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Subject: Global Role Play Committee Economic and Military Rankings (1/5/18-1/11/18)
Around every 6 months the Global Role Play Committee (GRC) drafts a set of rankings to determine the military and economic strength of nations in Particracy. They are based on a review of RP from each nation over the 6 month period and aim to add an extra dynamic to global RP. These rankings are binding for all nations except those nations which have opted-out of the Global Role Play Accord.
The rankings are predominantly a Role Play device, so if you wish to cite them in game/in character please refer to them as: "the Terran Economic and Military Power Lists produced by the Zardic Institute of International Relations".
***IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING NUMBERS USED IN MILITARY ROLE PLAY***
Some players have raised concerns regarding the use of numbers in munitions counts and troop compositions to misstate nations' military strength. It is the official policy of the Global Role Play Committee that numbers of troops, ships, aircraft, land vehicles, and strategic weapons should emerge from story-telling and should be used to enhance Role Play. Numbers should never be used as a substitute for Role Play or as an OOC tactic to discourage potential opponents. Rather than listing the number of soldiers or types of equipment your military has, the GRC encourages you to use RP to show what your military can do. Lists of the entire composition of a military are very difficult to maintain and lead to RP becoming an exercise in math rather than a story-telling. The GRC therefore officially discourages and advises against the creation and maintenance of comprehensive lists in favor of general descriptions. This policy is known as the Show, Don't Tell policy. While players who wish to use such lists when justified by RP as in the case of Orders of Battle during a live war may continue to do so, the GRC wishes to hereby inform players that such lists and numbers will be ignored by the GRC when compiling Military Rankings. Instead, the GRC will only take into account each nation's quality and quantity of Role Play and Objective Standards like relative Defence Spending.
***IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING USE OF AIRCRAFT CARRIERS, NUCLEAR WEAPONS, AND NUCLEAR SUBMARINES IN MILITARY ROLE PLAY***
The subject of aircraft carriers, nuclear weaponry, and nuclear submarines is a hot topic. It is the GRC's view that aircraft carriers, nuclear weapons, and nuclear submarines are viable (not necessarily likely!) for all nations of Terra so long as their acquisition, maintenance, and use is very well RP'd. In general, we believe Role Play should realistically reflect the prohibitive cost in time and resources required for such strategic armaments. Therefore our guidance and advice is that Great Military Powers and Very Strong Economies should generally experience protracted difficulty when seeking to acquire and maintain such armaments; Regional Military Powers and Strong Economies should generally experience prohibitive costs and delays when seeking to acquire and maintain such armaments; while lesser powers and smaller economies should experience daunting, near-insurmountable challenges when seeking to acquire and maintain such armaments. Acquisition of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons from rogue powers and Black Market sources may reduce acquisition costs if realistically Role Played, but such sources generally should not in any way reduce the prohibitive maintenance costs associated with these armaments.
Economic Ranking
Category Descriptions
Underdeveloped: These countries are the Third World nations of Terra, whose colonial regimes abused them in order to profit in days gone by. They have often been intentionally undeveloped or developed in such a way as to divide the people therein for the benefit of the metropole. They struggle to provide even basic healthcare or education to their people, and they are highly reliant on international aid and charity. These nations do benefit from the continued focus on the extraction economy, and they often can sell their goods at lower prices than most more developed nations on the international market.
Weak: These countries have economies typically centered around the agricultural or extraction sectors. Though some manufacturing might exist, if it exists on any large scale it is likely to be internationally owned and thus unprofitable for the host nation. Locals might have set up subsistence economies that emphasize manufacturing in the household (cottage industries) to compensate for the lack. Generally the people of these countries have poor education and health relative to more developed nations. The family unit and the community in these nations are likely to be very important to every day life, and people are likely to feel much less alienated than in the more automated and high-paced medium and high development nations. Pollution is largely a result of agricultural and extraction byproducts, and these are typically water pollutants. These nations are very often net exporters, but the goods they export may not get them too much in return.
Average: These countries have economies centered most heavily on manufacturing or extraction-based industries, but they might also have some clusters of post-industrial industries along side some agricultural industry. These countries have lower life expectancy, less education, and less income (primarily GDP per capita) than high development nations, but they can also generally boast higher employment than the increasingly automated high development nations, a more citizenry more generally engaged in the political sphere than in the more alienated high development nations, etc. These nations likely are more likely to be heavy polluters than many other nations. Though they are generally less active on international markets than high development nations, their economies often center around export and so trade is relatively important.
Strong and Very Strong: These countries have economies typically centered around services and high tech industries. Culture and political goals can influence what types of industries are most influential, e.g. the agricultural or manufacturing sectors are still important for certain real world high development economies, but these industries should be secondary and perhaps being phased out. More and higher quality education and health opportunities exist. These countries tend to have higher a GDP per capita and median incomes, although inequality may still persist. These countries typically have higher standards of living, but can also experience the consequences of such an economy, such as increased alienation, higher unemployment as automation increases, the decreased importance of the family unit, etc. These countries tend to be active on international markets, but don't necessarily always experience trade surpluses.
Nations in black font are at the same rank they were in the previous rankings.
Nations in red font are moved down in rank from where they were in the previous rankings.
Nations in green font are moved up in rank from where they were in the previous rankings.
Nations in grey font have opted out of the RP Accord and so this ranking is not binding for them, but merely a suggestion and guideline.
Nations in pink font have opted out of the RP Accord but are moved down in rank from where they were in the previous rankings as a suggestion and guideline.
