NationStates Jolt Archive

My Country

The love of field and coppice
Of green and shaded lanes,
Of ordered woods and gardens
Is running in your veins.
Strong love of grey-blue distance,
Brown streams and soft, dim skies
I know, but cannot share it,
My love is otherwise.

I love a sunburnt country,
A land of sweeping plains,
Of ragged mountain ranges,
Of droughts and flooding rains.
I love her far horizons,
I love her jewel-sea,
Her beauty and her terror
The wide brown land for me!

The stark white ring-barked forests,
All tragic to the moon,
The sapphire-misted mountains,
The hot gold hush of noon,
Green tangle of the brushes
Where lithe lianas coil,
And orchids deck the tree-tops,
And ferns the warm dark soil.

Core of my heart, my country!
Her pitiless blue sky,
When, sick at heart, around us
We see the cattle die
But then the grey clouds gather,
And we can bless again
The drumming of an army,
The steady soaking rain.

Core of my heart, my country!
Land of the rainbow gold,
For flood and fire and famine
She pays us back threefold.
Over the thirsty paddocks,
Watch, after many days,
The filmy veil of greenness
That thickens as we gaze…

An opal-hearted country,
A wilful, lavish land
All you who have not loved her,
You will not understand
though Earth holds many splendours,
Wherever I may die,
I know to what brown country
My homing thoughts will fly.

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--- by Dorothea Mackeller, 1904 ---

Australian News and Current Affairs

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Factbook
1. Introduction (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=11615606&postcount=1)
2. Australian Politics and Economics (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=11615610&postcount=2)
3. Australian Military Forces (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=11615613&postcount=3)
4. Australian Geography (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=11615633&postcount=4)
5. History of Australia (1788-1850) (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=11615644&postcount=5)
6. History of Australia (1851-1900) (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=11615659&postcount=6)
7. History of Australia (1901-present) (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=11615685&postcount=7)

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Current Year (at update): 1915

Economic Summary
Population: 5 million
Tech level: 4.5 (as of 1912)
Production centers: 5 (Sydney 1, Melbourne 1, Perth 1, Brisbane 1, Adelaide 1)
Resources: 14 (Townsville 6, Melbourne 3, Perth 4, Wellington (NZ) 1) - (+5 developed; Melbourne 3, Perth 2)
Food production: 40

Completed Projects
Level 2 Improved Infrastructure

Trade deals
none

Overseas Investments
New Zealand: 1 Growth Point (1910) - 3 Resource Points in NZ
Papua: 1 Growth Point (1912) - Port Moresby becomes minor port
New Zealand: 23 Resource Points (22 in 1912; 1 in 1913) - Assisted construction of first production center
New Zealand: 0.2 Resource Points (1 of 3) - Building lvl 2 Improved Infrastructure; to be completed 1918

Local Investments
New Production Facilities: 4 Growth Points
Resource Exploration: 2 Growth Points

Politicial Review
Capital: Melbourne (temporary)
Prime Minister: Andrew Fisher
Ruling Party: The Labor Party (elected 1910, re-elected 1913)

Foreign Affairs
Australia is a part of,
- The British Empire

Australia is allied with,
- The UK (by default)

Australia is hostile with,
- none

Defence Information


ARMY
Regular forces:
1 garrison division (0.25) units/yr - Covers all of Australia

Reserve forces:
1 reserve infantry corps (0.125) units/yr - Rally point is Melbourne
1 reserve cavalry corps (0.25) units/yr - Rally point is Melbourne

NAVY
Colonial Combined Fleet
1 Gunboat flotilla (GB) (10 ships - tech 4) (0.10) units/yr - Based in Melbourne
Torpedo boat flotilla (TB) (20 ships - tech 4) (0.10) units/yr - Based in Melbourne

Royal Australian Navy
1 Battlecruiser (BC) (0.25) units/yr
HMAS Australia - tech 5 (Coal) - Based in Sydney

