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We are all well aware that there is a HUGE inequality of resources in esim. Wood/Stone/Oil companies are pretty much useless, and cost the most to produce their products, while pretty much anyone with High Iron/Diamonds/Grain has a nice economy.
Despite this inherent inequality, one of the more fundamental issues of resources is WHERE they are distributed across the globe. (Let alone the fact that the resources seem a little inconsistent with real life)
When you look into the numbers, they are quite staggering, it is obvious that those countries that have access to these valuable high resources are generally more powerful. Sure, I am well aware that activity, citizen numbers, and everything else has to do with power, and of course lead to a more volatile environment (which a previous article has actually shown that activity is what keeps a community alive - so they are even better off that way too), but what I wanted to show in today's sledge is that their is a direct correlation between POWER, WHERE THE RESOURCES ARE DISTRIBUTED, AND HOW MANY REGIONS ARE NEEDED TO HOLD THESE RESOURCES
For starters, in the esim map, this is the distribution of high regions.
Number of Wood = 6
Number of Stone = 4
Number of Oil = 7
Number of Iron = 14
Number of Grain = 9
Number of Diamonds = 10
(This is a completely different issue here. If the resources and products are not going to be changed - ie, stone, hospital etc, maybe the best option is to only have 4 wood, 4 stone, 4 oil, and change the others to useful things such as Iron)
Now, lets have a quick look at a few of the powerhouse countries, with a booming economy, activity etc. For fun, I only did the 6 closest regions.
Distance to High Iron/Grain/Diamonds from Poland
Core = High Iron
Russia = High Grain = 1 away
Latvia - High Iron = 2 away
Slovakia = High Iron = 2 away
Lithuania = High Diamonds = 2 away
Ukraine = High Grain = 2 away
Distance to High Iron/Grain/Diamonds from Lithuania
Core = High Diamonds
Russia = High Grain = 1 away
Latvia = High Iron = 2 away
Poland = High Iron = 3 away
Finland = HIgh Diamonds = 3 away
Ukraine = High Grain = 4 away
Distance from High Iron/Grain/Diamonds from Serbia
Bosnia and Herzegovina = High Diamonds = 1 away
Croatia = High Diamonds = 2 away
Republic of Macedonia = High Grain = 2 away
Slovakia = High Iron = 2 away
Hungary = High Grain = 3 away
Slovenia = High Grain = 3 away
Distance to High Iron/Grain/Diamonds from Australia
Core = High Diamonds
Indonesia = High Iron = 2 away
India = High Grain = 4 away
Brazil = High Iron = 5 away
Taiwan = High Iron = 6 away
Portugal = High Diamonds = 6 away
(Yep - you read that correctly, Australia has to attack PORTUGAL as their 6th closest useful high region!)
Distance to High Iron/Grain/Diamonds from Spain
Portugal = High Diamonds = 2 away
Brazil = High Iron = 3 away
Canada = High Grain = 3 away
USA = High Iron = 3 away
Italy = High Iron = 4 away
Ireland = High Iron = 4 away
That's right, Spain has to attack 2 regions to even get a useful resource territory. In the same time that Spain has 1 territory, Poland can potentially have 6!
Distance to High Iron/Grain/Diamonds from Iran
Pakistan = High Iron = 2 away
Israel = High Iron = 3 away
India = High Grain = 4 away
Greece = High Iron = 5 away
Ukraine = High Grain = 5 away
Indonesia = High Iron = 5 away
AND THE BEST THING OF ALL - IRAN's CLOSEST HIGH DIAMOND REGION IS
A) 6 regions away, B) 7 regions away, or C) 8 regions away
Actually its 7 regions away in Lithuania......(border with Russia?), 8 regions away is Finland.
To even show you that it sometimes doesn't matter who has the best community, you still get smashed by the game itself. I give you South Korea. One of the best communities, ranked 21st in productivity Distance to High Iron/Grain/Diamonds from South Korea
Core = High Diamonds
USA = High Iron = 2 away
Russia = High Grain = 3 away
Taiwan = High Iron = 4 away
India = High Grain = 5 away
Canada = High Grain = 5 away
Distance to High Iron/Grain/Diamonds from Israel
Core = High Iron
Greece = High Iron = 2 away
Republic of Macedonia = High Grain = 5 away
Pakistan = High Iron = 5 away
Ukraine = High Grain = 6 away
AND THE BEST THING OF ALL - ISRAELS CLOSEST HIGH DIAMOND REGION IS
A) 7 regions away, B) 8 regions away, C) 9 regions away
YEP, you guessed it, 9 regions away!
THE IMPORTANT THING TO REALIZE IS THE POTENTIAL. Yes of course alot has to do with the topography in general, (not to mention that equality could be created straight away in Poland and Lithuania if that ridiculous Poland aka Kaliningrad border was erased), but the thing that is crystal clear is that the potential to attack countries in the least amount of regions to gain high regions is the key here.
Btw, I am well aware that Russia has many links, but this is the anomaly, and the effect being stuck between a rock and a hard place i.e - Lithunania, and Poland (because of the silly border)
Why is it important to be closer BECAUSE THERE ARE LESS SURROUND REGIONS!
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