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'''US Department of Education''' (US '''DoE''') [[File:DoE.jpg|frame|left]]
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Welcome to the Department of Education. At the DoE you may find many articles to help you with [http://erepublik.com eRepublik] including [http://bit.ly/DoEInfoHub Education Information Hub].  Here at the DoE we are trying hard to help out newer citizens, such as yourself, by connecting them to pertinent educational material. If you do not find what you are looking for do not hesitate to ask, we will be glad to help you out.  Additional DoE information can be found on the [http://eusaforums.com eUSForum] which is the only official forum of the US.  If you have not registered on the [http://eusaforums.com eUSForum], we strongly encourage that you do so today.
 
Welcome to the Department of Education. At the DoE you may find many articles to help you with [http://erepublik.com eRepublik] including [http://bit.ly/DoEInfoHub Education Information Hub].  Here at the DoE we are trying hard to help out newer citizens, such as yourself, by connecting them to pertinent educational material. If you do not find what you are looking for do not hesitate to ask, we will be glad to help you out.  Additional DoE information can be found on the [http://eusaforums.com eUSForum] which is the only official forum of the US.  If you have not registered on the [http://eusaforums.com eUSForum], we strongly encourage that you do so today.
  
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=3. Erepublik - Basic Game mechanics=
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=Preface=
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This erepublik wiki-page was created to help the new eAmerican citizen with the most complete and functional tutorial. We will hope you use this guide to keep you on track about how the game mechanics works at all levels. We, the Department of Education staff, we promise to keep this page and guide updated on the new things Plato (Erepublik Administration account) releases on the game.
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=Erepublik - Basic Game mechanics=
  
 
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The complete list of missions can be found here: http://wiki.erepublik.com/index.php/Missions
 
The complete list of missions can be found here: http://wiki.erepublik.com/index.php/Missions
  
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==Importance of Missions==
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'''Getting started'''
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This picture details what the home page looks like:
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[[File:Erepublikhomepage.jpg]]
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To access this page just click on the house symbol furthest to the left on the tabs bars. This should take you directly to this page.
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Name, experience and citizenship: This is where your current avatar, your name (if clicked on it will take you to your profile page), how much experience you have in the form of a bar and what country you are currently in.
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Wellness: Wellness is required to do a lot of things in erepublik, like fighting, working or training. Each of these activities requires 10 wellness points to do. To recover wellness points click on the eat food button located under the wellness.
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Amount of currency and gold: This is how much gold and currency that you have currently, which may include many countries’ currency
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Missions: Missions are located under your current currencies and completing these missions give many rewards. In-depth information can be found here.
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Alerts, messages and logout: If someone sends a citizen a personal message (PM), the citizen that received the pm will receive a notification as a number on the left, which will be located next to a bell shaped icon in the middle. If something happens like a wage increase, a citizen likes or comments on a shout, a new law proposal, and many other things will be received under the bell shaped icon as stated before. The logout button is used to quit eRepublik after you have finished with your session. The game also automatically logs a citizen out after being Idle for a certain amount of time.
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Daily orders set by military unit: This is where, if the citizens is part of a Military unit (MU), daily orders of the day will be shown. If the orders are completed, a bazooka and an energy bar will be given as a reward.
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Campaign of the day: This is set by the president to alert the general public where he/she would like them to fight normally due to it being an important battle.
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News tabs: Clicking on one of these buttons will take the citizen to a particular news tab. Some people still use this way, by just clicking on the link, but also a lot of people prefer to use the shortcut shift + T to access the news tabs and then change the settings to suit them, such as setting the location to the country you are in to receive local news. As this way is suggested as more user friendly, and can save time and effort and is probably easier to do.
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Shouts: This is pretty much the same as posting a status update on facebook. Only friends will be able to see these and also you are only able to view your friends. If there is a second tab next to your friend’s shouts, this will be the military unit, in which you have joined.
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Find citizen box: If you wish to search for a certain citizen, type their name in here and click enter. This will bring up a list of citizens with the same name and hopefully the one you are looking for.
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'''My Places'''
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This picture details what the my place tab screen should look like with a couple of additional buildings.
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[[File:Erepublikmycompanies.jpg]]
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To access “My places” click on the “My places" tab located on your list of tabs located at the top of the screen.
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The different tabs located to the right of your player’s name are representative of the different buildings located in your places. From the left to right in order are:
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Your companies – This is where the companies are created, updated and also where the ability to work as a manager and sort out the employees you may have.
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The box directly underneath the tabs is your job tab. This is where you may work and earn money for yourself.
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The addition symbol (+) next to where it says companies allows you to purchase additional buildings for example additional food factories or raw material factories
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The minus/subtract symbol (-) allows the user to sell buildings or dissolve them for half of their cost.
  
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[[Missions]] is the last task area which can be found in the most left task bar right under your profile, health, and local currencies.  As a new player, Plato has given you missions that will serve as tutorials for game mechanics and instructions.  Not only will you be monetarily rewarded for your efforts, but doing missions will help build a foundation for future growth and help you earn valuable [[experience points]].
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The arrow pointing upwards allows the user to upgrade their food or weapon companies for a sum of gold.
  
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==Citizen Profile==
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Underneath this box where it says “My companies” are where your companies are located.
  
