cren, in this case wendy is right, and she's brushing over a truth about SC. Higher indexes, does not equal better.
in this guys case, he's got something screwy going on with contracts, and reserved stock. in addition to worker problems.
High Tech People by Age
Engineers
Total Employed: 953,688
Total Unemployed: 62,806
Needed for 100% Production: 144,208
but hidden in that stack of numbers,
Education Priority: --->1<---
he can increase his EI to 1 million, and it will not solve his education priority problem. that should probably be 15-21, depending on your corp types, country development, and EI. he's also got the same thing happening with HTS and HTX
Wendy is hitting on the fact, that indexes, are a measurement, but not what actually makes a country great.
My tiny little 20M country on WG, has 80 for EI, and HI, and
Josis,
With 20m it is easier but the country profit numbers are not very high.
when it gets to a population of 50, 100 or 200m, you need very large numbers of professionals and education should be at a high level.
The index is an indication of how good education is and it shows if you will be able to produce the number of managers and HT people you need.
andy, i've made similar statements, particularly about education, followed by your exact same argument, and proven my point at the higher pop level.
i'm not going to do that this time, i'm happy with my single country on free mode.
but the ultimate point i'm making, is that with EI, bigger isn't better, but should fit your countries needs, (and education priorities should be properly set,) rather than some abstract number. a countries index could indeed need a 120-150. depending on what you build, and how well you manipulate your work force.
If it works for you, than it is fine with me too.
Some countries, with a lot of HTech industries, and some industrial corporations that require many high level workers, managers and HT engineers will probably need a higher education level that will increase the number of graduates.
The number of graduates depends on the index and the population.