Basically what the title says. I started yesterday, almost 24 hours ago, and it feels like every issue I answer has the exact polar opposite effect of what I want. For example, an issue answer that claims it will boost my economy, actually tanks it. And so I go on to the next issue and answer differently, just to see it tank the economy again. It is quickly getting to a point where I cant help but wonder if I should have just made a country from scratch, and then never answer another issue again. This has become extremely frustrating.
Another problem I have been wondering about is population. I noticed that a large chunk of the game... basically like 60-70% of it, seems to only be unlocked after several hundred million in population. I read something that said you get +1 million population per day... this would mean that in order to unlock even some of the more basic looking customization options, I would need to be playing this game for nearly a year. I mean I get why they do this... it makes it easier to keep profanity out of stuff like flags and nation banners, because people who have invested that much time are less likely to want to risk being deleted.
But it still feels kinda excessive. Anyway, any degree of help with this games extremely complex and seemingly nonsensical mechanics would be greatly appreciated, because I don't understand how or why any of the issues I have been answering have been doing the opposite of what they would say they would do.