Lamoni wrote:United Eastedge wrote:Hey, mates. Just two questions more. How much NSD do I have? Do I need to earn them?
While it isn't mandatory, a good way to determine a realistic budget for yourself is the use of budget calculators.
http://www.nstracker.net/?nation=LamoniThere is a link to one of them, and you can enter your nation name there.
The other way, is to RP your budget, but it should be realistic. One of the more economically inclined mentors can probably help you with that.
To add to what Lamoni said, 'tracker' sites for NS economies aren't always accepted by many RPers who'd prefer that it all be roleplayed. Trackers can give you a good idea of where you might stand, but it's probably better to just find a real-world country that's similar to your own and base your economic ratings off that.
The thing about budgets is that they don't tell you how much money you
can spend on something. A lot of that funding is usually already devoted - to wages, maintenance, equipment replacement and upgrades - and not available for completely new purchases. Just because a country has a budget of 40 billion NSD doesn't mean it's able to buy ten of Lyran Arms'
Battleaxe cruiser. There'd be no money left to crew the thing, or even
train people to crew it, run it, repair it and generally keep it afloat.
Another thing that's nice to remember when you're RPing about your NSD is that you don't just have to RP your country. You can represent individual firms in your nation, some of whom might even make more than your government is capable of budgeting. You're not going to find a tracker for your firms, but that doesn't mean they don't exist. Similarly, it doesn't mean they shouldn't be grounded in realism, but just because your government has hit its spending limit doesn't mean your big supermarket chain has yet.