NationStates Jolt Archive

OOC: After posting my economic guru's analysis of Clandonia Prime, I got a couple requests from people wanting me to write about their nations...

Subject: Maraque

Per your request, our nation's financial gurus were put to work analyzing your nation.

Your nation's per capita GDP of $47,775 is quite impressive. With such productive citizens, your people should be able afford many of the finer things in life.

After further analysis, we expect a typical worker in your nation to take home approximately $35,831 after your corporations and federal government have taken their cuts. Our analysts believe this is more than sufficient for your people to purchase anything your federal government does not provide.

Breakdown:

Education:
Our analysts estimate your school system must provide educations to approximately 768,867,600 students between the ages of 5 and 18. Your budget of over $5 trillion means you are spending around $6,543 per student. This is roughly $1,000 better than an average school district in the modern day United States. Your public schools should be very good. However, anyone wanting to go to college must find a way to pay for it. Most families will be able to afford to send their kids to college. However, single income families and families with multiple children attending college may struggle to afford tuition costs.

Healthcare:
Your nation spends $778 on healthcare per person. This is not enough to provide universal healthcare to all your citizens. However, it is enough to provide emergency services to all that need it, and provide basic medical care to your poorest citizens. Your nation's poor will be able to count on the government to mend broken bones, perform minor surgeries, etc; but expensive procedures and long-term care are out of the question. Most of your citizens will likely purchase health insurance with their own money.

Social Welfare:
Our analysts expect 376,899,995 of your citizens will require financial assistance of some kind during a typical year. These are your unemployed, persons with disabilities, and persons with other hardships. Your allocation of slightly over $3.5 trillion means you have allocated $9,454 for each of these persons. Of course, not all of them will require that much assistance. Generally speaking, our gurus believe you have allocated enough money towards social welfare that your least fortunate citizens can live a modest lifestyle.

Law & Order:
Crime rates in your nation are low, so our gurus believe your spending in this area is adequate. We would expect very little violent crime in your nation. White collar criminals are more common.

Commerce:
Your nation's economy is booming. No complaints here.

Public Transportation:
Your 6% allocation is enough to provide your nation with basic infrastructure (roads, highways, etc). Large urban centers will likely need to impose minor taxes or tolls to supplement your federal spending.

Social Equality:
Your 15% allocation is more than generous. Minorities and children of underprivileged families will have ample access to government grants and loans. Our gurus would expect a large chunk of this allocation to be spent on providing college tuition assistance to children from lower class families. This area may be over-funded.

Defense:
This is your nation's weakness. You aren't spending any money on defense at the moment, so your nation is vulnerable to foreign aggression. However, your nation is sufficiently rich that an army could be raised rather quickly by boosting your tax rate. Still, your military would suffer from inexperience and lack of military infrastructure.

Overall Evaluation:
Your people live quite well, and have excellent opportunities. Your least fortunate citizens are taken care off. If anything, we recommend boosting your tax rate slightly to fund your military. Alternatively, money could be diverted from social equality and commerce. Overall, our gurus believe your nation is managed well.

ooc: Would you mind if you did an economic analysis on my nation too? Your analyses seem very in depth and I want to see what my nation is like...

ooc: Would you mind if you did an economic analysis on my nation too? Your analyses seem very in depth and I want to see what my nation is like...

Sure. It may take me a day or so to get around to it.

OOC: Wow that is incredibly awesome. It being done by an unbiased source just makes it all that much better. :eek:

My nation kicks ass, man... :)

IC:
The Nation of Skibereen would seek to contract fiscal experts of Dartia to perform an impartial analysis of the economic state of Skibereen.

It is felt that this objective analysis would serve to better the reputation of Skibereen globally.


OOC: any information I should give if you will indeed offer the same service to me?

OCC: If you could do this for me sometime, it would be most apreciated, but I understand if you dont, you're probably filled with requests.

OOC- I would be interested....

OOC: eh, do my nation too, even if the NStracker/economy is stupid, stupid NS issue eliminating my tax rate and military spending.

Subject: Oslea

Per your request, our gurus have analyzed your nation’s finances.

Your nation’s per capital GDP of $17,462 is decent but not great. Provided your government spends its money wisely, your population should be able to afford modest lifestyles.

After further analysis, we expect a typical worker in your nation to take home to $11,001 after your corporations and federal government have taken their cut. Your people still have enough money to afford modest lifestyles provided your government provides them with a reasonable selection of services.

Breakdown

Education:
Our gurus expect 39,999,000 students between the ages of 5 and 18 to attend your schools this year. Your educational budget of around $113 billion means your federal government is spending $2,824 a year per student. Unless your state and local governments tax your citizens further to supplement your educational spending, we would expect your schools to suffer in a number of areas. Your teacher to student ratios will be less than ideal, extracurricular activities will be almost non-existent, school buildings will be old, and text books will need to be used for many years before being replaced. Still, your students will learn the fundamentals. Those wishing to attend colleges will need to pay their own way, which our gurus believe will be very difficult for everyone except your upper-class.