5 Light Cruisers (CL) (0.50) units/yr
HMAS Sydney - tech 5 - Based in Sydney
HMAS Melbourne - tech 5 - Based in Sydney
HMAS Brisbane - tech 5 - Based in Sydney
HMAS Perth - tech 5 - Based in Perth
HMAS Fremantle - tech 5 - Based in Perth

1 Submarine flotilla (SSK) (20 submarines - tech 5) (0.25) units/yr - Based in Sydney
1 Destroyer flotilla (DD) (20 destroyers - tech 5) (0.25) units/yr - Based in Sydney
1 Escort flotilla (CE) (20 submarine chasers or corvettes - tech 5) (0.10) units/yr - Based in Sydney
1 Transport group (represents 85 transport ships or 500,000 tons of shipping - tech 5) (0.25) units/yr - Based in Melbourne

Economic Build - 1906
Population: 4 million
Total Local Production: +14
Trade Deficit/Surplus: +4.9
Military Costs: -0.85

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Economic Summary
Growth (Cut-price spending): 5%
Growth points (16 x 0.05) = 0.8


Food
Consumption: 4 units/yr
Production: 32 units/yr
Net amount: +28 units/yr


Domestic
1 Production Center: (2) units/yr
12 Resources: (12) units/yr
Total - 14 units/yr


Trade
Wheat sales (world market): 5.6 Commerce
Coal Purchase (world market): -0.7 Commerce
Total - 4.9 Commerce


Military costs
Regular forces:
1 garrison division (0.25) units/yr

Reserve forces:
1 reserve militia corps (0.10) units/yr
1 reserve cavalry corps (0.50) units/yr

Total - 0.85 units/yr


Energy
Total available: 14 units/yr (0.7 coal - import)
Total required: 14 units/yr
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Order list

BUILD POINTS AVAILABLE: 18.05

Social
Level III Spending, cost: 1.2 (3 per 10 milllion) units
Level 2 Improved Infrastructure, cost: 0.8 (2 per 10 million - 1 of 3) units

Commerce
2 Shipping units, cost: 6 units

Military
No new units

Special
Tribute to Mother England, cost: 8.05 units

ooc: If you want accurate names I'll look them up later. For now I'm just warming up

*It was another quiet winter's day in the city of Melbourne. For once during this time, it was not raining thanks to a late breeze blowing in from the harsh open plains of north western Victoria.*

*The Australian treasurer had decided to keep his old office after his country came into being a few years ago. Back then as the head of the Victorian trade and accounts department he had spent many a day going over the colonial accounts making sure everything fit the bill and where improvements would be needed. Today, not much had changed. He still balanced accounts, only now he did it from all over the country.*

*At least he had more lackeys these days.*

*It was during on of these heavy number crunching sessions that the domestic trade minister made his enterence, unannounced as always.*

"Bloody hell Bill, how many times do I have to repeat myself? Don't bloody interrupt me when I'm in the middle of budgeting!"

"You're always in the middle of budgeting... anyway I thought you might be interested in having a look at this."

"*Sigh* Fine. Let's see what you're all excited about..."

*Mark Haragan took hold of the item that the enthusastic trade minister had all but thrust into his face. It was a leather document wallet, nothing overly fancy, and inside sure enough was a pile of faded documents. The title on the front proudly proclaimed: "Pacific Trade Agreement - 1907"*

*Mark dropped the folder on his desk and held his head in his hands. He could feel another one of those familiar headaches coming on.*

"...what?"

*Mark looked up at the man in front of him pretending - poorly - to act confused.*

"You bloody well know what. We've been through this before."

"Look if you'll just hear me ou-"

"First of all, it's almost August so I doubt this thing would be wrapped up by the end of this year."

"Now I know th-"

"Second and most importantly, you'll need the endorsement of several nations for this even to get a look in not to mention getting it through cabinet-"

"I have."

"Then there is- wait what? What do you mean you have? You saying cabinet actually approves of this pipe dream?"

*Bill Harris stood back, standing as straight as possible with a very smug look on his face. Mark had never before seen anyone look so pleased with himself.*

"Yes, but not only that I've organised through our foreign department a meeting of a number of foreign dignitaries on our shores to discuss the details."

