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Simcountry terminology - dictionary of terms used in Simcountry

The most often used terms in simcountry are explained here. If you can't find what you are looking for, please contact The Gamemaster. This list is maintained daily.

Reduce Cash Level of Corporation No description available yet
Reduct Offer Price No description available yet
Relief Score This is the score of the country as a relief supplier. It shows the position of the country between the nations that are most helpful in supporting other countries after a disaster.
RELwhatRESOURCESARRIVED @tbuff1@ @tbuff2@ arrived in @tbuff3@ flight@tbuff4@ from @tempURL@
Remote Depot A remote depot can be setup in foreign countries and it can be used to store ammunition and other materials that will be delivered by supply units to your army units that reside on that area. The depot can be setup if you own the country or if you get permission from the president of the country to setup the remote depot.
Repairing War Damage and Civil Unrest This is the cost of repairing the damage caused by war and sometimes also the cost of civil unrest. The cost of war that is shown on the country home page, may be much higher but it is repaired during a long period.
Request Number Of Gold Coins It is now only possible to exchange gold coins into game money.
Request Quality You can set the quality of the products you purchase. Then copy the choice to all the products on the list at once.
Requested Price This is the price requested for each unit of product offered on the market. The price is as requested by the user or set by the automatic system. Sometimes instead of price it show best price or immediate, to reflect the sale method requested.
Requested Quality of Products When the country is ordering products for use by the citizens and for government functions, it can specify the quality of the products it wants.
The quality of the products will influence the welfare index of the country.
Requesting Game Money It is now only possible to exchange gold coins into game money.
Required Game Level This is the game level that is required when you build one of these corporations. More sophisticated products require higher game levels.
Required population after the transfer This is the number of people that must remain in the country after the transfer. If the population number is less than one million higher than that limit, population transfer cannot take place.
resetreg Simcountry
Retract Offer A product offer can be retracted. If the product remains unsold, you may decide to retract it and offer it again on the market for a lower price.
Retract Offered Products No description available yet
Road Index The road index is one of the three components of the transportation index. The road index depends on the total length of roads in the country and the length of roads needed. If the length needed is equal to the length of the existing roads, the road index will move gradually to 100.
The transportation index tends to move in the direction of the lower of the three partial indexes: the road index, the railroad index and the water treatment index.
It does not make sense to increase only one of the three components because the transportation index will remain similar to the lowest of the three.

Increasing the road index is easy: just build new roads and the index will increase.
Roads Changing the percentage will not remove any roads in your country. It will only influence the percentage of the roads that will be shown on the map.
Roads Network Size This is the total length of the road system in the country. It includes highways, main roads and smaller, local roads.
rulesdoc Documentation - Game Basics
Salaries Paid This is the total amount of salaries paid this month. It depends on the number of workers and on the levels of salaries. Each corporation has a different salary level and countries tend to pay government workers salaries that are at about the average level of salaries in the corporations in the country.
Salary This shows the average level of salaries paid to all the categories of workers. Depending on the success of the corporation salary levels can be changed. Salary changes can be automatic or manual.
Sale Strategy This part is about deciding on a sale strategy for all the corporations you control in one single setting. The sale strategy is important because it has a major influence on your capacity to sell the products that are produced by your corporations and receive a reasonable price. Setting the sale strategy for all the corporations does not mean that the setting will be the same for all but rather, the setting may be different but the method used to decide on it in each corporation, is the same.
scBoycottCon  @conCount@ members voted against it.
scBoycottNuclearFacilities The country and its corporations cannot trade Uranium and Plutonium.
scBoycottNuclearWeapons The country and its corporations cannot trade nuclear weapons.
scBoycottPro A boycott against your country "@cntrName@" is supported by @proCount@ members of the Security Council.
School Children This is the group of children aged 4 to 12. They go to school for 8 years. Nearly all of these kids will later go to high school.
School Index The school index is one of the three components of the Education index. The school index depends on the number of elementary schools in the country and the number needed. If the number needed is equal to the number available, the school index will move gradually to 100.
The education index tends to move in the direction of the lower of the three partial indexes: the school index, the high-school index and the university index.
It does not make sense to increase only one of the three components because the education index will remain similar to the lowest of the three.