Nations in light green font have opted out of the RP Accord but are moved up in rank from where they were in the previous rankings as a suggestion and guideline.
Weak
Alduria
al'Badara
Dankuk
Davostan
Dolgava
Egelion
Endralon
Gaduridos
Hobrazia
Hulstria
Jelbania
Kafuristan
Kalopia
Keymon
Kirlawa
Likatonia
Pontesi
Rildanor
Sekowo
Solentia
Telamon
Verona
Average
Aldegar
Aloria
Baltusia
Barmenistan
Beluzia
Beitenyu
Cildania
Cobura
Dundorf
Jakania
Kanjor
Kundrati
Lourenne
Lodamun
Mordusia
Narikaton and Darnussia
Saridan
Talmoria
Trigunia
Tukarali
Zardugal
Strong
Deltaria
Hawu Mumenhes
Hutori
Kalistan
Kazulia
Luthori
Malivia
Rutania
New Endralon/Kizenia
Valruzia
Selucia
Very Strong
Dorvik
Indrala
Istalia
Vanuku
Military Ranking
Category Descriptions
No Power: These are nations that are barely able to keep control of their own borders, much less project their influence anywhere else. This is reserved entirely for the Third World nations, unless the GRC decides they are otherwise. No Player nation will EVER have this rating, again, unless the GRC decides to RP a nation like this otherwise.
Small Power: Nations that have limited ability to defend themselves, but often are allied with larger and stronger states to ensure their continued independence or hyper isolationist. Their militaries are traditionally outdated, small, woefully trained, or a combination of all three. Its not uncommon for regional or greater powers to have substanial influences over these nations.
Middle Power: These are nations that are more then able to stand on their own and have the ability to defend themselves against other nations and their influences and can project their own influence to a very limited degree on their neighbors, although they will traditionally ally with greater nations, though more for reasons of cooperation and progress then an inability or worry to defend themselves in the world. Their militaries are usually modern, fairly well sized and trained or a combination of all three.
Regional Power: These are powerful nations that generally stand tall amongst their immediate neighbors, and more times often then not, are able to project their influence on them. While they have the capability to project their influence or power globally, it is limited and their power in primarily centred around home. Their militaries are generally modern, of sufficent size and training and have the ability to project themselves overseas of immediately against their neighbors.
Great Power: These are amongst the most powerful nations in the world, and have a great deal of influence both at home and abroad, with the ability to project their power globally, either politically, economically or militarily. They are generally considered regional hegemons in the absence of any other great powers. Their militaries are usually hyper modern, extremely well trained, usually quite large,and the ability to sufficently project considerable force overseas, though they are stronger closer to home. (Similar to the European Empires before WWI)
Nations in black font are at the same rank they were in the previous rankings.
Nations in red font are moved down in rank from where they were in the previous rankings.
Nations in green font are moved up in rank from where they were in the previous rankings.
Nations in grey font have opted out of the RP Accord and so this ranking is not binding for them, but merely a suggestion and guideline.
Nations in pink font have opted out of the RP Accord but are moved down in rank from where they were in the previous rankings as a suggestion and guideline.
Nations in light green font have opted out of the RP Accord but are moved up in rank from where they were in the previous rankings as a suggestion and guideline.
Small
Alduria
al'Badara
Barmenistan
Beluzia
Cobura
Dankuk
Davostan
Dolgava
Dundorf
Egelion
Endralon
Gaduridos
Hobrazia
Jelbania
Kafuristan
Kalopia
Kanjor
Keymon
Kirlawa
Kundrati
Likatonia
Lodamun
Mordusia
Pontesi
Rildanor
Sekowo
Telamon
Tukarali
Vorona
Middle
Aldegar
Aloria
Baltusia
Beitenyu
Cildania
Hawu Mumenhes
Hulstria
Indrala
Jakania
Kalistan
Lourenne
Narikaton and Darnussia
Rutania
Saridan
Selucia
Solentia
Talmoria
Zardugal
Regional
Deltaria
Hutori
Luthori
Malivia
New Endralon/Kizenia
Trigunia
Valruzia
Great
Dorvik
Istalia
Kazulia
Vanuku
Former Colonies Rankings
Due to the high quality of Role Play occurring in several Former Colonies since the last rankings, the GRC has chosen to allow the Former Colonies to improve their Rankings. However, because the Former Colonies have certain advantages (no elections or RP Consent bills) and disadvantages (no annexations or mergers) relative to the Player nations, they will be listed in separate Rankings from now on. These Former Colonies Rankings should be viewed as relative to each other and should not necessarily be compared to the rankings of the Player nations.
Former Colonies Economic Ranking
Underdeveloped
Bianjie
Cifutingan
Dalibor
Degalogesa
Hanzen
Istapali
Kimlien
Liore
Midway
New Alduria
New Englia
New Verham
North Dovani
Noumonde
Ntoto
Rapa Pile
Suyu Llaqta
Temania
Tropica
Utari Mosir
Utembo
Vanakalam
Xsampa
Weak
Kurageri
Ostland
Statrica
Average
Medina
Strong
None
Very Strong
None
Former Colonies Military Ranking
No Power
Bianjie
Cifutingan
Dalibor
Degalogesa
Hanzen
Istapali
Kimlien
Kurageri
Liore
Midway
New Alduria
New Englia
New Verham
North Dovani
Noumonde
Ntoto
Rapa Pile
Suyu Llaqta
Temania
Utari Mosir
Utembo
Vanakalam
Xsampa
Small Power
Ostland
Statrica
Tropica
Middle Power
Medina
Regional Power
None
Great Power
None