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The most often used terms in simcountry are explained here. If you can't find what you are looking for, please contact The Gamemaster. This list is maintained daily.

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ST_2_2_1 The Simcountry Galaxy

Click on the space screen after you login.
ST_2_2_2 It shows the 5 Simcountry worlds, many space stations and some shuttles.
ST_2_2_3 Most of the time, you also see cargo shuttles moving products between worlds and markets.
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ST_2_3_1 Space Stations

There are many space stations where products can be traded.
ST_2_3_2 Space stations have 100 docking stations each where products can be kept before and after trading.
ST_2_3_3 Each space station is used for the trading of a specific group of products but can be used for storage of any product.
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ST_2_4_1 Cargo Shuttles

Cargo Shuttles are the main vehicle in space and are used for the transport of all products.
ST_2_4_2 Cargo shuttles can be produced by large corporations in all the worlds and are traded on the direct trading market.
ST_2_4_3 Each Cargo shuttle can transport up to 100.000 units. Shuttle age in time and the number of missions depends on their quality.
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ST_2_5_1 Space markets

Space markets are located on space stations across our galaxy.
ST_2_5_2 You can transport a product to the space market where it is traded, on one of the space stations and store it in a docking station.
ST_2_5_3 The product can be offered for sale on that market. You always offer a preset quantity and you state your price in gold coins.
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ST_2_6_1 Docking Stations

There are 100 docking stations on each space station.
ST_2_6_2 Players can purchase these docking stations for 200 gold coins or rent them for 5 gold coins per month.
ST_2_6_3 A docking station can store 1.000.000 units. This is equal to ten fully loaded cargo shuttles. Only stored products can be offered on the market.
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ST_2_7_1 Strategic Supplies

Space stations are strategically important beyond their market function.
ST_2_7_2 Trading products on space station markets is important but the storage of products on space stations has a strategic value.
ST_2_7_3 Product shortages can damage your country. Setting up strategic reserves on space stations makes them available anywhere when needed.
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ST_2_8_1 Weapons & Ammo Storage

Strategic reserves of weapons and ammunition can be essential in war.
ST_2_8_2 Many times during war, countries need supplies of weapons and ammunition or they might lose the war.
ST_2_8_3 There is no guarantee for availability on the markets. Having strategic reserves of weapons and ammunition on space stations might save the day.
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ST_2_9_1 Developing Space

