qz your statement is qualified with early set land-grabbing, a demo can do this also, the only equalizer when comparing would have to be an all-x. It's like saying a tyr techer is better then a theo techer because it can grab more land.

The 15% bonus drops quickly when you factor in the higher tech and no taxes. A demo with $2-3 ($41-50 bushel prices) advantage while de-stocking 300-400 mil bushels can make an extra billion on the market easily.

another part of this is that a demo can resell on the PM at $38 without having to buy military tech early on, something a fascist cannot do. To make the same $ per bushel a fascist would have to sell bushels on the market @ 41.

So the Demo can buy their military tech later when tech prices have dropped some.

A demo also does not have to buy as much biz/res to match a fascist income which means a demo can maintain positive or much higher cash-flow much easier and for less $ up front.

so a demo can save an extra $400-600 mil in tech just by buying it later or not buying as much. Not to mention the ~200 mil or so it saves on taxes when buying tech and military while ramping up.

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if both strats reach 10,000k acres with 3K turns left in the reset, with 0 tech on hand, which one will finish higher?

if they were to cash out the rest of their turns:

How much tech will optimize each one to stock with? How much did each country spend?
Mil/Biz/Res/Agri

How much more tech would be needed by each country if they kept exploring their turns.

As for military;

On alliance figure on a mil or so turrets, and on solo 3-4 mil turrets worth of military. <<< which is why it is different when playing a F on an alliance server. On solo you have to run a high mil or get lucky to finish with a higher net.

All I'm saying is the higher military maintenance cost coupled to the lower income is what ultimately gives the demo it's edge.

The demo simply does not spend as much cash to get their stock.