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I personally have tried to make a babyboom happen in Switzerland, but for many reasons it has simply not happened. Player retention is poor as when people sign up they see many players with such high strength that there will always be a huge gap and they wont be able to compete. But before we even get to retention there is the issue of getting the sign-ups in the first place. In this article I hope to address some of the reasons it is so hard to get mass signing up for some nations, yet other nations do it with relative ease.

In Switzerland we are great people. Maybe you think we are reserved but the truth is we don't like to "meddle in" interfere with another people affairs, opinions and ways to think how to change the system, so normally we wait to see how open you are, how willing you are to share with us your ideas and proposals, but you can't expect from us to be a part of this joke we are living in the media. I may be doing other nationalities a disservice by saying it, but I feel the Swiss people do not have a confrontational nature and find it hard to change this in eRep.

Looking at what causes babybooms in game we normally see them happen as a result of the anniversary of a historic event or a war with a fierce RL rival in game. Basically they come from countries with a strong sense of national pride and rivalry, we can see that with the following countries:

Argentina - had a babyboom when they AS'd the UK on the anniversary of the Falklands.
Serbia - their fierce rivalry with Croatia has seen them maintain a high population.
Ukraine - had a recent babyboom on the back of the Crime situation, although possibly coincidence.

But you won't find those type of rivalries with us, we just live our lives respecting the way others live.

With the difficulty in creating a babyboom and retaining new members we have to look elsewhere to boost our population. I believe we should be looking at our immigration policy to rectify this. By being more strict on who we allow to join the country we can screen potential members and try to ensure we only allow the most active in, giving our country a boost to both social and political productivity.