"Through our- mate, your cousin Jimmy does NOT count as 'our foreign department'. At any rate why the hell am I only hearing of this now?"

"You didn't want to be disturbed remember?"

"Oh bloody hell..."

"Also if we had an official department I would've used it."

"Are you- mate, this is the Dominion of Australia, not a bloody republic. Hell why are we even discussing this? How the hell does your cousin Jimmy get the ears of foreign dignitaries, wait no. Stop. Don't tell me. I don't want to know."

"...no. No you don't. In any case it doesn't matter. I have full cabinet support on this, just recently they sent out a petition to mother england so we can have more such deals."

"And if they refuse to allow such dealings?"

"Well by the time any response of the sort gets back here it will be too late."

"God blimey..."

"Hey mate, what's the big deal? You should be happy! I'm putting more money into the coffers!"

"Not bloody yet your not!"

"Come on mate, don't stress. This is state approved, no need to be thinking of paddling up the creek just yet. Come, let me get you a beer. This is celebration time!"

"Celebration time!! Mate, we'll see just how much celebration I'll be doing when I have to deal with the clerical mess these dealings are sure to create!"

"Mate. Beer. On me. You need it."

"...fine. But this better bloody work out."

Economic Build - 1907
Population: 4 million
Total Local Production: +14
Trade Deficit/Surplus: +6.9
Military Costs: -0.85

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Economic Summary
Growth (Cut-price spending): 5%
Growth points 0.8 + (16 x 0.05) = 1.6


Food
Consumption: 4 units/yr
Production: 32 units/yr
Net amount: +28 units/yr


Domestic
1 Production Center: (2) units/yr
12 Resources: (12) units/yr
Total - 14 units/yr


Trade
Wheat sales (world market): 5.6 Commerce
Coal Purchase (world market): -0.7 Commerce
Shipping, 1 million tonnes (2 shipping units): 2 Commerce
Total - 6.9 Commerce


Military costs
Regular forces:
1 garrison division (0.25) units/yr

Reserve forces:
1 reserve militia corps (0.10) units/yr
1 reserve cavalry corps (0.50) units/yr

Total - 0.85 units/yr


Energy
Total available: 14 units/yr (0.7 coal - import)
Total required: 14 units/yr
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Order list

BUILD POINTS AVAILABLE: 20.05

Social
Level III Spending, cost: 1.2 (3 per 10 milllion) units
Level 2 Improved Infrastructure, cost: 0.8 (2 per 10 million - 2 of 3) units
Growth: 1 New Production Facility (Melbourne), cost: 1 Growth Point, 1 Resource Point

Commerce
No new units

Military
No new units

Special
Tribute to Mother England, cost: 18.05 units

Pending the new "competition" with the United States, the Governor-General requests that any spare points that Australia has either be loaned off for profit, invested in the economy in the form of merchant marine, or, preferably, sent to Britain to be used to assist in the modernization of the Navy.

OOC: Not sure if you know this or not, but I'm still paying for your army.

ooc: I thought it was just the navy?

*The Australian Parliament is more than happy to contribute to the prosperity of the empire, eagerly pointing out the number of different policies it has in place to help further the economy.*

(Note - by the time I complete the first production facility I'll be at my production maximum... suggestions as to where to 'invest' these extra points would be more than welcome).

Economic Build - 1908
Population: 4 million
Total Local Production: +15
Trade Deficit/Surplus: +6.85
Military Costs: -0.85

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Economic Summary
Growth (Cut-price spending): 5%
Growth points 0.6 + (19 x 0.05) = 1.55


Food
Consumption: 4 units/yr
Production: 32 units/yr
Net amount: +28 units/yr


Domestic
2 Production Centers: (4) units/yr
11 Resources: (11) units/yr
Total - 15 units/yr


Trade
Wheat sales (world market): 5.6 Commerce
Coal Purchase (world market): -0.75 Commerce
Shipping, 1 million tonnes (2 shipping units): 2 Commerce
Total - 6.85 Commerce