Healthcare:
Your federal government allocates roughly $113 billion towards providing healthcare to your citizens. This amounts to $567 a year per citizen. This is not enough to provide universal healthcare to your citizens, and the majority of your citizens will not be able to afford health insurance of their own. Our gurus would expect emergency care to be available to your citizens. Doctors will mend bones, perform minor surgeries, etc. People needing expensive procedures, extended care, or elective surgeries will be out of luck unless they are part of your upper-class. Your doctors will need to pick and choose very carefully who they help, so they can get the best bang for their buck.

Social Welfare:
Our gurus expect 24,929,900 of your people will require financial assistance of some sort in a given year. These are your worst off citizens; the unemployed, the disabled, and persons with more children than they can provide for. Your social welfare budget allows you to spend roughly $4,531 per person. These people will have the bare essentials; food, water, clothing, and a roof over their head. Life will be hard for your poorest citizens, but you don’t have people out on the street dying of starvation or anything horrible like that.

Law & Order:
Crime is moderate in your nation. You aren’t spending terribly much on law enforcement. Our gurus expect the bulk of your crime to be youth-related crimes like theft and vandalism. Your population does not strike us as being particularly prone to violence, so we would expect low instances of violent crime. Our gurus believe your spending in this area is right on the mark. Crime isn’t out of hand, and there are better areas where money could be used.

Commerce:
27% of your budget is being spent to promote commerce. Our gurus applaud your efforts to promote a healthy economy, but wonder if you might have gone a bit overboard. We expect your businesses are doing reasonably well, and are getting more subsidies, tax breaks, and handouts than they really need.

Public Transportation:
You are not spending any money in this area. Your state and local governments must impose taxes and/or tolls to fund roads and highways. Most of your people cannot afford to pay a lot of money to their local governments, so we would expect your transportation systems to be grossly under funded. Our gurus expect some of your commerce budget is being spent to build roads for your businesses.

Social Equality:
You are not spending any money in this area. All things considered, our gurus agree with this decision.

Defense:
Your defense budget is quite impressive for the size and economic power of your nation. With $234 billion being spent every year, your nation is able to afford modern aircraft and naval ships in reasonable numbers. Your nation is well defended for its size. Our gurus feel this area is over-funded.

Overall Evaluation:
Your people are moderately well off, but could be doing better. Your tax rate seems pretty reasonable, but we recommend altering your budget. Our gurus believe you should sacrifice some of your defense spending and to a lesser extent commerce. Your educational and public transportation budgets need more money (with emphasis on education). We have found educated citizens are more productive and less prone to commit crimes. Our gurus believe losses to your military will eventually be offset by your nation's improved productivity.

ooc: Wow, that's really, really informative... I didn't know my nation was that bad, or at least, not that good. Now I have to spend more on education, healthcare, and public transportation now, I always thought I spent enough there (except for public transportation *cough*). Anyway, thanks for the analysis!

Our financial gurus will attempt to provide reports for any nations that want them. Requests will be processed in the order in which they are received. Our gurus will try to do 1-3 per day until they find something more important to do :D

Do me too! 'corse it doesn't mean a whole lot because my nation has some rather different management structures. But still...My nation is a very police-state like corporation ruled place all made to the benefit of one family.
But things are getting better.

Hey, can you do mine too, please?

Do mine. Please. I'll pay you five dollars. In real life if you do mine first.

Do mine. Please. I'll pay you five dollars. In real life if you do mine first.

IC:
The Nation of Skibereen would seek to contract fiscal experts of Dartia to perform an impartial analysis of the economic state of Skibereen.

It is felt that this objective analysis would serve to better the reputation of Skibereen globally.


OOC: any information I should give if you will indeed offer the same service to me?


I have just been using what NSEconomy says combined with info from your Nation State page. If you want your budget spent differently that what NSEconomy says, post whatever figures you want used.

You are next in que, but I am about to go out for a bit. Might get to you tonight, but most likely tomorrow.

I'll join the queue (sp?) for your in-depth analysis. This looks like fun.

I'd like to, when you get a chance.

Subject: Skibereen

Per your request, our nation's financial gurus were put to work analyzing your nation.

Your nation's per capita GDP of $32,075 is solid. Your citizens are productive, and should be able to enjoy good but not lavish lifestyles.

After further analysis, we expect a typical worker in your nation to take home approximately $4,089 after your corporations and federal government have taken their cuts. Due to your exceptionally high tax rate of 83%, your people rely heavily on your federal government to provide for their needs.


