[DRAFT] Food Shortages Gobble Up @NAME@@!

[Kiddian States]

After another disastrously poor harvest in the agriculture sector, there isn’t enough food to go around. 85 have died from starvation yesterday alone, and now people are demanding change. You have quickly gathered your Ministers to find a solution to this quickly worsening problem.

Must have socialism and a low agricultural sector

Option 1
After quickly popping 3 Anvil brand headache pills into his mouth, your Minister of Agriculture says, “@@LEADER@@, I think the solution is obvious. We need to grow more food. I’m suggesting a total overhaul of our agriculture industry. I’m talking more seeds, better equipment, you name it. The fact of the matter is that we need to be more self-sufficient. So just sign here and we’ll never have to deal with this again.” He clutched his head and pops another pill.

@@DEMONYMPLURALNOUN@@ only have to wait til the next harvesting season to stop starving

Option 2
Your Secretary of State bursts in. “No, don’t you get it?! We need the food now! Not next year! And who has food? Other countries! I don’t care how you get it—beg, borrow, steal, threaten, whatever—just get us the food! Even I’m hungry!” As if you prove his point, his stomach growled loudly.

The government has adopted a “Please, Sir, May I Have Some More?” policy

Option 3
Grizzled old frontiers@@MAN1@@ @@RANDOMNAME@@ breaks through your window and brushes off the broken glass. “Bah! There’s plenty of food out there, if you know where to look. Why, I’ve kept my belly full on Waffalyan root, squirrels, and wild @@ANIMALPLURAL@@. Yum! Sure, you city folk might not like what’s out there, but these are trying times, dangnabbit! Set up a government initiative that teaches people to find food, no matter where they are in our great @@TYPE@@. Now, I must be off. I have some mushroom stew to make!”

@@NAME@@ is completely devoid of anything edible

Option 4
The richest @@MAN2@@ in @@NAME@@, @@RANDOMNAME@@, who has been seen close to your office too many times for it to be a coincidence, opens the door. “Why even feed peasants like @@HIM1@@ at all? I have a much more enticing solution, @@LEADER@@. Just have all the food in that the government controls go to the 1%—like me and you—and we’ll have a grand old time! And if you’re worried about those poor people, don’t be! If there’s one thing peasants are great at, it’s living through starvation!”

@@NAME@@‘s new anti-welfare system is making waves

[Socialist Ancomistan]

I feel like this issue is good for combatting the "socialist utopia" that many nations like to go for, by presenting real challenges like food. I feel like NationStates goes too easy on the socialist nations since they are often spared many of the causes of death that plague capitalist nations. The only exception seems to be "Lost in Wilderness"

[Ko-oren]

I like the writing, but there's a lot of overlap with issues #1456 and especially #1345. You'll have to find a way to set it apart from those.

[Candensia]

Agree that several issues exist that address famine and food shortages. There may be room for more, but you'll need to find a specific angle, as #1456 and #1345 have done.

Socialism is in the validity, but it doesn't seem integral when reading the draft. What circumstances might a socialist nation encounter that could lead to an intense famine?

[Kiddian States]

Agree that several issues exist that address famine and food shortages. There may be room for more, but you'll need to find a specific angle, as #1456 and #1345 have done.

Socialism is in the validity, but it doesn't seem integral when reading the draft. What circumstances might a socialist nation encounter that could lead to an intense famine?

Well, the main part is that a socialist nation would be in charge of harvesting and distributing food (at least to grocery stores or whatever)

[Candensia]

Agree that several issues exist that address famine and food shortages. There may be room for more, but you'll need to find a specific angle, as #1456 and #1345 have done.

Socialism is in the validity, but it doesn't seem integral when reading the draft. What circumstances might a socialist nation encounter that could lead to an intense famine?

Well, the main part is that a socialist nation would be in charge of harvesting and distributing food (at least to grocery stores or whatever)

Perhaps then amend the intro to create a situation in which the harvesting and distribution network has broken down due to a reason that is believable and broadly unique to socialist nations.

The reason shouldn't be socialism itself, but rather something that happens as a result of it.