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Den neutrala drömmen
I dagarna har Österrike fått smaka på neutralitetens baksida. En Kroatisk invasion och två allianser som båda skriker efter en till medlem. Österrike är ett svagt land med en väldigt låg aktiv befolkning. Trots dessa usla förutsättningar (eller kanske på grund av) har man under stora delar av eRepubliks historia stått utan allianser. Österrike var dock delaktig i skapandet av PEACE GC i augusti 2008.



Man har ständigt levt under hot från omkringliggande stormakter. Men bortsett från en stor andel Slovaker, som bosatte sig i landet innan Slovenien kom till som stat, samt ett bråk med Ungern som vägrade lämna tillbaks en av Österrikes regioner har man kommit lindrigt undan dessa yttre ”hot”.

Men allt detta ändrades för några dagar sen när den Kroatiska krigsmaskinen bestämde sig för att Österrike skulle bli nästa mål. Ett anfall från Kroatien inleddes och Österrike, utan några MPP😒, stod självklart chanslösa inför stormakten.

Men varför denna invasion, varför gör startar Kroatien ett fullskaligt krig med Australien när viktiga strider redan rasar runtom i Europa?

Besten och dess byte
Det hela inledes med en dialog mellan Kroatien och Österrike. Kroatien som vill komma åt Ungerns regioner i Asien (för att komma åt värdefulla resurser) gav ett ultimatum till Österrike, ”gå med på att ge oss era regioner så att vi får en ’port’ till Asien eller så invaderar vi er”.


Genom Österrike skulle Kroatien ha fått en brygga mot Asien.


Österrike valde stolthet framför underkastelse och vägrade ge med sig, Kroatien svarar med en attack. Till en början går allt som planerat och Kroatien besegrar med lätthet Österrike. Men media låter sig inte hållas och svartmålningen av Kroatien är snart igång. Från både EDEN och PHOENIX höjs röster som anklagar Kroatien för att utnyttja de svaga för egna intressen. Ett Kroatien som för en alltför imperialistisk och egoistisk krigsföring och som dessutom ställer egna intressen framför EDEN.

Lägg till detta att invasionen resulterar i katastrof för Kroatien och man blir nu åter utträngd från Österrike, drömmen om en väg till Asien har grusats.

Rätt och fel?
Oavsett resultatet så har Kroatiens agerande definitivt väkt liv i Europa och resten av eVärlden. Frågan debatteras livligt, gjorde Kroatien rätt? Varför respekterar man inte Österrikes rättigheter? Eller finns det ens rättigheter i ett spel och varför ska Kroatien behöva bry sig om ett litet skitland? Djungelns lag råder i eRepublik, eller? Ett Österrikiskt medlemskap i PHOENIX känns nu inte heller helt orealistiskt, dock är inget officiellt ännu.


Ett stolt folk, men ska vi alltid låta dom gå sin egen väg?


Avslutningsvis så tänkte jag ta två citat, ett från en Kroatisk sympatör och en från en Österrikisk:

“You can concede that both super alliances are, in the end, pretty much the same except for the nations in them. That one is ultimately no more justified than the other. That the talk of liberation, defense, and moral superiority is all just talk. That you're fine with it, and that it's good enough for you.

But it doesn't have to be. And frankly, I don't think it should be.”
/Rangely

“There is no such thing as right and wrong, simply what is and is not possible. So who’s fault is it that the Austrians do not understand this?”
/Augustus Baldwin

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and now for my translation


The neutral dream
Lately, Austria has had to taste the downside of being a neutral country. A Croatian invasion and two alliances both tempting and trying to direct the country in their own direction. Austria is a very weak nation with a low active population. Despite these poor conditions (or perhaps because of) Austria have during a long time been successful in being an independent nation, being free from alliances. Though they where actually an active part in the funding of PEACE GC in august 2008.





Constantly living under threat from the surrounding super powers. But with the exception of the Slovenia occupation, during the time that Slovaks still didn’t have their own country, and a dispute with Hungary refusing to give back one of Austria’s regions, Austria have so far had a history with few setbacks.

However the table where turneds for Austrians a few days ago when there regions became the interest of the Croatian war machine.An invasion was started by Croatia and Austria with zero MPP😒 had no chance against one of Europe’s major powers.

But why would Croatia make war on such a week nation? Why start a war when there is already plenty to be found in the rest of Europe?


The beast and it’s prey
It all started with a dialogue between Croatia and Austria. Croatia thought they could use Austria as a gate to Asia and so they gave the Austrian government an ultimatum, “agree to do a region swap with us and give us free way to Asia or we will invade you”.


Through Austria the Croats would get a bridgehead towards Asia.


Austria chose not to give in to the Croatian demands and with there pride they stood against the Croats. Croatia answered by attacking. In the beginning everything seems to be going well for Croatia and Austria stands no chance alone. However the eMedia quickly gives it own response to the invasion. Croatian attack is being described as selfish and imperialistic and also severely damages EDEN relations and putting there own interests before EDEN interests.


Ad to this the fact that the invasion ended up in a failure for the Croats, and now there troops are once again being pushed out of the Austrian regions.

Right and wrong?
No matter the outcome of this war one thing is for sure. Croatia’s decision to invade Austria definitely was a cold shower for the debate in eRepublik. The matter is being carefully debated, did the Croatian government take a justified decision? Why did they not respect the Austrian peoples rights? Or does right and wrong even exist in a game and why should Croatia have to care about such a small and unimportant country? King of the hill right? An Austrian membership in PHOENIX now seems to be the next move for the Austrians, however nothing is official at the moment.


A proud people, but should we always submit to their will?

To sum this article up I would like to quote to persons, one pro Austria and one pro Croatia.

“You can concede that both superalliances are, in the end, pretty much the same except for the nations in them. That one is ultimately no more justified than the other. That the talk of liberation, defense, and moral superiority is all just talk. That you're fine with it, and that it's good enough for you.

But it doesn't have to be. And frankly, I don't think it should be.”
/Rangely


“There is no such thing as right and wrong, simply what is and is not possible. So who’s fault is it that the Austrians do not understand this?”
/Augustus Baldwin


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#1: Is it really over? USA signing peace with the UK
#2: Sweden in the news Swedish congress elections and wars
#3: Info regarding Sweden and Denmark Some facts about Swedish-Danish relations and the Serbian PTO.
#4: All these Russians man: Russia and Finland at war again.

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