Increasing the school index is easy: Build new schools but always make sure you have teachers. If you don't have the teachers you need, some schools will be closed.
scMemberAddedMail Dear @scMemberFirstName@ @scMemberLastName@, Congratulations. You have been elected as member of the Security Council on @scWorldName@ for a period of @scMembershipMonths@ game months. Please use your wisdom to make @scWorldName@ a better world. Good Luck, The Gamemaster. This message was intended for @thisRecipient@. To unsubscribe click: https://www.simcountry.com/cgi-bin/cgip?unsubscribe&miEmailAddress=@thisRecipient@.
scMemberAddedMessage Dear @scMemberFirstName@ @scMemberLastName@,

Congratulations. You have been elected as member of the Security Council for a period of @scMembershipMonths@ months.
Please use your wisdom to make this a better world.
scMemberAddedNews @scMemberFirstName@ @scMemberLastName@ is a dedicated President of @scCountryList@. The president accepted the membership for a period of @scMembershipMonths@ months.
scMemberAddedSummary @scMemberFirstName@ @scMemberLastName@ has been elected as member of the Security Council.
scMemberAddedTitle New Security Council Member
scMemberEvictMail Dear @scMemberFirstName@ @scMemberLastName@, You are a member of the Security Council on @scWorldName@. As a member of the council you are required to Sign-In on @scWorldName@ reguraly. It has been more than @scLoginDays@ days since your last login. Please login into your empire on @scWorldName@ before you are evicted from the Security Council. Kind regards, The Gamemaster. This message was intended for @thisRecipient@. To unsubscribe click: https://www.simcountry.com/cgi-bin/cgip?unsubscribe&miEmailAddress=@thisRecipient@.
scnews Simcountry Game News
Score This number shows how good you are doing. It is computed by using all the indexes in the game. It is a total index of your performance. The person with the highest score, gets rank 1 and the first place. This means that the score number determines your rank in the game. Try to increase some of your indexes and your score will get much higher and with it your rank in the game. The score is not the sum of all the indexes, it is a more complex function that weighs some of the indexes heavier than others.
screenshots Simcountry Screenshots
scResolutionAddedMail Dear @scMemberFirstName@ @scMemberLastName@, @scCreatorFirstName@ @scCreatorLastName@ created a proposal for a new Security Council Resolution. As a member of the @scWorldName@ council you are asked to bring a vote. Please use your wisdom to make @scWorldName@ a better world. This message was intended for @thisRecipient@. To unsubscribe click: https://www.simcountry.com/cgi-bin/cgip?unsubscribe&miEmailAddress=@thisRecipient@.
scResolutionAddedMessage Dear @scMemberFirstName@ @scMemberLastName@,

@scCreatorFirstName@ @scCreatorLastName@ created a proposal for a new Security Council Resolution.
As a member of the council you are asked to bring a vote.
Please use your wisdom to make this a better world.
SCtopicDEVELOPMENT_AID The Security Council has decided on a new resolution. General Voting has now started on the following resolution:

Give @scDevAid@ Trillion untied development aid to @scURL1@.

Please submit your vote on the Security Council page
SCtopicNUCLEAR_ATTACKS The Security Council has decided on a new resolution. General Voting has now started on the following resolution:

Nuclear Attacks forbidden for @scURL1@.

Please submit your vote on the Security Council page
SCtopicNUCLEAR_FACILITIES The Security Council has decided on a new resolution. General Voting has now started on the following resolution:

No nuclear facilities for @scURL1@.

Please submit your vote on the Security Council page
SCtopicNUCLEAR_WEAPONS The Security Council has decided on a new resolution. General Voting has now started on the following resolution:

No nuclear weapons for @scURL1@.

Please submit your vote on the Security Council page
SCtopicNUKES_MORATORIUM The Security Council has decided on a new resolution. General Voting has now started on the following resolution:

Moratorium on use of Nukes for @scURL1@.

Please submit your vote on the Security Council page
SCtopicPEACE_TREATY The Security Council has decided on a new resolution. General Voting has now started on the following resolution:

Peace treaty enforced between @scURL1@ and @scURL2@.

