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Heart of Rock and Roll
This felt fitting because I intend to talk about the current state of the United States of America here in e-sim, from my perspective anyway. And ultimately that ole heart is still beating.
Things have been a bit hectic to say the least as of late, specifically as it pertains to our President
Uncle Sam .
Uncle Sams presidency has been marred with scandal from a pretty early going, starting rather ominously with the banning of his Vice President
Leroy Combs , this is a serious issue when anyone is banned, cheating says alot about a person. There are many people that would tie the banning of Leroy to Uncle Sam, and while I can understand why people would want to do that I personally think it's a bit harsh and unfair. You might consider me biased, I do afterall serve on his cabinet, however I will admit willingly that in many ways I view myself as serving America first, I took this position because I want to see America grow stronger both militarily and economically, I believe in this country and it's citizens(both virtual and real). The problem I hav with attempting to tie the banning of Leroy to Uncle Sam is that frankly he has no control over the actions the real people behind the characters take. Leroy had served faithfully under President 
Liquid HOMICIDE , and by all accounts was an honest and trustworthy American Patriot. There are many people that might mention pass transgressions in other games, but I think that is meaningless as so many of those same people talk about how badly they want a strict seperation between this game and the old game, and on that note Uncle Sam had no reason to doubt Leroy, much as the previous president had no reason to doubt him. I have gotten to know Leroy in my time here, and I like the guy, regardless of his actions ingame, I have no problem seperating the man from the character, and so far as I can tell he is a good dude, I personally never really suspected anything like this from him, and I see no reason why we should expect the President to have some sort of precognition of what happened. This is why I think what happened to Leroy is meaningless as a knock on Sams Presidency.
The next issue is arguably a much bigger one, and more meaningful, and should not be ignored by anyone in my opinion. The attempted war against Canada, a day that will ive in infamy? Maybe nothing so severe, but there absolutely was a backlash, as evidenced by the shoutbox, and the fact that Congress voted his declaration of war down. I realize I am a bit late to be talking about this, it feels like it was ages ago, but I think that is actually better, let things cool down and see what the after effects are. There was a motion put up to impeach uncle Sam over this war that ultimately failed, and I personally think it's good that it did. The war was a huge blunder to put it mildly, and frankly could become what symbolizes Sams Presidency, however it is far to early in his term to allow us to say this one misstep has destroyed any chance of a succesful Presidency. The game has the mechanics in place to allow Congress to basically say "Woah, settle down buddy", and that is what happened here, forunately. I was never in favor of the war, I didn't see us gaining much of anything from it outside of the headaches that come with trying to hold regions that had no strategic value. But that is the job of the President, to make tough decisions, as a cabinet member I advised him of my concerns, and I believe he took them under consideration because I have faith in the man, he earned at least that much by winning the Presidency
So, I think the main point here is that President Uncle Sam absolutely deserves more time to trulydefine what kind of a President he will be, he was left a gift after all of the hard work Liquid and his cabinet put into rebuilding America, but in many ways it's a Catch-22. I would never dream of belittling the work that LH put into rebuilding this country, so do not take this that way but in many ways, despite the tremendous difficulties he faced, he had some advantages. America was united, in our own fractured way. We had been beaten, crushed, left with practically nothing, and as a result we stood as a united force, ready to do the work that was needed. There was only one option, fight or give up completely, and we chose to fight. Everyone knew what we needed to do, and everyone was on board. This does not mean it was easy for LH, but his goal was apparent from the moment he took office, it was achieving that goal that was the hard part. For Uncle Sam I think the problem is the exact opposite, at this point I think many Americans are...comfortable, we hold a high grain region in Canada East Coast. With comfort comes complacency, there is no one single goal that all Americans will united behind right now, and our options beyond that are limited. We have Russia to the West and Brazil to the south, both with backing of Alpha, we have the UK to the East, our good buddies, and we have Canada to the North. In many ways I can understand why Sam thought going through Canada would be the best course of action, no offense to Canada but it would have been easy, and lets face it, people play games like this for the sweet taste of blood, not blood from fighting for our allies, but blood from expanding our own territories, and Sam attempted to give America just that.
I just wrote a whole heck of a lot more then I intended to, I did not spell check, I assume 98% of you will "tl/dr" because frankly that's probably what I'd do, sorry for blowing up your subscription notification tab!
P.S. I realize that for the most part people like articles with pictures, we all love visual cues afterall, however I lack skill in that area, and I like the effort required to go searching for pictures that would feel meaningful, and I have no interest in slapping some boobs on my articles for subs!
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About the game:
USA as a world power? In E-Sim it is possible!
In E-Sim we have a huge, living world, which is a mirror copy of the Earth. Well, maybe not completely mirrored, because the balance of power in this virtual world looks a bit different than in real life. In E-Sim, USA does not have to be a world superpower, It can be efficiently managed as a much smaller country that has entrepreneurial citizens that support it's foundation. Everything depends on the players themselves and how they decide to shape the political map of the game.
Work for the good of your country and see it rise to an empire.
Activities in this game are divided into several modules. First is the economy as a citizen in a country of your choice you must work to earn money, which you will get to spend for example, on food or purchase of weapons which are critical for your progress as a fighter. You will work in either private companies which are owned by players or government companies which are owned by the state. After progressing in the game you will finally get the opportunity to set up your own business and hire other players. If it prospers, we can even change it into a joint-stock company and enter the stock market and get even more money in this way.
In E-Sim, international wars are nothing out of the ordinary.
Become an influential politician.
The second module is a politics. Just like in real life politics in E-Sim are an extremely powerful tool that can be used for your own purposes. From time to time there are elections in the game in which you will not only vote, but also have the ability to run for the head of the party you're in. You can also apply for congress, where once elected you will be given the right to vote on laws proposed by your fellow congress members or your president and propose laws yourself. Voting on laws is important for your country as it can shape the lives of those around you. You can also try to become the head of a given party, and even take part in presidential elections and decide on the shape of the foreign policy of a given state (for example, who to declare war on). Career in politics is obviously not easy and in order to succeed in it, you have to have a good plan and compete for the votes of voters.
You can go bankrupt or become a rich man while playing the stock market.
The international war.
The last and probably the most important module is military. In E-Sim, countries are constantly fighting each other for control over territories which in return grant them access to more valuable raw materials. For this purpose, they form alliances, they fight international wars, but they also have to deal with, for example, uprisings in conquered countries or civil wars, which may explode on their territory. You can also take part in these clashes, although you are also given the opportunity to lead a life as a pacifist who focuses on other activities in the game (for example, running a successful newspaper or selling products).
At the auction you can sell or buy your dream inventory.
E-Sim is a unique browser game. It's creators ensured realistic representation of the mechanisms present in the real world and gave all power to the players who shape the image of the virtual Earth according to their own. So come and join them and help your country achieve its full potential.
Invest, produce and sell - be an entrepreneur in E-Sim.
Take part in numerous events for the E-Sim community.