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Your citizen's [[Profile]] page and be accessed by locating the profile task bar and then clicking on your citizen's name which is a hyperlink.  If you are serious about becoming a permanent resident of the new eWorld, we suggest you explore this area by editing your profile, uploading an avatar image, and write a small tidbit about yourself or your persona in the Your Description text area.
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The left column shows the companies that you currently own.
  
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==Market==
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The “Work as Manager” column allows you to work in your own company at no extra cost besides for the usual 10 health penalty. This can only be done once per day. If you have more companies than you do health as long as you have food in your storage you shall be able to work as the food will automatically consumed to provide you with the health needed to work. Click on the head to decide on which companies to work in. They will be replaced with green people if you have already worked in them today or if there is a bug with the system.
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[[File:Market.jpg|frame|left|Market drop-down menu.]]
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'''Market''' is the fourth option on the [[main menu]]. Click '''Market''' to view the various markets in eRepublik.
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===Marketplace===
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Users will select '''Marketplace''' from the [[Market]] menu to purchase both manufactured goods and raw materials.
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'''Buy Food''' - Food increases the citizen's [[One:wellness|wellness]]. Food, like all [[products]], are purchased in the [[marketplace]].
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The employee’s column allows you to distribute the work force that is currently working for you.
  
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'''Buy Weapons''' - A [[weapon]] increases damage a citizen deals out in the [[battlefield]] during a [[battle]]
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Underneath this column where it says “Employees assign” the left number details how many employees are needed and the right number is how many are available
  
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The final two columns let you know how many raw materials are needed and the final products that will be produced allowing the player to plan what they need to buy and if they have enough storage space.
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*Product/industry [you select food as a product]
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*Quality level [you can choose one of the six quality levels]
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*Market [selection of all eRepublik countries, however your citizen's country is the default]
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After you have chosen all the options you wish to use click on the “Start Production” button to commit the actions.
  
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'''Remember that you cannot buy food or weapons if you have no money, therefore you need to have a revenue source.'''
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'''Training Grounds'''
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The second tab is the training grounds tab where all the strength buildings are.
  
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[[File:Erepubliktrainingground.jpg]]
  
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===Job Market===
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These buildings can be used the same way as if you were a manager. Beware of the gold cost of some of the training centers.
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The '''Job Market''' screen displays the available jobs for your country.  
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'''Get a job''' - Just like in real life, your survival depends on your ability to buy the resources that are necessary for living in this world. It is the most important thing for you to do when you first start off.
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The addition symbol allows you to purchase more training grounds, like the ones that require gold to use.
  
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The first step is to visit the [[Job market]]. Here you will be able to browse through all the job offers posted by [[Company|companies]] in eRepublik and pick the one that fits you best.
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Job Market will list the job offers posted by the employer.<br>
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Items that are located in the storage tab of you’re my places page are shown here:
  
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This page will list the job offers (arranged by the offered salary first) as follows:
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[[File:Erepublikstorage.jpg]]
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* Employer (Avatar, Name),
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* Apply link.  
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Food:
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When your citizen becomes ''employee'' for the first time it receives 5 [[Experience points]].  
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There are 5 different types of food. Q1 food restores two wellness points for every one consumed, Q2 food restores 4, Q3 restores 6, Q4 restores 8, Q5 restores 10 and Q6 restores 12 health
  
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''Note'': that you cannot get a job in a different country than the one you live in, if you own a company, or if you are already an employee.
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Weapons are used in combat when you fight on the battle field. The higher the Q level the more damage it is capable of doing
  
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''Note'': you may also search for jobs by clicking on the Get a job button under the Employer section in the My Places page.
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Food raw materials and weapon raw materials:
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Bazookas:
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* the company hasn't got the necessary amount of money in the accounts to pay your salary;
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Weapons of mass destruction, they are capable of doing 10000 influence per hit and 1 hit kills on the battlefield. They also have three uses each.
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* the company has 0 Raw Materials in stock.
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''When you are hired, the ''Company Manager'' cannot lower your salary for 3 days.''
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Energy Bars:
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Recovers full wellness points when one is used.
  
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==Work==
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Health Buildings
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The page details the amount of health able to be recovered by the player.
  
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[[Work]] as either an employee or manager is accessed from [[My places]] tab in the main menu.
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[[File:5th.jpg]]
  
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In order for an employee to work, the company must have enough money to pay him and enough raw materials to produce goods (for product companies).
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With each building purchased or town centre upgraded the max about of health able to be recovered increases.
  
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''Note:'' as a manager of a company you do not earn a wage.
 
  
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An employee is able to work by simply pressing the “Work” button.
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Marketplace
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[[File:6th.jpg]]
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*productivity is added in the product queue, products are being created when units are completed;
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*you will receive your daily salary;
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*you will receive one Experience Point.  
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10 points of wellness is lost every time you work for each company you work for.  
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To access this page click on marketplace under the market tab.
  
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Items that are for sale: Lists the items that are for sale. A description of most of these items can be located under the inventory section.
  
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Houses: Unable to be produced anymore but recovered a small amount of health per day.
  
