Mesabi Posted February 4, 2018 Posted February 4, 2018 (edited) Arlinsport AdvisorThe Economic Guide to the SeasIssue 1, Vol 2 Wealth on the Brick Seas Wealth on the Brick Seas has long been measured by the standardized unit of Doubloons. (replacing the antiquated term of piece of eight) But how is wealth distributed on the Brick Seas. Read along to find out! Notes: This analysis does not factor in everything. It does not include players who make extra income as mayors, and does not include any MCRA funds being added. Only assured funds are added to the counts in this analysis. Sea Rats The Sea Rats have long been known for their squalor and abject poverty. They have little and often resort to piracy and breaking agreements to make ends meet. Just last month, after agreeing to return a ship in return for some property creation, Captain Silas Pike ordered the ship scrapped to fill his own coffers. Fortunately, these wretches are poor, as empires are far better than a bunch of loners building small settlements. The Sea Rats Currently make the following: Sea Rats Summary Account Holdings Income Sea Rats 5,503 36 Settlements 2,613 292 Players 20308 770 Corporations 323 20 As one can see, most income generated by the Sea Rats comes from it's players. However, this has left their leadership poor and feeble. Making them easy pickings if there ever was a war... But the Arlinsport Adviser would not be a quality magazine if it did not include graphics! Sea Rat Pie by North White, on Flickr Oleon Oleon's selfish nature may soon be their downfall, as they have concentrated much of their earnings in their central government. Almost half of Oleon's total income is generated by Oleon itself, not factoring out taxes or fees, something that was not counted in this review. Their holdings are far better distributed, but with their taxes, their players may soon begin to suffer. Perhaps their faith will lead to their downfall... Oleon Summary Account Holdings Income Oleon 23,375 2016 Settlements 4584 456 Players 47536 1620 Corporations 810 133 Little to none of Oleon's holdings are in their corporations, and citizen's income makes up only 80% of what the crown makes. But here's a friendly graphic! Oleon Pie by North White, on Flickr Corrington Long known as the greatest most orderly most scientific nation of the world. Corrington's efforts to help the Mardian people alone should be something to stand back in awe for. However, Corrington herself has not kept up the process of keeping one's coffers full. Despite being great, projects have lagged behind, including the Cocovia wagonway, which still needs to be completed. However, here is an overview of Corrington Corrington Summary Account Holdings Income Corrington 14059 660 Settlements 5110 810 Players 49858 2003 Corporations 16,923 1193 As can be seen, most of Corrington's wealth is generated by her citizens. But these numbers, while impressive, will seem inadequate compared to Eslandola. Corrington Pie by North White, on Flickr Eslandola Eslandolans are well known for their ability to rub two coins together and produce a third. They are money grubbing folks who make a ton of money and manage to hang onto a ton of money even though they were at war with the Mardians. Anyways, they have money. Eslandola Summary Account Holdings Income Eslandola 23,829 1446 Settlements 5660 791 Players 94986 3618 Corporations 15,216 2256 Most of the Esladolans earnings and income comes from their citizens. They also have a very healthy private sector, and public sector. Anyways, their filthy rich. Eslandola Pie by North White, on Flickr Overview But the Eslandolans true power can be seen when all of the nations are compared at once. Nation Total Income Corrington 85950 4,761 Eslandola 139,691 8146 Oleon 76,287 4225 Sea Rats 28,747 1128 Making almost twice what Corrington and Oleon produce, the Eslandolans are poised to take the Brick Seas with their money. BoBS Bars by North White, on Flickr (Blue is holdings and red is income) So, things will get interesting on the Brick Seas, as the gap between the nations continues to grow. Giving us a lot of things to fear... Advertisements Are you Hungry for Horses? Horse meat is the new in on the Brick Seas. So we'd like to ask you, are you hungry for Horses? WTC: Your solution to Chaos! The Wayfarer Trading Company is proud to announce the opening of at least 5 factories over the past month. Can your Trade Corporation say that? OOC: Thanks for viewing this analysis. Yes, I know the MCRA is a major source of income. No, I'm not going to argue about it, as it's unpredictable, and hard to measure. C&C welcomed Edited February 4, 2018 by Mesabi Quote