Please submit your vote on the Security Council page
SectionsHeader Sections
Secured Mode This mode turns war protection on or off. In secured mode, no country can attack you and you cannot attack. You can build up your army in secured mode and you can start a war against a country that does not have a president..
Sell Directly No description available yet
Sell Strategies Sell strategies are needed for corporations to sell their products on the market. Corporations are interested in the highest possible price for their products but they also want to be sure that the products are sold. They can make a choice of one of the available sell strategies and make a tradeoff between price and the chance of selling. One sell strategy is to offer the products at market price less a percentage or if products are in short supply, ask for several percent's above market price or use a strategy that asks for a fixed price. Another strategy trails the product quality by several percentage points which keeps the products competitive but also makes use the advantage of higher price for higher quality products.
Sellable Cargo Shuttles No description available yet
Selling Best Price This option will make all product offers put on the international market at market price. It means that the price is flexible and the chance to sell the product is quite good. Products will not always sell if the market has a large surplus of the product offered. When a product is sold for market price, the real price you receive will be that market price multiplied by the quality of the product you offered. If the product quality is 140, the selling price will be 1.4 times the market price.
Selling Following Product Quality Lower This is the change percentage per game month in case the products remain unsold. If you fill in 5, the price will be decreased by 5% each game month. A negative number will cause the price to increase which does not make much sense when products remain unsold.
Selling Following Product Quality Lower AC This is the change percentage per game month in case the products remain unsold. If you fill in 5, the price will be decreased by 5% each game month. A negative number will cause the price to increase which does not make much sense when products remain unsold. This setting will apply to corporations.
Selling Following Product Quality Start AC This is the trailing percentage for the products offering. Example: If the product quality is 150, and you fill in -10, the offer price will be 140 and it will follow the quality changes. This setting will apply to all corporations.
Selling on Common Market Contracts This is the quantity that is selling on the Common Market. These contracts are between corporations in the country, selling products they produce, to the common market, through contracts.
Selling on International Contracts This is the quantity of products selling through contracts with other countries that are not part of the local or the common market. These contracts are between corporations in the country, selling products they produce, to any other country or corporation.
Selling on Local Market Contracts This is the quantity that is selling on the Local Market. These contracts are between corporations in the country, selling products they produce, to the local market, through contracts.
Selling Time Based This sale strategy sets the initial price you want to receive as market price plus or less a percentage you choose and the price will be changed by another percentage you choose, each month it remains unsold. Example: you can put the products for sale at market price less 2 percent and reduce the price by another 3% each month the products remain unsold. The price will be at market less 5% after one month and market less 8% after two months. The chance to sell the products will increase because they become cheaper each month. The real price you receive if the products are sold, depends as always also on the quality of the products.
Selling Time Based Following Product Quality AC This sale strategy is designed to follow the product quality. Corporations can upgrade their production process and their products become better. Their quality is higher and they can fetch a better price on the market. This mean that you will need to increase the requested price from time to time to follow the quality or otherwise your price remains low while the products quality is increasing. Using this sale strategy, you can have you offering price follow the product quality. You can also decide to trail the product quality by a certain percentage. Example: you can decide to put your price at 10 points lower than the quality. If the product quality is 150, you will offer the products at 140. If product quality goes up to 155, you price will automatically go up to 145. This setting will apply to all corporations.
Selling Time Based Lower This is the change percentage you can choose to change the price each game month if the products remain unsold. If you fill in 5, the price will be reduced by 5% each game month. If you fill in -5, the price will increase by 5% each game month. This will not make much sense because if the products are not selling, it does not make much sense to increase their price.
Selling Time Based Start This is the initial price setting when you use the time based pricing. You can set the initial price higher or lower than the market price. If you fill in 5, the initial price will be market price plus 5%. If you fill in -4, the initial price will be market price less 4%.
SELwhatCONTINUED More details will be reported later
SELwhatDIEDIMMEDIATE @strip(format(selAmount,'nnnnnnnnnN'))@ @choose(selAmount==1,'person','people')@ died immediately
SELwhatEVACUATED @strip(format(selAmount,'nnnnnnnnnN'))@ @choose(selAmount==1,'person','persons')@ had to be evacuated
SELwhatEVACUEESDIED @strip(format(selAmount,'nnnnnnnnnN'))@ @choose(selAmount==1,'evacuee','evacuees')@ died
SELwhatEVACUEESRETURNEDHOME @strip(format(selAmount,'nnnnnnnnnN'))@ @choose(selAmount==1,'evacuee','evacuees')@ returned home
SELwhatLOSTFACTORIES @strip(format(selAmount,'nnnnnnnnnN'))@ @choose(selAmount==1,'factory was','factories were')@ destroyed
SELwhatLOSTHOMES @strip(format(selAmount,'nnnnnnnnnN'))@ @choose(selAmount==1,'home','homes')@ were lost
SELwhatWOUNDEDDIED @strip(format(selAmount,'nnnnnnnnnN'))@ wounded died