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==Get Involved==
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Tickets: Unable to be produced anymore, allowed the user to move countries at the cost of wellness. It is now cheaper to use citizen currency to move countries.
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Talk to experienced players, read the new player’s guide, Subscribe in government news agencies, and explore the Wiki. The more you know about eRepublik, the more fun it will be.
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===Important Newspapers (Vote & Subscribe)===
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Hospital: Unable to be produced anymore, but restores a small amount of wellness to the user. (Only able to be used on a battlefield)
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*[http://www.erepublik.com/en/newspaper/education-today-181113/1 Department of Education]
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*[http://www.erepublik.com/en/newspaper/eus-interior-department-215358/1 eUS Interior Department]
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*[http://www.erepublik.com/en/newspaper/white-house-press-room-185289/1 White House Press Room]
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*[http://www.erepublik.com/en/newspaper/dod-orders-194506/1 Department of Defense Civilian Orders]
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*[http://www.erepublik.com/en/newspaper/the-speaker-s-word-181742/1 eUS Congress Speaker's World]
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*[http://www.erepublik.com/en/newspaper/the-pony-express-daily-224977/1 The Pony Express]
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===Forums===
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Defence systems: Unable to be produced anymore. When used on a battlefield, it produces a small amount of influence for the person who uses it.
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*[http://eusaforums.com eUSA Forum]
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Get on Internet Relay Chat.  It is the primary means of real-time communication in erepublik and each party has their own chat channel.  Below are instructions for connecting via IRC.
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Monetary Market
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This picture details what the monetary market tab should look like:
  
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[[File:7th.jpg]]
  
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There are many IRC clients and web pages available to get you connected. Each has its own features and requirements.  Below are just a few clients available for your use.
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It is accessed under the market tab.
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The random erepublik add on is an add on that is able to be downloaded for a web browser so it probably won’t show up for the ordinary user.
  
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[https://cbe005.chat.mibbit.com Mibbet Web Client]
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What you are buying using what currency: The two tabs are labelled buy and sell, under the buy tab are all the currencies listed in the game along with gold. Choosing a currency allows the user to see what offers are on the market at the time.
  
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[https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/chatzilla/ Chatzilla add-on for FireFox]
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Under the sell tab are the currencies that are currently located in the user’s account which the user can then use to buy other currencies with.
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Show my offers and post new offers tab: These tabs take the user to a different screen from which the user is able to put up offers.
  
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[http://www.icechat.net/site/ IceChat IRC]
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*WARNING* When setting up and offer keep an eye on what you are selling and at what price it is at. The first time I tried to use it I set up 5g at 0.01 IEP which isn’t very smart as many players will tell you and it is waste of gold.
  
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Amount of currency: This is the amount of currency and gold located in the citizens account that has relevance to what offers of currency are being looked up.
  
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1. The only server for American eRepublik chat is Rizon.  Each client is different for setting your default server so follow their instructions.
 
  
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Job Market
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This picture details what the job market should look like:
  
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[[File:8th.jpg]]
  
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'''Code:''' ''/msg NickServ REGISTER password email''
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Can be accessed under the market tab.
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Daily Salary: The amount of money earned each time you work there.
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Apply: Joins the company.
  
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'''Note:''' the email address must be a valid email address you can use, and password must be a valid password (i.e. it cannot be your nickname or less than 5 characters long).
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Profile
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4. After issuing that command, an email will be dispatched with a confirmation code to your email address from service@rizon.net. Copy and paste the codes within 24 hours from your email address you just registered to complete the registration process; otherwise the nick will be available for others to register:
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[[File:9th.jpg]]
  
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Citizenship: This is what nationality you currently are. To change your citizenship, move to your designated country and click change to apply for another citizenship.
  
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Overview and account tabs: Overview is the default tab. The accounts tab shows a detailed list of what currencies you currently own.
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Experience: How much experience your citizen currently has earned.
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About me: A user created description about you.
  
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#Click on the following link: [http://widget.mibbit.com/?settings=658ae0fa3cc7d7478551c816fdad9059&server=mibbit.rizon.net&channel=%23us-help&autoConnect=true US-Chat]
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Achievements: Also know as medals; an in-depth explanation about each of these can be found here.
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=Military Units=
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Military skills: How much strength and rank points a citizen has. An in-depth explanation can be found here.
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a [[Military unit]] is a group of citizens, members and leaders, that has decided to form either a private militia or be part of a national army.  Joining a militia is also one of beginning [[missions]] available as a new citizen. Joining an active military unit can ensure you will succeed in the new world while helping you form new friendships with your comrades. Many, if not all, organized military units provide their members with daily [[food]] and [[weapon]] rations in exchange for communal work.  Below is a list of the top national and militia units:
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* [[United States Armed Forces]]
 
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* [[Easy Company]]
 
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* [http://tinyurl.com/SEALsLikeItWet Seal Team 6]
 
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* [[SFP Bear Cavalry]]
 
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* Complete listing of all [http://wiki.erepublik.com/index.php/Category:Military_of_USA Military in USA]
 
