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These type of things need to be posted as often as possible to keep new citizens progressing and interested in the game. A very slow start can cause citizens to become bored.

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First Steps
Brand new Canadians will want to find work at a Q1 company. This is really the first step. Make sure that you have 1 Q1 food in your inventory at the start of each day so you do not lose health (buy this in the marketplace screen). Not only does it help your health, it gives you 1 experience per day. If you are finding that your health is getting too low,***CDN Health Services Temporarily Out of Service*** , instead PM me, and I will try and point you in the right direction to fix it.


Training
Also make sure to train every day. See this article by Calvin Hobbes

Making Gold by Inviting
Invite, Invite, Invite. The best way to strengthen Canada is to invite ALL of your friends. If you do it through the invite link, not only do you get gold, but you help us all.

Healing
In eRepublik, hospitals are available to those who fight in battles with their countries. Info here. Battle and hospitals will be inaccessible to all new players until they reach lvl 5. Please also note, that not all regions in Canada have sufficient hospitals, but it is possible to relocate to a region with one. At lvl 5 you can purchase weapons to fight with (you will move up ranks alot quicker than fighting with bare hands). Once you are done fighting, click on the link that says "Return to Battlefield" There you will see a link to the hospital.
If you click on this link, you will see another option on the next screen to heal.

You will learn eventually how to estimate how many times you can fight, based on how much your local hospital will heal you. (see table).

Joining the Army
Once you get used to the battlefield, it might be time to join the Army ( Read the Article )

Voting
When it comes time to vote (lvl 6), please inform yourself about the candidate a bit. There are people who would like nothing better than to get power in Canada to hand it over to our enemies.

New users, please do not get discouraged. It starts out boring for the first day or so, then you will get hooked. eCanada needs you. There are so many other aspects of the game not covered in this article (politics, press, etc etc). Send me a PM with any questions any time.

The 5 must-Dos
Remember the 5 musts of every player above level 5: eat, train, work, fight,heal.

The Don'ts
Don't directly convert from one currency to another, unless the deal is really good. As a general rule, use gold as an in between.

Don't hold on too tight to your regional pride. If your preferred place to live doesnt have a Q5 hospital, move somewhere in Canada that does (at the time of publishing this, Alberta). There is NO disadvantage to doing this, but a huge one to not being in a region with a hospital.

Don't buy weapons above Q1 when you are just starting out. The benefit of using a q1 weapon above bare hands is big, but when you are a new player the benefit of using a better weapon is very small.

Helping Others
To help fellow Canadians, subscribe to some of their publications (Media Mogul). That means click on the link to each paper HERE and subscribe to their newspapers to give gold to Canadians.


Chatting with Canadians
eRepublik is also a very social atmosphere. Making as many friends as possible, and asking for advice will help you progress. Joining IRC and the message boards can be so valuable in gaining eRepublik help.

Connect to irc.rizon.net and come talk to people in #eCan. This is a valuable place for advice from more experienced Players. If you are getting stuck and having a problem, it is a place where there are people willing to help you out.

Join the Canadian Forums here. There is alot of useful information.

Thanks to uaac and calvin hobbes for their input so far. Please vote this article up whenever you see it.

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Booleus
Nova Scotia Congressman
Canadian Ambassador to eJapan