One of the most important parts of this game, and arguably the most important influence on our warfare, is the national market. It is no surprise that many of our bourgeois comrades here in the US sell and buy goods abroad, and I cannot fault them for making that quick buck; The usage of exports to increase our gold economy in the US is a legitimate strategy, and one that will no doubt be one of the many pathways to American survival in the Edom world. However, the national market is where incoming, low-leveled, and casual players will find their home, and as such will be the first introduction of players into the intricate finances of the Edom world market. Therefore, tending to, and caring for our national market should always be a priority of the player, especially one that seeks to liberate US territories and expand where needed. 

So, we must first begin with examining the prices of goods in the national market; 

One market that experiences a variety of complex influences is the RM(Raw Materials) Grain and FP(Finished Product) Food market. 

The first market that a player will be introduced to is this RM/FP relationship, and is arguably the most important market to an active playerbase, given the necessity of food for energy production. The General price of RM Grain on the US market is .0600, with slight variations day to day based on market factors. Many of our highest echelon players produce in this market, including our own Ulysses S. Grant, Seth Rich, AlexJones, and other high leveled players, and the low prices they produce at allows for small producers to buy up grain, and produce food reliably, but the largest producer of RM grain in the US market is our Chinese ally, producing 1820 to the American market, and potentially draining our money from the economy given the fact he appears first on the list of RM grain, due to the order partially being reliant on the number of goods available to purchase. If we want to maintain our economic sovereignty, we need to have our own American high level players providing the market with a higher amount of RM grain, causing players to buy American and keeping an inner flow of currency available, especially if they are to provide decent paying jobs for our new citizens.

We then come to the FP Food market, divided up by tiers 1-5 by the energy they provide.
Lowest available prices of various food qualities are as follows:
*1- 1.5 USD
*2- .390 USD
*3- .540 USD
*4- 20 USD
*5- 19 USD

The price of first tier quality food is badly inflated despite the abundance of *1 FM food production, partially due to the presence of so many new players automatically setting their prices at 20 USD per unit of food. This practice is also due to the fact that much *1 food goes directly to energy production of new players, given the low yield of energy from the food. This gives rise to the question; Why does the free market not provide the low price food at an affordable rate for those looking for *1 food, give the profit margin is rather high considering that what we accept as the natural rate of RM of food is .06. 

Granted, the energy produced is actually greatly increased by upgrading to a *2 facility, with the energy doubling for the same amount of RM input, and giving 10% increase total yield assuming no increase in workers occurs. Therefore, if one seeks to flood a market with affordable prices for low quality food, you would likely build many different factories, only upgrading each one to quality 2 and setting that price at an acceptable price, taking into account the wages you pay workers(Wages may be a later discussion; I dont have enough available experience to analyze the Job Market.)

Now, we can analyze market *3 considering that the energy production increases only +2 per unit, no increase in available workers, and so only increasing the base rate of production by 10, upgrading a facility from *2 to *3 is perhaps the worst decision without having the available funds to upgrade that company further to a *4 factory. 

Prices of *4 food are dominated by people storing it in the market at prices too high to justifiably buy the resource, and likely points to a class of highly leveled players hoarding high tiered food and passing that food amongst themselves and using it to maintain their growth and energy production without letting it become available to the market as a whole, but considering the availability of a foreign market license, this is a legitimate concern as far as national defense is concerned, and as long as that food is distributed given a common understanding of the need of the national defense to provide its soldiers with enemy, this is probably a good decision and buying *4 *5 food is likely not worth the trouble.

Overall, the food market in the US needs major reform, including a conscious effort by our society to understand that providing food to the market, allowing those looking to use their energy on working for our weapons manufacturing centers, and providing other goods to the market as a whole instead producing their own food, then we can advance as a nation more fully, and maintain our hold on our nation.