eUSA - battlefield of the alliances

Day 1,750, 08:24 • Published in China China • by radens

Lately eUSA is one of the main topics in eWorld and it seems like everyone is related to it and have opinion concerning it.

eUSA became “hot topic” few months ago when the idea of new alliance revealed.
Main idea of possible new alliance at first called CTRL was to cut its ties with Balkans and “never-ending Balkan wars”.
CTRL should be an alliance made by USA, Brazil, Spain and Poland, alliance of 10/10 countries separated from the Balkans.

This idea found many supporters in all the mentioned countries, but also numerous opponents both internal and external and this is where the story of battlefield of the alliances starts.


Before I get to the main topic of this article, let’s examine the idea of CTRL alliance, motives behind countries that are supposed to make it and the problems of making it.


Idea of alliance without Balkans (same as the idea of 10/10 countries) isn’t revolutionary, it’s something that appears in eWorld every couple of months and it always fails because of the same reason, game doesn’t allow it.
The Balkans is the main center of conflicts in eRepublik, but since this game is based on war it also makes it the center of power. Power consists of regions, bonuses and damage, but the main initiator of it are people. Without people there’s no economy and there’s no military, so we can conclude that power comes from people, the population.

Western Europe, Asia, North and South America have regions and bonuses, but majority of eRepublik population is coming from the Balkans, which makes Balkan countries top countries by damage, therefore the most powerful countries in the game.

Alliance like CTRL, alone would have bonuses, but without Balkan countries it would lack damage and population to use those bonuses that would make it powerful. Current MPP rule makes it simple, either you’re with someone or you’re against him and alone, CTRL alliance couldn’t survive and that’s where every idea of alliance without Balkan countries fails.


Spain
In V1 eWorld’s biggest economy, strong and stable country.
When Spain changed sides and ONE was formed, it was on the periphery of this new alliance, surrounded by strong enemies (USA and Brazil) and no allies.
In that kind of environment Spain wasn’t so successful and it often suffered.

- here we see Spain’s motives for new alliance, it’s easier to be surrounded by strong allies than strong enemies
- problem: Spain can’t/won’t cut its ties with current Balkan allies

Poland
Ever since their big baby boom Poland was one of the main powers in the eWorld. Their population and damage is on the level of Balkan countries, but they have the luck to be surrounded by smaller and much weaker countries and they used that advantage very well. Their power was constant from V1 till now and they’re definitely one of the superpowers in eRepublik.

- Poland has weak opponents in its environment and isn’t used to constant and it always uses its dominance to force smaller countries into singing deals with them. When Poland conquered everything it had to conquer to gain 10/10 it got border with USA and here we see Poland’s motives for new alliance
- problem: Poland won’t cut its ties with Serbia, because having two strongest eRepublik countries on the same side guarantees dominance and success in most cases

Brazil
For a long time Brazil was the strongest country in S. America and that gave them a chance to become one of eRepublik economical empires. They were mostly surrounded by allies and few weak enemies (except Spain), so they were rarely endangered and of that they became stable and strong country.

- through the whole game, Spain and Indonesia were the only real opponent Brazil ever had and they were the only threats to Brazil’s stability. Time of peace with Spain showed Brazil an easier way to maintain its economical empire and strong position of their country and here we see their motives for new alliance, better to have a strong ally to cooperate with than a strong enemy to fight it
- Brazil’s PTO problem with Romanian MU is motive for most Brazilians to rethink their choice of allies
- problem: Spanish Balkan allies are countries most Brazilians don’t like and don’t want to have anything with them
- problem: Brazilians don’t forget good allies easily same as they don’t forget who their enemies are and even tough they want new alliance they aren’t willing to leave their Balkan allies such as Croatia and Greece




USA
Every country has its burden, problem they bring to game from its RL and same as Balkan countries bring their RL stuff to game, USA brings its.

In RL USA is main superpower, no. 1 economy in the World, no. 1 military in the World, no.1 in the Olympics, etc.
In eRepublik, USA was always a strong country with steady population numbers, but they never managed to make big baby boom that would bring them into the top and they were never close to becoming eRepublik superpower such as Serbia.

USA has constant need to be no.1 in everything and through whole eRepublik history eUSA is fighting and failing to become that and that’s what bothers RL Americans and that’s their problem brought from RL.

Older players will remember times when USA was in EDEN where it couldn’t become leader and no.1 by Romania (at the time strongest country in eRepublik and eWorld’s superpower such as USA is in RL). Because of that USA left EDEN and started other smaller nations around itself forming and alliance where USA could be no.1. (this reminds me of Bulgaria which is completely off topic, but I find it interesting to point it out)


USA has great geographical position and it was only a matter of time when it would gain 10/10 bonuses. That happened in time Oblige was PotUS and USA joined Brazil and China in elite 10/10 club.
As I said before, power comes from the people, bigger population equals stronger economy, stronger army and from that arises powerful country. Bonuses without big population mean nothing.

Since Brazil and China were always very strict and gaining citizenship of those countries was often impossible mission, USA’s 10/10 bonuses became very important for many players. From the beggining of the game USA was very open country for citizens from all around the eWorld and now that it had all 10 bonuses it became very popular destination.
Every month USA congress gave lots of citizenship to allies from EDEN, Terra, but they also gave them to people from ONE. Soon USA became one of the most populated countries and their economy grew fast succeeding those of China, Brazil, Poland and Serbia.

Finally USA was no.1 in something, but at what price?
We’ll get to it.


As I said before, USA has great geographical position (in my opinion only China has better), surrounded by allied country and just two much weaker enemies (UK and Indonesia).
But once Poland conquered Germany, Netherlands and France it got border with USA and their bonuses were endangered.
This is where we come to USA’s motives for new alliance. It is better to have strong cooperative friend as an neighbor, than enemy to fight it.

Idea was planted and it found fertile ground to grow, but its enemies grew equally fast, chaos and conflict became inevitable. And this is where USA became battlefield of the alliances.




USA was always the favorite destination for immigrants from EDEN and Terra. People that didn’t find their place in their native countries often found it in USA and immigrants often played big roles in USA, for USA, as USA citizens.

Idea of CTRL alliance divided USA in many different groups as it opened many different topics, since CTRL alliance is differently interpreted by all four countries starting the idea of it and each powerful group in USA has its own interests in each interpretation of CTRL.


USA’s openness to the World made it destination for many ONE players too and those players often used it against USA, PTO threats, enemies in congress and sale of citizenship are very often in USA and it is getting worse and more serious after USA got 10 bonuses and more people migrated there.

As many EDEN and Terra citizens have USA citizenship for bonuses, they sided with Americans and eAmericans from RL EDEN countries that work for a way they like, support and that’s in their interests.


What started as battle of diplomacy for keeping/bringing USA between two conflicted sides (EDEN and ONE or whatever it’s called now) turned into internal political battle for USA.



What’s USA’s future?
Right now, USA has no future till it finds itself. It will take months to do so and it will be one of the biggest battles eRepublik have ever seen. USA needs strong leader (I hoped Glove was “the Chosen One”, but he failed), stronger than ever, but I don’t see him on the horizon.



USA is battlefield of the alliances, the battle had just begun and it won’t end quickly...and once it ends, no matter how it ends, USA will be the loser left with nothing but ruins.