Military costs
Regular forces:
1 garrison division (0.25) units/yr

Reserve forces:
1 reserve militia corps (0.10) units/yr
1 reserve cavalry corps (0.50) units/yr

Total - 0.85 units/yr


Energy
Total available: 15 units/yr (1 coal - import)
Total required: 20 units/yr
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Order list

BUILD POINTS AVAILABLE: 21

Social
Level III Spending, cost: 1.2 (3 per 10 milllion) units
Level 2 Improved Infrastructure, cost: 0.8 (2 per 10 million - 3 of 3) units *Completed*
Growth: 1 New Production Facility (Perth), cost: 1 Growth Point, 1 Resource Point

Commerce
No new units

Military
No new units

Special
Tribute to Mother England: 19 units

OOC: You already have a production center in Sydney so those points can go towards something else... like giving to me so I can build a lot of Dreads...

ooc: I was under the impression that you could have more than one production center per city...

And you and yer bloody begging - Isn't 100+ build points enough? :p

edit - fixed

OOC: Haha, you're right. You can have as many as you want. However, I'm pretty sure that as a market economy you can't build production centers, that you just get them from growth.

ooc: ...bugger. You're right.

...maybe I should switch to communism. :p

edit - Damn rules, consider yourself 45.1 points richer (I better see some more british ships down under f00l!)

ooc: ...bugger. You're right.

...maybe I should switch to communism. :p

edit - Damn rules, consider yourself 45.1 points richer (I better see some more british ships down under f00l!)

....So that trade deal you wanted :)

*ahem* Just sign on the dotted line sir... ;)

Parthini;11704198']OOC: Haha, you're right. You can have as many as you want. However, I'm pretty sure that as a market economy you can't build production centers, that you just get them from growth.

you can build production centers as a market economy... examples Tennessee Valley Authority, government investment in aerospace and naval construction, tax breaks, loans, credits etc

its just that they are expensive

Huh? Really? Might wanna change this then...

"Industrial centers may be built (for 48 points or 24 points if built to replace a resource area) or repaired (for 12 points). In addition, 2 damaged industrial centers can be combined (reflects salvage efforts) to form 1 undamaged industrial center. This represents direct government spending on industrialization, and only command economies may build industrial centers in their own countries. (as its direct competition with the free market). No more then 5 production centers a year may be added in this way by any one country."

Economic Build - 1909
Population: 4 million
Total Local Production: +16
Trade Deficit/Surplus: +6.8
Military Costs: -0.85

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Economic Summary
Growth (Cut-price spending): 5%
Growth points 0.55 + (22 x 0.05) = 1.65


Food
Consumption: 4 units/yr
Production: 32 units/yr
Net amount: +28 units/yr


Domestic
3 Production Centers: (6) units/yr
10 Resources: (10) units/yr
Total - 16 units/yr


Trade
Wheat sales (world market): 5.6 Commerce
Coal Purchase (world market): -0.8 Commerce
Shipping, 1 million tonnes (2 shipping units): 2 Commerce
Total - 6.8 Commerce


Military costs
Regular forces:
1 garrison division (0.25) units/yr

Reserve forces:
1 reserve militia corps (0.10) units/yr
1 reserve cavalry corps (0.50) units/yr

Total - 0.85 units/yr


Energy
Total available: 16 units/yr (0.8 coal - import)
Total required: 20 units/yr
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Order list

BUILD POINTS AVAILABLE: 21.95

Social
Level III Spending, cost: 1.2 (3 per 10 milllion) units
Growth: 1 New Production Facility (Brisbane), cost: 1 Growth Point, 1 Resource Point

Commerce
No new units

Military
No new units

Special
Tribute to Mother England: 20.75 units

Economic Build - 1910
Population: 4 million
Total Local Production: +24
Trade Deficit/Surplus: +6.4
Military Costs: -1.15

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Economic Summary
Growth (Normal spending): 3%
Growth points 0.55 + (21.65 x 0.03) = 1.1995


Food
Consumption: 4 units/yr
Production: 32 units/yr
Net amount: +28 units/yr


Domestic
4 Production Centers: (16) units/yr
8 Resources: (8) units/yr
Total - 24 units/yr


