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So, there's these two companies who has business in two neighbouring countries. They are both fairly popular and competitive companies which deals with consumer goods. Let's say the name of the game is end user general computer electronics.
One of the countries have a fascist political movement that rewrites many laws in said country, so that electronic companies are required to mark their goods so that an end user who use their devices for crime can be tracked down remotely.
Marking the goods in this way is expected to rise the production costs by 5%, thus either taking it out on the end user and risk losing customers or taking it out out on the company risking financial hardships.
The two companies comes up with completely different solutions:
Company 1 mark their goods directly in the production line, thus saving in on the expenses. Their goods which now are sold in both countries are all marked and can be traced by the secret police in the fascist country.
Company 2 leave the fascist country in whole, selling their fascist local market to their competitor and focuses solely on the free market, selling only to the democratic country.
The outcome is expected to favor company 1 in the fascist country and company 2 in the democratic country.
At the end of the year, company 1 has the major market share in fascist country and company 2 has the major market share in democratic country, but both companies experienced a decline in their market shares in favour of other upcoming competitors and a general market recession.
Why would both companies and both markets recess and why would both companies lose market to other competitors?
There may be several answers to these question, but I'm after a specific one who covers both questions.
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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.
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