Geopolitics Roleplay

Resources
Each  country begins the game with two abundant resources. While everybody  has a small amount of each of the available resources (enough to build  things, but not to obtain bonuses), having a resource in abundance can  provide certain benefits (see the table below).

Your  two abundant resources are picked randomly once your country  application has been approved. If a moderator approves your application  but hasn't randomly selected your two abundant resources, feel free to  tell them to do their jobs.
From  there, you can trade them away to other nations for whatever you need  from them, or you can get more primary resources and build a factory to  manufacture secondary resources. Secondary and tertiary resources will  give you bonuses if you have access to them.

The only exception to this rule is uranium. Everybody who has researched Nuclear Materials Science is considered to have Uranium as an abundant resource.

Obtaining Primary Resources:
If you have an abundant resource, you can build a mine, or plantation or oil rig to harvest that resource. (The names for these vary,  they're listed below with the primary resources. The generic name is  Gathering Point). You can only build five Gathering Points, but you can distribute them between your two resources as you see fit. They cost 30PP each.

Each Gathering Point produces one UPC (unit per cycle) of its resource. (If you've played Civilization, you'll understand how this works). Basically, units don't stockpile. If you have three Iron Mines, then you have 3 UPC of Iron. The next turn, you will still have 3 UPC of Iron, and so on. Any that isn't in use is wasted. If you want to trade a resource to another nation, it's simple. You trade in UPC of a resource. Say France wants 1 UPC of Iron from you, and you have 3 Iron Mines. You send them 1 UPC of Iron. You now have 2 UPC of Iron and they have 1 UPC of Iron for as long as your agreement lasts.

Secondary and Tertiary Resources and Bonuses
Secondary Resources give bonuses (except Uranium, which gives no bonuses) and each one requires two Primary Resources to make. To make a Secondary Resource you need to build a Factory for that resource (50 PP). A factory takes one UPC of each Primary Resource and produces two UPC of  its Secondary Resource. To increase production, you need to build more factories. Tertiary Resources act exactly like Secondary Resources, except they require two  Secondary Resources to make and they give larger bonuses. As long as you have at least one UPC of a Secondary or Tertiary Resource, you can use its bonus. If you don't have at least one UPC of a resource, you don't get its bonus. Simple.

Resource List and Bonuses
This list shows all of the resources that can be made, along with how to make them.

Spoiler: Resource List (hover to show)

Primary Resources:
Iron - Iron Mine - Requirement: None
Coal - Coal Mine - Requirement: None
Rare Metals - Rare Metal Mine - Requirement: None
Clay - Clay Mine - Requirement: None
Oil - Oil Drill - Requirement: None
Rare Plants - Rare Plant Plantation - Requirement: None

Secondary Resources:
Steel = Iron + Coal - Requirement: None
Plastics = Oil + Coal - Requirement: Infrastructure
Mechanisms = Iron + Rare Metals - Requirement: Modern Metals and Alloys
Ceramics = Clay + Coal - Requirement: None
Pharmaceuticals = Oil + Rare Plants - Requirement: Antibiotics
Pigments = Clay + Rare Plants - Requirement: None

Tertiary Resources:
Advanced Weapon Parts = Steel + Mechanisms - Requirement: Mechanised Armies
Advanced Circuitry = Rare Metals + Mechanisms - Requirement: Electronics
Automobile Parts = Oil + Mechanisms - Requirement: Modern Metals and Alloys
Fine Art = Pigments + Ceramics - Requirement: None
Construction Supplies = Plastics + Steel - Requirement: Electrical Grid
Advanced Medicines = Pharmaceuticals + Plastics - Requirement: Nuclear Medicine

This list shows all of the bonuses given by each Secondary and Tertiary resource.

Spoiler: Bonuses (hover to show)

Steel = 5% discount on MP costs for all units
Plastics =  5% discount on research PP costs
Mechanisms = +5% PP Cap
Ceramics = 5% discount on building PP costs
Pharmaceuticals = +0.25% population growth rate
Pigments = +5% tax income

Advanced Weapon Parts = 10% discount on MP costs for all units
Advanced Circuitry = 10% discount on research PP costs
Automobile Parts = +10% PP Cap
Construction Supplies = 10% discount on building PP costs
Advanced Medicines = +0.5% population growth rate
Fine Art =  +10% tax income

A Factory for 50 PP is what it says.

Side note: Factories and Gathering Points should probably be added to the infrastructure topic and list of buildings as well.

Factories produce both.

Yes and no respectively.