Do too many factions have capital ships?

[Stealthsultn]

Your forgetting something.
The outcast nation, through its extensive drug export is possibly THE richest nation of all. Compared to its size, the wealth can actually rival that of any of the other four houses. You do not need the have the resources yourself if you have the funds to acquire them from junkers and others.

As a function of the economy the Outcasts cannot be even close to as rich as any of the houses. The outcasts make money selling cardimine to the houses (most popular in liberty). You have an economy that is dependent on the economy of the other houses. As a rule an economy that is dependent on another cannot exceed the providing economy (because you cannot sell more goods than the customer can afford to buy). Then you go into the specifics of your market saturation.

"Recent estimates are that in 2008, 155 to 250 million people, or 3.5% to 5.7% of the world's population aged 15-64, used other psychoactive substances, such as cannabis, amphetamines, cocaine, opioids, and non-prescribed psychoactive prescription medication. Globally, cannabis is the most commonly used (129-190 million people), followed by amphetamine type stimulants, then cocaine and opioids. " WHO

Lets assume the high figure split in two (this gives you the same popularity as weed!) so 3% of the Sirius population uses cardimine. Cardimine the only product you export and your market saturation is 3%. The richest house? That might be the dumbest thing I have heard all day. If malta was a country on earth you would be Columbia.....oh wait; your entire background sounds a lot like COLOMBIA 20 years ago. They had almost no military at all and didn't have fertility issues to boot!

You know why the other houses should slap you around? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_com...by_revenue Oil-->H-fuel what does that list have in common? Fuel is king because its market saturation is massive. If anything the GMG deserves to be called a house 100x more than the outcasts do.

---