The space game is evolving quickly.
ST_2_9_2 It is important to understand where the space game is going. In the coming months, space war will become part of the game along with some new weapons and ammunition types.
ST_2_9_3 The galaxy will become larger with many more space stations, command centers and asteroids where rare products can be mined.
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Sufficient Defense Level This is a level of defense that will enable a country to defend itself. Large attacks can be launched and to deter the attacker, you need many defensive weapons. Set up many interceptor wings and other defensive units, including large garrisons to protect your cities and other targets. Joining a federation may help.
Supplies Corporations use several products in their production process. These products are purchased on the market or sometimes directly from others. These products must be available for the corporation or it will not be able to produce. If the supplies of a corporation show "Shortage" in red, it means that the corporation is about to stop production because of lack or raw materials. Click on "Shortage", look into the details and purchase the needed products fast. You can retract the current order, replace it by an immediate order or just place a new order for a higher price. If corporations stop production, they fire employees and make losses. Sometime supplies show a "Low" indication. It means that a raw material is available but the stock level is lower than what is needed for two months production.
Supplies covered by Common Market Contracts This line shows the quantity of products (value) that is supplied to the corporation through common market contracts and the percentage these products represent out of all the products the corporation needs.
If the percentage is 100%, it means that all the materials the corporation needs are supplied through common market contracts. It means that no products are used from local corporations and all are imported from countries in the common market.
Supplies covered by International Contracts This line shows the quantity of products (value) that is supplied to the corporation through international contracts that are not part of the local and common market contracts and the percentage these products represent out of all the products the corporation needs.
If the percentage is 100%, it means that all the materials the corporation needs are supplied through international contracts. It means that no products are used from local corporations or from the common market and all are imported from countries outside the common market.
This is unlikely but meant as an example to explain what these numbers mean.
Supplies covered by Local Market Contracts This line shows the quantity of products (value) that is supplied to the corporation through local market contracts and the percentage these products represent out of all the products the corporation needs.
If the percentage is 100%, it means that all the materials the corporation needs are supplied through local market contracts and no import is needed.
Supply Index Shows the level of supplies in the country. With many shortages, the population needs are not met. the index will decline. Check the stocks of products on the trading page. Purchase products that show a shortage. Purchasing is frequently automatic. Shortages on the market can delay deliveries. A low supply index can damage the entire economy.
swlang Change Language
Take Game Money from The game money you bid for gold coins will be taken form the country you specify. You can specify any of your countries if it has enough game money and meets the requirements for the transaction.
The main requirement is that the country offering game money, should keep 1 T in cash after the transaction.
Target Corporation Salary Index This is the salary target level set for this corporation. Salaries can be changed by 5% per game month. It is possible to set a target salary level. If a target is set, salaries will change by 5% per game month until they reach the required target level.
Target Profit Payments When changing percentages, this is the target percentage. The tax percentage will move gradually from the current value to the target value.
Target Salary This is a way to set the salary level you want for all the workers in all your corporations. Once the target is set, all new corporations will either immediately set salary levels to this target or start changing salaries by 5% each game month until they reach the requested target level.
Taxes paid by Citizens This is the income of the government from tax payments by the population. It grows if incomes in the country are going up and if more people find jobs and make good salaries.
Taxes paid by Corporations This is the amount of money paid by corporations in the country as tax on their profits. All corporations who are making a profit pay taxes, this includes both state owned and privately owned corporations. If a corporation does not make any profit, or even suffers losses, this will eliminate their tax payments and even reduce them in the future until the corporation restores its profitability and can start tax payments again.
Teacher Education Priority This is the education priority for Teachers. If you experience shortages or if you want to improve the education system quickly, priorities can be increased for some time. To develop your country the education system must be excellent.
termsnconds Terms & Conditions
The Game Money offered can't be accepted The Game Money offered can't be accepted:
  1. The offering party does not have enough GC
  2. The offering party or the bidder is no longer the owner
  3. The bidder does not have enough Game Money anymore
theworlds The Worlds
Time Based This is both a selling and a purchasing strategy. When selling products, time based means the product selling price will be reduced every month the product remains unsold. When purchasing products, time based, the price will increase every month the product is not purchased.