SELwhatWOUNDEDHEALED @strip(format(selAmount,'nnnnnnnnnN'))@ @choose(selAmount==1,'wounded','wounded')@ recovered
SELwhatWOUNDEDIMMEDIATE @strip(format(selAmount,'nnnnnnnnnN'))@ @choose(selAmount==1,'person was','people were')@ wounded
SELwhyAVAILABLE in
SELwhySHORTAGE because there was a shortage of
Senior Doctor Education Priority This is the education priority for Senior Doctors. If you experience shortages or if you want to improve the health system quickly, priorities can be increased for some time. Reduce later to prevent extreme numbers.
Set Quality With this option, you can set the quality you want for products purchased by t he government. 100 is considered the base quality.
Share Demand Volume This is the number of shares currently requested on the market. It is shown as the number of the shares and as a percentage of the total number of shares of the corporation
Share Market Value This is the value of all the shares of the company based on the current share value and the number of outstanding shares.
Share Price Share value will increase if the corporation is making a good profit during a prolonged period. The share value, multiplied by the number of shares outstanding is the market value of the corporation.
Share Supply Volume This is the number of shares currently offered on the market. It is shown as the number of the shares and as a percentage of the total number of shares of the corporation
Share Trade Volume The number of shares traded in the current session. There might be more demand or more supply but this is the real number of shares traded on the market.
Share Value Other Public Corporations This is the total value of all the shares owned by the country in corporations that are publicly owned, where the state has a minority share holding.
These corporations list as Enterprise Controlled Public Corporations.
Share Value State Controlled Public Corporations This is the total value of all the shares owned by the country in corporations that are publicly owned but where the state has a majority.
These corporations list as State Controlled Public Corporations.
ShareHeader Shares
ShareLink The Share Market
sharemarket Documentation - Share Market
Shares you own This is the number of shares you own in this corporation. If the number is the same as the total number, than you own all of it and the corporations is your only. All corporations, except for public corporations, have only one share holder.
sharesBought @shareOwner@ has acquired @shareAmount@ shares in @shareCorpName@ in @shareCorpCountry@ for @sharePrice@ $E per share.
sharesRetract @shareCorpName@ in @shareCorpCountry@ has retracted @shareAmount@ shares for @sharePrice@ $E per share.
sharesSold @shareOwner@ has sold @shareAmount@ shares of @shareCorpName@ in @shareCorpCountry@ for @sharePrice@ $E per share.
Show Country Map This option can be used to show or hide the country map. The reason can be the reduction of the page size.
showGiftCertificate Simcountry
showMenu Simcountry
Signed Contract This column describes the product that is sold by the corporation and the name of the country or other party that is buying the products.
signedupWConfirmText Continue
signedupWHead Congratulations
signedupWLine1  
signedupWLine2 You are now President of @strip(miArg1)@ on @strip(miArg2)@.
signedupWLine3 If you don't like this country, please feel free to
signedupWLine4 cancel it and select the country of your choice.
signedupWLine5 Use the ''Register'' menu to select a different country.
Signing Consumption Contracts This column shows whether the country is requesting contracts for the products that are being consumed by the population. If it is off, the consumption needs of the country will be skipped and no effort will be made to find contracts.
Signing Supply Contracts This column shows whether the corporation is requesting contracts. If it is off, the corporation will be skipped and no effort will be made to find contracts.
signoff Signoff
signoffRequest Signoff
signup0 Signup
signup1 Signup
signup2 Signup
signupQ Signup
signupQCancelText Change Email Address
signupQConfirmFunction dtConfirmedNewEmailAddress()
signupQConfirmText Continue
signupQHead Check Your Email Address
signupQLine1  
signupQLine2 
@strip(miArg1)@
signupQLine3  
signupQLine4 You need your PASSWORD or you will NOT be able to play Simcountry.
signupQLine5 If you do not receive your PASSWORD, please check your spam filter.
signupRequest Signup
signupWHead Please Wait
signupWLine1  
signupWLine2 Please wait while we are selecting a country.
signupWLine3  
signupWLine4 You can always change the country to your own choice.
signupWorldRequest Signup
simawards Awards and Game Levels
simblogHead Simcountry Blog
simblogLine2 The Simcountry Blog is currently under construction.
simblogs Your Blog
Simcountry101Header Simcountry 101
Simcountry101Link Simcountry 101
simintro Simcountry Intro
simstatistics Statistics
simvotes Vote For Simcountry
Single Country No description available yet
Situation on the World Market This table shows the current situation on the world market. It shows all the products that are produced in the world and the last price that was paid for each of the products. The table also shows how much product was offered on the market and how much product is requested. The difference is the surplus of product (shown in green) or in some cases the shortage (shown in red). It is important to view this table and understand what products are available in large quantities and which ones are in short supply. It is likely that if there is short supply, prices will go up and if a surplus is shown prices will probably go down. The situation will change with time because users who see large shortages, will build new corporations that make products that are in short supply.
Skip Corporation Contracts and offers for this corporation will remain unchanged
Skipping Consumption Contracts When setting up contracts for products the country needs, settings can vary from one product to another. This function allows you to skip this product and will not close any contracts for delivery of this product.
Skipping Corporation Materials Contracts This is part of the procedure of finding partners that can deliver raw materials. If you choose not to supply some of the corporations, you can use the skip button and that corporation will not close any additional contracts.
