Session: 1 March 2009
Compiled: 2 March 2009
Ah, the start of a new decade!
1970
January: As I had been El Presidente for twenty years I decided to let the people celebrate with Mardi Gras at the piddling cost of §3,000.
April: Nine immigrants arrived by freighter.
June: The logging camp was finally completed.
July: A horticultural station for the logging camp was built for §1,500, which would cause trees to regenerate at twice the normal speed. Finally, a use for all that seagull excrement. A tool shop was also built at a cost of §3,000, to decrease cutting time by 40%. Workers are lazy enough already, so it pays to boost their productivity in any way possible.
October: One immigrant arrived by freighter.
December: My aide presented me with the yearly report. We had §93,113 in the treasury, with §16,659 in profits and §7,500 in special expenses.
The hovering dawn of a new year was my signal to begin a culling. Those who tragically met with death were: Sandrine Rodriguez, Louis Underwood, Oscar Evans, Phil Jefferson, and Ignacio Torres.
1971
September: Nine immigrants arrived by freighter.
October: The college was completed. I immediately sent a request for the hire of a professor at a cost of §2,400. Expensive, but necessary.
December: My aide presented me with the yearly report. We had §106,091 in the treasury, with §15,378 in profits and §2,400 in special expenses.
The hovering dawn of a new year was my signal to begin a culling. Those who tragically met with death were: Linda Ruiz and Benoit Matise.
1972
February: Emmitt Norris, exceptionally annoying leader of the militarist faction, once again complained about the lack of armed forces. His letter was crumpled up and used to amuse the cat.
April: Eight immigrants arrived by freighter.
December: My aide presented me with the yearly report. We had §111,266 in the treasury, with §5,175 in profits and no special expenses.
The hovering dawn of a new year was my signal to begin a culling. Those who tragically met with death were: Thierry Matise, George Stevenson, Emilio Perón, Francois Regaud, and Julio Delgado. Incidentally, Julio was one of the few children born on the island who fit the profile—being a mere child does not exempt a peasant from the wrath of El Chupacabras.
1973
February: A restaurant was completed. I felt that the people would waste less time wandering in search of food and entertainment if one was built near to where the apartment complexes were waiting to be constructed.
August: Nine immigrants arrived by freighter.
November: My aide had been nagging me for years about the lawlessness of the people, and a police station was finally completed.
December: My aide presented me with the yearly report. We had §131,493 in the treasury, with §20,227 in profits and no special expenses.
The hovering dawn of a new year was my signal to begin a culling. Those who tragically met with death were: Briana Perón, Jimena Warburg, Marlene Ruiz, and Norris Jefferson.
1974
February: Eight immigrants arrived by freighter.
August: A bank was completed. Admittedly, it was tempting to set the future workers there to funneling money to my Swiss bank account, but I opted to use them to lower the cost of construction.
September: I enacted a Sensitivity Training edict in order to make our police and soldiers half as likely to produce ill-will (and, presumably, to reduce the number of Tropicans who sport black eyes and broken bones). Sadly, this type of training will cost the treasury §100 per year per policeman or solider. While this goes against my general policy, it will help to keep the peasants working, rather than visiting a clinic or wasting time whining about their ouchies.
December: Three immigrants arrived by freighter.
My aide presented me with the yearly report. We had §148,902 in the treasury, with §17,958 in profits and §550 in special expenses.
The hovering dawn of a new year was my signal to begin a culling. Those who tragically met with death were: Ruth Wilson, Dimitra Chernenko, and Tracy Chandler. I was especially pleased about the first two, as they were still on the freighter waiting for clearance to disembark. There would be no chance for either lady to marry and produce babies!
1975
September: Nine immigrants arrived by freighter. My aide informed me that the people were restless and calling for another election. Perhaps someday I would build up a military and dispense with this foolish insistence of democracy (for truly, should the vote cut too closely, I have several ways of ensuring my victory). Glancing through the pages I noted that the projected vote was 77/19 in my favor, so I approved it.
Shockingly, Emmitt Norris, the leader of the militaristic faction, the one who so often vexes me, was to be my opponent. And his occupation, you ask? Farmer!
