EasyPeasy wrote:Hi,
At the moment Beluzia hasn't put in any time or effort to build a working military. It kinda exists but only in a very vague way. So as Prime Minister I wanted to reorganize the military. I am not interested in invasion or war etc and i appreciate i'd need consent and planning from other people to make that work anyway. Also I appreciate the need for heavy realism which means I wouldn't award Beluzia 800 nuclear subs and 700 stealth fighters or star wars death stars. My idea is that whatever money we do spend on our military would also cost money to maintain which then causes budgetary knock on effects. Apart from those considerations though are there any other special rules we'd need to follow?
Also, imports and exports. Is there any way to find out what our country has in terms of resources, commodities and industry or can we just agree on this via ourselves with grounded realism in the picture?
Thanks a lot.
Beluzia.
For the first question, you’ve pretty much hit the nail on the head: just be careful with realism and not going overboard. Also, if Beluzia hasn’t opted out of the Global RP Accord, make sure you stick to the guidelines set out in the military and economic rankings drafted by the GRC (
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=7929&start=0).
You will note that the GRC now does not generally consider just long lists of numbers regarding troops and equipment sufficient for an up-ranking; you’re free to make them, but as an aid to RP that shows, not tells military power, if that makes sense. You can find the more official description in that link to the rankings.
For the second question, not for the time being. Try the Wiki, but otherwise you’re free to kind of just make this up: just be reasonable and relatively realistic, again. Bear in mind the laws of your nation too I suppose: taxes, for example, and regulations.
Ultimately you don’t want to get too bogged down in numbers and making everything hyper-realistic (well, some players like to, but it’s not an expectation). So long as it’s reasonably grounded and doesn’t conflict with previous RP you’re good to go, though I always prefer RPs that show a story rather than telling us every little detail. It’s up to you though, really. It is as your name suggests easy peasy
Thanks
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