  
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=Choosing a Party=
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One of the main features of erepublik is fighting. To gain additional resources your country has to expand its borders which can only be done through fighting and capturing regions.
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==Economic Orientation==
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Also known as Left-right political spectrum is a common way of classifying political positions, political ideologies, or political parties along a one-dimensional political spectrum. "The Left" and "The Right" are usually understood to represent polar opposites for each determinant, though a particular individual or party may take a "left" stance on one matter and a "right" stance on another.
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==Far-Left and Far-Right==
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[[File:10th.jpg]]
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#Far-Left: more economic interventionism; workers' self-management; Equality of outcome; progressivism; secular government; law dictates culture; human nature and society are mostly malleable.
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#Far-Right: more laissez-faire; right to work; Equality of opportunity; conservatism; religious government; culture dictates law; human nature and society are mostly fixed.
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A political system, is a system of politics and government. It is usually compared to the law system, economic system, cultural system, and other social systems. It is different from them, and can be generally defined on a spectrum from left to the right. However, this is a very simplified view of a much more complex system of categories involving i.e. the view on who will have the authority, the view of religious questions and the government's influence on its people and economy.
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* Totalitarian: Totalitarianism (or totalitarian rule) is a concept used to describe political systems whereby a state regulates nearly every aspect of public and private life. Totalitarian regimes or movements maintain themselves in political power by means of an official all-embracing ideology and propaganda disseminated through the state-controlled mass media, a single party that controls the state, personality cults, control over the economy, regulation and restriction of free discussion and criticism, the use of mass surveillance, and widespread use of terror tactics.
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* Authoritarian: Authoritarianism describes a form of government characterized by an emphasis on the authority of the state in a republic or union. It is a political system controlled by non elected rulers who usually permit some degree of individual freedom.
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* Libertarian: Libertarianism is a term used by a spectrum of political philosophies which seek to promote individual liberty and seek to minimize or even abolish the state. The extent to which government may be necessary may be evaluated on ethical and/or economic grounds. "What it means to be a libertarian in a political sense is a contentious issue, especially among libertarians themselves. There is no single theory that can be reliably identified as the libertarian theory, and no single principle or set of principles on which all libertarians would agree."
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* Anarchist: Anarchism is a political philosophy encompassing theories and attitudes which support the elimination of all forms of compulsory government. Specific anarchists may have additional criteria for what constitutes anarchism, and they often disagree with each other on what these criteria are. According to The Oxford Companion to Philosophy, "there is no single defining position that all anarchists hold, and those considered anarchists at best share a certain family resemblance."
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=Congress=
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This tab can be accessed by clicking on wars at the tab at the top of the screen.
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So.. you want to run for Congress, eh? Got ambitions of helping to shape our nation? Well Congress is the perfect way to express that opinion. That’s why, the Department of Education is issuing this guide to help you in your run for Congress.
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First off, though, you should run for the right reasons. Those who run for the wrong reasons more often then not end up being ineffective legislators. If you are running for the following reasons, I suggest you reevaluate why you are running.
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Campaign of the day: This is set by the president to alert the general public where he/she would like them to fight, normally due to it being an important and vital battle.
  
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*You just want the {{Gold|5}} bonus.
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All wars that are currently happening in Ireland: Lists all the battles that Ireland has a direct influence on and is not through and MPP.
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If any of these things apply to you, you should seriously reconsider running for Congress. There have been many people in the past who have run for the Gold and had no idea what the problems were that are effecting our country. They would haphazardly propose ridiculous proposals that would swiftly be voted down because they had not discussed that issue with Congress. Or, one would run for Congress then realize they cannot go overseas without resigning their office. There is the National Guard 1st division for those Congressmen who want to be a part of the military. But, if being part of the Marines is more important that you than being a part of Congress, don’t run.
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Allies campaigns: These are battles in other countries that can be participated in from the country you are currently in via a MPP (Mutual protection pact). Basically an alliance between countries.
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==Running for Congress==
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If you are not a big name, or are not a member of a big party, running in a smaller state is probably best. I don’t care if you live in a state like Florida in real life and feel passionate about running there - this isn’t real life and to be frank, regional politics do not matter in eRepublik. The only reason regional politics matter is in terms of Defense System and Hospital placement and even then Congress has a list of where the next DS or hospital is going, so, in all honestly, its best not to make a promise for placing a Q5 Defense system in Kansas - its not going to happen. Instead, find a state with a low population that has lesser known names running. If you don’t know whether a person is a big shot or not, PM your party president. (It should also be noted that even if a big name is running, there still maybe a slight chance of you winning due to party line voting. See the case of Florida last month. Justinious lost to Dountdude due to an inflated population due to the war and party line voting. This case, though, is an exception, not the rule.) Your party president can give you suggestions on where to run. Once you figure out a state to run in, go to your party page and click on the run for Congress button. You’ll be able to select the state you want to run in from the 16th to the 23rd of each month. Once you select your state, its time to develop your platform.
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All wars: Lists all the wars that are being held all over the eWorld
  
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So, now that you figured out what state to run in, its time to develop your platform. Your platform is the main way you will be able to communicate your ideas to the voters in your state. Make sure your platform addresses key issues affecting our country such as the economy (inflation and the value of the dollar vs gold), helping business and workers, imports vs exports, Value Added Taxes, Import taxes, and income taxes, Mutual Protection Pacts with other countries, and your opinion on war. This is not an all inclusive list but main topics that should be involved in your platform. Do not, I repeat, do not promise a Defense system or Hospital for your state. Like I mentioned before, there is a set strategic list of where DS and Hospitals will be placed and this will not change no matter how hard you campaign. Once you have your platform developed, link it to your candidate page. It is important that you do this because when voters go to place their vote, they can read each platform before clicking the vote button. This step is imperative!
 
