Join the new world

It hasn't taken long to reach some conclusions of the Platoon experiment that I have been running. I urge government administrators involved in the area of defense to consider these recommendations:

Involve young citizens
Exposing new eIndians to battles as soon as possible, in order to get their level up is a very cost-effective way of retaining players and helping eIndia long term. Some effort should be made to determine citizens who have just become eligible to fight/travel and they should be contacted to join the armed forces and join the forums.

Platoon Size
A platoon size of five (including one leader) seemed to work fairly well. Fast communication was possible, and determining where each fighter was and how much damage was possible was fairly simple.

Data Collection
The eRepublik API allows us to automate some data collection on each platoon and indeed on individuals. We need to get smarter on how we keep track on army personnel and one way we can do this is through API requests. I'll be implementing some applications to make this possible in the coming weeks,

Relevant Groupings
An effort should be made to ensure that platoon members are in a similar timezone or play eRepublik at the same time as each other. Members should be encouraged to learn about IRC as a priority.

Educating New Fighters
I encourage the eIndian Armed Forces to develop a "boot camp" tutorial - something along the lines of "The things you need to know about fighting for eIndia". This would include:-
* How a battle is fought in eRepublik
* How to determine if a region has a Q5 hospital
* How to determine which regions are currently involved in a conflict
* How to purchase weapons, and why it matters to have a weapon when you fight
* What is IRC and how it can be used to
* Current foreign policy situation and what kind of relationships we have with our neighbours.

The important thing is to make relevant and easy-to-understand information available to interested eIndians.

Conclusion
Thank you to those who participated in this experiment, I have sent you all a gift as a token of my appreciation.