Social Security as a Percentage of Low Level Worker Salary This is a measure for the quality of social security in the country. It shows what percentage of the low level workers salary is paid to people who receive social security. (Unemployed, retired, disabled or sick).
Social Security Budget This is the budget for the social security system. You should try to set the budget correctly. Large differences between the budget and the real cost will result in lower budget index and will also damage other indexes. Setting the budget too high is as bad as setting it too low
Social Security Contributions Government adds money and it is paid to all retired, unemployed and disabled people. The contribution by the population depends on their income. Higher income groups pay more.
Social Security Cost per Month This is the total cost of social security for the current month. It depends on the number of recipients and the payment they receive. It is paid for by the workers and the government.
Social Security Cost per Year This is the total cost of social security for the whole year. It depends on the number of recipients and the amount they receive every month.
Social Security Payments This is the level of social security payments. The payment level is lower than the salary of a low level worker. Retired people receive this amount and in addition, they receive a contribution from their pension fund. Disabled people receive it and unemployed people too. All workers, both employed and currently unemployed, also receive some profit from the investment fund of which they share ownership.
Social Security Quality Index This index is a measure for the quality of social security services in the country. It depends on the level of social security payments. These are shown as a percentage of the salary of low level workers. Social security payments will change if the percentage is changed or if the salary level of low level workers changes.
Social Security Target Percentage of Low Level Worker Salary This is the target you have set yourself for the social security payments as a percentage of low level workers salaries. The target can be 60 while the current level of social security payments is at 40%. The payments can be changed by a maximum of 3% per game month. If the current level is 40% and you set the target to 60%, it will take 7 game months for the social security payments to reach that level. The changes are automatic and no manual intervention is needed. If you decide to change the target percentage down again, monthly reductions of 3% will take place and the lower target will be reached within several game months.
Sold Shares Notification No description available yet
Source The name of the country or enterprise that loaned the money for this loan.
space Documentation - Space Travel & Trading
SpaceTutorialHeader Space Introduction
SpaceTutorialLink Space Introduction
spcdetails Space Center
spclist Country Space Program
specialclinics Special Clinics
Spending by the Population This is the amount the population pays for all the materials (consumption goods, food etc.) that was purchased by the government for the population.
Spending Space This is the amount of money that can be spent this game month. The amount is limited to prevent extreme spending but the level is high enough to allow for a quick build up and in addition, spending boosters (portal menu) allow for even more spending each game month.
Spending Space in Units This shows how many products of this type can be purchased if the entire available spending space would be spent to purchase this product.
spmdetails Space Market
spmlist1 Space Markets
spmlist2 Space Markets
spsdetails Cargo Shuttle
spslist Cargo Shuttles
st Simcountry Tutorial
startportaltour Introduction Tour
State State corporations are owned by the state. They pay taxes to the government and they pay a percentage of the remaining profit to the owner which is again, the government. These corporations may be bought by an enterprise and become private corporations. There is a setting in the game to prevent such takeovers. The government can also try to make the corporations very successful and increase its market price to a very high level that may either deter a takeover or deliver a major income from the sale. National corporations cannot be taken over. State and enterprise corporations can also perform an IPO and become Public corporations.
State Companies Many corporations are owned by the government. There are two types. National corporations are owned by the state and can not be purchased by others as they are considered to be of national interest. Sate corporations are also owned by the state but may be sold on the market to private enterprises. As president, you can change the status of corporations. There are no more than 24 national corporations.
State Corporations State corporations are owned by the state. They pay taxes to the government and in addition, they pay a percentage of the remaining profit to the owner which is again, the government. These corporations may be bought by an enterprise and become private co
stExit Simcountry Tutorial
stLoaded Simcountry Tutorial
Strategic Attack Consequences Starting a nuclear war is considered undone but happens. It might be unavoidable under some circumstances, for example: if your country is facing destruction. Please think twice before you launch a nuclear attack and read the documentation. Nuclear weapons are expensive and take longer to produce.
strategic force This is the nuclear part of the army. Nuclear weapons and missiles can cause massive damage and kill many people and should not be used easily. The cost is high, and their destruction power can be reduced by a strong defense.
Strategic Force Index This is a measure for the quality of your strategic/nuclear forces. The cost of these weapons and the ammunition that is used is high. Having many such weapons may represent a major drain for your economic resources. Non nuclear strategic long range missiles and cruise missiles are also considered strategic weapons while they are non nuclear.
StrategyHeader Strategy
StrategyLink Strategy
stTicker Simcountry Tutorial
Students This is the group of young people in the age of 18 to 24 years. They are divided into first level students 18 to 21 years and graduate students in the age group of 21 to 24 years.
ST_1_10_1 Fortifications:

