RC Economic Statistics

Date: Wed, 27 Sep 1995 16:43:30 -0500
From: Steven Bonneville <bonnevil@itlabs.umn.edu>
Subject: RC Economic Statistics


Quick Economic Statistics of the Reformation Coalition

The following numbers were thrown together with rules from classic
Traveller.  In particular, first edition Striker and Trillion Credit
Squadron rules were used to get some economic information about the
worlds of the RC.  World data is according to _Path of Tears_.

Reformation Coalition population: 1.9 billion (1201, _Path of Tears_)
Of this population, about 36% are Schalli, the remainder mainly humans.

Average TL per capita:  10.2
Maximum TL:             12, at Aubaine/Aubaine.

Average TL per capita is the tech level of each world, multiplied by
the population of each world, divided by the number of worlds.  The
result is the approximate average TL enjoyed by the general populace.
  

Total RC Gross Domestic Product:  TCr 30.86
 By worlds with GDPs over TCr 0.1:
    Oriflamme     TCr  8.00         (25.9%)    tech-9
    Aubaine       TCr 20.48         (66.4%)    tech-12 
    Nike Nimbus   TCr  0.84          (2.7%)    tech-9  
    Fija          TCr  0.672         (2.1%)    tech-10  
    Baldur        TCr  0.3           (0.97%)   tech-9   
    Lucifer       TCr  0.288         (0.93%)   tech-8    
 The other worlds of the RC only contribute, in total, 1% of the GDP.
  
These numbers came from a strict application of the Striker rules.
I did not weight the numbers in this first table using the exchange
rate table. 
  
It's possible that Aubaine has a far lower GDP due to lower use of 
technology by the Schalli majority.  Aubaine's massive GDP advantage
over Oriflamme is due to its' technology advantage and the fact that
Aubaine is a Rich world.

Spires is so low-tech that it doesn't have a GDP that's measurable by
the Striker system.

In the old days in the Imperium, military expenditures would be about 
3% of these figures in total for local and Imperial expenditures, but 
it should be higher in the RC -- too high, though, and the tax burden 
on business would hurt the expansion.  I didn't figure out the naval
budgets as given in TCS, and the figures you get there contradict the
figures suggested in Striker slightly.  I think that the old Striker 
rules may give results that are a bit low for a developed region like
the Imperium or Regency, but that may actually accurately reflect the 
RC's economic circumstances.

  
Average Coalition GDP per capita:  Cr 16500

  For worlds with population greater than ten million:  
    Oriflamme     Cr 10000     |     Cr  6500     Cr 15400  
    Aubaine       Cr 25600     |     Cr 21800     Cr 30100     Ri
    Nike Nimbus   Cr 12000     |     Cr  7200     Cr 20000     Ag
    Fija          Cr  9600     |     Cr  5760     Cr 16000     Po
    Spires        -barter-     |     -barter-     -barter-     Ag
    Baldur        Cr 10000     |     Cr  6000     Cr 16700
    Lucifer       Cr  9600     |     Cr  4800     Cr 19200     Ag

Total RC GDP per capita is calculated directly from the numbers in
the first table.  The first column is in the same units, except by
the most populous seven planets.  On the other side of the bar, the
second column uses the exchange rate tables assuming the numbers in
the first column are in local credits and that we want Imperial Cr.
The third table also uses the exchange rate table, but assumes that
the first column is in Imperial credits and that we want local Cr.
Relevant trade codes for the worlds are in the fourth column, for
reference.

Reference to Spires being Non-Industrial in PoT is wrong; it has a
UWP population of more than 6 in 1201. 


Shipbuilding and overhaul capacity:
  Aubaine         960,000                   tech-12 class-A
  Oriflamme     1,120,000                   tech-9  class-B
  Aurora            8,400 (O:RCN)           tech-11 class-B
  Trybec            8,400 (O:RCES)          tech-10 class-B
  Kruyter               4 (O:Kruytercorp)   tech-11 class-B
  
Aubaine is the only class-A starport; the others are all class-B.
Capacity is in displacement-tons.  Rules from TCS were used; it was
assumed that the RC is at a maximum war footing.  The two worlds 
owned by the military recieved multipliers as if they were civil-
service bureaucracies, as Aubaine is.  The advanced military yards 
are small, but big enough to perform major refits, overhauls, or
repairs on a number of clipper-class ships at once.  The class-B 
starport on Kruyter is barely operational -- it can't even service 
a craft the size of a Rampart fighter in its' refitting bays.

Class-C starports aren't included.  They're capable of basic repairs,
but not heavy-duty jobs or major ship overhauls, so they aren't as 
key to the RC economy as the A and B class starports.

Since even the Standard Astrotronics yards at the starport at Aubaine 
can't have been operational much before 1198, and that there are 
other starports there just coming on line, it's likely that the RC
is not yet operating their ports at this full capacity.  The time it
took for the clippers to come off the line does jibe well with ship
construction times from classic Traveller.

  Steve Bonneville
  <bonn0015@tc.umn.edu>