The Dark Lord

That's all fine and dandy, but... 1) Someone scooted my line over (it used to be a quarter inch over to the left from the Great Lakes) 2) You suck at drawing Texas. (You didn't even get the angle right! Lol.) EDIT: I must be on something.... Disregard #1. I was looking at the wrong lake.

Sarcasm or not you talk a lot of sense. There are a great number of people in this country who think that the world owes them a living. Why should people who work hard and save their money be penalised in old age, whilst those scroungers and layabouts get looked after by the state. I agree. Feudalism is one of the best political systems that has been created. It's effective at getting the peasants to work the land in order to sustain the upper-classes, which is great for society in that it prevents the nobility from having to do much work, which is their God-given right. Likewise, the feudal system is symbolic of the hierarchy of nature. God selected some individuals to be at the top of society while some other less fortunate (and I must add, the Majority) suffer through toil and sweat for the rest of their lives. Kings are given a divine right to rule their kingdoms and maintain the order of the universe; they should be allowed to be absolutist, just as God is supreme over all Creation. I also agree with the part about peasants being lazy. If they're really so poor, they can always sell their children to the aristocracy in order for the latter to eat them during their feasts. It's mutually beneficial to society because it lowers the peasant population, earns an income for mothers, prevents children from having to face the harsh reality of peasantry, and gives upper-class gentry a good meal.

Okay. Fair enough. There are three options for Retech thus far: 1) Joint-rule in the Britannian Commonwealth 2) Retech playing as Florida (United American Socialist Republic thing Dusty was joking about) 3) Archi's moon idea 1) Joint-rule Pros: Control a large, wealthy empire Cons: Potential conflict between both people who lead it 2) Retech playing as Florida Pros: Gives him a piece of land on earth Cons: -Small piece of land with no chance of really expanding -Only two cities -Low IAG and infrastructure *However, we could always give him a 1 trillion or so IAG in order to level the playing field, and we can assume that the people that Dusty kicks out of Texas emigrate to Florida, the Britannian colonies, and New France (Canada). 3) Moon idea Pros: Gives Retech a fresh start Cons: Messes up space missions

In all honesty, I'm already going to allow him to joint-rule my empire, as well as giving him full control over my space colonies. Since it's already been settled with him, I don't see why we need to go ahead and randomly do something as ridiculous as what you described.

Night.

Cool story, bro.

Puppet state?

UASR?

You control Alberta... lol.

Very well Retech. I'll show you some plans I had for this decade later if you wanna see them.

The remainder of my treasury goes into infrastructure. Now to prepare for the new decade.

No, he definitely meant the slice, which he named "Texas".

Just wondering, what was Dusty meaning by Texas? There isn't a Texas region, but I believe it's one of the brown ones. He meant the largest slice of central North America.

Which was pretty much zilch...

I think she meant Central America. Seriously, just accept my offer. :P

I think Retech and I just reached a deal, so y'all can quit your arguing for at least a little while.

I just sent Retech a deal through PM. Waiting on him to accept.

Even if he did get some of his land back, he would have a hard time playing since the earth is already carved up. In order to expand, he would have to declare war on a bigger empire, which wouldn't be a good idea. If he were to get all of his land back, it wouldn't be fair for other players. I believe that he should restart on another planet as a human colony. Either that, or a current empire could offer him a position (such as a colonial governor). Other than that, those are the only options.

I'm surprised that "Empire Day" hasn't been banned for political incorrectness yet.

It seems like they're finally deflating to what they were last summer. :thumbup: I might go stock up on some so I can do barrows this summer.

Do show OT: Sweden royal anthem on steroids: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gH-ofBMWipk

Anyway, I hope that the British taxpayers are happy. Media removed. Autoplay is a no-no. - Lateralus Fair enough. - Serephurus

He's been eating his beard for the past 70 years.

Joseph Stalin looked like Borat when he was younger. OT: Does anyone remember my Borat signature?

The UN announces mutliple non-binding resolutions against the use of human combatants, as it is dangerous. [bleep] the UN. Sere, mind nuking a tiny portion of your colony? ? You mean Estonia?