RE: Thinking out loud. . .

G'day,

>>Nearly 1.5 times as big?  And with a better economy (Capitalism vs.
>> Socialism, Capitalists win)?  I'm surprised ESU doesn't go 
>> tits up quick.
> 
> Possible balancing assumptions:
> a) the ESU devotes a higher percentage of GNP to weapons than the NAC;
> b) the NAC's system slides more towards socialism ("the 
> People's Republic
> of Massachusetts");
> c) the ESU permits some capitalism
> d) the NAC has a "defend everything" mentality at the start and gets
> chopped up in detail by more concentrated ESU fleets, and it 
> takes a while to rebuild 

e) The NAC has to be so much bigger to soak up the losses from all those
break away republics <GRIN>

<duck>

Beth