NationStates Jolt Archive

Hopefully I've come to the right place about this.
Some time ago, cars were banned in Norrlaenna. But now the automobile manufacturing industry complains about cheap, foreign-made cars becoming more popular and thus their profits decrease making their future uncertain. I can't really see how importing cheap cars can be popular since the usage of cars is banned by Norrlaenna law. I can't really see either why there still exists and auto industry in Norrlaenna.

The automobile industry is still allowed to produce for exports, so it has a reason to exist. But right, the fact that this issue pops up is some kind of bug in the game.

Before this issue I was a "Father Knows Best State". The Dictatorship of The Benevolent was ruled by a "mostly-benevolent dictator" according to my nation's description. But I ban cars and boom! "Corrupt Dictatorship". Boom! I now rule with an "iron fist". Don't you think that's somewhat extreme?

Don't you think that's somewhat extreme?

Banning cars is somewhat extreme, though! :P

According to the NS Political Map Project (http://alces.sel.uaf.edu/gregg/ns/nsmap.html), you can get from an FKB State to a Psychotic Dictatorship by decreasing both personal and economic freedoms.

Personal freedom's certainly covered in this case. Not sure how it would affect economic freedom since, usually, loss of economic freedom == a tax hike, and the issue doesn't say anything except simply banning cars. Perhaps it's to pay for the public transportation buildup you'd end up with... just a guess, though. Issues can be sneaky that way.