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First and foremost: Civil War is, at least temporarily, called off
I'd like to thank those who came to me and offered up gold for the CW, in PM or in the IRC, for their support in this endeavor. I'd also like to thank those who bothered to read the article and express their concern, it finally injected some activity into the country again and even if it's not a "win" for me its a win for America.
Now to begin addressing the damage debacle:
Kinda Good reasons but I think we should do it after we stop the resistance wars and Poland goes to worry about other problems. I mean a civil war and worrying about resistance wars - THIS IS SPARTA
It appears to be the biggest concern that we are spread thin as it is and we cannot waste damage in a Civil War. The popular theory is that because Poland is stretched over several countries we will be able to unleash a series of coordinated attacks and free up some land. There however are a few problems with this concept:
1. Contrary to Popular Belief Poland is not run by idiots
Poland knows damn well they are stretching their borders thin and opening themselves to multiple RW's. However some regions, such as North Caucus have no real strategic value as they are devoid of resources and do not choke off any continuous territory masses (like Alaska). Poland yesterday took advantage of the one RW per occupied country mechanic and had one of their own citizens launch a RW in North Caucus where even if they were to perchance lose it would not affect them in any major way. This costs Poland 20 extra gold per country and per day but when they have tax income from as many regions as they do it is merely a drop in the bucket.
2. When we divide their damage we divide our own as well
With each new front no damage is being added to the overall sum total against Poland. There are no countries becoming suddenly angry and joining against Poland. We distract some of their two clickers to fight in RW's instead of the big front but in general Poland, just as America does, sits in their own designated channel and watch battles and issue joint attacks of the correct size to make sure they win the rounds they need to. As we open these RW's and want to put pressure on them we send our forces to fight in RW's and direct territorial battles when necessary. This also divides our damage and our two click population is much more likely to fight in friendly RW than to move all the way to spain to fight against Poland directly.
Because of these facts Poland has the advantage and no matter how many fronts we continue to pile on as long as they are from AGC countries we will not be able to seize an advantage by simply throwing ourselves at their territory and hoping to win a war of attrition. On top of that with no regions our tax income is significantly lower and while I'm told we have a huge reserve right now it would not be wise to waste gold in RW's that numerically can not be won without a change in the population base, our coordination internally, or a diplomatic flip of a country outside AGC.
And before we have any AHA! moments from the opponents of a civil war I'd like to remind you that the money going into a civil war is raised by individuals against the government. There may very well be a cost to the Loyalists attempting to stay in power but the initial start up cost is not removed from the government's coffers.
If not AGC, where would you have America go? Are you sure we are wanted in another alliance? - Molly Emma
In fact there is not another alliance for America to be in, and I don't see why that is a bad thing personally. Some of our greatest successes have been when we were not in alliances, or when we were in a neutral alliance. We received CEC as a gift from the UK, and were able to negotiate with the Canadians to be sure we kept it, while we were neutral. We defeated the forces of Russia, an occupier and prior Alpha member, as a member of Sigma which was designed as a neutral alliance to avoid the over reaching powers of countries such as Poland and Lithuania. We held Cork/Kerry to defend the Irish/UK against Portugal and even (if only for a short time) held Azores as a member of a neutral alliance. We brought Portugal into Sigma and gained a great ally for a short time due to our unique position as the member of a neutral alliance. Portugal then went on to defeat and occupy Brazil, who had been a thorn in our side during the war with Portugal and occupied Mexico's high diamond region, one that we wanted (but ultimately never got) and that was important to our then ally Mexico.
And how did we get these allies? We worked on the basis of honest diplomacy and teamwork to ensure the prosperity of all countries involved. We developed a group of bro-level allies that were supported no matter what, and that gave us the freedom to ally with countries that treated us right regardless of their alliance preference.
Compare that to AGC, a knee jerk alliance formed with mostly former enemies (Italy was always kinda halfway into our sphere of influence though, but Russia, Brazil, and Lithuania were big time enemies) and a betrayal of previous friends (we picked Indo who we had no real relations with before over China whom we'd coordinated with on a few occasions). The result was the loss of Cork/Kerry, then CEC, and eventually all of America.
I would prefer to ditch AGC completely and begin a new, send Ambassadors to all the corners of the earth and determine who can be trusted and who cannot. Determine which countries see us as allies, as brothers even, and which just see us as interests and want to use us.
It is not the time for this. This is a time for killing Poles, not fellow Americans, simply because you're too impatient to get your grips on power. - Kara Thrace
I hope I have proved you wrong, this is not a simple power grab. This is a well thought out series of events that made me believe the current President is incompetent and unwilling to change to face the realities of this war. If you are not convinced merely speak up and I will ask the same question at the end of each article from henceforth.
Tomorrow I'll be covering the claim that apparently you can't overcome negative population growth no matter what and all declining countries have merely ceased to exist. Pfeiffer brings up his five years of experience (which I guess means eRep) so I'll explain how exactly curbing that negative growth is done from my experience in eRep. Hell at the time retention and foreign affairs were the main things I did, aside from attempting to budget in elite MU's, manipulate battle mechanics, and the like... but more on that in the next issue.
Leave some comments for me, I promise to actually respond to them all this time.
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