Switzerland has acted in accordance with its standard operating practice.

 

There is nothing else to be said, except that the UN should have voiced concerns earlier.

Dusty, that's a bit hypocritical. Wasn't it you who "[bleep]ed with everything you saw" in the last thread and went on an annexation spree?

Not hypocritical at all. Last game was a different game with a different set of rules. I'd like to also point out that by the time I got into the game Doom already had a continent and a half to herself. Even after my crazy annexation spree and mass expansionism our two empires were pretty much equal in every aspect.

Switzerland has acted in accordance with its standard operating practice.

 

There is nothing else to be said, except that the UN should have voiced concerns earlier.

 

The UN has voiced their concerns over the use of chemical weapons several times in the past.

 

With the Swiss government's refusal to abolish illegitimate weapons, the international sanctions continue.

 

Unless the Swiss government gives up these weapons (which have had a ridiculous case made in favor of them by the Swiss government, cite the Geneva Treaty of 2009), Switzerland will find itself alienated from the rest of the world.

Switzerland refuses to give up Chemical weapons and will refuse to give up Chemical weapons indefinately.

It's alright, in a years time his country will be in chaos anyways.

Switzerland refuses to give up Chemical weapons and will refuse to give up Chemical weapons indefinately.

"Then you must die."

Romania has requested to the UN that it be paid compensation, from Switzerland, for the loss of its murdered peacekeeping force.

 

Some other countries (not necessarily the majority) have suggested that international forces be sent into Switzerland in order to forcibly extradite King Archi for war crimes.

Why? As far as I can see my people are perfectly happy with the rules layed down. Foreigners are arrested if non-hostile, killed if hostile.

It was in my very first post and has been consistantly ignored by other people.

The Gold Standard prevents economic melt down, since no one can emigrate or take their gold out of Switzerland because of embargos against it... Further they would be alienated(apparently) by the rest of the world.

Switzerland produces enough electricity and food to supply itself.... I am not seeing the catasphophy which you speak of.

Switzerland warns the UN that there is an embargo in effect and it will have no choice but to destroy the UN planes, trucks and other general stuff, on the orders of the UN to enforce an embargo.

It would have been much easier to have just Gased Europe last night....The UN wouldn't have done anything....

Why? As far as I can see my people are perfectly happy with the rules layed down. Foreigners are arrested if non-hostile, killed if hostile.

It was in my very first post and has been consistantly ignored by other people.

The Gold Standard prevents economic melt down, since no one can emigrate or take their gold out of Switzerland because of embargos against it... Further they would be alienated(apparently) by the rest of the world.

Switzerland produces enough electricity and food to supply itself.... I am not seeing the catasphophy which you speak of.

Your country would still go into chaos. You've essentially turn them from the most prosperous peaceful country, into a warped communist dictatorship. They'll be denied 80% of the foodstuffs they would've had before you came into power (stuff that is imported in, fruits in off-season, international foods, etc). Nobody would be putting money into Swiss banks, so those would collapse because they no longer have the capital to function, people would be getting steadily angry at the government every day.

 

It's irrelevant that they have enough electricity to flip on and off the lightswitch constantly, and that they have plenty of bread and water to eat every day. Your country is essentially a gigantic prison.

The UN continues the embargo since it has nothing to fear from Switzerland.

 

If planes are shot down, it will be considered an act of war against the global community.

 

If Switzerland is self-sufficient, then it shouldn't mind the embargoes anyway. :rolleyes:

 

Countries have their armed forces on standby in order to respond to any hostile threat.

Ah, I agree on the soft fruits and stuff front.

 

But I think you fail to see something....I have not done anything but defend Switzerland and the common man. The rest of the World has, apparently, declared Switzerland unworthy of defence and the common man sub-human.

 

Swiss Banks will do fine because money still exists in Switzerland...and it exists at a stable amount.

 

 

So really, food is the only mild problem.

Hey guys, lets let a mild situation spiral out of control and then get the entire world to jump on a small-ish country,

 

Oh wait...

Sere- Switzerland is a neutral country...its only forray out of Switzerland was to protect a nation from foriegn take over and the international community punished it for it....Its hardly likely to start a war.

 

If the UN enters Switzerland it will be considered an act of war since they have no jurisdiction and no permit.

 

I don't mind the embargos...I have been working to make my country self-sufficent.

Sigh. Well at least I might be able to smuggle goods from India and Australia. :smile:

 

Switzerland decides to carry on as it has done, building more and more elaborate and powerful defences....With one change, it is going to colonise the Moon.

"The moon embargoes Switzerland"

Just waiting for it.

Switzerland warns the UN that there is an embargo in effect and it will have no choice but to destroy the UN planes, trucks and other general stuff, on the orders of the UN to enforce an embargo.

 

The UN is not invading Switzerland unless the Swiss government attacks the harmless embargo that has been placed against it. IF the Swiss government actively shoots planes out of the air, the UN will have no choice but to forcibly extradite King Archi.

 

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@Rocco: I'm playing as the moderator right now. Someone has to control NPC nations in order to show how world politics are playing out.

