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double post, check below

No, it goes like so: Japan does something, wasn't here for that, don't really care Switzerland/Russia goes in to "help" the people of Somalia. Switzerland annexes Somalia. Switzerland invades Ethiopia. Switzerland annexes Ethiopia. Switzerland/Russia start building a gigantic damn in the Suez canal, that would completely [bleep] up international trade, block the largest shipping lane in the world, and cause a huge amount of economic disasters Romania sends in 900 peacekeepers, to stop the construction of the dam Switzerland kills the peacekeepers, not just with bullets, but by gassing them to death with chemical weapons The UN places sanctions and embargoes on Switzerland, considering it just commited mass murder *This is obviously ignoring the past douchebaggery on the part of Switzerland, trying to incite riots in Europe, using mustard gas on Germany, trying to collapse the economy of Europe, and disbanding the EU. This was just icing on the [cabbage] cake. I never shot anyone. Read my post again. I used tear gas to drive some of the more rowdy workers off. Not even half my force had real guns. 900 peacekeepers is not a [bleep]ing invasion. They didn't even give anyone a bloody bruise. And don't even try to take the noble route and say you're "defending" them. You just gassed the [cabbage] out of their country a year ago and annexed them.

Whatever. Debating over what country it is and what treaty you signed to stop Japan from commiting genocide is completely irrelevant. I am not Japan.

That's nice. You still killed peacekeepers from a country within the UN with chemical weapons. They don't care if you went into Somalia with noble intentions, considering this happened in Ethiopia. Mix-up by Sere in the posting I suppose. Though, if you keep up with the building of the dam I'm pretty sure more nasty stuff is going to come your way. So best just to leave Ethiopia and let Switzerland wallow in the [cabbage]pile its mixed up.

I'm pretty sure Russia would've been expelled from the security council after invading a country without casus belli, and then trying to screw over all of Europe to build an algae pool (give me a break). To be honest, I'd rather go without Swiss chocolate then have some manical tyrant running around trying to set the world on fire and gas everyone to death. -- Anyways Arch, have fun playing a neutered Switzerland without any power, economic stability, rising dissent, and surrounded by a continent full of hostile countries.

Well that'll make everyone even more pissed off. Tbh, I think that affects every active player in the game. SSR reminds Switzerland that it is completely surrounded by UN nations, and that a blockade means your entire country is essentially under siege. Someone in Switzerland likes German beer? Too bad, it'll have to be smuggled in, and that means it'll be 10x the cost. Like French wine? Same deal. Give it a year or two and your people will revolt and tear down the Swiss government. Maybe you should stop and think twice about attacking peacekeepers next time. The UN would've sent peacekeepers in to do the same thing. You were talking about cutting of the biggest shipping route in the world, and a major source of wealth for all of Europe. They do do this in real life. I also made sure to PM Sere about this to figure out what the most realistic response would be. Consider that Arch did this: -Tried to collapse the European Economy -Collapsed the EU -Used mustard gas -Tried to dam the largest shipping route in the world -Killed peacekeepers -Used [bleep]ing chemical weapons

Told you not to [bleep] with my peacekeepers.

In light of the news of the Swiss-Russo project to dam the Suez canal and disrupt international trade, SSR peacekeeping troops have landed in Ethiopia in the dead of night, and after a skirmish with some of the workers who are driven off with tear gas, take up positions in the construction zones. The peacekeeping force totals 900 soldiers, 2 frigates, and 4 patrol boats. They are being supplied by SSR naval vessels, but have asked for Indian assistance with supplying food. Only around 300 of these soldiers are armed with real rifles, the others have either riot shields and batons, or rifles that shoot rubber bullets/teargas canisters. The SSR troops have gas masks as well, remembering the Swiss' use of nerve gas and chemical weapons in Somalia. The SSR would like to remind both Switzerland and Russia that attempting to remove the troops through force will be considered an act of war. I wouldn't be surprised if the UN, taking into account Switzerland's past plots to destablize the world economy and create an economic disaster, would rule in favour of the SSR in this. A message to Russia is also sent reminding the Russian leadership that we are allies.

