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Serbia Eliminated from Asia



Yesterday, America knocked Serbia out of Asia, a huge victory for EDEN and her allies. The win ended a nearly year-long Serbian venture into Asia (more details can be found in this article). Most of Asia, which has been the main international background for more than ten months, is now solidly in the hands of EDEN. Major Phoenix members like Hungary and Serbia, which have long had a strong foothold in Asia, have now been pushed back into Central Europe, from where it would take many weeks to weasel its way back into Asia. Russia has suffered quite a few defeats in the last several weeks, and now finds itself controlling only about one-third of its original regions. (Russia is also in a perilous position as is; it’s expected that soon-to-be President Alexander Hamilton will attack Far Eastern Russia – commonly known in America as “Far Western Alaska” – and continue the effort to eliminate Russia from the map again. Russia is also under PTO attack, but at this time the pro-Phoenix candidate, mogaba, is ahead by nine percent, or over 150 votes.)

China has probably been the true winner of the unnamed Asian war. Around the time of April and May, when it became clear that Asia would be the hotspot of fighting between EDEN and Phoenix, both alliances jockeyed to have then-neutral China join their side. Eventually (I believe it was sometime in early June), China joined EDEN, wanting to reclaim Heilongjiang (“Hello Kitty”) and Liaoning (“Lion King”) for itself. This would benefit EDEN’s plans in the region. In the next few weeks, China would get back both high-iron regions. Since then, it has expanded north to claim much of central Russia, as well as west into central Asia.

The United States is also well-off in Asia. For quite a while, the U.S. has maneuvered around southern Asia for strategic purposes. Its main Asian region was Karnataka, which was a major economic boost for the country due to it holding high iron. Though it no longer controls any major Asian regions, it still has a foothold there: America now includes a chunk of central Asia, a small region surrounded by China, and parts of what used to be southern India, as well as a chunk of southeast Asian regions (part of the successful plan to push Serbia back into Europe).

All in all, EDEN is on the offensive and looks stronger than ever at this point. If Alexander Hamilton can handle the presidency well – and judging by his former positions, he looks like he knows his foreign policy – America and her allies will continue to be successful in Asia. With the elimination of Serbia, EDEN is not far off from winning the long war in Asia. (If one were to use the rough mathematical calculation of one real life month equaling four game years, the Asian war would have lasted for nearly half a century.)

EDITOR’S NOTE: The Journal of America officially endorses the Federalist ticket of Alexander Hamilton and Gulden Draak for the American presidency and vice-presidency.

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