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Total Assets This is the value of assets in the country. The assets do not include government facilities like schools and hospitals and they do not include army assets. Assets include the total market value of all the state owned corporations and the cash of the country. The debt of the country is subtracted from the assets.
Total Cash The value of all the cash assets in the country. It includes cash, cash in corporations, and loand given to others
Total Consumption covered by Contracts These figures show the total amount of money involved in all contracts the country has on the local market, the common market and the international market. The figures are in fact the total of the previous three both in terms of total amount involved and the percentage of consumption. The higher the percentage, the more products are delivered on the bases of contracts and they reduce the dependency of the country on the international market where products are some times in short supply and are not delivered at all.
Total Consumption Volume This column shows the total value of all contracts that are already signed for products that are consumed by the population. Some contracts are signed with local corporations, some with corporations on the common market and other contracts are with other corporations outside the common market.
Total Country Resources Used This is the total amount paid to the countries where the enterprise corporations are located, for the use of country resources. The corporations pay the guest country part of their revenue. This is the total amount they paid.
Total Debt No description available yet
Total Defense Cost This is the total cost of the defense forces. It is the combined cost of the defensive forces, the offensive forces and the strategic forces. It includes the cost of maintaining all facilities and weapons, salary costs for the army and the cost of materials that are needed for maintenance. This amount does not include the cost of purchasing new weapon systems and facilities.
Total Employed This is the total number of workers employed in all the corporations that are part of the enterprise.
Total energy produced this month This is the total amount of energy produced in the country this month from wind farms and from corporations using either Oil&Gas or producing nuclear energy.
Total energy used this month This is the total amount of energy used in the country this month.
Total estimated Consumption this Month This figure shows the value of the total consumption of the country in the current month. This amount can be compared to the amount involved in all the contracts.
Total estimated Production this Month This is the total production this month. It should of course remain higher than to total quantity that was committed in contracts.
Total estimated Use of Supplies this Month This is the total value of supplies that will be used in the corporation this month. Some will be purchased through contracts of various kinds and some probably on the open market.
Total Fixed Cost This is the total amount all the enterprise corporations have spent on the so called fixed costs. Each corporation pays each month for some recurring cost for administration services, legal cost, cost of buildings etc.
Total Funds Assets No description available yet
Total Income This is the total income of all workers in the country. The graph showing the total income in the last 18 months is a good measure of the development of the country.
Total Interest Paid This is the total amount of interest paid by all the corporations that are part of the enterprise.
Total Investment Fund This is the total amount of money in the investment fund that is owned by the workers in the country. The investment fund is profitable and returns on the investments are added to the income of the workers. The funds invest some of their money in the stock market and some is loaned to the world bank.
Total Loans Given No description available yet
Total Loans given to Others This is the amount of money you provided to third parties as a loan. It is unlikely that you will be able to do so as a new player, it will take a long time to accumulate cash. Countries have a loan burden of their own and need to invest in their economies to grow. At a later stage, you might be in position to provide loans and it is a way of putting your money to work.
Total Maintenance Cost This is the total amount paid by all the enterprise corporations for maintenance of all the corporations. The cost includes maintenance of equipment and any other cost that has to do with maintaining the capability of the corporation to continue production.
Total Market Value of all Corporations This is the total market value of all the shares owned by the enterprise in any corporations. It is the total of the three previous numbers.
Total Materials Cost This is the total cost of materials paid by all the corporations that are part of the enterprise.
Total Mortgage Cost This is the amount of money that was given to the people in the country as mortgage for homes. Every family pays monthly interest as a percentage of that mortgage.
Total Nominal Value in Gold Coins This is the total value in gold coins. This value is called nominal because it is based on basic assets of the country plus a very conservative earning based value that is derived form its capacity to earn additional income from it operations.
This value can also be used as a base figure when the country is offered for sale on the cash market.
Total Nominal Value in US Dollars The total value in gold coins is converted to $ US, based on a valuation of 10 dollar cent per gold coin.
Total of all Army Assets The total value of all army assets as specified above.
Total of all Assets This is the value of assets in the country. The assets do not include government facilities like schools and hospitals and they do not include army assets. Assets include the total market value of all the state owned corporations, shares the country holds in public corporations and the cash of the country. The debt of the country is subtracted from the assets.
Total of all Corporate Assets This is the total value of all corporate assets the country owns. It includes the three groups of corporations above.
