A History of eRepublik Alliances: Part I
Day 842, 02:52
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by Bobby Burnett
The Not-So-Plain Dealer is committed to digging deeper into the issues that affect eAmericans and uncovering truths that may not be so plain from the surface.
Alliances affect every facet of our international relations, yet many (including myself) have found themselves bewildered by the in-game relationships between nations. With this in mind, a review of the history of these alliances may shed light on our current arrangements. Much of the history I have access to is incomplete, therefore some speculation will follow. I would appreciate any instruction my readers could give me.
On the 15th of January 2008, eNorway, eRussia, eUK, and eIreland formed the Northern Alliance. eUK fought the first "war" (a pre-arranged annexation of eBelgium) with the help of eRomania and eUSA who would soon be members, if they were not already. eSweden joined early on with ambitions to annex eDenmark and eGermany. eNorway conquered eRussia becoming eRepublik's largest land-mass and proving the looseness of this alliance. These resounding successes of eNorway, eSweden, and eUK led to the rapid proliferation of new alliances.
eSpain proposed an alliance with (I believe) ePortugal, eFrance, and eItaly called the Mediterranean Alliance. Soon enough, eNetherlands, eAustria, eHungary, and eCanada joined as well. It seems that the Mediterranean Alliance aided eCanada in the first major eRepublik war (against eUSA). This alliance has historical significance as member nations eFrance and eItaly coordinated the first and (to date) only simultaneous attack of another nation (eSwitzerland, who had just joined the Northern Alliance). [Correction: as was pointed out in the comments, eSwitzerland did not join the Northern Alliance, but was perceived by eFrance and eItaly to be a puppet state of the Northern Alliance after they signed a Mutual Protection Pact with eNorway.]
The Mediterranean Alliance had deep rifts, however. eSpain, in particular, denounced the war with eSwitzerland and discussions of a non-aggression pact between the eSwiss and the Mediterranean Alliance had been ongoing. Furthermore, eSpain and eCanada favored engagement with the Northern Alliance, while eFrance and eItaly favored engagement with rival FIST.
El Presidente of eMexico proposed the Pan-American Alliance or "PANAM" to promote cooperation in the Western Hemisphere and eUSA, eVenezuela, eBrazil, and eArgentina [as I understand it, there were only three nations in South America at this time] were eager to join. eCanada considered joining as well, but could not bring themselves to trust eUSA so soon after their bitter war. eCanada elected to join the Northern Alliance instead. It is unclear what, if anything, PANAM did while it existed.
The Formidable International Security Treaty or "FIST" began as an idea of eJapan to unite Asia against ePakistan, but eIran actually commenced the alliance by inviting ePakistan, eTurkey, eIndonesia, and later eJapan to join. Even later eGreece joined despite brewing war between themselves and eTurkey. Tensions were high between FIST and the Northern Alliance, but little or no outright war erupted. That will have to wait until Part II.
Alliances affect every facet of our international relations, yet many (including myself) have found themselves bewildered by the in-game relationships between nations. With this in mind, a review of the history of these alliances may shed light on our current arrangements. Much of the history I have access to is incomplete, therefore some speculation will follow. I would appreciate any instruction my readers could give me.
On the 15th of January 2008, eNorway, eRussia, eUK, and eIreland formed the Northern Alliance. eUK fought the first "war" (a pre-arranged annexation of eBelgium) with the help of eRomania and eUSA who would soon be members, if they were not already. eSweden joined early on with ambitions to annex eDenmark and eGermany. eNorway conquered eRussia becoming eRepublik's largest land-mass and proving the looseness of this alliance. These resounding successes of eNorway, eSweden, and eUK led to the rapid proliferation of new alliances.
eSpain proposed an alliance with (I believe) ePortugal, eFrance, and eItaly called the Mediterranean Alliance. Soon enough, eNetherlands, eAustria, eHungary, and eCanada joined as well. It seems that the Mediterranean Alliance aided eCanada in the first major eRepublik war (against eUSA). This alliance has historical significance as member nations eFrance and eItaly coordinated the first and (to date) only simultaneous attack of another nation (eSwitzerland, who had just joined the Northern Alliance). [Correction: as was pointed out in the comments, eSwitzerland did not join the Northern Alliance, but was perceived by eFrance and eItaly to be a puppet state of the Northern Alliance after they signed a Mutual Protection Pact with eNorway.]
The Mediterranean Alliance had deep rifts, however. eSpain, in particular, denounced the war with eSwitzerland and discussions of a non-aggression pact between the eSwiss and the Mediterranean Alliance had been ongoing. Furthermore, eSpain and eCanada favored engagement with the Northern Alliance, while eFrance and eItaly favored engagement with rival FIST.
El Presidente of eMexico proposed the Pan-American Alliance or "PANAM" to promote cooperation in the Western Hemisphere and eUSA, eVenezuela, eBrazil, and eArgentina [as I understand it, there were only three nations in South America at this time] were eager to join. eCanada considered joining as well, but could not bring themselves to trust eUSA so soon after their bitter war. eCanada elected to join the Northern Alliance instead. It is unclear what, if anything, PANAM did while it existed.
The Formidable International Security Treaty or "FIST" began as an idea of eJapan to unite Asia against ePakistan, but eIran actually commenced the alliance by inviting ePakistan, eTurkey, eIndonesia, and later eJapan to join. Even later eGreece joined despite brewing war between themselves and eTurkey. Tensions were high between FIST and the Northern Alliance, but little or no outright war erupted. That will have to wait until Part II.
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first HA second denied third denied also please complete this soon i wanta see how EDEN and PHONEIX cus i wanta restart panam sounds good
voted and subscribed - Didn't know eCanada has had such bad luck with alliances, though good enough to repel an eYankee invasion.
@Holen maybe Canada would actually join this time 🙂
@Bobby Burnett cute squirrel 🙂
interesting stuff
wonder what the Eworld would look like now if some of these wars ended differently
>😢eSwitzerland, who had just joined the Northern Alliance).
This is incorrect, we never joined, nor had the intention of joining, the NA alliance. We had just signed one MPP with Norway when the attack occurred (and we had been in the process of trying to get MPPs with France and Italy at the time as well)
Otherwise pretty good article
iirc marquis, the MPP was with Sweden
voted and subscribed
Thank you for the correction, marquis. The article has been updated accordingly. The MPP was indeed with eNorway, though eSweden's behavior was probably what helped eFrance and eItaly justify their aggressive response.