A Possible Currency?

[Likar]

The point system during the trading card event really interested me. So I though "Hey, why don't nations use some form of NS wide currency".

The Main Idea

The main idea is that a NS wide currency could be created. What would it be used for? Services such as trading with other nations in return for a so called "import" which could boost the stat you are importing, and if we want to merge it with the nation card system, raising the rarity of your card.

How To Fight Inflation

I consider NS a Massive Multiplayer Game. So if boosting a stat cost 20 in the first month, in 1 year it might costing 1000x time that. And that can be destructive. But there is a way to lower the inflation. For example, if you want to send some money to another nation, add fees. Add fee's to EVERYTHING. Want to import some stuff? Add Fee's. Since when paying your money to go to nowhere, it will take away from the economy, lowering inflation.

Stock Market

People could invest there money in nations or regions. If investing in a nation, if there economy, civil rights, or political freedom goes up the profit increases. Or if investing in a region, it is practically giving certain people a higher position. You could not work with other people to boost the price of a certain stock (like X amount of money to buy a stock in Vovodoco's Civil rights stats) and then we all screw you over just for the lols, making ourselves a profit..

Please send your idea's down below, since it is at a basic form.

[Likar]

Stock Market, I fell needs its patching.

[VoVoDoCo]

I like your stock market idea, though i'd expand it to include all stats, to give us more stock options.

Though, you'll probably have a hard time convincing admin to let you use this currency to enhance your own stats.

• You can make puppets and engage in insider trading
• I could work with other people to boost the price of a certain stock (like X amount of money to buy a stock in Vovodoco's Civil rights stats) and then we all screw you over just for the lols, making ourselves a profit.

Not to mention the hassle of coding.

[Likar]

I like your stock market idea, though i'd expand it to include all stats, to give us more stock options.

Though, you'll probably have a hard time convincing admin to let you use this currency to enhance your own stats.

• You can make puppets and engage in insider trading
• I could work with other people to boost the price of a certain stock (like X amount of money to buy a stock in Vovodoco's Civil rights stats) and then we all screw you over just for the lols, making ourselves a profit.

Not to mention the hassle of coding.

That would be great.

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[VoVoDoCo]

You could not work with other people to boost the price of a certain stock (like X amount of money to buy a stock in Vovodoco's Civil rights stats) and then we all screw you over just for the lols, making ourselves a profit.

But how would you make sure people couldn't work together? Is there a game mechanic? Would you restrict how much you could actually lose?

[Likar]

You could not work with other people to boost the price of a certain stock (like X amount of money to buy a stock in Vovodoco's Civil rights stats) and then we all screw you over just for the lols, making ourselves a profit.

But how would you make sure people couldn't work together? Is there a game mechanic? Would you restrict how much you could actually lose?

Restricting how much you earn and lose would be a good system.

[Likar]

But how would you make sure people couldn't work together? Is there a game mechanic? Would you restrict how much you could actually lose?

Restricting how much you earn and lose would be a good system.

Other Idea's?

[Likar]

Restricting how much you earn and lose would be a good system.

Other Idea's?

Anything?

[Jakker]

Other Idea's?

Anything?

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[Mabuhay Land]

Not a great idea. It's just gonna worsen the situation.

[Minoa]

It would be very complicated to implement, and it is worth noting that the trading cards are a parody of all those pay-to-win games.

I doubt that Max Barry wants leave an impression that NationStates is a pay-to-win game, where you can get all the trading cards by spending actual money!

Side note, there is an international currency of some sort in roleplay, and it is called the NationStates dollar. Some value it at exactly 1 US dollar, 1 Australian dollar, or 1 euro, while I put it at the current US Consumer Price Index divided by the US Consumer Price Index for November 2002 — as I saw it at the time. I may move to using the Australian CPI values, though.

[Trotterdam]

Side note, there is an international currency of some sort in roleplay, and it is called the NationStates dollar.

Ah, roleplayers. Spare a thought for the Standard Monetary Unit, which unlike the "NationStates dollar" is actually an official part of the game, and whose value I estimate at 1/5th of a US dollar.

[The Official United Nations]

I'm not sure that we should subtly encourage a high rating for economy, political freedoms, etc.

Also, this seems to come close to encouraging an active multiplayer struggle through the nation itself, which is typically done in roleplays. It also reformulates some aspects of your nation, like the political freedom rating. People shouldn't have such incentives to increase their ratings, especially given that they might use multis. I'm not sure that a 'market' should be added in at this point, certainly without similar features already existing.

It seems to offer an alternative pathway to increasing stats, which does not involve national policy or issues. For many stats, that would be strange.

[Likar]

I'm not sure that we should subtly encourage a high rating for economy, political freedoms, etc.

Also, this seems to come close to encouraging an active multiplayer struggle through the nation itself, which is typically done in roleplays. It also reformulates some aspects of your nation, like the political freedom rating. People shouldn't have such incentives to increase their ratings, especially given that they might use multis. I'm not sure that a 'market' should be added in at this point, certainly without similar features already existing.

The market I had doubt's with. But what about betting on regions?

[Almonaster Nuevo]

10000 Islands has a stock market with regions as stocks. You might try asking Louisistan about it if you were interested.