(07-16-2014, 06:19 PM)Knjaz Wrote: Sirius economy is based on the beginning/first half of 20th Century, just like it's warfare. Otherwise Liberty and it's companies are getting into free fall mode the moment it becomes 21st century model, given the current economical and strategic situation.
Grabbing assets of the entity that attacked you and pushed you into full scale war is a correct and appropriate answer. Unless Kusarians or Bretonians plan to go to war with Rheinland any time soon, they'd have nothing to be afraid about - and they know it.
They're actually more of a mix. I'd love to hear Liberty's economy (essentially a service one) in the terms of an early 1900s economy. My point about the 21st century economy comment was the existence of corporations that, while being based mainly in a specific house, have a nearly Sirius-wide (as far as the 4 houses goes) presence with large operations and market shares. Synth Foods comes pretty close to being on that level with how widely they operate.
Just curious, but was Interspace at war with Rheinland when they had Bonn seized? Because last time I checked, they only had a few rogue pilots (ie: indies) sell some blood diamonds to the RH. And if Rheinland was willing to gut its own economy and default on the IC debt as well as seize Bonn, simply because of that, why would a company (that would cost Rheinland's economy less pain to lose) trust that they wouldn't run afoul of the government and have their assets seized for something even smaller?
(Just a side note to correct your mistake: Rheinland struck first in the war. There was the fun little bombing of the police base in NY)
Regarding Liberty and their current economy in a 21st century-esque style, even if you ignore the 20 layers of plot armor that's been in place since vanilla, Liberty's economy is mainly based on service. However, they have close access to IC and it's lending ability. As someone else has said, the US is currently the largest economy (for now) in the world despite the 10+ trillion dollar debt it has. A nation can stay running a long time on debt if someone is still willing to lend them cash.
EDIT: I agree with what Lonely Ghost has said about it as well