Breakdown:

Education:
Our analysts estimate your school system must provide educations to approximately 1,206,402,000 students between the ages of 5 and 18. Your budget of over $50 trillion means you are spending around $41,633 per student. With this much funding going into education, your students enjoy the best of everything. They have excellent teacher to student ratios, state-of-the-art computers, excellent laboratories, the latest books, highly qualified teachers, etc. There is enough money left over that your people are able to pursue higher educations free of charge. Even though our gurus are big supporters of educational spending, they feel you can afford to spend less in this area.

Healthcare:
Your nation spends no money on healthcare. Given your high tax rate and powerful economy, our gurus expect the availability of healthcare to vary greatly. Few of your citizens can afford to buy health insurance on their own after paying taxes. However, your profitable corporations have adapted. They provide medical benefits to your nation’s valuable skilled workers. Easily replaced unskilled workers have no healthcare whatsoever. Your medical schools are well-funded, so they are able to provide some relief to your working class, but that is far from enough to go around.

Social Welfare:
Your nation spends no money on social welfare. Like healthcare, our gurus expect your high tax rate combined with your powerful economy to create a great rift in living conditions. Very few of your people own their own homes. They simply cannot afford them after paying their taxes. Again, your profitable corporations have adapted. Employees with valuable skills or experience receive housing and food as part of their employee benefits. Those people probably live very well as corporations compete for their services by offering them better benefits. Unskilled workers have to fend for themselves using whatever they have left after paying taxes. These people live in slums, and have a very basic diet. Your unemployed, disabled, etc rely on whatever charity they can get to stay alive.

Law & Order:
You spend around $30 trillion in this area. Crime is practically non-existent. Our gurus believe you could spend less on law & order without noticing too much of an increase in crime.

Commerce:
Your nation's economy is doing quite well. No complaints here.

Public Transportation:
Your 1% allocation is enough to provide your nation with very basic transportation infrastructure (roads, highways, etc). Your roadways are slightly underdeveloped. Fortunately, few of your citizens own cars, so the need for roads is greatly diminished. Given the fact a large part of your population live in corporate owned housing (presumably near where they work), our gurus expect your people to walk or ride bicycles to work. Still, your businesses will require plenty of roads. Thus, we recommend increased spending in this area.

Social Equality:
You spend 0% on Social Equality. There is a big gap between the lifestyles of your skilled and unskilled workers.

Defense:
Your nation has a huge defense budget of over $42 trillion. Your army is vast, and has the best equipment money can buy. Generally speaking, your generals get whatever they want. Your military probably has all sorts of top secret weapons other nations only dream about. Our financial experts believe your military is over-funded.

Religion & Spirituality:
Your nation spends nearly $13 trillion in this area. Your citizens have access to churches should they choose to attend them. Our gurus would expect your churches to be nice, but not lavish. A considerable portion of your religion budget is likely used for church sponsored charities, which mainly focus on helping your worst off citizens.

Overall Evaluation:
Analyzing your nation was our gurus’ most difficult task so far. Your strong economy combined with your high tax rate make your nation unique and unpredictable. Your people do not have much money of their own to spend, but your rich corporations have adapted somewhat to protect their most valuable employees. Valued workers live well. Unskilled workers live in very poor conditions, and quite a few live very short lives. Our financial experts recommend lowering your tax rate to allow your citizens to pay for more of what they need themselves. Defense, Law & Order, and Education are all over-funded in our estimation. If you cut your spending in those areas and put that money back in the hands of your people, you might see some improvement. However, if your nation isn’t terribly bothered by the suffering of your lower-class, your nation is doing quite well.

OOC: Like I said, this one was the hardest to do. Your government is managed a lot differently than most. I envision your nation as one where your people are paid very little, but your corporations take care of their most important employees. So your corporations, government, and most skilled workers are doing well; but the average joe has a pretty hard life.

Que:
Franberry
Willink
The Silver Sky
Uldarious
The World Soviet Party
GruntsandElites
Ezaltia
Teraq

OOC: I haven't forgotten about this thread, but I have to watch football on the weekends. I can't help it. For some reason, when I sit on the couch when football is on TV, my legs stop working.

I don't like watching football, but I love to play it. Also, how did you write that post? HMMMM? If you're on the couch? HHMMMMMMM?!?

I want mine done too please.

ooh please do mine. I know my nations a tad on the third-world side but still.

I'll put in the request for my self thank you

Subject: Franberry

Per your request, our nation's financial gurus were put to work analyzing your nation.

Your nation's per capita GDP of $29,667 is solid. Your citizens are productive, and should be able to enjoy good but not lavish lifestyles.

Further analysis shows that your nation is communist. You government takes all that your people produce, and provide them with goods and services in return. Your people are completely reliant on your government.

