WW3 map

[KingOfEngland]

I love the way how that map is set up, it looks quite modern time with modern problems and with reasonable tensions. But what i hate about it is that nations seem to be economically and resourcely broken! Has any1 gotten out of that eco mess as US? Also, whats the chance of a map like that with no economic shortage? Also what the heck does it mean when it says lack of raw material or something like that when inspecting electricity sector?
Thx!

[ainsworth74]

A resource shortage means, that you can't produce enough electricity to meat demand. It also can mean the you don't have enough of a material for a certain type of power plant.

For example: If you have a lack of oil, then all your petrol power plants will also have a shortage. Same as if you have no coal, no coal power station will work.

Also at first try one the nations with oil, they tend to be easyier to manage economicaly, as they tend to have huge surpluses of money, therefore it is simple to become self-sufficent...

[Il Duce]

...The scenario/design notes are quite specific about the map having 'initially' inherently only about 85% of the oil supply versus demand. So... To solve the resource mess from the git-go it helps to start off playing a state that has petro resources to develop. This is the fundamental point of WW3, far as I 'm concerned. Thereafter it's pretty much smash-and-grab.

Of course - this means being either Russia or a Middle-Eastern region, doesn't it? Interesting to note how willing both Canada and Mexico are to do business with Russia in this scenario. Something suggests the American notion of Manifest Destiny hits the wall here.

[Lightbringer]

Well you have a point....up to a point. Mainly the point in time when the really big American stick bashes both Mexico and Canada over their America hating heads. I've never understood the strategy of building the very best possible (and one of the biggest) military machines...and then being too wimpy to use it properly. If I can take out Canada and Mexico almost simultaneously (as western US) while fighting 2/3's of the US, I'm pretty sure I can do the same as the entirety of the US.
On a more pacifistic note... I've never had any real trouble becoming self sufficient in oil with the US. Yeah the money to drill all those wells can make you tighten your belt, but when you pull it off it is worth it. Try developing that Alaskan oil field and build a small Army base next door. The supply will boost it's output enough to solve most of your problem by itself.

Now if you are playing with a voluntary ban on facility building...to make it even between the AI and yourself.... well good luck.

[BigStone]

lack of raw material or something like that when inspecting electricity sector?

One short comment here:
Your cities also generate electricity..... and they need oil for that...

[el_slapper]

well, the beginning as USA was tough, but with a tech-rush on synthetic fuel and many synthetic plants built(6, IIRC), fuel is no more a problem