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[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).

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