Breakdown:

Education:
Our analysts estimate your school system must provide educations to approximately 383,307,000 students between the ages of 5 and 18. Your budget of over $10.2 trillion means you are spending around $26,597 per student. With this much money being put into your educational system, your schools are top notch. Even after providing your youngest pupils with excellent educations, you have sufficient funds remaining to pay for qualified students to attend colleges and trade schools. Our gurus believe your educational spending is right on the mark.

Healthcare:
Your nation spends roughly $8.5 trillion on healthcare, which amounts to approximately $4,455 per person. Citizens across your country enjoy universal access to quality healthcare. Your hospitals feature state-of-the-art equipment and qualified doctors. Services of all types are available excluding very expensive long-term care and some of the more expensive elective procedures. Our experts believe your spending in this area is perfect.

Social Welfare & Social Equality
Between Social Welfare and Social Equality you spend roughly 10.2 trillion dollars ever year on housing, clothing, food, etc for your people. This amounts to roughly $5,348 per person. Your people have the essentials to survive, but not much else. Their dwellings are small and very light on luxuries. The gurus believe this area is under-funded.

Law & Order:
You spend around $8 trillion on law enforcement. Crime is nearly non-existent. Your police presence is felt on every corner in every city, and nothing escapes their prying eyes. Our gurus believe you could cut your Law & Order budget in half, and recommend diverting it to Social Welfare.

Commerce:
Your nation's economy is doing quite well. No complaints here.

Public Transportation:
Your 7% allocation translates to roughly $4 trillion in spending every year. Few of your people have cars, and rely heavily on public transportation and bicycles. Numerous mass transit systems are available to your people including subways, trains, buses, and even a small state run airline. Our gurus approve of your spending here.

Defense:
Your nation has a defense budget of over $566 billion. Your spending exceeds that of the real life United States (not including operation costs). You can afford an army of 1,500,000 highly trained troops with the best equipment the world has to offer, or you could sacrifice quality and field a massive army.

Religion & Spirituality:
Your nation spends nearly $1.1 trillion in this area. Your citizens have access to churches should they choose to attend them. Our gurus would expect your churches to be nice, but not lavish. If you were inclined, this money might be better spent on Social Welfare, but if religion is important to your people, your spending here seems appropriate.

Overall Evaluation:
Overall, your nation seems to be managed well. Our gurus do recommend diverting money from Law & Order to Social Welfare. We feel the you could improve the quality of life in your country greatly, and still maintain a low crime rate.

Que:
Willink
The Silver Sky
Uldarious
The World Soviet Party
GruntsandElites
Ezaltia
Teraq
KooleKoggle
Kurona
Granade Turquesa Isla

*Jumps up and down.*

Me! Me! Me!

;)

If it helps any - as well as having most industries currently in the top ten of my region, I am also constantly number one for culture, and utter last for apathy ratings.... oh and 100% tax rate ftw \o/

Sweet, I own

and yeah, I dont know whats up with all the Relgion spending, I'd rather have it in defense or Social Welfare

I request an economic reading, if you will.

I'd like to get an expert's opinion about my national economy also, if you find the energy to go through the long line of nations with the same request.

This is an interesting and informative threaD you have Dartia. I won't ask you to do me, as the results may be a little scary, but y'know, revolutions and all should fix that. Besides, your gurus only need a pair of binoculars to analyse Naasha just across the sea.

Can I have a proper one adressing my entire economy rather than just a small bit?

Can I have a proper one adressing my entire economy rather than just a small bit?

Ya, sure.

Yours was the first one I did. It wasn't as detailed. I'll delete that one and do a proper one.

You were first in line, so I will get to yours next. In fact, I am probably going to do yours and another one right now.

(OOC: Oh! Oh! Put me on the list! Pleeeaaase! I'd love to see my Education budget summed up :) )

Ya, sure.

Yours was the first one I did. It wasn't as detailed. I'll delete that one and do a proper one.

You were first in line, so I will get to yours next. In fact, I am probably going to do yours and another one right now.

Thanks mate, keep up the good work they are very detailed you obviously spent some time looking through everyones economic stats.

I would like to have one as well, since I need the numbers to built my MT nation.

Subject: Clandonia Prime

Per your request, our nation's financial gurus analyzed your nation.

Your nation's per capita GDP of $23,113 is good but not remarkable. Your citizens are productive, and should be able to live well, but not lavishly.

After further analysis, we expect a typical worker in your nation to take home approximately $11,694 after your corporations and federal government have taken their cuts. This is sufficient for your people to live modestly provided your government provides them with a reasonable selection of services.