Total of all Enterprise Assets This is the total value of all the corporations in the enterprise. Corporations market value increases if the corporation is profitable.
Total of Education Priorities The total of all education priorities should be at a level of about 120. Higher numbers do not make sense and will not improve the education levels. Doubling all education priorities to a total of 240 will achieve nothing. In case the education system produces too high numbers of professionals, setting the total between 60 and 120 will reduce the numbers of graduates.
Total Pension Income This is the total income of the pension fund. Every worker contributes to the fund. Low income people pay less, high income professionals, managers and workers pay more. The profits of the fund are paid as additional income to retired people.
Total Population This is the total number of the population in your country. Population growth is fast in countries where the total is under 30 millions. Growth slows down in more populous countries. It can reach above 100 Millions. Free players countries grow up to 25 millions. and stops or even turns into population declining in countries with very high numbers.
Total Production This is the total value of all the products produced by the corporations that are part of the enterprise.
Total production for Contracts This is the total quantity of product that is committed in contracts by the corporation in local, common and international contracts. Never commit more than you produce or contracts will fail and may be cancelled.
Total Profit This is the total of all the profit made by all the corporations in the enterprise in the last month. Some of the corporations might have a loss and others make a profit. This number is the total.
Total Salaries This is the total amount of salaries paid to all the workers in all the corporations in the enterprise in the last month.
Total Sale Contracts This is the total quantity in the three contract groups together.
Total Share Count This is the total number of shares in the corporation. If you own all the shares, you are the only owner of the corporation.
Total Share Value The total value of the shares owned in this corporation
Total Supplies covered by Contracts This is the total of the three lines above. It is the total of all products (value) that are supplied to the corporation through contracts and the percentage it represents out of all the products the corporation uses.
A 100% figure means that all the materials the corporation needs are supplied through contract and nothing needs to be bought on the open market.
Total Turnover This is the total turnover last month, of all the corporations in the enterprise. It is a measure of growth in the enterprise.
Total Value for Game Purposes This is the total value of the account in terms of the game. This value is only for game purposes and does not represent any true value of the account.
Total Value of all Empires This is the total value of all your empires. You may have only one country on a single world or many countries spread over all the Simcountry worlds. This is their total value in Simcountry. This value, like all others on this page, does not represent any true value of this account.
Total Value of all Homes This is the total value of all the homes in the country. The total price of all homes goes up every month because more houses are being built all the time and also because of price increase on the market. If your economy is performing very badly, the total value of houses might decrease.
Total Value of all State Corporations This is the total market price of all the state and national corporations your country owns. The value of corporations depends on their performance. Their total value is a good measure of the quality of your industry. Market value of corporations improves if the corporation becomes more profitable.
Total Value of Facilities This is the value of all government owned assets including hospitals, schools, army bases and some weapon systems. It is used in the computation of the total assets of the country which includes all government facilities, state corporations, cash and the balance of loans taken and provided.
Total Value of Minority Share Holdings This is the total value of the shares the enterprise owns in corporations where the enterprise is not the largest shareholder and does not control the corporations.
Total Value of Private Corporations This is the total value of the corporations owned by the enterprise. It does not include share holdings in other corporations, either controlled by the enterprise or where the enterprise has shares but not a controlling role.
Total Value of Shares in Controlled Public Corporations This is the total value of the shares the enterprise owns in public corporations where the enterprise is the controlling shareholder.
trade Documentation - Trading Products
Trade Quantity This is the quantity of product that was offered on the market in each of the offers outstanding. The products are not sold yet and are waiting for a buyer.
tradeBadContract Trade contract agreement was not kept. You made commitments to deliver and you did not keep your obligations.
tradegame Trading & Products
tradeLessThanContract @sellertype@ @sellername@ could only deliver @amount1@ of the @amount2@ @units@ of @product@ that wereagreed upon in a contract with @buyertype@ @buyername@.
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tradeZeroOnContract @sellertype@ @sellername@ could not deliver the @amount2@ @units@ of @product@ it agreed upon in a contract with @buyertype@ @buyername@.
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Train Tracks Changing the percentage will not remove any train tracks in your country. It will only influence the percentage of the train tracks that will be shown on the map.
Transfer Cash To Corporation These fields are used to specify how much cash should be transferred to the corporations. It can be done for one or more corporations and it can be done at once for all of them. The function is one of many that are intended to simplify the management of corporations.
