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Trade
Topic Started: Sep 24 2008, 08:56 PM (97 Views)
Laplanw

I found this in the FAQ section:

"Can I boost my economy with Trade Statuses?
Usually not, unless you are spectacularly clever. Generally speaking, you are best to leave every Trade Status at Neutral: that way your nation will buy and sell on the world market, getting the best prices. Any deviation from Neutral means your nation will act a little less efficiently: it will, for example, pay a little more than it needs to in order to purchase from a Priority Partner, or pass up an opportunity to buy cheaply from a nation you have Embargoed.

It is in your benefit for another nation to make you a Favored or Priority Trading Partner, though. In that case, your nation may, if circumstances are right, buy and sell even more favorably than world market prices.

Despite this pressure to be Neutral, real beanheads--the kinds of people who study graphs for fun--can form economic cartels if they get together and corner the market. It's possible, for example, for a group of nations who dominate world supply of a particular item to Embargo anyone who doesn't join their Alliance, or set a particular Diplomatic Status, or make them a Favored Trading Partner."


I'd say switch back to neutral to stablize the shortages?
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ParrrrTay
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I'm going to have to agree. I tried favored with a ton of nations to see what would actually happen and I'm not seeing good results. I believe I was doing better when set to 'neutral'
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Laplanw

Switched trading to 'neutral' with everyone, as a result, my gross domestic product (GDP) went down big time. My population spiked to 62 million after returning to neutral. After the spike, it dropped back to 56 million couple days later.

I don't get it...
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