Breakdown:

Education:
Our analysts estimate your school system must provide educations to approximately 65,727,000 students between the ages of 5 and 18. Your budget of over $26.5 billion means you are spending around $404 per student. This is far from adequate. Your state and local governments must impose hefty taxes to provide your citizens with fundamental schooling. Even still, your education system is far below average. Qualified students must fund their own college educations, which will be extremely difficult for all but your upper-class. Our gurus strongly urge more spending in this area.

Healthcare:
Your nation spends $568 on healthcare per person. This is not enough to provide universal healthcare to all your citizens. However, it is enough to provide emergency services to all that need it, and provide very basic medical care to your poorest citizens. Not everyone in your nation will be able to afford health insurance, but our gurus would expect your corporations to provide healthcare for their most skilled workers. Less skilled workers will rely upon what you have given them, which is enough to mend broken bones and perform basic operations. Should they require long-term care or expensive procedures, they are likely out of luck. Our gurus feel the % you are spending on healthcare is right on the mark. They feel healthcare spending should be increased, but that the best way of going about that is to boost worker productivity (and tax revenue in the process) by spending more on education.

Social Welfare & Social Equality:
Your nation spends $0 on social welfare. Your unemployed and disabled persons rely on the charity of others. Religion is not terribly popular in your nation, so there are few religious charities for them to turn to. Unless these people have relatives of friends willing to provide for them, they are simply out of luck. We would expect a typical family to live modestly. After federal and local taxes, they have enough to purchase the essentials, but few people will be able to afford cars and other luxuries.

Law & Order:
Your nation spends a little more than a trillion dollars on law enforcement every year, but crime remains a serious problem. Despite crime issues, our gurus do not believe your law enforcement agencies are under funded. They feel your high crime rate is a symptom of under funding your educational system, and suggest diverting money from Law & Order to Education will reduce crime while simultaneously increasing worker productivity.

Commerce:
Our gurus have no complaints about your 11% Commerce spending. Your economy is doing well despite educational problems.

Public Transportation:
Your are not spending any money on Public Transportation. Your state and local governments must impose taxes or tolls to fund your roads. Your people cannot afford to pay out a lot more money, so your transportation infrastructure is likely undeveloped even if some of your Commerce budget is diverted to providing roads for your businesses. We would expect a lot of people to ride bicycles or pay to ride buses. This area could definitely use more funding.

Defense:
Your nation has a large defense budget of over $1 trillion. That is a lot for a nation of your size. We would expect you to be able to field a highly modernized army of 2.3 million people, which would include an impressive air force and navy. Alternatively, you could sacrifice quality to field a larger force. Our gurus believe this area is over funded.

Overall Evaluation:
Your nation has a strong foundation, but education is holding you back. Our gurus recommend taking around $700 billion out of Law & Order and $300 billion out of Defense, and dumping that money into Education and to a lesser extend Public Transportation. Our experts believe you would benefit across the board. Your people will be more productive, have a higher standard of living, healthcare will improve, and crime will go down. The losses to your military will eventually be offset by increased tax revenue.

I know it will be a little while but go ahead and add me to the list.

Subject: Skibereen
OOC: Like I said, this one was the hardest to do. Your government is managed a lot differently than most. I envision your nation as one where your people are paid very little, but your corporations take care of their most important employees. So your corporations, government, and most skilled workers are doing well; but the average joe has a pretty hard life.

OOC:Very nearly the wayI invision it, with some tweaks you couldnt possible have included because you didnt know.
A lot of subsistance farming as well, but I think I will add a little bit to Social Wlefare.
Thank you kind sir.
IC:
The Government of Skibereen taking into consideration the suggestions of the Dartia experts will adjust for minor experimental changes in the economic model to reduce the current plight of the lowest rung of the Skibereen economic pyramid.

OOC: I just remembered that my roadways are owned and maintained by private industry, not the government. Looks like all my Public Transportation money is going towards actual transportation rather than road maintenance.

Also my corporations are required by law to provide all employees with basic health insurance.

I'd be very interested in having you do an analysis for Cruxium.

A couple of things to note, if you'd be good enough to do it, is that almost everything is privatized to enormous corporations. Exceptions are Law and Order, Defense and Government Administration. Education, Healthcare, and Public Transport all receive enormous government subsidies in accordance with the NS economy thingy.

More information, just view my sig.

Pre-emptive thanks.

I am about to start working on Willink's profile.

I'd hate to ask you to do mine as well, but I'm really interested. So, just put me in the queue, please.

Thanks, this will be.......interesting, to say the least.

(I don't rp based on my NS stats other than budget and pop size, ftw.)

Would you please analyze me as well?

I have to change one thing, however. My current budget includes public healthcare, something which I do not support. For its three percent, put one into Religion (making it 11%) and one into education (making it 10%) and one into Transportation (making it 4%).

Thank you very much.

Bump.

Bump.

