Market and Geography of the Green State - F.A.Q.

20.How many regions are in the Green State? What is the largest region? What is the Smallest One?
Answer: The Green State has four regions; North, East, South and West. The West contains the highest population density and the South contains the largest land mass and lowest population density.

21.In what regions can the firm's factory be located?
Answer: The firm's factory can be located in one of the four regions. Choosing a location for the firm's factory is decided in the first quarter of the simulation and cannot be changed.

22.In which quarter is the peak demand in The Green State? How does demand differ in different quarters?
Answer: The peak demand is in the 4th quarter. Seasonality in other quarters is depicted by the following vector which is relative to the first quarter: 1, 0.85, 1.15. 1.25.

23.What is the population's growth rate in the Green State? What parameters affect this growth rate?
Answer: Growth rate is about 3% per quarter. Average salary in the region has a positive affect on this value. Pollution has negative affect on this rate since people tend to move away from polluted areas.

24.Which region is most water rich?
Answer: The North region has the most water.