  
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Also, make sure to post your platform on your newspaper. This is a good way to make the public aware that you are running and get a positive vibe for your campaign. If others see your platform, even if they don’t live in your state, they’ll tell others you’re running a good campaign which will get more people to vote for you in end. Also, by posting your platform in your newspaper, you are more likely to get the endorsement of the Independent Congressional Recommendations Panel run by Angrr. This panel evaluates every race in each state and recommends the best candidate from each state. If you want to get this recommendation, you’re going to need a strong platform that is visible to the public.
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This is where the majority of the fighting takes place. The rest of it is done on the IRCs, forum, via personal messages and other means of communication.
  
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Now, the most important, but tedious part of campaigning is PMing your potential voters. This can be a pain, but necessary to let your voters know you really care about their needs. In order to get a list of voters from your state, go to the info tab>rankings>USA> then your state. From there, PM every voter who is level 6 or above or that looks active and will be level 6 or above by election day. Mention that you are running, give a link to your platform and tell them send a PM back if they have any questions. That way, you a being personable and sending your message to the entire state. This is, by far, the best way you’ll win votes on election day.
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The day before elections, your party president will finalize the list of candidates. Don’t worry, you should make it on the ballot unless someone else from your party is running in that state. Be sure to discuss your situation with your party president before the 24th of the month if this is the case for you. If not, its time to put in a last ditch effort to get votes. Put our a short article in your newspaper reminding people to vote on the 25th and put a link to your platform in your article. Make it short, but sweet. Just get your message across. Also, I’d recommend putting out a few shouts to friends to remind them to vote.
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Battlefield: Says which region the current battle is being held in.
  
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Now, on the day of elections, go and vote. When you get to the voter page, you’ll notice that candidates are separated by party. Click on your party and then you should see your name. From there, you can vote. Once voted, you’ll see the vote count in your state thus far. If you are not in first place, you’ll see your name under the “unqualified” list. This does not mean your are unqualified for office. It just means that, as of this time, you do not meet the qualifications to get elected to office (i.e. you don’t have the most votes). If in the event of a tie, the person with the most experience points will be declared the winner. Therefore, if throughout the day there is a tie, the qualified candidate will be the person with the most XP. Keep this in mind when choosing a state. In small states, the XP factor might be the deciding factor in a election.
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Crowns: Each crown represents a round or a battle. The blue ones are the rounds won by the side you are fighting for and the red crowns are the ones won by your enemy. First to 8 rounds wins the battle and captures the region
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==Tips for Congressman==
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'''Tip 1''': Know the lingo. Make sure you become familiar with common terms such as MPP, DS, or special programs connected to your term such as the Emergency Tax Package.
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A '''Mutual Protection Pact''', or MPP, is essentially an alliance with another country. If they are attacked, we are allowed to participate in a war they are involved in without moving. So, if Iran attacked Spain and we had a MPP with them, we'd be able to send out troops to attack from Florida.
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A '''Defense System''', or DS for short (not to be confused with the video game system), is a product purchased by the government to increase the defense of a region. The higher quality ones are usually purchased for border regions. The higher the quality of a defense system, the bigger the wall a region has when its attacked.
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The '''Emergency Tax Package''' is a series of reforms Congress is trying to pass in response to Franco stealing all the money from the Federal Reserve Org account. This will raise taxes on all goods significantly until enough money is raised to make up for the money stolen. Whether you agree with this measure or not, as a Congressman, it is your responsibility to know the rationale behind the measure in order to give good reasons as to whether you will vote for the package or not.
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'''Tip 2''': Know not only the needs of your region, but the needs of the entire country. Sure, you were elected to represent Kansas, but, as I said in the Guide on getting elected to Congress, there is really no such thing as regional politics in eRepublik. You need to think with your head, not your heart. Sure, you can respond to constituent needs, but, you just are not going to get that Q5 DS in Kansas. There's a list to where each hospital and defense system is going next and you're going to have a really rough time trying to get Congress to deviate from this list.
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The bar: This is a representation of how the battle is going. If the bar has more blue in it, the battle is currently going in your country’s favour. If the bar has more red in it, the battle is currently going against you. The numbers on the bar represents how many points the country you are fighting for has currently earned by keeping the bar in your favour, the first side to get to 1800 points is the winner of the round.
  
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'''Tip 3''': Register for the eUS forums and if possible, get involved with #usa-chat and #congress. Being active on the eUS forums is essential to being a successful Congressman. The forums are where proposals are debated before they are proposed on eRepublik. To get a proposal passed, you need to make a topic stating your proposal and the rationale behind it. Once it gathers 5 approvals, you can go ahead and propose it on the eRepublik site. Your proposal will get voted down on principle if it is not debated on the forums first even if its a good proposal. Remember, you only have 2 proposals per term. Follow procedure or you will lose them needlessly when your silly proposal that wasn't debated is voted down.
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BH Friend: Battle Hero (BH) is an award given to the person who does the most influence in a battle on one side. This person receives a medal and is given five gold at the end.
  
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Military units
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Military units are a fairly new update introduced by the administrators. The main reason to join a military unit is the bonuses that are able to be received. When an order is set via the military unit, if you are able to kill 25 enemies in one day you are able to receive a energy bar and a bazooka.
  
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The first is an '''import tax'''. This is a tax on all goods coming into the nation from other countries.
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The second is an '''income tax'''. This is a tax where money is deducted from when a GM collects money from a company's account. This is also a tax deducted from each worker's wage. So, for example, if a worker earns 10 dollars a day working at a Food company and the income tax on the food industry is 10%, he'll only take home 9 dollars that day after he works.
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This page can be accessed by clicking on the military unit tab located under community.
  