Bump./

Sorry. Those economic reports take a real long time to write up. I will try to do some more over the weekend, but they are going to have to be shorter.

Our nation knows your economic gurus are overworked, but we humbly ask them to analyze my nation's economy. Also, to take some stress off of your gurus, we suggest you enlist other nations to help you.

Ok. I am going to have to shorten them down a bit to maybe two or three paragraphs each.

I like your idea about recruiting other people to write these reports. If anyone wants to volunteer, I will share the formulas I used (which I actually researched a bit).

OOC: I'd like to give it a try. TG me the formulas.

I'll just post them here for all to see... I'm going to do that now, but it will probably take me a little bit.

OOC: Alright.

Hey, could you do mine too? I would appreciate a third party viewpoint on my economy. Also, don't write a couple paragraph one, even if you don't get around to mine later, I want a completely in depth one.

Since I can't resist not helping and improving-

Should we make a list showing the best to the worst? We could include the links of your posts to the nation on his economic status.

GDP Per Capita
This is an important indicator that shows how productive a nation, and how much a typical person should earn. This is the figure I use to determine how much money a typical worker takes home. There are a few variables involved. First, we must take into account the fact that corporations and such need to make a profit, so a worker producing $24,000 in goods every year isn't going to take home that much money...

At any rate, to determine how much money the average worker has, I use this formula...

Per Capita GDP x.8 = pre tax income
Then you take away taxes. Whatever is left is what a typical worker takes home. Nations with really high tax rates better have high social welfare spending or the quality of life in their nation will be awful.

Education
There are two things you need to know when you are figuring if a nation has a good educational system or not. In a typical nation, 17-21% of the populace will be between the ages of 5 and 18. If the nation has a good healthcare system, they will have more old people, so use a smaller number (like 17% or 18%). If they have poor healthcare, they will have more young people (like 20% or 21%). Use these figures to try to determine how many students the nation must educate. Divide their education budget by this number, and that is how much they are spending per student. Western nations like the US and Canada spend on average around $5,500 per student each year. Compare what the nation is spending versus the $5,500 mark. Obviously more money results in better schools. Nations that spend a lot more than $5,500 might also be sending kids to college. If not, look at how much money people are taking home. If people are living large, they can send their kids to college. If most people are poor, college is only an option for the upper class.

Healthcare
This is pretty easy. Divide the nation's healthcare budget by the amount of people they have. That is what the nation is spending per person. Now you must make a few judgement calls. Try to determine if you think the average person is going to be able to afford health insurance or if everyone is going to rely on the government. If everyone is relying on the government, they will need at least $1,200 per person to provide a reasonable selection of services (providing basic care but not the most expensive services). This area is basically just a big judgement call.

Religion & Spirituality
To be honest, I haven't put a lot of thought into this area. Just use your best judgement.

Defense
The US military budget is around $450 billion every year. This does not include operational expenses such as Iraq and Afghanistan. China spends around $65 billion. Use these figures to make your best guess as to what a nation can afford. If it is helpful, here is a link that shows real life nations' military budgets (it is a couple years old, budgets are slightly higher):
http://www.globalissues.org/Geopolitics/ArmsTrade/Spending.asp

Law & Order
This is real easy. I just look at what Nation States says about the country's crime rate. If it is low or moderate, they are doing fine in my opinion. However, there are times when nations are spending a lot of money on Law & Order, when they could have the same crime rate by investing money in education and social welfare (spending in those areas reduces crime). Also, there are times when crime is non-existant because the nation is way overfunding this area.

Social Welfare
I look at the nation's unemployment rate, and double it. I consider that many people to need financial assistance. Figure out how much money those people are getting.

There will be times when nations have a very high tax rate (like 100%). In this situation, EVERYONE relies on social welfare spending to provide for their every need. In this case, these nations need very high social welfare spending or their citizens will have a lousy standard of living.



I'll write some more later, gotta do some Thanksgiving stuff. Most of the important formulas are there. Most of the rest is just using your best judgement.

Hey man, I am with you in New Europe alliance, help a brother out!

Besides, I have 1000000 billion in fake Silavarian currency, (almost 1-2 against the $) that could help you along.

Me too!

Hi!

I know this is kinda Off-topic, but if you get an analysis and it says you should give more to Social Welfare for example, how do you make so that more money will go to Social Welfare? Can you change anything or can you only affect the budget with answering the issues?

Only by issues, the exact ones escape me, but you can check it out in the Got Issues section.

Linky- (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=345941)

There is one problem with the income formula; consumption is the total income of all citizens of your country, minus taxes. To see a median income, divide the total consumption by the population. This makes my average citizen earn $41,958, roughly $6,000 more than your formula put it at. The tax rate is already taken out of consumption so you don't need to take it out yourself.

