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Recent developments in the Asian theater of the war have shown a small victory for EDEN, as eUS and eChinese land swapping has allowed the eUS to cross the country and remove eIndonesia after a resounding victory in Xinjiang. With additional land swaps, the eUSA now covers the entire east-west of China and is in position to mount any of a number of major offenses against the other Phoenix fortresses. The following lays out a few of the options facing eUSA and EDEN leaders (you may want to view Gobba's eWorld map with this article), and gives an overview of the complexities facing the choices at hand.

Iran and Indian Subcontinent
Although the eUSA now borders eIndia, because the country does not have an active war with eIndia, the eUSA will be unable to region swap to move into the Indian subcontinent. To play any role in liberating the eIndonesian-held regions, the eUSA would need to region swap to border Madhya-Pradesh and the Karnataka fortress. Until then, the New World Himalayan mountains will be keeping the eUSA from advancing south.

It would be a costly maneuver, but the eUSA’s positioning could allow it to declare war against eIran and try to make it easier to join up with their EDEN allies in Asia Minor. Although eRomania successfully crossed the Bosporus Strait and conquered Marmara, the eTurks are on the attack against eIsrael and eGreece, and may bog EDEN down in the region for longer than desired.

Phoenix has realized the importance of keeping these EDEN allies from getting to eIran and the rest of Asia, so an eUS declaration of war on eIran and an attack on the North-West-Frontier region-- or on eIran proper-- could divert forces and shorten the distance that eRomania and eGreece would need to cover on their own. Doing this would allow the eUSA to swap these regions to eGreece, and let the eGreeks work their way towards India. The eGreeks could then declare war on eIndia since they do not have an MPP, and region swap towards the eIndonesian-held regions.

Phoenix Fortresses
From Jiangxi and Zhejiang, the eUSA is in position to undertake additional region swapping with eChina and border the dual Phoenix fortresses of Liaoning and Heilongjiang. Region swapping right to Liaoning, though, is not as simple as it seems. Fortunately, the eUSA does not need to be directly adjacent to Liaoning to attack it; by being in Shandong, the eUSA will still border Liaoning without needing to move right next to the region. If the eUSA had to region swap for Beijing, which is eChina’s fortress with dual Q5’s and holds over 2500 citizens, or region swap to Inner Mongolia and risk an eRussian counterattack, things could be very different. Unlike WW3 though, the quirks of eRepublik geography seem to be playing into EDEN’s hands this time.


Skyline of Shenyang, administrative capital of Liaoning province

As mentioned previously, the eUSA would need to declare war against eIran in order to attack Liaoning. Apart from the cost in gold and the limited time window that would confine the eUSA to attacking the eIranians, a declaration of war would also telegraph the country’s intentions and allow Phoenix to put all their resources into the defense of eIran’s most important region. However, a Resistance War (RW) for Liaoning would also cost nearly 800 gold. An RW would be difficult to win as only EDEN’s military forces would likely participate since civilian populations would not be migrating to eIran for the battle, in all likelihood. Either way, its liberation will be costly and far from guaranteed, and its quick return to eChina would be necessary to keep eRussia from attacking via its occupation of Chagang in eNorth Korea.


Skyline of Harbin, capital and administrative center of Heilongjiang province

Any battle for Heilongjiang would be enormously costly for both EDEN and Phoenix, and require thousands of gold on both sides as eHungary will not let its sole Iron region go without a fight. The eUSA would be risking its initiative as any attack on Heilongjiang would invite the eUSA to an attack from the eRussian bear (recall that I previously wrote of eRussia as the war’s x-factor). An attack on Heilongjiang would almost by necessity require at least one blocking attack by an EDEN member against eHungary’s mainland to distract two clickers and keep initiative. Failure to win in Heilongjiang would not only allow eHungary the chance to counterattack if eHungary were not blocked, but eRussia could also enter the fray by attacking eUSA-held regions in eChina (either bordering eRussia directly or their eNK positions), or go straight for Alaska. All hell could break loose from there.

Final Thoughts
Everyone knows about the cost and battle difficulties of removing Phoenix from Asia, but EDEN must really walk a fine line to avoid giving Phoenix a number of opportunities to start a prolonged counteroffensive. It is well-documented in this game that initiative is everything. Even though EDEN holds the initiative, EDEN will be forced to risk a ton (possibly including their iniative) in order to win a ton (crippling Phoenix by taking their Iron away). And although ePoland is cleaning up in eGermany, no EDEN success against Phoenix’s fortresses will be possible without every EDEN member’s involvement. Delay on attacking the fortresses may be best in the short term, until all of EDEN is prepared for the biggest battle in eRepublik.

God Bless America,

Lt. Scheisskopf

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