Today I’ve got this Issue on my Nationstates (nationstates.net)
An Impressing Dilemma
With reports of national enlistment rates decreasing, some concerned citizens have come to your office to offer their own various solutions.
I’ve encountered with many choices
1. Captain Prudence Pence, on shore leave after a tenth tour of service, has an idea. “The truth is that we just aren’t getting enough volunteers for the armed forces, so we should, ahem, encourage people to volunteer. If everyone that enlisted were promised free alcoholic drinks as long as they served, then you’d see more people show up to our recruitment events. Then once they’re good and drunk we can ship them off to a military base to start a new life. By the time they realize they’ve signed up for a five-year tour of duty, they’ll have no choice but to be good and loyal conscri – er, volunteers.”
2. “You want the army to foot the bill for keggers and then kidnap people?” questions Zack Li, an army medic in training. “There’s a much better way to encourage enlistment rather than getting people blackout drunk. A portion of the military budget could be devoted to educating prospective soldiers and officers who promise to serve for, say, six years. Then the armed forces will have more qualified staff, and poor people will have a way to go to college. CITIZEN will love it.”
3. “Since when do CITIZEN soldiers need to be from NATION?” asks Erica Black, a headhunter who just arrived home from a business trip. “There are plenty of unemployed – and dare I say overqualified – Brasilistanis when it comes to warfare. Why not just import some mercenaries from abroad? It’s not the patriotic thing to do, but as long as they can get the job done, who cares? You could even save some money on military training, since so many of them already know close quarters combat.”
4. “Or we could completely regear our population for total war and utopian health,” says Boris Mulder, your Minister of Alternative Solutions. “Vat technology and intensive psychological conditioning can promise a wonderful future devoid of weaklings who are vulnerable to disease. With enough government investment, I can promise a new generation of fearless, asexual grunts eager to die for the glory of Leader.”
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Option 2. sounds cool so I choose it.
The result saids ‘The army lures cannon fodder with promises of a college education.’
In result, my nation get a boost of this qualities.
Public Education
Edu-tellignce® Test Score 1.6%
Intelligence
Quips Per Hour 0.50%
Pacifism
Cheeks Turned Per Day 0.26%
Scientific Advancement
Kurzweil Singularity Index 0.25%
Human Development Index
Human Development Index 0.07%
Government Size
Bureaucratic Comprehensiveness Rating Scale Index 0.07%
Tourism
Tourists Per Hour 0.07%
And decline in this qualities
Crime
Crimes Per Hour 0.49%
Defense Forces
Total War Preparedness Rating 14.3%
Nice choice.