Subject: The Silver Sky

Your nations GDP per capita of $47,682.12 is great. Your citizens are productive, skilled, and should be able to afford everything they need.

After further analyzing, we have calculated your typical worker takes home $42,346.5 every year after taxes. We believe this is enough for your citizens to purchase anything they need.

Breakdown:

Education:
Our analysts estimate your school system must provide educations to approximately 632,910,000 students between the ages of 5 and 18. Your budget of $3.3 trillion means you are spending $5,234 per student. This is roughly $266 below an average school district in the modern world. Your schools should be slightly lacking. Also, anyone wanting to go to college must find a way to pay for it. Most families will be able to afford to send their kids to college. However, single income families with multiple children attending college will struggle to afford tuition costs.

Healthcare:
Your nation spends $1,501 on healthcare per person. This is not enough to provide universal healthcare to all your citizens. However, it is enough to provide emergency services to all that need it, and provide intermediate medical care to your poorest citizens. Your nations poor will be able to count on the government to mend broken bones, perform intermediate surgeries, etc; but expensive procedures and long-term care are out of the question. Most of your citizens will most likely make due with what they are given, but a small minority might seek better coverage through private insurance with their own money.

Social Welfare:
Your government does not spend any money in this area. This means your unemployed, disabled, and people with other hardships depend on donations and other charitable causes for basic necessities to stay alive. Your average citizen will not suffer greatly, as they make enough to afford as much as they need to get by. Unskilled workers will have to fend for themselves with whatever is left after taxes.

Law & Order:
You spend $3.9 trillion in this area, however your crime rate is rather high, especially youth-oriented.You also suffer from lack of prisons, with overcrowding a serious problem, and an underfunded police force.

Commerce:
You spend $4.5 trillion in this area. Your economy is top-notch and doing fantastically. This area may be over funded.

Public Transportion:
Your $828.2 million allocation is enough to provide much of your countryside decent roads, with your urban centers lacking slightly. Unfortunately, many of your citizens drive vehicles, and as such need roadways to get to and from work. Your government probably implies a tax in the major urban centers, along with toll booths to enter in order to afford to pay for the roadways.

Social Equality:
You do not spend any money in this area. Income disparity is high, and the lifestyles of your lower class and upper class differ greatly.

Defense:
Your government spends $2.2 trillion in this area. Your army is a decent size, and they have good equipment. Your generals usually receive most of what they require, and your nation may have a small weapons arsenal.

Religion & Spirituality:
Your government spends no money in this area. The government is most likely secular, and has a separation of church and state. The government does not give money to religious-oriented causes.

The Environment:
Your nation does not spend any money on the environment. You most likely have moderate-to-high pollution levels, especially in urban centers. You most likely do not have business-restrictions for environmental causes, and as such industrial areas suffer from dangerously high levels of pollution.

Subject: Uldarious

Our economic specialists have determined your GDP per capita of $31,374 to be decent. Your citizens are productive and should be able to afford moderate, but not lavish lifestyles.

After further analyzing, we have found your average citizen to take home $5,259 after taxes. This is very low. Most people will have to depend on the government for everything in order to live.

Social Welfare:
You are not spending any money in this area. This means your unemployed, disabled, and people with other hardships will have to find whatever means they can to fend for themselves.

Healthcare:
You are spending $7.5 trillion in this area. This means you are spending $2,350 per person. This is enough to provide basic universal healthcare to all who need it, and to provide decent medical care to your poorest citizens, of which there are a lot of. However, they can not depend on your government to perform expensive procedures or depend on them for long term care. Your citizens will suffer greatly if they have severe medical ailments.

Education:
You are spending $8.3 trillion in this area. Our specialists estimate that you must provide an education to 577,980,000 people between the ages of 5 and 18. This means you are spending $14,508 per student. This is roughly $9,008 more than an average school district in the modern world. You should have good educational facilities, with enough room for every student, with enough books and supplies. You should also have up-to-date computers and highly qualified teachers.

Religion & Spirituality:
You are not spending any money in this area. This means your government most likely does not favor any particular religion and does not sponsor any specific religion. Your government is secular.

Defense:
You are spending $26.8 trillion in this area. You should have a vast, impressive army. Your generals should receive everything they desire on a whim, and you probably are funding several top secret weapons programs. We believe this area is over funded.

Law & Order:
You are spending $23.4 trillion in this area. Crime is totally unknown as your heavily armed and intimidating police walk the streets with the best equipment and arms. Your prisons are vast, but not full, due to your ability to build more prisons when the need arises. We believe this area is horribly over funded.

Commerce:
You are spending $10.9 trillion in this area. Your economy is large, and produces a lot of goods, but your people are not benefiting from any of it.