Use: Fortifications are essential in blocking enemy invasions. Place them around the country close to the borders.
ST_1_10_2 Types: There is one type of fortification. They can be strengthened wit garrison units.
ST_1_10_3 Function: A fortification is harder to destroy than any other target especially when protected by a high quality, large garrison.
ST_1_10_4 
ST_1_10_IMG stfortification.jpg
ST_1_11_1 Game Levels:

Everyone starts in game level 1. Reaching higher levels will earn you awards and respect.
ST_1_11_2 Check the Index link on the country page header. It shows all your indexes and it shows what you need to do to reach the next game level..
ST_1_11_3 Premium members receive 50 to 150 gold coins each time they move to a new game level they did not reach before.
ST_1_11_4 
ST_1_11_IMG stgamelevels.jpg
ST_1_12_1 War Levels

You start in war level 0. Winning wars against C3 countries (countries without a president) will increase your war level.
ST_1_12_2 As you move up the levels, you will win more game cash and sometimes also gold coins.
ST_1_12_3 In higher levels, wars become more complex. You will need a larger army and your enemy will also fight harder.
ST_1_12_4 
ST_1_12_IMG stwarlevels.jpg
ST_1_13_1 Now What?

The red button on your country page.
ST_1_13_2 This is a help system that will show you what should be done to move to the next game level.
ST_1_13_3 Check it frequently. It has been helpful to many players especially in the first period.
ST_1_13_4 
ST_1_13_IMG stnowwhat.jpg
ST_1_14_1 Money

You need to generate an income to develop your country or empire and pay the monthly cost of government and army.
ST_1_14_2 Income comes from taxes paid by working people and taxes paid by your corporations.
ST_1_14_3 The cost is for health, education, the army and other government functions. Check the finance pages for details.

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