I think that's pretty much just me. -- The SSR starts building the Great Library of Bucharest. It will be a sprawling building made of marble that will store rare and valuable books from around the world, which will be scanned and copied into digital format for any citizen (with a library card!) to check out from the library. The books will then be stored is underground vaults where they will be safe from contamination, disasters, tampering, and destruction at the hands of foreign militaries. If anyone knows of any rare books that your country owns, now is a chance to make some decent money for your war machines. Around 5b from the SSR reserve has been set aside for this project. The building itself will costs around $800m (USD). -- The SSR would also like to extend a deal to Brazil to purchase 200,000 tons of iron per year in exchange for $110 per ton. So, 36m per year. SSR would also like to hammer out a deal with China for 800,000 tons of coal per year at the cost of $230 per ton. So, the trade would be for 800,000 tons of Chinese coal for $184 million dollars per year. Note: These prices are slightly above the market values. Also, China is the leading exporter of coal, and Brazil holds the majority of the sea-shipping market for Iron. So, this isn't going to deplete anyones stores. I'll pm you two in case you miss this post.

The South Slavic republic starts a vote with the UN for the ban of nerve gas and other chemical weapons in warfare. SSR votes 'Yes' to ban them.

The South Slavic Republic has re-hired some of the armed forces personnel that lost their jobs when the military was disbanded. The force will total around 12,000 (3,000 navy, 1,000 air force, 8,000 army), and its main mission roles will be peacekeeping, humanitarian aid, and disaster relief. I did keep a few things from the Romanian army, so this is what the SSR Army is: [hide=Navy]Frigates (FFG) Regele Ferdinand (F-221) Regina Maria (F-222) Mărăşeşti (F-111) Light Frigates (FFL) Amiral Petre Bărbureanu (Tetal-I) (F-260) Contra-Amiral Eugen Roşca (Tetal-I) (F-263) Contra-Amiral Eustaţiu Sebastian (Tetal-II) (F-264) Contra-Amiral Horia Măcelaru (Tetal-II) (F-265) Patrol Corvettes Zborul (Tarantul-I) class large missile boats: Zborul (F-188) Pescăruşul (F-189) Lăstunul (F-190) Năluca (Epitrop (Romanian-built variant of the Osa)) class torpedo boats: Smeul (F-202) Vijelia (F-204) Vulcanul (F-209) Mine Warfare Vice-Amiral Ioan Murgescu (Cosar) class minelayers: Vice-Amiral Ioan Murgescu (F-271) Lt. Remus Lepri (Musca) Class Minesweepers: Lt. Remus Lepri (F-24) Lt. Lupu Dinescu (F-25) Lt. Dimitrie Nicolescu (F-29) SLt. Alexandru Axente (F-30) Auxiliary Ships Vice-Amiral Ioan Murgescu (Cosar) Class MCM Command/Support: Vice-Amiral Constantin Balescu (F-274) salvage and rescue ships - 5 the "Emil Racoviţă" electronic surveillance ship Special Ships Division - 9 the Training ship "Mircea" (named after the Wallachian Prince Mircea the Elder) [/hide] Total Navy Ships: Roughly 40 (only 10 or so large ships, most others are patrol craft and minesweepers). The navy is for transport and keeping SSR shipping protected. [hide=Air Force] 8 MiG 21 Fighter Aircraft 2 IAR 99 Training Aircraft 3 Yakovlev Yak-52 Training Aircraft 10 IAR-330L Puma Transport Helicopters 2 IAR 316 Training Helicopters[/hide] Total Aircraft: 25 I have no plans on expanding this but it seems it's needed given recent...events. -- On a side note, I realize I missed including the 20 or some multiple rocket launchers in the initial sale to Russia, and these have been sent off on a train to a Russian base, at no additional charge. -- Also, Arch. Where did all your gold that you used to buy up the European surplus go to?

From what I can recall, Australia started talks with Indonesia, and Japan decided to come in with troops and build artillery sites and then proceeded to declare Indonesia part of Japan thus bypassing the 5 day rule all together. That is what made Ross get all in a fit and quit. That was moreso that I didn't want to sound like I was just yelling at people for no reason. To...hm...lighten the mood. Alas, I am terrible at such things it seems.

