Government ministries (NPC)
State Ministries
Along with player companies there are also Governments in the game, as individual players for each country, controlled by computer characters (NPC).
Each Government has at its disposal several ministries varying for different countries.
Ministry of Industry
Ministry of Industry produces and offers the entire main product range, however, of poor quality.
On the one hand, this allows us to avoid a shortage of products, and on the other hand, it does not compete with higher-quality products manufactured by players.
Ministry of Trade and Services
The state trade network of markets and services in each city helps to control the level of average prices in product groups with low competition, which does not allow players to monopolize the market without serious efforts from their side.
Ministry of Transportation
The state transportation network does not have a high delivery speed or a level of service stability, but it can serve as a good alternative for private transport companies unfairly overpricing transportation costs.
Due to the low level of service, insurance of cargo transported by a state transport network is much more expensive than insurance of cargo transported by a private transport company.
Advice: when using services of Ministry of Transport it is recommended to keep a provision of products in stock in case of unforeseen supply interruptions.
Ministry of Construction and Real Estate
Companies have the opportunity to order construction, rent or purchase the property they need from Ministry of Construction and Real Estate, but the quality of state real estate is lower than that of real estate built by a private construction company.
Period of construction by State lasts somehow longer than private.
Ministry of Finance
One of the default ministries that do not have minuses compared to private companies is Ministry of Finance. In some cases it may even be safer to keep your capital in a state bank than in private.
However, depending on the development strategy of the owner of a private bank and its needs, a plus in favor of a private bank may be the possibility of receiving additional bonuses, such as dividends for keeping financial capital in this bank, or a reduced interest on a loan or preferential insurance.
Occasionally, the State may acquire shares of promising (according to NPC) Companies with good results. At the same time, it can be very costly to buy back the shares of your Company from the State, and if the Company succeeds, it is almost impossible.
If a part of the shares of your Company is owned by a State of a particular country, then this can serve as a bonus when bidding for national tenders of this country.