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 of a fascist is what ultimately gives the demo it's edge.

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