The End of Prosperity (IC - APSIA ONLY)
Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2018 9:07 pm
The War Economy
The constant spiral of war, civil war, coup, and insurgencies has forced the markets away from sustainable, low investment ventures and towards the more resource & manpower intensive military industries. Laborers become mercenaries. Accountants become quartermasters. Retail land plots get reassigned for airfields and training fields. Mineral prices spike, manufacturing and service sector positions remain unfilled. Infrastructure is neglected to bankroll new planes and ships. Taxes and deficits spike to meet imperialist ambitions.
The Lost Generation
Men aged 16-25 worldwide have been tossed aside after their tours of duty. Tens of millions are disabled. Tens of millions are traumatized. Almost all of them are jobless or stuck doing mercenary work. Global rates of violent crime, drug abuse, and anti-social activity are spiking as these men lash out against the nations that treated them like pawns. With a powerful sense of emptiness inside them, they drift around. Forming gangs and living off whatever scraps they can get.
The Underground Economy
As governments move to seize every last rare earth metal for arms manufacturing and spike credit rates to unattainable levels for the common man, the invisible hand has carved out a safe haven for them. An estimated $1,670,000,000,000 is produced by off the books workers around the world doing everything from scalping EBT and UBI waivers, all the way to human trafficking and assassinations. Untaxable, dangerous and expensive to crackdown on, and so loosely organized as to drive any intelligence agent mad, the underground economy can only grow in scale in the coming years.
The Stagnant Subjects
Over 380,000,000 people are subject to cruel, extractive, and unpredictable regimes. They receive minimal wages, if any at all. Their overlords care little for their lives and only offer occasional platitudes to keep the generals and upper class satiated. They don't want to work hard, as there is no reward. They don't want to adopt new technology, as the extra productivity does not enrich them. The masses work only just hard enough to avoid punishment. Just efficiently enough to avoid raising suspicion. The overlords are satisfied, and the potential mega-economies stay subdued. The natives will die before letting their masters see the true economic power of their people.
The Consequences
Every safeguard has been broken. The conditions for an economic collapse have been met. Through skill, suffering, and sacrifice nations will keep their ark afloat. Those who aren't willing to do what it takes will quickly meet the ultimate fate that awaits all nations. Cash out your bank accounts. Sell your stocks. Prepare yourselves accordingly.
Rules
- Only members of the APSIA region are allowed to participate in this RP.
- Any RP-related secrets in Discord, telegrams, or any other medium must be disclosed when asked. No exceptions. Note that disclosed secret information cannot be used in-character by anybody except for those who know it in-character.
- Respect the events of the previous APSIA RPs. They will be canonical for this RP.
- You must use APSIA time and every post you make must include at least the date. Failure to use APSIA time will result in your post being nulled.
- No godmodding. If you think it's godmodding, it most likely is.
- You must clearly state with OOC tags when a post is not in-character.
- Weapons of mass destruction (including nuclear weapons) are not allowed to be deployed. If you use a WMD, you will be removed from the RP.
- If you are using a puppet, you must clearly state who the puppet belongs to. Failure to do so will result in the nulling of any posts related to that puppet and you getting removed from the RP.
- You must have an account on Discord and be on the APSIA Discord Server in order to participate in this RP.
- No unrealistic, satirical, "goofy" or "silly" posts. Keep that in the Discord or in the RMB.
Important Links
- Map (PM NGU if you need to be on the map)
- Time
- Stats (PM McFreedomstan if you do not have a ranking)
- APSIA Official Discord Server