4 Chapter 4: Build a Country

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As Ash hits the Y button he is transported back to the original platform as before with his soldiers. Just like when Ash summoned his soldiers for the first time smoke started to appear from his body but this time instead of it being black it was a blood-red color.

The smoke forms into vague humanoid figures before the smoke dissipates to reveal a hundred people standing on the platform.

These people were wearing all sorts of different clothing wearing tags showing off their profession from an unemployed man to that of a minister. Of the one hundred people they had various professions except those related to the military. Apparently, the system interface could supply Ash with combat-ready troops while the cube could give him a random amount of citizens.

The people were a bit confused about where they were but once they saw Ash they all kneeled and said, "Long live the Emperor!"

Ash has them all stand and get into two separate groups of employed and unemployed just to see how many people he could get working to expand the surrounding area.

Of the one hundred people 60 were unemployed and 40 of them had a predetermined job. Of those 40 people about 26 of them, Ash needed to talk to as their jobs were more of the important ones. Ash first goes to an architect named George so that he can get the development of the housing for the people settled as soon as possible around the palace.

The overall theme for the city should make it seem similar to the architecture of the palace but still have the overall feel of the city being futuristic. Ash has the north and south side of the city be the designated residential and commercial area for the people while the west side would be for the various industries and the east would be for military use.

Once done with George and giving him permission to start coming up with the plans Ash found the foreman named Damien and got him to take as many of the unemployed as he needs to start with the construction of the city plans that George will present. After done with that Ash meet with the banker named Chris and spent a lot of time talking with him about how to best make a new currency and banking system.

Eventually, they decided to make a connected bank that instead of using traditional credit cards instead used a bracelet attached to the wrist which would allow people to buy anything with it as it was linked to their account and would have a limited amount of functions that could be accessed. As for the name of the currency, it was called Crypto just to keep it simple.

After talking with the banker, Ash meets up with three ministers and gave each of them an important role. Minister of Interior Daniel, Minister of defense Larry, and finally Prime Minister Enzo. These three ministers would handle most of the affairs of the Empire, give feedback and reports to Ash about various ongoing factors in the empire, and only leave the important stuff to Ash to deal with or finalize.

After leaving the ministers to do what they thought would be best Ash goes on to gather the teachers and got them to talk about his plans for schooling. The empire needs prestigious schools and talents in order to prosper further as a country, so Ash's plan was to create a school called High ShadowEmpire School that would bring together all classes from kindergarten to High school. Leaving the majority to the work of what to teach the students to the five teachers Ash goes to deal with the police.

A country without order is doomed to destruction so he creates the PSSM (Police Security of the Shadow Empire). Ash appoints a chief of police amongst the meager amount of cops and leaves them to their own devices.

Next up was the judge who was extremely important in terms of enacting laws and dealing out punishment for wrongdoers. Ash does not want to vote for laws if he approves of the law it passes and is now active as a law. Ash tasks the judge to create laws consistent with that of traditional empires and to make them fair but flawless. Now with these requirements, it might take years alone to make one such law with just one judge but with the invocation of more people every week more judges are sure to arrive.

Last were the farmers who were tasked by Ash to make designated fields to plant crops and to capture less dangerous animals to domesticate and breed to sell in the empire. Now with all the groups of workers taken care of Ash goes back into the store after having his Alpha team lead everyone to the surface. In the store, Ash was looking for something that could help ease the construction of the city and the production of materials needed to build. The store could directly make the items and buildings that Ash needs but unfortunately, Ash does not have a lot of money to buy that stuff.

After Browsing for a bit Ash finds the stuff he needs.

[Mine: Used to harvest and refine most common types of ores that can then be used for processing materials. (Upgradable) Cost: 40 points]

[Universal Industry: Allows the use of materials to be used to produce common household products. (Upgradable) Cost: 60 points]

[Automotive Industry: Allows for the construction of wheel-based land vehicles for both civilian and military use. (Upgradable) Cost: 55 points]

Looking at these essential industries and things he needs Ash cannot help but look at his meager 185 points still he pays for these three and is now left with a meager 30 points remaining.

Still, this was for the good of the empire. Ash receives three black cubes for his purchases and seeing how the Palace appeared by a black cube Ash know what he has to do. After riding the elevator back up to the surface Ash walks to the predetermined industrial area and takes out the cubes. After placing the cubes into the ground the corresponding buildings rise up from out of nowhere in front of him. Now they were active due to there being no one inside working them and there was no electricity.

Seeing this Ash realizes that he needs electricity to run these modern-day factories and what better way to do this than a nuclear power plant and they can reuse the waste that it produces.

Nuclear waste could be used for the production of military weapons such as grenades that when they explode emits radiation that lingers for a few seconds before disappearing, radioactive bullets, the possibilities seem endless.

However, as Ash finds what he is looking for in the shop he sees that he cannot afford it.

[Underground Nuclear Power Plant: Mass energy power plant. Cost: 200 points]

Seeing the cost Ash's heart bleeds at the cost and the meager funds that he has.

[Host may use the free buy ticket that they shall receive once a year to purchase any item in the shop that is within the time era of the country]

Seeing the system helping him out in his time of need Ash cannot help but feel happy once more so he confirms the free buy of the Nuclear Power Plant. Ash gets another cube and since this thing is going to be underground it will save space on the surface for future development. After placing the cube into the ground the grounds starts to tremble a bit before a set of stairs leading down appear in front of Ash. After walking down the stairs Ash came to an armored door which looked futuristic and opened for him after he was scanned like in the palace showing a futuristic power plant before him.

The plant had yet to be activated because it would be too dangerous for a nuclear reactor without any operators or supervisors to maintain it while it was on. Still, the entire place was impressive with lower levels that could be accessed by elevators and stairs the place looks like it could be operational in a small amount of time. If this thing was back on Earth it would definitely be considered the best reactor on earth considering the sheer size and electricity that it could produce in a day.

[Well done Host! You have basically created a city, all that is missing is more inhabitants and buildings. New features are now available, it is recommended that the Host view them]

Seeing the systems prompt Ash opens up the system interface and sees some notifications.

[New Features:

War points

Allies

Technology tree]

Seeing the notifications Ash navigates the system to see what these new things entail.

[Status:

Country name: Shadow Empire

Era: Modern

Population: 100

Soldiers: 10

Country status: In Peace

War points: 0/500 (War points allow the country to advance to a new Era)

Allies: None]

Seeing this Ash sees that gaining war points are another thing that will be put on the top of the list of things to do.

[Technology tree:

Modern- Modern technology is currently available to be produced and developed

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Selected area of development:

Civil

Military

Space]

Seeing all the stuff and tabs available for Ash to view he cannot help but feel swamped and overwhelmed. He cannot search and study everything like this.

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