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1) Days 103 - 116
2) Days 117 - 130
3) Days 131 - 144
4) Days 145 - 158
5) Days 159 - 172
Welcome to the sixth article in my continuing series on Gold Usage, covering Days 173 to 186 (February 14th through February 27th).
Overall weapon expenditures were down 2.7% this period, dropping from 125,123g to 121,701g. Last time, I surmised that auctions were taking gold away from weapon expenditures.
On average, however, the number of auctions are down 5.6% this period, so it is not likely that more gold is being spent there rather than on weapons. Let's look at the spending breakdown by country:
Countries Ranked by Total Gold Spent on Weapons
Major changes occurred this period. As expected, USA lost its long-standing #2 slot. Their GDP,if you will, dropped 35.5% from 9,735g down to 6,276g. I fear they have further to fall as Lithuania continues to sit on their core regions and many of their most productive citizens have either quit the game or moved to other countries. Their top 20 hitters last period spent 3,426g. Looking at that same group this period:
1 quit -
1 moved to Denmark -
2 moved to India -
1 moved to Pikestan -
The remaining 15 members still in the USA spent 2,055g this period (-40%). 1,636g lost by USA was offset by gains in Denmark, India, and Pikestan.
Another possible explanation for the decrease in weapon expenditures is mass bannings in Indonesia, which dropped from 526 active citizens down to 456 (-13.3%). While across the globe the number of active citizens actually increased a negligible amount, from 10,325 to 10,333, many of the banned Indonesians were high-profile damage dealers, now being replaced with newbies. Indonesia's GDP dropped 9.5% from 5,627g down to 5,094g. These lost citizens were offset by gains in Iran, which surged from 529 to 563 (6.4%) citizens and spent 711.5 (16.7%) more gold.
The real losers dragging down the economy appear to be Sweden, Slovakia, and Portugal.
Sweden lost 7 citizens (-3.1%) while their GDP dropped from 3,862g down to 3,116g (-19.3%).
Slovakia gained 4 citizens (1.8%) while their GDP dropped from 3,642g down to 2,881g (-20.9%).
Portugal lost 8 citizens (-3.2%) while their GDP dropped from 3,500g down to 3,020g (-13.7%).
Countries Ranked by Average Gold Spent on Weapons per *Active Citizen
*Active: someone who fought during this period.
Despite a drop in total and Per Capita spending, South Korea managed to take the top slot with 21.67g per citizen. Montenegro slipped to #2, while Austria's brief flare of spending came crashing down from #2 to #31. Pikestan now rounds out the top 3.
Greece makes a particularly impressive #4, given their enormous size. Spending over 20g per citizen across 347 active citizens represents a true economic powerhouse.
Military Units Ranked by Total Gold Spent on Weapons
Despite being hit with a few bans, GUNKOSTRAD managed to only drop to #2, trading places (again) with Gloria Victis. Given their 32% spending margin over the next highest spender, it looks like Gloria Victis will be #1 for awhile. MARVEL and EDK also make strong showings, which helps explain why VVV encompasses 32.9% of the world GDP with only 29.5% of the active population.
Citizens Ranked by Total Gold Spent on Weapons
745 bare-fisted strikes for
is still alive and well.Most Expensive Battle
The most expensive battle was Canada East Coast with 3,598g worth of weapons used:
Q1 : 50,031
Q2 : 1,635
Q3 : 5,715
Q4 : 134
Q5 : 5,084
The defenders spent 55 more gold than the attackers, mostly on an extra 1,835 Q3 and 860 Q5 weapons.
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Clutch Update - Day 178 to 191 (11 years ago)
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USA as a world power? In E-Sim it is possible!
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