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So, we're occupied...

It is quite a bit of fun to troll (what's left of) our administration about the situation.
And let's all be honest, you know they've earned some. 😁

But all joking aside: it's not the current government's fault that eIreland got invaded, wiped and occupied by Lithuania.
* Lithuania has an all-business mpp stack of pain.
* That stack also brings significant financial assistance.
* Our invasion was merely a small part of a large alliance offensive.
* They only recently inherited the goverment and with only 1/2 million reserves.
It would be challenging for any eIrish administration to thwart that invasion.

Therefore, it isn't this administration's fault that we got invaded. But it is their responsibility.

Leadership is the acceptance of responsibility after all.

Whether eIreland finances a strategy of defiant resistance (as the eBrits have chosen),
or submit to another nation's supremacy, our current administration will be responsible for it.

They will be responsible if we have a reduced Congress election by kneeling,
if we lose the elections entirely in resistance it would also be their responsibility.

They will be responsible if they save as much tax revenue as possible for a future administration,
and if they spend it all fighting our occupiers, then they're the other kind of responsible 😁

If they decide to hide under a rock and pray Colin sold enough packs this month to retake our hemisphere,
lol well, I guess they'll be responsible for that victory too. Patience is often the best course of action sometimes.

Responsibility is unavoidable when you are the leaders, all you can do is determine the quality of what you are responsible for.

There are 3 types of nations in erepublik:
*Nations that hand out occupations regularly (we're far from this)
*Nations that deal with wipes occassionally (eIreland used to be this)
*Nations that spend their lives under a boot (we're becoming this)

The most valuable (or toxic) thing an eGov leaves behind is not the Bank balance, it's the international/national perception of the community in their wake.
(yes... moneyduck believes in more than money..)

It is a current administration's responsibility to create the perception by which other nations will deal with our future administrations.


Most of eIreland's true victories have been Pyrrhic.
eIreland was a small collection of regions that were simply more trouble to occupy than they're worth.
That's who we were / how we survived. We may have to learn to survive without that perception anymore.

We formed allegiance with the much larger eBritain as equals. We all know damned well eIreland is little more than a bufferzone in eUK's larger defense strategy now.
Don't blame the Brits, not their fault eIreland cannot compose a defense. They've got their own responsibilities to deal with, far tougher situation than ours.

If the perception of eIreland truly drifts down to that of the nations assumed to be occupied,
it will be future administration's responisbility to deal with that near hopeless situation.

But it will not be their fault, that will belong to those that lead before them.