Wernher

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@Wernher Buy and sell from C.E., or trade routes with AGR. Or ignore it, ditch AGR, and use your currency. AGR Credits haven't been fully accepted

@Cale Tucker

Any incentive to actually use imperial cash? Any fiscal special mumbo jumbo to justify a greater stability than other currencies?

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Wondering something. Every one uses imperial currency right? Do they buy it from you? Do you gift it or can everyone produce it?

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I don't want mammoth tanks, they're just bigger targets. No my friend, I just want the weapons for... personal reasons. And hey, untraceable gold and platinum! That or military grade radioactive material or chemical weapons (that aren't deadly to Velukans), whatever they want. I don't use money so...

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@Keyguyperson For my Nation, could we have bought some of your railgun cannons? Giving you buttloads of monies?

@Alfhedil You too, I need to buy missiles.

All for my mammoth tanks

@Cale Tucker

I'll have what he's having. Only I pay in gold/platinum/other materials.

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Okay guys, everyone rally up. I want to choose a walker vehicle for my military on the ground, but I can not find anything remotely similar to the AT-TE. It carries troops, it's awesome for many terrains, it has infantry and vehicle weapons, and feel like a small base. If I can't find any, would you all hate me for using it?

@Cale Tucker

Use AT-AT

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@Wernher Third large?

@Keyguyperson@WilsonTurner You guys cool with everyeveryone?

@Cale Tucker

Wilson's. We have C.E. U.S.V. and...?

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What IS going to be third large? Also, when can we start.

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@Wernher

The US is a nation more or less on one content, not an Empire that covers a system of multiple planets. There's going to be a difference between numbers. I'll take a gander and say that most nations here will have much higher numbers of troops than >1% considering they have a system and subsequently a galaxy to watch over is the Super Space Consul Union of Diplomacy and Rainbows sends UN-esque peacekeepers to places.

@ClocktowerEchos

No.

It's based on percentage.

So sure, the US is a continental army (more or less) so it has 1,361,755 active soldiers for 318.9 million people. Let's say the US had... 7 billion people! It would mean a bigger army. About 49 million people. So yes, it's bigger... but the percentage doesn't actually change. I mean, look at the statistics: All the countries that have high percentages of soldiers either expect war (North korea, singapor, Israel, etc) or have a strong military service history (Findland).

In fact, saying that the UBER UN is here, actually makes it less likely that we'd have more soldiers. Uber UN is uber, right? So we're safe so we don't need soldiers. I mean we, because you and I are minor nations, not important ones.

I plan on having a over 1% "army", but that's because I expect war at some point. The cost of employing an enormous army is crushing (As seen in north korea) and as they say... you only buy something you intend to use at some point. But hey, I don't mind, maybe the galaxy is trapped in a slowly rising cold war and 5% or 10% soldiers is normal now. But look at the AUO. "0.02% or even less of the main population is considered military". That's just a little under what Japan has right now, and it's next to China.

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Hmmm... I'll be changing some numbers then.

However, I did state that it includes all of the other support staff which in Ryukyu is a pretty sizable number tho.

@ClocktowerEchos

Well...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countrie..

Might just be wikipedia, but according to that North Korea has 30% soldiers (And yes, military personal includes support staff) and that includes paramilitary.

US is 0.7% of population soldier, and it's the most powerful army around with soldiers all over the globe.

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"As of the last yearly census, roughly 20% of the population is serving in active military roles with about half the population, including the 20%, acting as reserves. These numbers are derived from conscription policies which eligible males and females have to serve a set amount of time in the military. It should be noted the numbers include non-combat roles like military police, guardsmen, medical personnel, hospitality corps, etc."

20% active military, with 30 more percent acting as reserve, half the population is linked to the army, along this you have an emperor with 100% authority on everything. The way my people see it, if one night said emperor decides to go to war, then it's nation needs 0 buildup and 0 preparation to launch an invasion the very next morning.