interesting thoughts, but I'm not a big fan of the lack of changing or lack of public market access.

i don't think you can have a country that is competitive beyond the first 3-4 weeks of the round without being able to interact with the public market.
so at first glance, it seems like a country that would be overpowered during the early game/for restarts, while not being useful later in the round

also, with a small server population right now, I'd like to do things that encourage MORE interaction with the market, rather than less :p