 

In this case, the UN is pissed off at the Swiss government.

 

Earlier, I became involved with Brittany seceding from France.

Then Switzerland severs connections with the UN and all nations except India. If anyone needs me please contact India, until then I am going into Space.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R41lxyDYdE0

Oh, Swiss Ethiopia wonders what will happen to it.(Having been abandoned by Russia)

Oh, Swiss Ethiopia wonders what will happen to it.(Having been abandoned by Russia)

 

 

Abyssinia has been granted its independence.

Cool. Make sure you look after it for me Sere.

Sigh. Well at least I might be able to smuggle goods from India and Australia. :smile:

 

Switzerland decides to carry on as it has done, building more and more elaborate and powerful defences....With one change, it is going to colonise the Moon.

Hm. Too bad you don't have the resources to build those defenses anymore. Unless of course you're building them out of wood...oh wait you don't have enough of that either. Hm...I suppose you could build defenses out of oil-less plastic.

 

Hey guys, lets let a mild situation spiral out of control and then get the entire world to jump on a small-ish country,

 

Oh wait...

Better yet, let's invoke the UN and have a bunch of NPCs jump on arguably the most valuable player the Hegemony series has ever acquired because he disagreed with Dusty!

 

Oh wait...

 

India constructs a small, secret smuggling ring that exports fruits into Switzerland and imports Swiss chocolate. This creates a massive chocolate monopoly in India as it now possesses the only source of arguably the best chocolate in the world.

 

Smuggling in goods is inevitable. Smuggling in enough goods to combat the dissent rise is impossible.

 

I hope you realize as well, Rocco, that the blocking of the Suez Canal would've hurt India's economy probably the worst out of everyone. So yes, you can go ahead and attack me for trying to prevent that.

 

Hey guys, lets let a mild situation spiral out of control and then get the entire world to jump on a small-ish country,

Trying to block the biggest shipping lane in history and cause widespread economic hardship is not exactl a 'mild' situation.

 

Ah, I agree on the soft fruits and stuff front.

 

But I think you fail to see something....I have not done anything but defend Switzerland and the common man. The rest of the World has, apparently, declared Switzerland unworthy of defence and the common man sub-human.

 

Swiss Banks will do fine because money still exists in Switzerland...and it exists at a stable amount.

 

 

So really, food is the only mild problem.

 

I could put up the litany of things you've that have nothing to do with defending Switzerland nor defending the 'common man', but I've done that enough already. Everyone here knows exactly what you've done.

 

Swiss banks won't do fine because you've seized all the money that foreign companies/people/corporations/countries have put into Swiss banks. They won't return to you.

 

Your currency is rapidly devaluing because there's nothing to spend it on.

 

Btw, I'll just throw this stuff out here:

 

From the Economy of Switzerland wiki page:

creating an economy that is increasingly dependent on a steady tide of foreign investment.

I suppose foreign investment is gone due to your actions...

Swiss agriculture meets sixty-five per cent of the domestic food demand.

I guess 35% of your country will starve to death. Maybe 30% after smuggling is taken into account.

Apart from industry, trade has been the key to prosperity in Switzerland.

Oh dear.

Switzerland has a highly developed tourism infrastructure, especially in the mountainous regions and cities, making it a good market for tourism-related equipment and services. Tourism contributes about SF 1.5 billion to the Swiss economy every year.

Hm.

In 2003, the financial sector comprised an estimated 14% of Switzerland's GDP and employed approximately 180,000 people (110,000 of whom work in the banking sector); this represents about 5.6% of the total Swiss workforce.[24]

So you have a rise of around 4% in unemployment. Unemployed people are rarely happy, as a rule of thumb.

Swiss neutrality and national sovereignty, long recognized by foreign nations, have fostered a stable environment in which the banking sector was able to develop and thrive.

Well, neutrality is out the window.

 

http://www.swissworld.org/en/economy/the_swiss_economy/dependence_on_trade/

Dusty, I won't argue with you because you are powerless to screw up my country...at this point everyone but Sere is...and even he is on shaky ground.

 

Anyway, corrections-

Nerve Gases require a culture(or research) and food....Both of which I have.

Materials, Switzerland is mountains and wood...thats most things...it also has most of the rivers in Europe coming from it, and a particle accelerator...and rain, and water and the sun...obviously.

Suez Canel has 3 convoys of 8(or something) ships a day. All of which can be put on planes or sent round the cape of Africa...or through Panama...its not world crashing...any more than it was when Horn of Africa Pirates were raiding the ships.

Foreign companies that lift their embargo can pick up their gold....It was released it some time ago (Old knee jerk reaction)

Currency, thats true...the cost of living is decreasing too....Eventually to phase out money.

 

Have fun with the rest of the game Dusty, I am sure that someone will point out that you still just Romania because of the 5 day rule. :thumbsup:

That's a stupid argument for the Suez Canal thing, do you know how much is carried on those boats? And yeah, 35% of your nation starves, and people revolt, and you're out.