Trade
Wheat sales (world market): 5.6 Commerce
Coal Purchase (world market): -1.2 Commerce
Shipping, 1 million tonnes (2 shipping units): 2 Commerce
Total - 6.4 Commerce


Military costs
ARMY
Regular forces:
1 garrison division (0.25) units/yr

Reserve forces:
1 reserve militia corps (0.10) units/yr
1 reserve cavalry corps (0.50) units/yr

NAVY
Colonial Combined Fleet
1 Gunboat flotilla (GB) (10 ships - tech 4) (0.10) units/yr
Torpedo boat flotilla (TB) (20 ships - tech 4) (0.10) units/yr

Royal Australian Navy
1 Light Cruiser (HMS Sydney - tech 5) (0.10) units/yr

Total - 1.15 units/yr


Energy
Total available: 24 units/yr (1.2 coal - import)
Total required:
Production - 20 units/yr (1.0 coal)
Naval - 4 units/yr (0.2 coal)
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Order list

BUILD POINTS AVAILABLE: 29.25

Social
Level III Spending, cost: 1.2 (3 per 10 milllion) units


Commerce
No new units

Military
ARMY
Upgrade 1 reserve militia corps to 1 reserve infantry corps, cost: 1 unit

NAVY
RAN Naval Order, cost: 27 units
(See British Thread for details)

Special
Tribute to Mother England: 0.05 units
Australia invests in New Zealand: 1 Growth Point

April 1910: After a year and a half of rule under the disillusioned "fusion" of the Freetraders and Protectionist parties, Alfred Deakin is soundly beaten by Andrew Fisher forming the world's first majority Labor government.

It's enough to make conservatives throughout the world quake in terror...

ooc: RL event :p

Economic Build - 1911
Population: 4 million
Total Local Production: +24
Trade Deficit/Surplus: +5.7
Military Costs: -2.15

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Economic Summary
Growth (Normal spending): 3%
Growth points 0.1995 + (20.65 x 0.03) = 0.819


Food
Consumption: 4 units/yr
Production: 32 units/yr
Net amount: +28 units/yr


Domestic
4 Production Centers: (16) units/yr
8 Resources: (8) units/yr
Total - 24 units/yr


Trade
Wheat sales (world market): 5.6 Commerce
Coal Purchase (world market): -1.3 Commerce
Oil Purchase (world market): -0.6 Oil
Shipping, 1 million tonnes (2 shipping units): 2 Commerce
Total - 5.7 Commerce


Military costs
ARMY
Regular forces:
1 garrison division (0.25) units/yr

Reserve forces:
1 reserve infantry corps (0.25) units/yr
1 reserve cavalry corps (0.50) units/yr

NAVY
Colonial Combined Fleet
1 Gunboat flotilla (GB) (10 ships - tech 4) (0.10) units/yr
Torpedo boat flotilla (TB) (20 ships - tech 4) (0.10) units/yr

Royal Australian Navy
1 Light Cruiser (CL) (HMS Sydney - tech 5) (0.10) units/yr
1 Submarine flotilla (SSK) (20 submarines - tech 5) (0.25) units/yr
1 Destroyer flotilla (DD) (20 destroyers - tech 5) (0.25) units/yr
1 Escort flotilla (CE) (20 submarine chasers or corvettes - tech 5) (0.10) units/yr
1 Transport group (represents 85 transport ships or 500,000 tons of shipping - tech 5) (0.25) units/yr

Total - 2.15 units/yr


Energy
Total required: (1.3 coal) (0.6 oil)
Production - 20 units/yr (1.0 coal)
Naval - (0.3 coal)
Naval - (0.6 oil)
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Order list

BUILD POINTS AVAILABLE: 27.55

Social
Level III Spending, cost: 1.2 (3 per 10 milllion) units

Commerce
No new units

Military
NAVY
RAN Naval Order, cost: 8 units
(See British Thread for details)
1 Battlecruiser (BC), cost: 4 (2 of 3) units
4 Light cruisers (CL), cost: 4 (2 of 2) units

Special
Tribute to Mother England: 18.35 units

New Zealand now has 3 resource points (1 to Great Britian, 1 to Australia, and 1 to pay for level 3 social services for its population)

1911 - A call has gone out to the international community to send in designs for the new capitial city of Australia. A competition is to held, with the winner expected to achieve much prestige and international recognition.

ooc: a bit late, but worth noting nonetheless...