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The third is a '''Value Added Tax'''. A VAT increases the price of a product on the market by a certain percent. That money goes directly to a country's account. For example, if the price of a Q1 food is 1 dollar at the VAT is 5%, the price of the product on the market will be a 1.05 to the consumer. When sold, the GM takes home 1 dollar and the government taxes home .05 cents.
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Recruit’s orders: This is what must be done to become an official member of the military unit.
  
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Order of the day: Completing the order of the day rewards the person with a bazooka and a energy bar.
  
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'''Tip 5''': Do not propose to increase Minimum Wage. Every term we have a newbie populist Congressman who thinks its a smart idea to raise minimum wage. It isn't. Minimum wage is the way it is for a reason. With the new citizen fee, new players will have enough money to buy food until they reach skill level 1 after 2 days and be able to afford more goods. Raising minimum wage only puts more dollars into the economy which will not be used as most new players quit after a day or two. This only raises inflation which is not helpful for the economy. So, don't waste your proposal on raising minimum wage. There's only a very slim chance it'll pass.
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Commander: The commander of the military unit is able to set the orders of the day and the recruit’s orders. The commander is basically the leader of the military unit.
  
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Captain: The captain of the regiment is able to set the order of the day for the regiment. The captain is elected by the members of the unit every month.
  
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'''Tip 7''': Get involved with a committee. The new Speaker of the House, ProggyPop, has been trying to create committees you can get involved with. This has not reached final approval, but should be passed sometime in the near future. If you're interested in Defense System and Hospital placement, ask to get involved with the Infrastructure committee. If you have a policy area which you are particularly interested in, this a great way to make an impact in Congress.
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Companies are a major part of erepublik as this is where everything is produced from food to weapons. Also when used correctly companies can be a major source of income.
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Resources are vital for the production capacity of companies. The more various types of resources a country controls the greater the output of every citizen’s companies. Detailed information can be found here.
  
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'''Tip 11''': Multipartisanship. Multipartisanship goes a long way when getting things done that are productive for our country. Sure, you maybe vehemently against higher taxes, but, look at it in the long term rather then the short term. Sometimes, you need to make sacrifices in order to make a difference. This goes along with tip #10. Sometimes, compromise is the way to go. Think wisely over each proposal and don't be a hard liner unless absolutely necessary.
 
  
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=Other Important External Links=
 
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*[http://tinyurl.com/MoW2011 Meals on Wheels]
 
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*[http://goo.gl/puD6X ~bewbs4newbs~]
 
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*[https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dHRxSDBmOGZfZkZ3bW1TY1paazlDVUE6MA eUS Mentor Application Form]
 
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*[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&formkey=dGIwWVg0X2pneUpQLTZTLVBlaDhvZnc6MQ#gid=3 eUS Immigration Form]
 
  
 
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Revision as of 15:49, 13 August 2012

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Welcome to the Department of Education. At the DoE you may find many articles to help you with eRepublik including Education Information Hub. Here at the DoE we are trying hard to help out newer citizens, such as yourself, by connecting them to pertinent educational material. If you do not find what you are looking for do not hesitate to ask, we will be glad to help you out. Additional DoE information can be found on the eUSForum which is the only official forum of the US. If you have not registered on the eUSForum, we strongly encourage that you do so today.

Preface

This erepublik wiki-page was created to help the new eAmerican citizen with the most complete and functional tutorial. We will hope you use this guide to keep you on track about how the game mechanics works at all levels. We, the Department of Education staff, we promise to keep this page and guide updated on the new things Plato (Erepublik Administration account) releases on the game.

Erepublik - Basic Game mechanics

Quick-start guide

When you first join you shall be taken to the initial page, this page is called your home page and you are able to view important information here. On the right side of the page is your shout box. Shouts from your friends are shown here; there is also a tab on the right showing shouts/orders if you have joined a military unit. More information on military units can be found later in the document.

There are four essential elements every eCitizen must know and practice to eSurvive and thrive: • Wellness • Fighting • Money • Socialising

WELLNESS: To maintain and obtain wellness, you can: • Eat food (By clicking on eat food under your wellness on the right hand side of the screen) • Use energy bars (Gained by doing missions, ranking up or by completing the order of the day) • Use a hospital on a battlefield (Hospitals are rare now as they are not able to be created anymore and so only rich countries are able to afford them)

FIGHTING: Some things you must know about fighting: • The amount of health you currently have left (Basically how many times more are you able to hit). Don’t hit more than you can afford to recover. • Don't fight if your side is above 55% (It is just a waste of influence otherwise) • Make sure you pick the right side in a Resistance War ( You would be surprised by how many old players pick the wrong side and start “tanking” for the enemy) • Buy tanks so you can save your bazookas for those rainy days or when there is an important battle on. • How many clicks it takes to finish off the enemy you are currently on so the enemy actually dies before you run out of wellness. (You mostly have to guess, look at the guys strength, if it is higher than yours assume that it it will take four or five hits to take him out.

