[ESTERI] Interview to Infowar, SG of NEBULA

Day 2,680, 07:54 • Published in Ireland Italy • by Lorenzo Santarelli


Hi all, I’m Lorenzo Santarelli, an ambassador for eItalian democratic government; as you guys know, Italy has got MTOed by Mora, an italian pro-Asteria MU.
I’ve interviewed Infowar, SG of NEBULA, a new alliance borned from the ashes of LETO.

Ciao a tutti, sono Lorenzo Santarelli, un ambasciatore per il governo democratico italiano; come sapete, l’Italia ha subìto un golpe ad opera di Mora, una MU italiana filo-Asteria.
Ho intervistato Infowar, l’SG di NEBULA, una nuova alleanza nata dalle ceneri di LETO.
Chiedo scusa se non è presente la versione in italiano; non mi è stata possibile la traduzione per motivi di tempo.
È inoltre la prima intervista (se non erro) fatta all’SG di NEBULA, quindi la versione in inglese è la più importante, visto che l’intervista è anche dedicata ad un pubblico straniero.

EDIT: qui è possibile trovare l'intervista tradotta in italiano e pubblicata in Italia, un grazie speciale a Steradon.



Here’s my full interview to Infowar.

1 ) Why was Nebula founded?
➤ The reasons why NEBULA were founded are many. LETO had just collapsed, and Asgard had also collapsed. We had also learned that an alliance called 'Orion' was being formed. Orion was to consist of medium-sized countries like Iran, Colombia, France, Sweden, Portugal, Canada, and Peru I believe. I had been informed from a reliable contact that Orion didn't wish to accept smaller countries into their alliance, they considered smaller countries as quote: 'excess baggage' and some believed that this was the reason for the collapse of LETO. After learning these things, I contacted Israel, Norway and Montenegro and we started discussing all these factors. It was then agreed that we should create our own independent alliance. One thing that we have learned is that smaller nations shouldn't be isolated on their own. In this game small countries who don't have strong relationships are 'easy meat' for predators. We realized that the most important thing was a tight-knit support network with a strong relationship and Australia, Montenegro, Norway and Israel already had really strong bonds from LETO and past history, and there were no issues at all between us.

2 ) Why was it named "Nebula"?
➤ We named the alliance after the horsehead nebula which is located in the Orion star constellation. The reason why was because at the time we were aware that the 'Orion' alliance was in the process of being assembled. We thought that seeing that we were all pro-Asteria countries we would work as Orion's satellite alliance and this name would compliment Orion and represent that we would be in alignment with them. Also because we are smaller countries we are like stars being born, stars are often born in nebulae throughout the universe. So we named it 'NEBULA' and the name stuck. But later we found out that the 'Orion' alliance wasn't going to be formed because Colombia had decided not to join at the last minute, that caused Portugal to pull out also.

3 ) What are your goals for the short/medium term?
➤ Some of our goals are already being fulfilled. Most people don't understand that when you are in an alliance it's not always about fighting. There is a whole community within it, and you develop really strong friendships. Because of that we are probably a little stronger than we should be. So one of our goals is to maintain the brotherhood-like environment and keep the relationship strong. Other goals are to keep strong defenses and find ways in which to fund freedom operations. We would also like to maintain strong bonds with Asteria and other pro-Asteria countries.

4 ) You are born from the ashes of LETO. Why are there only six countries in the alliance, when will others join it?
➤As I explained above, when we first formed, we knew that Australia, Montenegro, Israel and Norway already had strong bonds and past positive history. No countries had any conflicts of interest against Asteria or pacifica and everyone already knew each other. Japan however was a little different, but as soon as Japan entered everyone liked them a lot pretty much right away, the chemistry was definitely there with Japan. But what people don't realize is that there is a lot of work and preparation into creating and running an alliance. Checks must be done to make sure that there are no conflicts of interest with Asteria or Pacifica, congresses must approve, orgs must be organized, graphics must be organized, charters must be written, wiki pages must be created, admins must be contacted back and forth to create the alliance pages and headquarters must be organized and voted in etc.. Then in between if a country is attacked, you get distracted because you have to organize help and so forth.. So in reality the reason why there are only 5 members (but Czech republic should join soon) at the moment is because we don't just accept anyone into the alliance, and every member country must agree before accepting another country, it only takes one member country to disagree and an applicant cannot be let into the alliance. The other reason is that we just haven't had time yet. We have some other applicants who wish to apply, but we haven't had time to assess their applications and do all the necessary discussions and checks. But we should start assessing other applicants very soon.

5 ) Why a small nation like Japan (an US' enemy) has joined the alliance?
➤ If Japan was currently an enemy of the U.S, their application would have been rejected. Due to shifting political circumstances, Japan's relationship with the U.S has improved and I believe that Japan has made peace with them. We had contacted the SGs of Pacifica both the Russian and American ones, and they approved Japan's application into NEBULA.