1911 - The Northern Territory is seperated from the state of South Australia and comes under commonwealth control following the Northern Territory Acceptance Act 1910.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Northern_Territory

Economic Build - 1912
Population: 4 million
Total Local Production: +24
Trade Deficit/Surplus: +6.7
Military Costs: -2.55

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Economic Summary
Growth (Normal spending): 3%
Growth points 0.819 + (20.25 x 0.03) = 1.4265


Food
Consumption: 4 units/yr
Production: 40 units/yr
Net amount: +36 units/yr


Domestic
4 Production Centers: (16) units/yr
8 Resources: (8) units/yr
Total - 24 units/yr


Trade
Wheat sales (world market): 7.2 Commerce
Coal Purchase (world market): -1.9 Commerce
Oil Purchase (world market): -0.6 Oil
Shipping, 1 million tonnes (2 shipping units): 2 Commerce
Total - 6.7 Commerce


Military costs
ARMY
Regular forces:
1 garrison division (0.25) units/yr

Reserve forces:
1 reserve infantry corps (0.25) units/yr
1 reserve cavalry corps (0.50) units/yr

NAVY
Colonial Combined Fleet
1 Gunboat flotilla (GB) (10 ships - tech 4) (0.10) units/yr
Torpedo boat flotilla (TB) (20 ships - tech 4) (0.10) units/yr

Royal Australian Navy
5 Light Cruisers (CL) (0.50) units/yr
HMAS Sydney - tech 5
HMAS Melbourne - tech 5
HMAS Brisbane - tech 5
HMAS Perth - tech 5
HMAS Fremantle - tech 5
1 Submarine flotilla (SSK) (20 submarines - tech 5) (0.25) units/yr
1 Destroyer flotilla (DD) (20 destroyers - tech 5) (0.25) units/yr
1 Escort flotilla (CE) (20 submarine chasers or corvettes - tech 5) (0.10) units/yr
1 Transport group (represents 85 transport ships or 500,000 tons of shipping - tech 5) (0.25) units/yr

Total - 2.55 units/yr


Energy
Total required: (1.9 coal) (0.6 oil)
Production - 24 units/yr (1.2 coal)
Naval - (0.7 coal)
Naval - (0.6 oil)
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Order list

BUILD POINTS AVAILABLE: 28.15

Social
Level III Spending, cost: 1.2 (3 per 10 milllion) units

Commerce
No new units

Military
NAVY
RAN Naval Order, cost: 4 units
(See British Thread for details)
1 Battlecruiser (BC), cost: 4 (3 of 3) units

Special
Aid to New Zealand (for constuction of production center over existing resource): 22 units
Tribute to Mother England: 0.95 units
Invest in Papua: 1 Growth Point

Economic Build - 1913
Population: 4 million
Total Local Production: +24
Trade Deficit/Surplus: +13
Military Costs: -2.8

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Economic Summary
Growth (Normal spending): 3%
Growth points 0.4265 + (20 x 0.03) = 1.0265


Food
Consumption: 4 units/yr
Production: 40 units/yr
Net amount: +36 units/yr


Domestic
4 Production Centers: (16) units/yr
8 Resources: (8) units/yr
Total - 24 units/yr


Trade
Wheat sales (world market): 12 Commerce
Coal Purchase (world market): -2.4 Commerce
Oil Purchase (world market): -0.6 Oil
Shipping, 1 million tonnes (2 shipping units): 4 Commerce
Total - 13 Commerce


Military costs
ARMY
Regular forces:
1 garrison division (0.25) units/yr

Reserve forces:
1 reserve infantry corps (0.25) units/yr
1 reserve cavalry corps (0.50) units/yr

