Ok. Where to start with this military analysis for active nations with map claims. And yes, that means I ran a comparison on all 74 of them.
First let me say that in no way does this analysis bear any weight on the way we choose to RP our national militaries. The way we handle things IC stands alone. However I do believe this analysis bears viewing as the numbers represented here are representative of the way we each answer our issues for our nations.
The military statistics used for this analysis have come directly from http://[URL=http://tracker.conquestofabsolution.com/andossa_se_mitrin_vega. However, Absolution only reports the dollar amounts in each nation’s currency. Therefore I also used http://nseconomy.thirdgeek.com/nseconomy.php?nation=andossa+se+mitrin+vega to get the numbers to convert overall budgets to the USD for equality in comparison.
Also of note is that this only compares funded state militaries and says nothing of any private forces that any of us could hire.
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Now for the nuts and bolts of what I have prepared.
I figured the overall military budget for each nation converted to USD and subtracted 15% (a bit on the high side for such use) for upkeep. I then took the active military personnel as given by Absolution and divided to obtain a “per-active military budget” that would include everything else including training and procurement. For the purposes of this analysis we must assume that more money spent equals better equipment and training as factoring in anything else becomes purely subjective to the one doing the analysis.
Due to the extremely high numbers that come along with NS both in budget and personnel, I then added the square root (square roots gave me workable numbers) of the active budget to the square root of the active personnel plus a square root number based on number of divisions, squadrons, and wings. (after all a thousand division difference should matter and such units are not wholly dependant upon active military size).
That’s basically it. Simplistic and I am sure full of a few holes. But I would guess my numbers close enough to be worthy of mention or else I would not place them here.
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Now for some interesting stats.
Of the 74 nations compared, a full 20 spend absolutely nothing on defense.
12 others spend $500k (per active military) or less on defense with one nation spending a measly $83, 892.03 per active military.
That means just over 43% have little to no state run military and are only as protected as they can afford to pay for. That is kind of scary.
By comparison, 4 nations spend more than 10 million per active military. How much nicer must it be for the soldier sporting that amount compared to those on the bottom end?
3 nations boast of over 20 million active personnel.
3 nations (that have militaries) have less than 100k active personnel
1 nation (when counting reserves also) comes up just short of having a billion man military.
All of those are facts straight off Absolution and are not affected by my own comparisons.
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Now for the power ranking stats I have come up with which reflect a combination of military size and budgets.
20 nations have no Military - An Blascoad Mor, Austenersy, Bettia, Carpathia and Ruthenia, Commerce Heights, Hutt River, Kjeligsted, Ko-oren, Kiryu-shi, Lemurian Oceania, Maklohi Vai, Maraque, Osarius, Paripana, Scandonia, Svengarda, Vilita, Wight, Yelvoldia, The Limerick Isles
5 nations rank as substandard - Kinitaria, Lalo Limahina, Paragon, Inis Na Dun, New Gordanopia
12 nations rank below average - Misrantis, McKarthya, Nellietopia, Ahlenfi, 95X, Dorian and Sonya, Savski Venac, Sportgirls, The Pazhujeb Islands, New West Guiana, Jay Industries, Antaly
19 nations rank as average - Jeru FC, Cosumar, Legalese, Zirakul, Valanora, Whittoria, Israeli Apartheid Client State,
Leorudo, The Inevitable Syndicate, New Cloudsdale, Turori, Secundus Kasius, The Bear Islands, Kishrael, Ibex, Blouman Empire, Undisputed Atols, Glascovia, Naitpyge
8 nations rank above average - Starblaydia, Geisenfried, Thatius, New Montreal States, Farfadillis, Warkus, Demot, Khytenna
9 nations rank as elite - Pacitalia, Nojika, Audioslavia, Hypocria, Bazalonia, ASMV, Falcania, Milchama, Dominion of Drakia
1 nation ranks in Rawrrrrcrush Status - Northern Bettia
Now open for discussion
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And everything is given that label.