Public Transportation:
You are spending $5.8 trillion in this area. This allows you to provide your people with decent roadways. Unfortunately many of your people can not afford cars, so they rely on bicycles or walking instead, but for the lucky few who do drive, it's a luxury they appreciate much. You may also have substantial bus and train services in major cities.

The Environment:
You do not spend any money in this area. Due to your booming economy we predict pollution from industrial areas to be high and dangerous. You most likely do not have any restrictions for business, and as such pollution is moderately high in most areas of your country.

Social Equality:
You do not spend any money in this area. The vast majority of your population will need financial assistance in a given year. Your people will suffer extensively as they do everything in their power to get what they need to survive.

I'm interested, if you've got the time.

Greetings! I was wondering if you could write up an economic review of my country, so that I may serve my people more fully. I am willing to wire you US$10,000 if you provide me with this information. Thank you much.

Josef Sayle, Chairman of the Budget

Same here, if you have the time, I would be very interested in a review

I am rather interested in getting one of these for my nation and is willing to pay very well for one of these.

If you get the time...could you do mine?

If you have the time, can you do me too?

If possible, can you do a research on my country as well? I would like to find out how my country fares in this gigantic world.

Bwahahahahahaha!
My police state is working! Hee hee hee.
No seriously, I should probably shift a little bit of money from police to an area that actually needs it.

I'll try and do one a day.

What about the Horde of Doom!

Current lineup:
Willink (in progress by Dartia)
The World Soviet Party
GruntsandElites
Ezaltia
Teraq
KooleKoggle
Kurona
Granade Turquesa Isla
New Dracora
Telros
Madnestan
Naasha
Spooty
Azaranthia
Kanami
Cruxium
Dai Yuddha Ossyria
Errikland
Nova Brittanica
Moorington
The Horde of Doom
Schnabo
Copiosa Scotia
Onabanestan
Scotlands West
The Scandinvans
Tocrowkia
New Nicksyllvania
Greater Somalia
British Londinium

OOC: I'd like my nation to be placed in the line-up.

Added.

The waiting is the hardest part
Every day you see one more card
You take it on faith, you take it to the heart
The waiting is the hardest part!

Subject: Ezaltia

GDP Per Capita $26,493.27-
We feel you populance is not very productive, especially when you consider how many people are "working", which we use in the loosest sense.

After taxes your people bring 16995.52 home, meaning mostly everything except basic foodstuffs must come from the government.

Education

Around 19% of your populance is under the age of 18. You spend $518,806,757,499.19 on educating them. That means each child gets 1300, meaning teachers must somehow have to pay everything, and so have to often do fundraisers, to attract the wealth of the influential buisness class.

Healthcare
You spend about 222 billion on healthcare annually. This means the average person receives 1058$ from the government for health care, this doesn't even provide for the bare bones services and only provides for an annual checkup. The people themselves must come up with the money for medical expenses, most do not, but thankfully, their job benefit plans pick up the slack. Yet pray for the unfortunate who are unemployed, and thus dying of a easily preventable disease. In addition, complex and not mandatory surgeries are never done, as most businesses don't cover everything.

Religion & Spirituality
Like any good government, you leave Church and State completely separate.

Defense
$592,922,008,570.50 annually goes into the armed forces. 2100000 men, or a number around that, are, or could be in the military. If so, you spend on average $282343 per soldier. Meaning they go into battle highly trained and equipped.

Law & Order
You are spending $592,922,008,570.50 here, but it is not working. Something must change, like introducing Social Welfare, or try rehabilitating criminals so no repeaters.

Commerce:
$704,094,885,177.47 is how much you spend annually on commerce. Your handouts are large, a little too large. Yet most business is expected to provide healthcare to a larger extent than seen in the US, so take it with a grain of salt.


Public Transport:
$74,115,251,071.31 is adequate, but most rural roads, and suburban streets are pretty messed up and maintenance and repairs are scheduled a year or two after the problem gets noticeable.



Social Welfare
12012000 people ask for financial assistance for whatever reason. With a budget $111,172,876,606.97 each person receives 9255 to supplement their 16995, or it could be their total income. For the people who it supplements it enables them to buy more basics, and a few thrift conveniences.



Overall, we think your population is highly encouraged to make a business and be successful. The government, in two sets of ways, sponsors this encouragement. Hefty donations the negligent eye of the government; the unemployed often die from simple afflictions, and the unsuccessful go out with the out of work to loot garbage, to do anything to find some food.

Honestly, we feel your country would be a great place to be brilliant in, but a terrible place to do bad in.

OOC: I hope I got all the calculations done right, and to prevent having to step on someones toes because we both did a economic report, I picked a nation I knew and that was down the list.

Bump.

I forgot about this. Right when I was going to commit myself I got caught up in some RL stuff, which I still need to deal with.