PrinceScamp

Except that alliances would rather find new trade partners then get themselves in a war in which their trade partner is outnumbered. As well finding trades is a pain in the buttocks sometimes and can days, but you NEED that money to collect taxes to stay out of bill lock for example. Diplomacy only works if both sides are willing to negotiate.

Please never have anything affecting trades. That would cause so many problems...

Having been a large nation a mere 9 weeks ago (6999 infra), keeping a small naval force wouldn't be too much in upkeep. Replacing it during war however, like an air force, looks like it would be very costly, especially with the many (most?) wars now being a large number of alliances against a smaller number. It seems to me the war system is still designed with a 7 day war in mind. (Although it will be interesting to see what happens when people start using navies in war). @Drake: Navies don't matter to people who can't use them. I believe that one reason why people get so bored is because the economic/nation building aspect of the game is dreadfully dull. Although admittedly I'm still thinking of how I could suggest it be improved, the game still bills it'self as a nation sim which it is more and more focused on war (seemingly anyways). EDIT: Checking again, yeah the naval upkeep is pricy.

Considering that tanks for me cost $58 each, and a month and a half ago I was having battles where both sides lost up to a total of 5000 tanks per battle, I'd really like to see ground warfare become even a little bit more realistic especially since this the setting is more modern. And it irritates me to no end that soldiers appear out of thin air, no mercenary company would EVER hire out to a nation that loses most of it's soldiers. Although as someone said I'll think of a way to suggest this in the suggestion forum, (after making sure it hasn't been suggested before). As for navies, I won't be able to afford much if any of them for, i don't know, a year perhaps.

Well, thanks for the horrible timing Admin. >.> I was just FINALLY starting to buy nukes and now I can't. I'll just buy the damn wonder then.