Join the new world

If you have not already seen it here is my article from yesterday, part 1 of my interview with Cerb, who is running for VP on the United States.

I would like to clarify. I am an unbiased party using these interviews to decide my vote in this election.

I think this part is more telling and important in nature, enjoi.

Walter:
5) The military has 4 branches if I am correct (Marines, Airborne, Army and Home Guard). Does the military need to be restructured?

Cerb:
The military is actually undergoing serious restructuring as we speak. The Training Division is attempting to implement a new system to process recruits faster. The largest standing branches (Mobile Infantry, Home Guard, and Army) are coming down hard on inactive soldiers to "trim the fat" and make room for eager new recruits. This should also enable our military to be a fast-response military force all-around, and I am pretty pleased with the progress they are making.

In a couple days, I will actually discuss a new military project that we have high hopes for! Stay tuned!

Walter:
6) Having been in the military supplies are hard to get.
How can we make sure supplies are obtained?

Cerb:
The military's ability to supply weapons to its recruits comes directly from the government's ability to obtain revenue. This comes from taxes! The best way to boost military funding (and the likelihood that you, the soldier, will receive weapons) is to encourage new businesses, work for your friend's business for cheap if you can afford to, etc and so forth. The war machine is driven by business taxes (and personal donations, haha!)

Walter:
Let us turn to international affairs.
7) A new EDEN (Erepublik Defense and Economy Network) charter has been declared and includes the countries of Canada, Croatia, Finland, Greece, Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden, and Norway.
What do you think about joining this alliance?

Cerb:
I know that many people have concerns about allowing the international environment to regress back into a bipolar "PEACE v. ATLANTIS" mechanic. I can certainly appreciate this concern, and it is not really even a good long-term solution, UNLESS....

I believe that EDEN can be positive if its focus is "PRO-Sovereignty", and not just "Anti-PEACE". eRepublik is a war game, and EDEN will find new member nations if its approach to this game is one of encouraging individual nations and protecting them from imperialists.

ATLANTIS was simply an anti-PEACE alliance. It served the purpose of building loyalties among current EDEN nations, but ATLANTIS is dead and gone, and EDEN is the future.

We have been a member of EDEN in all but name, in that we have done whatever we can to support our allies (nearly all of whom are already EDEN members). Our EDEN allies have also supported us. There is no room for a third alliance currently, and South America will not be persuaded to come around for some time.

Walter:
😎 Woxan in his article said we need to go from defensive to offensive, militarily.
How are we going to take the fight to PEACE?

Cerb:
This was actually a strategy that Woxan and I came up with, along with some help from Jasper Ferguson and Josh Frost, if I recall correctly. Essentially, EDEN has won several major victories against PEACE. The Axis of Arrogance (Russia, Hungary, Indonesia) has not given up, but they are regrouping. Now is the time to undermine their political support and confidence abroad, while also challenging them in foreign nations they are unjustly occupying.

THIS IS NOT PROPAGANDA: Several current PEACE members are displeased with the lack of concern the PEACE leadership demonstrates for their smaller members, in that they are treated like second-class PEACE citizens.

Continued unity among the US and EDEN, as well as benevolent efforts to help non-aligned nations around the globe, will serve to further damage PEACE's strength.