Talk:General Discussion/@comment-25196231-20141014061212/@comment-24978536-20141015043733

Kurokami Ryu: I won't go into it too much, but Finland has some of the most advanced social securities in the world, that basically anyone who has Finnish nationality is guaranteed decent life conditions, and pretty much only illegal immigrants are left out of the system at times. The advanced social security does have it's own problems too though, as there are quite a few people who take advantage of the system and live well with the society's money, though obviously there are some countermeasures for that too, but they are not always effective.

I'm not entirely sure how much students earn in each month, but I believe it is around 150 € (around 180 in US dollars), maybe a little bit less. I personally get paid by the social insurance institution too, as I'm not working full-time yet and only doing some training (6-hour long workdays / five days a week). It isn't nearly as much as a full time employee would get, but it is more than enough for me as I'm living at my parent's place, where although I do contribute to the house expenses, it is much cheaper than living in my own apartment (although if I were to live in my own apartment, I'd actually be supported by the social insurance institution by much more). Well, I digress regarding that.

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I do see some ship slots as necessary myself, as collecting all the ship girls is pretty much the point of the game for me - just simple library entries isn't enough. However, I don't keep any copies around except Maruyu for luck and Chitose&Chiyoda for expeditions, so for me 150 is more than enough. I do see your point however - I often do get annoyed by the fact I don't have any ship girl to modernize at a moment but later would, but due to the limited ship slots I'm forced to scrap all the useful mod material (I feel terrible saying that to be honest, but Kancolle is like that...)

As for Kancolle merchandise, I do import some from Japan. :) I haven't bought much Kancolle merchandise though, as I don't really like how many of them use the same artwork from the game, and I've focused on other games/anime. However, I've bought an Ikazuchi wristwatch, and thanks to that I realized how great things wristwatches are at work. ^^  Also, I've preordered a Calendar and a Shimakaze figure, and I'm planning to preorder an Amatsukaze figure too.