a large, safe nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 36 million love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Social Equality, and Commerce. The average income tax rate is 26%, but much higher for the wealthy. A healthy private sector is led by the Book Publishing industry, followed by Automobile Manufacturing and Gambling.

The mining industry is making inroads into environmentally sensitive areas, the phoenix is a protected species, the automotive industry soaks up huge government handouts, and the latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller. Crime is relatively low, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Phoenix Mere's national animal is the phoenix and its currency is the Spark.

The starting bid is 15 billion dollars. The auction will close when someone does not counter bid for 1 day. Very well. The buyer will receive the password via telegram. Then they may change the password, national animal, the currency, the flag, and then sculpt it in their own image. The difference between this and making your own is that I’ve made some of the decisions that you make when you first start out already, so you can take it from here.
Present Day Comatica
25-10-2004, 02:32
Bump
Shessara
25-10-2004, 02:39
Who would buy such a tiny nation? Even the smallest of my satellites has at least 500 million...
Present Day Comatica
25-10-2004, 02:58
meh, someone might want it.
Godular
25-10-2004, 03:04
Yer starting bid is a little high, but we'll go for it.

15 bill
Present Day Comatica
26-10-2004, 00:37
Yer starting bid is a little high, but we'll go for it.

15 bill

High?

For a Country? Think, for 15 billion dollars, you are buying tens of millions of people (Basically).

But thank you for bidding.
Foolish Pesants
26-10-2004, 00:43
Why would you want to sell a nation IC? It makes little sence....
Fruity Loops
26-10-2004, 00:46
20 billion!
Witzgall
26-10-2004, 00:50
50 billion. Don't ask why.
Fruity Loops
26-10-2004, 00:58
75 billion! (i need a small colony...)
Anatania
26-10-2004, 01:01
100 Billion!!
Present Day Comatica
26-10-2004, 01:09
100 Billion!!

hes winning so far...

OOC: You could make this nation your puppet, or something.
Witzgall
26-10-2004, 01:12
200 billion.
Luciferius
26-10-2004, 01:13
275 Billion!
Witzgall
26-10-2004, 01:14
500 billion.
Present Day Comatica
26-10-2004, 01:15
it's picking up now...
Luciferius
26-10-2004, 01:16
700 Billion!
Witzgall
26-10-2004, 01:16
701 billion.
Luciferius
26-10-2004, 01:17
725 Billion!
Witzgall
26-10-2004, 01:18
725.1 billion.
Luciferius
26-10-2004, 01:21
775 Billion!
Anatania
26-10-2004, 01:22
Way to much now!!!
Witzgall
26-10-2004, 01:22
800 billion.
Witzgall
26-10-2004, 01:22
Way to much now!!!

Not for some people, like me. :)
Tharra
26-10-2004, 01:24
How about 1 trillion.
DeAnte
26-10-2004, 01:25
830 Billion!!!
DeAnte
26-10-2004, 01:26
2.5 Trillion!!!
Witzgall
26-10-2004, 01:26
I'm out, with the highest bid 1 trillion dollars...too much for that nation.
Lord Gohmess I
26-10-2004, 01:27
Jesus, talk about high prices. I wish i still had my old nation, maybe it was rich, never checked the economics site.
Luciferius
26-10-2004, 01:28
2.9 Trillion!
Present Day Comatica
26-10-2004, 01:28
DeAnte:

Are you sure you can afford that much?
Falastur
26-10-2004, 01:32
OOC: Yeah, DeAnte, that's half your Government budget. You might win the auction, but your country would collapse.
Present Day Comatica
26-10-2004, 01:34
I have confirmed that DeAnte can well afford this country, at the current bidding rate.

Continue.
Tharra
26-10-2004, 01:37
3 trillion; you'll find my ation to be quite wealthy (we have a government budget of nearly 51 trillion, and of this, only 40 is actually spent).
DeAnte
26-10-2004, 01:38
DeAnte:

Are you sure you can afford that much?

For now. Depends on how much longer this keeps going.
Rinceweed
26-10-2004, 01:39
Why bid Trillions when you can bid....BILLIONS!
Luciferius
26-10-2004, 01:40
3.7 Trillion!
Present Day Comatica
26-10-2004, 01:40
3 trillion; you'll find my ation to be quite wealthy (we have a government budget of nearly 51 trillion, and of this, only 40 is actually spent).

Excellent
Tharra
26-10-2004, 01:41
I'm really getting tired of this: 4 trillion USD (over 7 trillion tharran livres).
Luciferius
26-10-2004, 01:43
4.2 Trillion! I'll be happy when this is finally over.
Present Day Comatica
26-10-2004, 01:45
OOC: You guys are high rollers.
Tharra
26-10-2004, 01:49
5 trillion!

~H.I.M. Emperor Alexander II, etc.

visit our national website at: http://acidgoblin.freeservers.com/
Luciferius
26-10-2004, 01:50
OOC: You guys are high rollers.

Phoenix Mere will be too after a while under Luciferian governance.
Present Day Comatica
26-10-2004, 01:51
Excellent!
JoeMorgan
26-10-2004, 01:53
5.4 Trillion
Present Day Comatica
26-10-2004, 01:57
even more excellent!
Peoplopia
26-10-2004, 02:00
What are you going to do with all that money? ;)
Present Day Comatica
26-10-2004, 02:02
What are you going to do with all that money? ;)

Well, I was gearing toward buying a different nation for sale, but this guy out bidded me by a longshot.
Present Day Comatica
26-10-2004, 23:06
bump
Present Day Comatica
28-10-2004, 01:34
Ladies and gentlemen, we have a buyer! Phoenix Mere shall go to JoeMorgan!

Congratulations!