I'm sorry but "He started it!" is not a valid reason to ignore the rules. To Arch: You are Switzerland. Not Somalia. Not Italy. Not Bugundy, or Britanny, or Wallonia, or Scotland. Switzerland. To Sere: You have the most powerful country in the world, with the largest stockpile of wealth, best technology, best equipped military, and a huge abundance of natural resources. STOP PLAYING AS BRITAIN, AUSTRALIA, CANADA, AND NEW ZEALAND. You are the United States of America. Not the United States of Angloca. To Retech: Stop buggering around in the Pacific. Follow the 5 day rule. Don't try and skip around it by "peacfully" invading, which is in my opinion an oxymoron of the same calibre as 'holy war'. To Grim: Stop using Nazis. Seriously. To Mather: Gimme my money. I really don't understand why it seems to be so hard for people NOT to simply take control of another country and say they're doing whatever you want them to. Maybe it's because we all had giant 20-something odd country-empires in V1, but this is a new game. Restrain yourself, there's plenty of land.

CAN PEOPLE STOP ACTING AS IF THEY HAVE CONTROL OVER NPC COUNTRIES? Because you're an imperialist, and I'm not (at least in this game). Therefore, the best move is to cut off any sort of income you can get from me, since the larger you are the more threatening you are to me. Sort of akin to what Arch is doing with Grim, except I'm not taking proxy control over North Korea and shooting missiles at you.

I have an embargo on you. I just took a random image I found on the net. It's subject to change *shrug*

The South Slavic Republic welcomes China to the Free Eurasian Trade Association. All projects coming along. And production on a large number of electric cars has started. Gas powered cars can be exchanged for electric cars freely. The program will cost roughly 3 billion dollar. Higher taxes have been places on manufacturing companies based on the amount they pollute, to help spur the movement to nuclear power. The 4 reactors that the SSR is building should be complete in 3 years. SSR Flag: [hide][/hide] SSR Coat of Arms: [hide]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/Coat_of_arms_of_Romania_Eagle.svg[/hide] -- Talks continue with Hungary, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Moldova, and Montegro. And I'm the moderator. This is an alternate ego that I play as when I'm not the USA. There is no moderator.

Then what did I get? "Do what up?" My economic standing. Gold reserve + foreign currency capital

No, that would be a giant [bleep] move. Put it as 27b in US dollars in foreign currency. edit: I'll do it up, give me a sec. South Slavic Republic Gold Tonnes: 383.6 US Dollars: 30,976,955,000 -- We can just use the US dollar as the standard trade currency, even though its essentially worthless irl, since most people here are American.

So can any country that has currency. The US could start printing money like nothing and screw over everyone as well. You can just peg 27b US dollars then.

Btw Arch my gold reserve is Romania's + Ukraine's, + the 5bil worth of gold I got from selling Romania's army + the 90 tonnes of gold I got for selling Ukraine's + another 27b in NOK. -- FETA begins negotiations with: Afghanistan Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antarctica Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Bouvet Island Brazil British Indian Ocean Territory Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Colombia Comoros Congo Congo, The Democratic Republic of the Cook Islands Costa Rica Côte d’Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic East Timor Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Fiji Islands Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern territories Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Heard Island and McDonald Islands Holy See (Vatican City State) Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macao Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia, Federated States of Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island North Korea Northern Mariana Islands Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Palestine Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Pitcairn Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Réunion Romania Russian Federation Rwanda Saint Helena Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands South Korea Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Svalbard and Jan Mayen Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tokelau Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States United States Minor Outlying Islands Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, U.S. Wallis and Futuna Western Sahara Yemen Yugoslavia Zambia Zimbabwe

The SSR rejoins the trade alliance with Germany. On the condition that it be called FETA. Free European Trade Alliance. Easier to remember. That would be much better :D Here is updated economic map: [hide][/hide] Though I'm unsure why Arch coloured in Kazakhstan and Libya in orange for the last map...

You could, but then half your army would starve to death.

Try it.

Nah gold reserves are just a stabilization thing to peg your currency off of and hold so that your currency maintains its worth. .... Grim you can't change a trade alliance into a military one. -- The SSR leaves the FETD. I've also decided not to adopt the Europe (it didn't happen again, I can do this because I'm awesome). The currency for the SSR will be the Slavic Leu (SL). It is worth the same as the Euro. *sigh* The SSR accepts Scandinavia's 90 tonnes of gold and 27b in smelly USD. Sere better get his economy on track or I'll be distributing these as toilet paper.

Japan taking over south Africa... :wall: Fine, I will accept 1/10th (3 billion - 90 tonnes) worth of gold, and the rest in currency. Also, I am definitely not accepting USD. That stuff is worthless paper.