Well, German Railways is something we can work on in the winter turns.
Road repair will take some workforce, which is nice.
Housing is SLOWLY proceeding, but at this pace we're
at least mitigating the worst of it.
Water is fine, canals will mostly be focused on (I imagine) when all the ex-soldiers will come back and we'll HAVE to find works for them...
Old track again to avoid the worst of it..
Coal is fine, as is coal power...
Olympiada Gold Mine(Stage 3): Current extraction methods have already attained a considerable amount of gold production at economical rates, but far more can be extracted if given more workers and equipment. With a further push, the mine can enable a near doubling of the work-force and a general increase in mechanization to ensure efficient gold production. The deposit here is sufficient for a literal century of mining and should be a significant asset towards securing both the gold reserve and the currency. (165/150 Stage 3 Complete) (15/200 Stage 4) (----Workforce)
A further expansion of the mining system has been initiated to ensure that the flow of gold can be increased to the point that Lend Lease may be fully repaid. The domestic gold reserve can begin to be reconstructed. This current expansion has seen the further transfer of additional NKPS labor units to the mining complex to assist in digging the pit even deeper into the earth. The cold has caused some casualties due to the open conditions of mining, but so far, casualties have been well under the acceptable limit. The former should be completed by the middle of 1947, but the latter will likely take the greater part of a decade. At that point, there will be enough gold to back most of the currency at a reasonable reserve ratio and start exporting the material.
Really, with more gold mines it will actually take LESS than that!
Plastic and paint is wonderful, agri is meh, schools is fine though we might want to wait a bit before bringing basic schooling to stage 6 to let more people graduate...
The current orders from the VVS themselves are to prioritize low rate production of the cheap La-15 for export to allies,
what, no one interested in our
now obsolete ww2 top of the line aircraft? We have a sale on those!
yeah, we'll want to not go overboard on the numbers produced, as these are NOT here to last. we'll make something better pretty soon, and by then these will only be useful until we complete the upgrade of our Air Force and can sell them away as well.
Auctions went really well... and NOW we have to choose our Head banker!
The highest priority of nearly every person working there is to prevent a forced revaluation.
even more gold mines should help with this, right?
[]Nikolai Bulganin: The previous head of Gosbank has spent almost seven years in the seat. He has also had a considerable amount of experience with the military, serving as a member of many front-level military councils. He is not the sharpest tool in the shed and is arguably the least qualified candidate, but he has the most experience running the bank itself and would be a continuation of policy, helping integrate the expanded staff. Such a choice will also be popular in the party, as he is currently well connected and favored by Stalin.
-Conservative and Cautious in Policy
-Military Experience
-The previous head
-7 Years High-Level Experience
-Technical not Economics Education
-Not the brightest tool in the shed
Safe, boring, cautious option. Not bad, but not good either. I feel we can do better than this.
[]Vasily Garbuzov: The current newly appointed head of the Kiev Institute of Finance and Economics. He has the most training and theoretical knowledge for the position, having achieved a doctorate in economics and having considerable teaching experience. He is also intelligent and diligent, capable of handling large amounts of work and being an involved manager. The main issue with promoting Garbuzov to the head of the banking system is his utter lack of experience in the system and personnel. This would be the promotion of a young inexperienced academic to a highly important post, only possible due to him being the best-qualified candidate in the country for the position.
-Moderate in Policy
-University Director
-Ph.D. in Economics
-3 Years Experience in lower positions
-Incredibly Young
-Used to academic politics
the DARING option. if he fucks up, it's likely to cost us a decent sum of PI, but it SHOULDN'T fuck up.
him being moderate in Policy seems good, as is his education. The lack of experience might be a problem, as could be is "used to academic politics".
This isn't the academic world. It's MUCH worse.
Still, I'm considering it.
[]Alexander Korovushkin: An experienced worker who has advanced considerably in both the academic world and the party. He has graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Finance and Economics with a full degree and has accumulated a considerable amount of experience in the post. Korovushkin is experienced in both the higher and lower levels of finance, with multiple years spent working as an accountant, followed by a promotion towards the State bank's board. While he is not the best candidate in any one area, he is a decent politician, decently educated, decently experienced, and a moderate in monetary policy.
-Moderate in Policy
-4 years of low-level experience
-5 years of high-level experience
-Degree in Economics
-Very Young
-Politically capable
mh.. a less competent, but more experienced, version of the previous pick. I think I like this one slightly more, maybe with the previous one as his deputy?
Still young, but less so, and with the deputy being EVEN YOUNGER that should avoid friction between them.
Of course we could also choose one of the two youngsters as a deputy, and keep the stable, conservative previous head in charge...
[]Yakov Golev: The old deputy commissar for finance that has been demoted from the ministry and an overall experienced candidate. He has a graduate degree in Economics from the Moscow Institute, has experience in high-level positions, and has held a multitude of positions managing the agricultural sector. By necessity and experience, his current focus will be on a fairly interventionist and aggressive banking policy to help agricultural production be increased as much as possible.
-Aggressive in Policy
-4 Years of high-level agricultural experience
-6 Years of high-level experience
-Graduate Degree in Economics
-Focused on Agriculture
mh.. going from conservative to aggressive might be a bit too much. there are RISKS here, and we don't want to fuck up too much before Stalin's death.
[]Vasily Popov: An experienced financial inspector that has been steadily promoted up the ranks. After serving for most of eleven years as an inspector, he has received a degree in finance from the Leningrad Financial Academy. After this, his career has landed him as the deputy of the Ministry of Finance for almost five years, providing him with much valuable experience. From his time as an inspector, he is a general hardliner against corruption and is willing to launch investigations to root it out of the economy. This, along with his very aggressive economic policy, has not won him many friends in the party, but he definitely has the seniority for the appointment. (-5 PI)
-Very Aggressive in Policy
-11 Years low-level experience
-5 Years of high-level experience
-Finance Degree
-Ardently Anti-Corruption
-Discipline focused hardliner
-Unpopular in the party
if aggressive is not enough, go for this! Anti-corruption, unpopular, and VERY Aggressive policy! what's not to
fear like?
I'm honestly REALLY tempted by the very aggressive guy, but we probably don't want to rock the boat THAT much right now, so I'd probably go with
[]Alexander Korovushkin: (younger, competent AND experienced, moderate)
and
[]Vasily Garbuzov: (youngest, most competent, moderate)