NAVY
Colonial Combined Fleet
1 Gunboat flotilla (GB) (10 ships - tech 4) (0.10) units/yr
Torpedo boat flotilla (TB) (20 ships - tech 4) (0.10) units/yr

Royal Australian Navy
1 Battlecruiser (BC) (0.25) units/yr
HMAS Australia - tech 5 (Coal)
5 Light Cruisers (CL) (0.50) units/yr
HMAS Sydney - tech 5
HMAS Melbourne - tech 5
HMAS Brisbane - tech 5
HMAS Perth - tech 5
HMAS Fremantle - tech 5
1 Submarine flotilla (SSK) (20 submarines - tech 5) (0.25) units/yr
1 Destroyer flotilla (DD) (20 destroyers - tech 5) (0.25) units/yr
1 Escort flotilla (CE) (20 submarine chasers or corvettes - tech 5) (0.10) units/yr
1 Transport group (represents 85 transport ships or 500,000 tons of shipping - tech 5) (0.25) units/yr

Total - 2.8 units/yr


Energy
Total required: (2.4 coal) (0.6 oil)
Production - 24 units/yr (1.2 coal)
Naval - (1.2 coal)
Naval - (0.6 oil)
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Order list

BUILD POINTS AVAILABLE: 34.2

Social
Level III Spending, cost: 1.2 (3 per 10 milllion) units

Commerce
No new units

Military
Sydney Naval Base upgrade to Naval Yard, cost: 12 units

Special
Tribute to Mother England: 20 units
Aid to NZ: 1 unit
Invest in Resource Exploration: 1 Growth Point

Economic Build - 1914
Population: 4 million
Total Local Production: +16
Trade Deficit/Surplus: +13
Military Costs: -3.6

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Economic Summary
Growth (Cut spending): 5%
Growth points (20 x 0.05) = 1


Food
Consumption: 4 units/yr
Production: 40 units/yr
Net amount: +36 units/yr


Domestic
4 Production Centers: (8) units/yr
8 Resources: (8) units/yr
Total - 16 units/yr


Trade
Wheat sales (world market): 12 Commerce
Coal Purchase (world market): -2.4 Commerce
Oil Purchase (world market): -0.6 Oil
Shipping, 1 million tonnes (2 shipping units): 4 Commerce
Total - 13 Commerce


Military costs
ARMY
Regular forces:
1 garrison division (0.25) units/yr

Reserve forces:
1 reserve infantry corps (0.25) units/yr
1 reserve cavalry corps (0.50) units/yr

NAVY
Colonial Combined Fleet
1 Gunboat flotilla (GB) (10 ships - tech 4) (0.10) units/yr
Torpedo boat flotilla (TB) (20 ships - tech 4) (0.10) units/yr

Royal Australian Navy
1 Battlecruiser (BC) (0.25) units/yr
HMAS Australia - tech 5 (Coal)
5 Light Cruisers (CL) (0.50) units/yr
HMAS Sydney - tech 5
HMAS Melbourne - tech 5
HMAS Brisbane - tech 5
HMAS Perth - tech 5
HMAS Fremantle - tech 5
1 Submarine flotilla (SSK) (20 submarines - tech 5) (0.25) units/yr
1 Destroyer flotilla (DD) (20 destroyers - tech 5) (0.25) units/yr
1 Escort flotilla (CE) (20 submarine chasers or corvettes - tech 5) (0.10) units/yr
1 Transport group (represents 85 transport ships or 500,000 tons of shipping - tech 5) (0.25) units/yr

Total - 2.8 units/yr


Energy
Total required: (2.4 coal) (0.6 oil)
Production - 24 units/yr (1.2 coal)
Naval - (1.2 coal)
Naval - (0.6 oil)
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BUILD POINTS AVAILABLE: 33.4

Social
Level III Spending, cost: 1.2 (3 per 10 milllion) units

Commerce
No new units

Military
none

Special
Tribute to Mother England: 23.2 units
Invest in Resource Exploration: 1 Growth Point

Note - I have been informed that as a result of 1913 resource exploration +6 resource has been added to the countries economy.

