Bonuses
Cuba - 3 regions, 3 bonuses (1wpn)
Armenia - 4 regions, 4 bonuses (2 wpn)
Georgia - 5 regions, 5 bonuses (3 wpn)
Nigeria - 6 regions, 5 bonuses (3 wpn)
Just for an example, let's look at my nation. Ireland has 6 regions, but only 3 bonuses (1 wpn). eIreland would need 2 regions to be changed to aluminum and oil to be on par with similar countries (we do NOT want rubber 
). I'd be okay with an extra 1wpn/1food instead of 2 more weapon bonuses, if it will guarantee that we don't get rubber.
Those new bonuses are unbalanced. My country has been carrying just one weapon bonus for years, and a new comparable nation will have 2-3 times our weapon bonuses.
It's fine if eRep is going to change the dynamics of how they assign resource bonuses with these new nations (much larger bonus-per-region ratios). But, they should level the playing field by applying these new standards to all countries, and re-assign resource bonuses to the whole globe. The shake-up might actually provide some military intrigue as the meganations need to redirect efforts. It would be nice if countries like France could get a break, too. They have been stomped over for their rubber for too many years, they deserve a bit of respite.
Resource reset, FTW !!!
Let's be honest, weapon resources is all that really matters. Food is so overproduced that you can get whatever you need for a pittance, in any country. Weapon resources is all that a country really should care about. The USA has 50 regions, but only 2 native weapon resources. Now 2 of these new countries have MORE weapon production, with 10-12% of the number of regions. I understand that no country should start with all 5 weapon resources in just their native regions, for game balance issues. But the USA should at least have 3 if Nigeria and Georgia are both getting 3. Weapon resources have been assigned at a preciously-rare rate in the past. But now the admins are bestowing the new nations with a veritable menagerie of weapon bonuses from the get-go. This new standard of distribution needs to be applied to the rest of the world for the sake of game balance and fairness.
If the new standard is that only 5 regions are required for a country to have 3 weapon bonuses, then a ton of old countries need one or two more weapon resources added to their native region profiles.
P.S. If the good map has now been officially removed from the game, please add resources as an "overlay" option on the new pull-down map. You can remove "cities", nobody cares which city is the head of any given region.
Edited by Bhane, 23 May 2014 - 07:31 AM.