Money: Money is important in the game of erepublik. It is used to purchase things that are necessary to survive. Here are a couple of ways to earn money: • Work in a company of another player • Selling goods on the market • Using the monetary market effectively

Gold: Gold is such an important currency that I decided to give it, its own section: • Gold is earned by getting medals, completing certain missions, buying it with real life money, plying the monetary market or getting it donated to you by other players • Gold can be used to create new companies, upgrade current companies or training facilities, can be converted to large amounts of currency, purchase a newspaper, used on special deals like buying extra energy bars or bazookas (when the administrators decide to let you buy bazooka parts) or give an extra health boost in the battlefield.

Interaction: Interacting with other players is the highlight of a lot of erepublik players as there are some interesting communities out there. The main methods of communication are: • Articles • The IRC (Internet relay chat) • Forums • Erepublik wiki

Missions: Missions were created to help keep player entertained as well as provide a jumpstart to the things that new citizens get to help them develop in-game. They are also there to help the new citizen experience everything that there is to experience about erepublik. The complete list of missions can be found here: http://wiki.erepublik.com/index.php/Missions

Getting started

This picture details what the home page looks like:

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To access this page just click on the house symbol furthest to the left on the tabs bars. This should take you directly to this page.

Name, experience and citizenship: This is where your current avatar, your name (if clicked on it will take you to your profile page), how much experience you have in the form of a bar and what country you are currently in.

Wellness: Wellness is required to do a lot of things in erepublik, like fighting, working or training. Each of these activities requires 10 wellness points to do. To recover wellness points click on the eat food button located under the wellness.

Amount of currency and gold: This is how much gold and currency that you have currently, which may include many countries’ currency Missions: Missions are located under your current currencies and completing these missions give many rewards. In-depth information can be found here.

Alerts, messages and logout: If someone sends a citizen a personal message (PM), the citizen that received the pm will receive a notification as a number on the left, which will be located next to a bell shaped icon in the middle. If something happens like a wage increase, a citizen likes or comments on a shout, a new law proposal, and many other things will be received under the bell shaped icon as stated before. The logout button is used to quit eRepublik after you have finished with your session. The game also automatically logs a citizen out after being Idle for a certain amount of time.

Daily orders set by military unit: This is where, if the citizens is part of a Military unit (MU), daily orders of the day will be shown. If the orders are completed, a bazooka and an energy bar will be given as a reward. Campaign of the day: This is set by the president to alert the general public where he/she would like them to fight normally due to it being an important battle.

News tabs: Clicking on one of these buttons will take the citizen to a particular news tab. Some people still use this way, by just clicking on the link, but also a lot of people prefer to use the shortcut shift + T to access the news tabs and then change the settings to suit them, such as setting the location to the country you are in to receive local news. As this way is suggested as more user friendly, and can save time and effort and is probably easier to do.

Shouts: This is pretty much the same as posting a status update on facebook. Only friends will be able to see these and also you are only able to view your friends. If there is a second tab next to your friend’s shouts, this will be the military unit, in which you have joined.

Find citizen box: If you wish to search for a certain citizen, type their name in here and click enter. This will bring up a list of citizens with the same name and hopefully the one you are looking for.


My Places This picture details what the my place tab screen should look like with a couple of additional buildings.

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To access “My places” click on the “My places" tab located on your list of tabs located at the top of the screen.

The different tabs located to the right of your player’s name are representative of the different buildings located in your places. From the left to right in order are:

Your companies – This is where the companies are created, updated and also where the ability to work as a manager and sort out the employees you may have.

The box directly underneath the tabs is your job tab. This is where you may work and earn money for yourself.

The addition symbol (+) next to where it says companies allows you to purchase additional buildings for example additional food factories or raw material factories

The minus/subtract symbol (-) allows the user to sell buildings or dissolve them for half of their cost.

The arrow pointing upwards allows the user to upgrade their food or weapon companies for a sum of gold.

Underneath this box where it says “My companies” are where your companies are located.

The left column shows the companies that you currently own.

The “Work as Manager” column allows you to work in your own company at no extra cost besides for the usual 10 health penalty. This can only be done once per day. If you have more companies than you do health as long as you have food in your storage you shall be able to work as the food will automatically consumed to provide you with the health needed to work. Click on the head to decide on which companies to work in. They will be replaced with green people if you have already worked in them today or if there is a bug with the system.

The employee’s column allows you to distribute the work force that is currently working for you.

Underneath this column where it says “Employees assign” the left number details how many employees are needed and the right number is how many are available

The final two columns let you know how many raw materials are needed and the final products that will be produced allowing the player to plan what they need to buy and if they have enough storage space.

After you have chosen all the options you wish to use click on the “Start Production” button to commit the actions.

Training Grounds The second tab is the training grounds tab where all the strength buildings are.

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These buildings can be used the same way as if you were a manager. Beware of the gold cost of some of the training centers.

The addition symbol allows you to purchase more training grounds, like the ones that require gold to use.

The next tabs located on the tabs bar are your storage and health buildings respectively.

Storage: Items that are located in the storage tab of you’re my places page are shown here:

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Food: There are 5 different types of food. Q1 food restores two wellness points for every one consumed, Q2 food restores 4, Q3 restores 6, Q4 restores 8, Q5 restores 10 and Q6 restores 12 health

Weapons: Weapons are used in combat when you fight on the battle field. The higher the Q level the more damage it is capable of doing

Food raw materials and weapon raw materials: These items are able to be used to create food or weapons if you have the appropriate company.

Bazookas: Weapons of mass destruction, they are capable of doing 10000 influence per hit and 1 hit kills on the battlefield. They also have three uses each.

