RE: Thinking out loud. . .

> Power      On Earth	  In Space     Total
> NAC	     8.5 billion  2 billion    10.5 billion
> [1]
> ESU	     5 billion	  2 billion    7 billion

>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

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