Re: [eia] reparations

["J.J. Young" <jjy@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I agree, just checking...

-JJY

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joel Uckelman" <uckelman@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <eia@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 12:08 AM
Subject: Re: [eia] reparations


> Thus spake "J.J. Young":
> >
> > Question: since Russia has ceded a province, will its reparations be
based
> > on its current home nation tax value ($70), or on its original national
tax
> > value ($75) ?  I would think the answer would be obvious (current),
except
> > that it says, "(printed on the map)".  What do the rest of you think ?
> >
> > -JJY
>
> Suppose you're not playing with the "Balance of Power" option, so that a
> power can loose more than three home provinces. If reparations come from
> the printed value next to the power's name, then it would be possible to
> permanently bankrupt a power, since bankruptcy doesn't forgive formal
debts
> (see 8.5.2). E.g., if Russia possessed only Moscow province and had to pay
> $90 in reparations, I think he'd go bankrupt during every economic phase
> thereafter until the debt was gone. That doesn't make sense to me. If
you've
> ceded a province, your tax value isn't the printed one anymore.
>
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