October: I ordered that a third construction office be built. True, there was one near either end of the northwest coastline of the island, but one can never have enough of the lazy bastards (and oh how they whine about wishing to be unionized). I will worry much later on about decommissioning useless ones and ordering their destruction.
December: My aide presented me with the yearly report. We had §164,474 in the treasury, with §16,622 in profits and §1,050 in special expenses.
The hovering dawn of a new year was my signal to begin a culling. Those who tragically met with death were: Analisa Franciso, Isabel Estevez, Francine Regaud, Ronaldo del Rio, Egberto Soledad, and Franco Garciaparra.
My aide surprised me with a 'present' for having been in office for twenty-five years. Before he could tell me what exactly it was, I pointed out to him that it had been twenty-six, and perhaps he should take a vacation and attend the local high school. After he finished groveling for his mistake he informed me that he had arranged for the deaths of those horrid little children who kept appearing on the palace island. Those who returned to the sea were: Bartolomeo Molino, Lucho Miller, and Samuel Castro.
One must suppose the other children who had been desecrating my land either successfully swam to shore . . . or became shark food.
1976
June: An apartment complex was completed, the first of many I had ordered what seems like an eon ago.
August: My aide informed that one month prior to the election that poll projections showed me with 80% of the vote, then inquired as to whether or not I wished to 'interpret' 20% of the vote. I declined.
September: I prevailed against my opponent (that useless nag) at 76/19. I was then informed that the export prices of logs and all wood products had increased by 10%. How fortunate that I already had a logging camp, but how unfortunate that it would likely be some time before any of that wood made it to the dock.
October: Bright and early on the first I received a missive from Yuri Putin, leader of the local capitalists, complaining about not enough industry and tourism. Had he been in the room with me I would have forced him to my telescope and showed him that the fort was clear across the island to the east, and that until we built out that far there would be no tourism.
December: My aide presented me with the yearly report. We had §164,339 in the treasury, with §-34 in profits and §100 in special expenses.
The hovering dawn of a new year was my signal to begin a culling. Those who tragically met with death were: Julio Seanez.
1977
March: Five immigrants arrived by freighter.
June: An apartment complex was completed.
August: A construction office was completed. Perhaps now I shall see some serious construction happening. Then again, with the number of immigrants I am forced to assassinate, who knows?
December: My aide presented me with the yearly report. We had §175,336 in the treasury, with §11,096 in profits and §100 in special expenses.
The hovering dawn of a new year was my signal to begin a culling. Those who tragically met with death were: Carole Mitterand and Rodrigo Bonilla.
1978
April: Eleven immigrants arrived by freighter.
November: Yuri Putin, leader of the local capitalists, sent over a letter to point out that Tropico's economy had shrunk in the past few years. Considering that I had seen a year of negative profits, I was inclined to take this seriously. My first thought was that I had so many people now (160) that the island was not producing enough excess of food for export, or better yet, crops which were for export only.
December: I ordered the construction of four coffee plantations and a teamster's building, to the east of the papaya groves.
My aide presented me with the yearly report. We had §166,038 in the treasury, with §5,450 in profits and §14,748 in special expenses.
The hovering dawn of a new year was my signal to begin a culling. Those who tragically met with death were: Paula Montenegro, Ana Duran, Analisa Garrido, Antonia Simpático, Josephine Regaud, Sandrine Sadon, and Pedro Lobo.
I was beginning to seriously entertain the notion that the United States was attempting to slip in spies and sleeper insurgents given that seven of this year's eleven immigrants were put to the death.
1979
May: A coffee plantation was completed.
August: Twelve immigrants arrived by freighter.
October: Emmitt Norris was back yet again with another waste of paper. This one was used in attempting to teach my aide the art of origami. Sadly, it was the wrong kind of paper.
November: A coffee plantation was completed.
December: My aide presented me with the yearly report. We had §186,013 in the treasury, with §20,075 in profits and §100 in special expenses.
The hovering dawn of a new year was my signal to begin a culling. Those who tragically met with death were: Diana Estevez, Nancy Ferguson, Valerie Deniau, Gonzalo de Gama, and Franck Matise.