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Region: The Communist Bloc

Flying-penguins wrote:

The main logic behind conscription is for the nation's self-defense. However, conscription is mostly only adopted by nations with a small population such as Singapore, Chile, Austria, Israel or Denmark, or militarist governments or countries with hostile relations with its neighbours, such as Ukraine, Russia, North Korea and South Korea.

Let's think about it: You have 4.38 Billion people in your country. Even if you only conscript people aged 16-18 for 3 years, your military will increase its size by roughly 180 Million. Where will all that money come from?

In economics, it's not only the productivity that matters. The cost of opportunity also matters; and in this case, your economy is most likely to decrease by 10% in terms of annual revenue. Sure, youth rebelliousness and crime rates will decrease, but won't that affect your civil rights and have other effects?

This is Nationstates. I don’t have to worry about all that.

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