[FH] Great Powers Revised
From: "Laserlight" <laserlight@q...>
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 20:48:34 -0500
Subject: [FH] Great Powers Revised
>> Pop GDP ActMen MilBud
>>NAC 809.6 $8238.1 4193 $323993
>>ESU 2141.6 $1734.9 8032 114858
>>FSE 165.2 $1174.5 1289 40225
>>NSL 123.1 $1139 1076 35756
>>IF 370.7 $493 4018 56570
>>PAU 468.1 $239.9 890.2 7019
>>IC 527.2 $235 2283 10015
>>OU 23.7 $219.4 90 5330
>
Pop GDP
NAC 685.6 5,848.1
ESU 2,183.5 1,853.7
FSE 189.4 1,320.5
NSL 123.1 1,139.0
IF 422.9 546.4
PAU 469.2 241.1
IC 527.2 235.0
Japan 124 2400
OU 23.7 219.4
FCT 40.0 212.4
Israel 4.4 27
Revisions: Ireland and Greece to FSE, S Korea to ESU, Turkey to IF,
Japan separated from NAC plus a couple other minor adjestments. The
main nation not included is Taiwan, at 20 pop and 95 GDP. Of course,
all this doesn't mean anything concrete for 2 centuries later, but it
might be a helpful guide to proportions. For example, when I design
the IF fleet list (after hiring a consultant from the ScanFed), I'll
give them about half the points of the NSL FTFB fleet (and fudge a bit
since the FB doesn't have all active ships).
It also gives a clue as to the most likely arena for political action
in 2183: ESU attempts to woo Japan away from NAC. Meanwhile ESU
citizens put triple the tax rate into the defense budget that the NAC
does (which is historically the case--Russia was at 17% when the US
was about 6%, IIRC, during the height of the Cold War).