If you are an aspiring business tycoon, how to create a contract on eRepublic is something you must learn by heart. As eRepublik is a game that tries to simulate transactions made in the real world, a legitimate business contract is one of those things that you will encounter as you make dealings in the New World.
This guide on how to create a contract on eRepublic was taken directly from the site administrators.
RULES CONCERNING CONTRACTS
1. Each forum discussion in this category represents a contract agreed by 2 or more eRepublik citizens;
2. The contracts can be signed only by citizens representing themselves or, if it is the case, representing an organization, party, company, newspaper or country(if elected president);
3. A contract is not valid in the following cases:
3.1 A contract is not valid if its terms break the eRepublik Rules;
3.2 A contract is not valid if the damages requested overcome the initial contract object value plus another 50%.
3.3 A contract is not valid if it is not signed properly. A contract is considered valid if the citizens that agreed its terms post the phrase: "I agree with the contract terms" and the full text of the contract;
4. A contract must include at least this information:
- the names of the citizens that are agreeing to the contract (and the organizations that they represent, if applicable);
- the terms agreed;
- the time validity;
- what penalties should be enforced by the Admin in case the contract is broken by one of the entities;
- what happens in case one of the parties involved modifies parts of the contract or a signature by modifying the comments in the contract topic;
- what happens in case one of the parties involved receives a permanent ban/dies or parts or all the properties of that entity is impounded by Admin;
5. A contract ends if:
- it reaches its time limit;
- one of the entities breaks the contract without the consent of the other party;
- all citizens that signed the contract will post in the same discussion the phrase: "I want to close this contract";
6. If one of the entities that signed the agreement considers the other party in breach of contract, the citizen can request a trial. The cost of a trial is 5 gold and must be paid by the entity that asks the trial.
Trials
To ask for a trial a citizen must:
1. Post in the original contract discussion the phrase "I want to start a Trial against $entity. I agree that 5 Gold is removed from my account as Trial costs." - where "$entity" will be replaced with the name of the entity that is accused of contract breaching.
2. Message the Admins: Send a message through "Contact", department "Game Support". Notify the Admins that you are asking for a trial and provide the URL of the contract.
Note: In either of these messages, the citizen can provide any additional information to the Admin about why/how the contract was broken, estimation of damages, etc.
The Admin will act as a judge in the case. The judge will:
1. Analyze if the contract is valid according to the stated contract guidelines;
2. Determine what payments or punishments should be distributed. The trial cost will be paid by the party that asked for the trial;
3. Announce his/her decision in the thread and respond to the ticket sent by the person that called the trial.
If the judge concludes that the contract has not respected the guidelines, it will be canceled without removing any gold.
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