NationStates Jolt Archive

Note: all the figures are based on RL territory and information.

Nation..................Arable Acres....Population
Caribbean Islands.......6,170,000.......3,800 (incl. Suriname/Guyana)
Venezuela...............6,495,000.......25,017
Solomon Isl.............45,000..........523
Papua New Guinea........550,000.........5,420
SW US/N Mexico..........314,030,000.....67,790
Illyria (Yugoslavia)....16,475,000......12,100
Greece..................4,792,500.......7,400
Eritrea.................1,250,000.......4,447
Ethiopia................24,840,000......67,851
SC France...............23,062,500......30,220
Siberia.................102,887,500.....28,959
Arabia..................9,000,000.......15,200
Somalia.................2,612,500.......9,890
E Spain.................22,897,500......12,618
Nova Scotia.............8,152,500.......938
NC Italy................51,750,000......57,998
Syria...................28,750,000......17,585
Maritime Turkey.........52,345,000......68,109
Guyana..................53,742,500......(See Caribbean)
Suriname................40,817,500......(See Caribbean)
Total...................770,665,000.....435,865
Carrying Capacity*......1,541,330,000

*Using Western European farming methods, 1 arable acre feeds 2 people.

(Currency: 1 coin = $10 US)
Nation=GDP (B)
Papua New Guinea=1.15
SW USA=628
Mexico=94.1
Venezuela=11.79
Solomon Islands=0.08
Illyria=2.5
Greece=18.7
SC France=70
E Spain=48.5
Ethiopia=4.68
Eritrea=0.33
Somalia=0.43
Arabia=28.7
Siberia=78.2
Nova Scotia=0.8
NC Italy=105
Syria=5.8
Maritime Turkey=45.8
Caribbean=2.08
Total=1146.638
GDP/Capita (Exact)=2,654.2

Country=Fish (Mt)
Turkey=594,971
Illyria=38,583
Nova Scotia=600,978
Eritrea=8,820
Ethiopia=15,390
SC France=686,597
Greece=192,190
N Mexico=491,556
Papua New Guinea=53,763
Arabia=57,385
Solomon Islands=30,090
Somalia=20,000
Spain=698,734
SW US=1,801,801
Venezuela=434,569
Caribbean=120,830
NC Italy=228,666
Syria=14,171
Total=5,989,094

National Budget=(billions)

Tax Rate=35%
Total Revenues=401.32
Education (20%)=80.26
Health/Social Services (30%)=120.40
Defence (25%)=100.33
Public Transit (20%)=80.26
Miscellaneous Costs, Gov. Surplus (5%)=20.07
Sources: CIA, Food and Agricultural Organization, RussiaTrek.com

OOC: Feel free to add any constructive comments

... Rome never had a 50% tax rate. It only went higher than one or two percent in times of war, and that was considered tyranical.

... Rome never had a 50% tax rate. It only went higher than one or two percent in times of war, and that was considered tyranical.

This is the modern, democratic version (as Rome probably would develop into)...my original NationState had a 97% rate (as I made the previous administration reckless spenders) and I've lowered it to 50%.