Transport Priority This is the priority that will be given to this resource when scheduling flights to the target country. If many materials are being sent, transport capacity may be insufficient and flying the materials to the target may take a long time. Priorities can become important.
Transportation Transportation in the country is taken care of by road and rail. The quality of transportation is essential for good economic development.
Transportation Budget for this Month This is the amount of money budgeted for transportation this month.
Transportation Budget Needed This is an estimate of the budget needed for a good transportation system. It shows whether you are spending enough or should build more roads, rail tracks and water treatment installations.
Transportation Cost This is the actual amount of money spent for transportation. It depends on the length of the road and trail track systems and also on the number of water treatment facilities. The amount may change as salaries in your country change and the cost of maintenance for the facilities may change due to market conditions.
Transportation Index The transportation index is a measure for the quality of your roads and trail system. It also includes the quality of water treatment installations although these have nothing to do with transportation. Building more roads will make you country perform better. Your country map will from time to time be updated to show the new roads. This does not occur immediately but only once in several days.
Transportation sector setup This feature will gradually build your transportation system in a balanced way and bring it to an index level of 120.
Transportation System This is the cost of the transportation system. It does not includes the cost of new roads and railroads. It is the cost of maintaining the existing roads and railroads. Currently, transportation also includes the water purification systems as well. The cost may fluctuate with changing salaries and market conditions that change the cost of materials that are used in the maintenance.
Treaty Status The status of all peace treaties can be viewed on this page. Peace treaties can be set up between countries. If a treaty is accepted, both countries are prevented from attacking each other for the duration of the treaty. The status of the treaty is either accepted or Not accepted yet. It is set to Accepted if the country which is offered to join, indeed accepts it.
tsunamiBody Sea surges wiped out entire communities, killing about @tsunamiKilled@ people and wounding @tsunamiWounded@.
tsunamiCenter @tsunamiCenterCountry@ was nearest to the epicentre of the quake.
tsunamiEvacuated @tsunamiEvacuees@ people had to be evacuated.
tsunamiIntro Survivors and rescuers are battling the devastation. The undersea quake had magnitude of @tsunamiMagnitude@.
tsunamiTitle @tsunamiTitleName@ hits @tsunamiTitleCountry@
Turnover Turnover is the amount of money the corporation received for products it sold. It is not the profit but the sale price received. The profit may be much lower as the corporation is paying salaries, purchasing raw materials and pays interest on loans.
Turnover Last Month This is the amount of turnover made by the corporation last month. The amount is in $E. If there is an M following the figure, it means that the amount is in millions.
Turnover Last Year This is the amount of turnover made by the corporation last year. The amount is in $E. If there is an M following the figure, it means that the amount is in millions.
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TutorialsLink Simcountry Tutorials
uaccountneeded My Account
uasexample Account Status
unadd New Notification
unchange Change Notification
undelete Delete Notification
Unemployed and Available This is the number of unemployed in the country in each category. When workers are sent out as part of a relief operation, unemployed will replace them in the corporations and other jobs they left.
Unemployed Workers and professionals This column shows the numbers of unemployed in your country. The numbers are showing each group of workers, managers and high tech professionals.
If these numbers are lower than the target numbers, you need to tune your education.
Prevent shortages to allow your economy to grow.
unitLogAirdropCancelled @molUnit@ airdrop operation has been cancelled
unitLogAirdroppedUnit @molUnit@ has been dropped
unitLogAirliftCancelled @molUnit@ airlift operation has been cancelled
unitLogAirliftedUnit @molUnit@ airlift operation concluded
unitLogAirliftUnit @molUnit@ will be airlifted to @molAirport@ military airport
unitLogBlackoutWaiting @molUnitName@ stopped moving and is waiting for the Blackout period to end.
unitLogDismantleAirliftedUnit @auoAtUnit@ dismantles @auoUnit@ at destination:
unitLogDroppingBattleUnit @molSupplyUnit@ air-dropped at @molBattleUnit@:
unitLogFlyAirTransportUnit @molAtUnit@ flying to @molAirport@ military airport (@molDestination@)
unitLogFlyAirTransportZone @molAtUnit@ flying to drop zone at @molDestination@
unitLogLoadAirdropUnit To airdrop @auoUnit@, @auoAtUnit@ is loaded with:
unitLogLoadAirlifItem @amount@ @unit@ @product@
unitLogLoadAirliftUnit To airlift @auoUnit@, @auoAtUnit@ is loaded with:
unitLogMoveArrived @molUnitName@ arrived at @molDestination@.
unitLogMoveCanceled @molUnitName@ is out of Gasoline and returns to the nearest base.
unitLogMoveNew @molUnitName@ is heading to @molDestination@
unitLogMoveResumed @molUnitName@ is moving to @molDestination@ again
unitLogMoveStep @molUnitName@ travelled @molDistance@ miles and is taking a break at @molDestination@
unitLogMoveStopped @molUnitName@ travelled @molDistance@ miles. The unit stopped moving. It has to fight armed forces or given other directions.
unitLogMoveStoppedCountry @molUnitName@ stopped at the border of @molCountryName@. Declare war before you invade @molCountryName@ or ask the president for permission to travel through the country.
unitLogMoveStoppedTarget @molUnitName@ stopped moving in @molCountryName@. The defense at the @molTargetKind@ @molTargetName@ needs to be destroyed before you can invade @molCountryName@ any futher.

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