Energy Bars: Recovers full wellness points when one is used.

Health Buildings The page details the amount of health able to be recovered by the player.

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With each building purchased or town centre upgraded the max about of health able to be recovered increases.


Marketplace This picture details what the market tab should look like:

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To access this page click on marketplace under the market tab.

Items that are for sale: Lists the items that are for sale. A description of most of these items can be located under the inventory section.

Houses: Unable to be produced anymore but recovered a small amount of health per day.

Tickets: Unable to be produced anymore, allowed the user to move countries at the cost of wellness. It is now cheaper to use citizen currency to move countries.

Hospital: Unable to be produced anymore, but restores a small amount of wellness to the user. (Only able to be used on a battlefield)

Defence systems: Unable to be produced anymore. When used on a battlefield, it produces a small amount of influence for the person who uses it.


Monetary Market This picture details what the monetary market tab should look like:

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It is accessed under the market tab. The random erepublik add on is an add on that is able to be downloaded for a web browser so it probably won’t show up for the ordinary user.

What you are buying using what currency: The two tabs are labelled buy and sell, under the buy tab are all the currencies listed in the game along with gold. Choosing a currency allows the user to see what offers are on the market at the time.

Under the sell tab are the currencies that are currently located in the user’s account which the user can then use to buy other currencies with. Show my offers and post new offers tab: These tabs take the user to a different screen from which the user is able to put up offers.

  • WARNING* When setting up and offer keep an eye on what you are selling and at what price it is at. The first time I tried to use it I set up 5g at 0.01 IEP which isn’t very smart as many players will tell you and it is waste of gold.

Amount of currency: This is the amount of currency and gold located in the citizens account that has relevance to what offers of currency are being looked up.


Job Market This picture details what the job market should look like:

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Can be accessed under the market tab. Daily Salary: The amount of money earned each time you work there. Apply: Joins the company.


Profile This picture details what the citizen’s profile page looks like:

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It can be accessed by either clicking on your citizen’s name or another citizen’s name.

Location: This is where you are located at the current moment. Click on change next to locations, which is located under your profile picture

Citizenship: This is what nationality you currently are. To change your citizenship, move to your designated country and click change to apply for another citizenship.

Political party: This shows what political party your citizen is currently in.

Military unit: This shows what military unit your citizen is currently in.

Press Director: This is under your profile page and shows the newspaper your citizen owns.

Overview and account tabs: Overview is the default tab. The accounts tab shows a detailed list of what currencies you currently own.

Experience: How much experience your citizen currently has earned. About me: A user created description about you.

Achievements: Also know as medals; an in-depth explanation about each of these can be found here.

Military skills: How much strength and rank points a citizen has. An in-depth explanation can be found here.


Military One of the main features of erepublik is fighting. To gain additional resources your country has to expand its borders which can only be done through fighting and capturing regions.

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This tab can be accessed by clicking on wars at the tab at the top of the screen.

Campaign of the day: This is set by the president to alert the general public where he/she would like them to fight, normally due to it being an important and vital battle.

All wars that are currently happening in Ireland: Lists all the battles that Ireland has a direct influence on and is not through and MPP.

Allies campaigns: These are battles in other countries that can be participated in from the country you are currently in via a MPP (Mutual protection pact). Basically an alliance between countries.

All wars: Lists all the wars that are being held all over the eWorld


The battlefield This is where the majority of the fighting takes place. The rest of it is done on the IRCs, forum, via personal messages and other means of communication.

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Battlefield: Says which region the current battle is being held in.

Crowns: Each crown represents a round or a battle. The blue ones are the rounds won by the side you are fighting for and the red crowns are the ones won by your enemy. First to 8 rounds wins the battle and captures the region

The bar: This is a representation of how the battle is going. If the bar has more blue in it, the battle is currently going in your country’s favour. If the bar has more red in it, the battle is currently going against you. The numbers on the bar represents how many points the country you are fighting for has currently earned by keeping the bar in your favour, the first side to get to 1800 points is the winner of the round.

BH Friend: Battle Hero (BH) is an award given to the person who does the most influence in a battle on one side. This person receives a medal and is given five gold at the end.

BH Enemy: Same as above.

Military units Military units are a fairly new update introduced by the administrators. The main reason to join a military unit is the bonuses that are able to be received. When an order is set via the military unit, if you are able to kill 25 enemies in one day you are able to receive a energy bar and a bazooka.

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This page can be accessed by clicking on the military unit tab located under community.

Recruit’s orders: This is what must be done to become an official member of the military unit.

Order of the day: Completing the order of the day rewards the person with a bazooka and a energy bar.

Commander: The commander of the military unit is able to set the orders of the day and the recruit’s orders. The commander is basically the leader of the military unit.

Captain: The captain of the regiment is able to set the order of the day for the regiment. The captain is elected by the members of the unit every month.

Members: This shows who is currently in the military unit.

Companies Companies are a major part of erepublik as this is where everything is produced from food to weapons. Also when used correctly companies can be a major source of income. Companies can be divided into two different types, raw materials and Factory companies. Raw material companies produce raw material which factory companies are used to produce food and weapons.

Resources Resources are vital for the production capacity of companies. The more various types of resources a country controls the greater the output of every citizen’s companies. Detailed information can be found here.

There are 10 resource types in total, 5 for food and food raw materials and 5 for weapons and weapon raw materials.

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