Ayrlego Posted February 4, 2018 Posted February 4, 2018 3 minutes ago, Mesabi said: Corrinton The WTC, can't even spell the name of their faction right Quote
Mesabi Posted February 4, 2018 Author Posted February 4, 2018 43 minutes ago, Ayrlego said: The WTC, can't even spell the name of their faction right The Arlinsport Advisor is entirely separate from the the Wayfarer Trading Corporation. Also, I spent like 5 hours making this, and all you can comment on is a spelling error? Dude... Quote
Darnok Posted February 5, 2018 Posted February 5, 2018 1 hour ago, Ayrlego said: The WTC, can't even spell the name of their faction right Indeed, this is bad style... Quote
gedren_y Posted February 5, 2018 Posted February 5, 2018 Well, Eslandola does have an island who's name translates to 'pregnant coin'. Quote
LM71Blackbird Posted February 5, 2018 Posted February 5, 2018 (edited) Very informative Mesabi! Eslandola is certainly wiping the floor with us Corries in terms of money... for now... Edited February 5, 2018 by LM71Blackbird Quote
Mesabi Posted February 5, 2018 Author Posted February 5, 2018 4 hours ago, Drunknok said: Indeed, this is bad style... Well, sometimes spelling can be a callange! Seriously man, how did you mispell challenge on literally every entry? Quote
LM71Blackbird Posted February 5, 2018 Posted February 5, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, Mesabi said: Well, sometimes spelling can be a callange! Seriously man, how did you mispell challenge on literally every entry? HAHAHAHAHAHHA!!! I know how that is! There are some words I always spell wrong, no matter how hard I try! Edited February 5, 2018 by LM71Blackbird Quote
Lord Buckethead Posted February 5, 2018 Posted February 5, 2018 Very interesting @Mesabi, I find it strange though that the Sea Rats even have an income (however small it may be). Thanks for doing this up. 3 hours ago, Mesabi said: Well, sometimes spelling can be a callange! Seriously man, how did you mispell challenge on literally every entry? Can we please not turn this into a pissing contest, I know that they started it but I don't really want to see another argument. Also keep in mind that @Drunknok isn't a native English speaker (or at least I don't think he is). Quote
Ayrlego Posted February 5, 2018 Posted February 5, 2018 8 hours ago, Mesabi said: Also, I spent like 5 hours making this, and all you can comment on is a spelling error? Dude... Sorry Mesabi, it was meant as tongue in cheek, hence the emoji. I literally had about 30 seconds to skim the article before I had to leave, I noticed the mistake and pointed it out - I certainly meant no offence. Quote
Bodi Posted February 5, 2018 Posted February 5, 2018 Nice job Mesabi, these graphics allowed me to have a general idea about our financial status, and I'm somewhat alarmed to learn that Oleon isn't in leading position in this quest for doubloons. Quote
Darnok Posted February 5, 2018 Posted February 5, 2018 6 hours ago, Mesabi said: Well, sometimes spelling can be a callange! It was a typo once, and I copy/pasted the title without noticing. I also criticised Ayrlego up there, not you. Quote
Sir Stig Posted February 5, 2018 Posted February 5, 2018 Very informative article, with entertaining commentary to spruce things up for those that does not like statistical data (Those exist... Go figure. (pun intended)). Great work. I appreciate it. Quote
Kai NRG Posted February 5, 2018 Posted February 5, 2018 Enjoyed reading this a lot. I think it's pretty sweet how well we Eslandians are living up to our faction image. Great pie graphs! I don't think there are many RPGs with all the financial evaluation and what not that we've got! Quote
Garmadon Posted February 5, 2018 Posted February 5, 2018 What Kai said! Nice summary and analysis, Mesabi! Quote
SpaceJoey86 Posted February 5, 2018 Posted February 5, 2018 Great overview of the earnings, makes me want to do something like that for the MRCA. If I have any time. Still at least Oleon is earning, even if the RNTC is losing a lot. Quote
Capt Wolf Posted February 5, 2018 Posted February 5, 2018 Mesabi, a very enlightening post. Your analysis is always interesting and welcome. Thanks for taking the time to do the work and produce the cool graphics! Quote
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