Japan has joined the alliance for a few reasons. Japan has been wanting to be part of an alliance for some time. They had tried to enter LETO but their application was blocked by one country at the time. They had a lot of internal and external political issues which blocked them from being a part of any alliance in the past, finally those blocks have now been lifted and they were keen for the opportunity to be apart of a the NEBULA alliance.

6 ) What is your relationship with Asteria and how is your collaboration with it?
➤ We operate independently from Asteria, but we fight for Asteria and Asteria's allies when NEBULA countries are at peace. Also, any country who has any problems with Asteria can't join NEBULA. So I guess we are part of Asteria but we function according to our own charter. But being small countries we can't survive without Asteria and Asteria's help, so it's important for us to support Asteria and do our best to help them where possible.

7 ) Which Country do you prefer between Romania and Hungary? Why?
➤ I can only speak of my own country, Australia on this question. But Australia has always had good ties and often MPPd with Hungary, and they have always helped us out when we asked. Romania is a good country too, and although we MPP with them from time to time we haven't had a chance to connect for whatever reason. So I would have to say Hungary. But lately we couldn't do much with Hungary because there is currently an anti-semite CP in power who wants to Airstrike Israel for fun. When he is voted out, we will be probably be collaborating with them in some way in the future I am sure.

8 ) Which countries will lead the new alliances, in your opinion?
➤ Hard to say. I know more about Asteria than I do the Sirius/Banana side. But regarding Asteria's side, I think Portugal or Canada would probably have a leading role in any new medium-sized country alliances. As for the Sirius side I am not aware of any new alliances being created on that side yet. If Asteria collapses, I am sure that Argentina would lead the way to create another one.


9 ) Recently, Australia has been MTOed by spanish MU Black Spectra. What do you think of all this? What is your relationship with them and how are they behaving with you? How is, actually, the situation in Australia?
➤ This is a really complicated situation, one which requires a lot of time to understand.

At first Australia was disgusted including myself. Everyone just wanted to fund a revolution to get them out ASAP. Then slowly I started to talk with the dictator and I realized that he didn't seem to be a monster after all. He told me that he was interested in just being part of the Australian community and trying to work with us in order to help Australia grow. A large number of the community wanted them gone at any costs, but after time I realized something: If we funded a revolution that would cost 200k, then it would cost another 100-200K on COs and supplies to defeat this army, on top of that it would cost an additional 200k to dictator ourselves. If you add the 300k which the dictator seized during the coup that would amount to around 900k or more. That would bankrupt our country. With a bankrupt nation, you can't have no MPPs or supply younger players or anything, it's worse than being occupied by a dictator who is not hostile.

So far black spectra and the dictator are paying for any MPPs we request from the seized funds which they took, they are really making an effort to do the right thing. They have helped us a lot in wars and seem to be genuinely trying to integrate with the community. Also they have set their Army battle priorities to helping NEBULA countries. So we have been getting their help in NEBULA which is damage much needed. Also, if you check their TP damage, they have been hitting for Poland the past two years, Poland is an Asteria country now, so it hasn't been such a problem for them to assist Pro-Asteria countries.

So far we don't have any problem with them, but some of our South American allies don't seem to be too fond of them as they are RL Spaniards. I never realized how much South Americans despise Spaniards until now. Some South Americans want them our of Australia and are willing to do whatever it takes to rid them from Australia. Anything could happen from now, but I can tell you that we are not having any problems with them so far and they are increasing our activity and a lot of interesting things are happening since they came. But no one knows what the exact outcome will be at this point.

10 ) What do you think about the update of dictatorship?
➤ I think that the admins didn't think it out enough. The main thing that worries me is the fact that it could destroy all the alliances and cause chaos as enemy dictators can launch MPPs with enemy countries. I think that it needs serious changes and Dictators should be able to launch MPPs... Also, as usual it is very damaging to smaller countries, it just seems to bankrupt and destroy smaller communities. But as usual, the admins never do anything to benefit smaller nations, every update they do just seems to be in favor of destroying the smaller communities.

11 ) What is your opinion about Italy, on the game and IRL? What do you think about the approach of italian dictator to Asteria, one not shared by the majority of Italians?
➤ I haven't dealt much with Italy in this game at all. I was always fighting on the opposite side of the fence. But in RL I like Italian girls, they are hot, I can say that much 😛
The approach of the Italian dictator to Asteria. This what I was saying above about the destruction of the alliances. This is happening in many countries including Greece and Spain... I am worried that the alliances will be completely destroyed because of this dictator module. I don't think it's fair on a country which has invested all that money into the nation, then some rich guy with money comes along and steals everything, burns your country to the ground, destroys your community, and destroys your alliance.. I think it's wrong..

12 ) Do you conclude with a greeting to our readers?
➤ I Would like to thank everyone for taking the time listen from behalf of Australia and the Australian community 🙂



Thanks everyone for the reading!
Special thanks to Infowar for all time he devoted to me.

Grazie a tutti per la lettura!
Un grazie speciale ad Infowar per tutto il tempo che mi ha dedicato.