That means therefore,
+ 6 build points (I'll save that for next year)
Growth is in fact, 0.0265 + (25.375 x 0.05) = 1.26875
Parth's maths skillz are teh suxx0rs :p

OOC: lol... well... that's why I have people play my bigger dominions :p

NOW DO YOUR BUILD!... please :)

Economic Build - 1915
Population: 5 million
Total Local Production: +30
Trade Deficit/Surplus: +10.2
Military Costs: -3.175

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Economic Summary
Growth (Cut spending): 4%
Growth points 0.26875 + (25.375 x 0.04) = 1.28375


Food
Consumption: 5 units/yr
Production: 40 units/yr
Net amount: +35 units/yr


Domestic
4 Production Centers: (8) units/yr
14 Resources: (14) units/yr
Total - 22 units/yr


Trade
Wheat sales (world market): 11.7 Commerce
Coal Purchase (world market): -2.3 Commerce
Oil Purchase (world market): -0.6 Oil
Shipping, 1 million tonnes
Commerical (7 shipping units): 1.4 Commerce
Tankers (3 shipping units)
Stockpile: 6 Resource
Total - 10.2 Commerce, 6 Production


Military costs
ARMY
Regular forces:
1 garrison division (0.25) units/yr

Reserve forces:
1 reserve infantry corps (0.125 - RESERVE) units/yr
1 reserve cavalry corps (0.25 - RESERVE) units/yr

NAVY
Sydney Naval Yard (tech 4.5) (1.0) units/yr

Colonial Combined Fleet
1 Gunboat flotilla (GB) (10 ships - tech 4) (0.10) units/yr
Torpedo boat flotilla (TB) (20 ships - tech 4) (0.10) units/yr

Royal Australian Navy
1 Battlecruiser (BC) (0.25) units/yr
HMAS Australia - tech 5 (Coal)
5 Light Cruisers (CL) (0.50) units/yr
HMAS Sydney - tech 5
HMAS Melbourne - tech 5
HMAS Brisbane - tech 5
HMAS Perth - tech 5
HMAS Fremantle - tech 5
1 Submarine flotilla (SSK) (20 submarines - tech 5) (0.25) units/yr
1 Destroyer flotilla (DD) (20 destroyers - tech 5) (0.25) units/yr
1 Escort flotilla (CE) (20 submarine chasers or corvettes - tech 5) (0.10) units/yr
1 Transport group (represents 85 transport ships or 500,000 tons of shipping - tech 5) (0.25) units/yr

Total - 2.8 units/yr


Energy
Total required: (2.3 coal) (0.6 oil)
Production - 22 units/yr (1.1 coal)
Naval - (1.2 coal)
Naval - (0.6 oil)
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BUILD POINTS AVAILABLE: 43.025

Social
Level III Spending, cost: 1.5 (3 per 10 milllion) units

Commerce
10 Shipping Units, cost: 10 units
5 Liner Units, cost: 5 (1 of 2) units

Military
None

Special
Tribute to Mother England: 20 units
Aid to NZ: Construction of Tech 4 road and railroad infrastructure improvements, cost 0.2 (1 of 3) units
New Production Center (Adelaide): 1 Growth Point, 1 Resource Point
6.325 units held in reserve

*In a message to the Australian populace and the world in general, the government has announced that it intends on organising and funding a number of expeditions to various locations for both scientific and economic interest.

Amongst areas indictated are the following areas of interest:

* Papua (exploration of the internal regions; scientific and economic interest)
* Antarctica (exploration; scientific interest)
* North Western Australia (the Kimberlies, scientific survey each for botany and geology; scientific interest)

When asked how the government intended to fund such extravagant ventures and why, a speech on the recent boost in mining projects due to the labor government's dedication to exploration of the interior and the recent global focus on exploration due to the Antarctic dispute is used to highlight both the importance and opportunism of such projects.

The news is expected to be met well by the Australian Scientific Community which is always often on the look out for grants and funding.*