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The Little Nation That Could

43 Day 718, 12:32 USA
Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent.
Jonathan Swift

So a lot of you know that other nations sacrificed a lot for us during the great war. Switzerland blocked France for a number of days in order to give Canada and the US room to maneuver in an attempt to turn around the war. In the end our valiant allies were swallowed whole by the cruel Hungarians. However after buying back some regions and some tough diplomacy on their part the Swiss nation has been resurrected. However this is not the Switzerland we remember of old. The Theocrats have moved to South Korea (I hear its nice there) and a group of caring internationals and RL swiss have been left to rebuild their nation. This is where our story starts.

The People
The current President of Switzerland, Eleriel, is very ambitious about the prospects of his nation. He is working night and day to stabilize the Swiss economy, create an army and maneuvering through a difficult diplomatic situation. However this is a tough task for one person and even for a vibrant community of 150 people. The Swiss have the ambition and the plans to get their country going again but they simply do not have the means.

The Problem
The problems of the Swiss can all be traced to their current monetary crises. Essentially there is a lot of CHF (the Swiss currency) in circulation. A chunk is held by the current government, a number of goons and even a few Theocrats. This means that there is way too much CHF on the Swiss monetary market. For those of you that do not know, governments generate the bulk of their gold revenue by selling the currency they get in taxes. However due to the mass of CHF on the market the Swiss government cannot establish any reasonable peg or even sell any CHF.
This means the Swiss govt faces a sort of catch 22, they need to control the flow of CHF and set a peg, this means often they buy CHF offers to prevent the value from completely sinking. However this drains them of gold they desperately need to sign MPP's and carry out other basic govt functions.

The Solution...YOU
President Eleriel has taken a good deal of my advice on this issue and many and I am extremely optimistic about the direction Switzerland is going. Prime Minister Duncan of Canada has already offered a great deal of support to Switzerland and has asked me to advise him on how best to go about helping Switzerland. Furthermore I personally bought about 25 gold worth of CHF off of the market and plan to hold onto it till the Swiss can stabilize their currency. However the key to helping the Swiss is not President Eleriel, not a large countries government and certainly not me. The best person to help Switzerland is you. Now you may ask how you can help the Swiss,? well I have worked up a list.

1.) Donate spare change (CAD, USD, HUF .1 gold) to the Swiss National Bank, make sure it is this official one>>http://www.erepublik.com/en/organization/1596353
2.) Write articles of support for Switerland and tell your friends about this good cause.
3.) Pressure your senator or the US govt to support Switzerland, be it with economic aid or an MPP for the future.

In the time I have gotten to know the Swiss I have found them to be an amazing community. They are no different then you or me. They have shown that they will fight for us and we must be willing to look after them. The US has been blessed with immense wealth and resources, what good are these resources if we squander them on ourselves? if we can't give a few extra USD to a good cause? What message does it send to other allies that fight for us, when we can't help those weaker than us?

HAIL SWITZERLAND O7

-Gaius Julius
Friend of the Swiss (especially Domiboss)

 
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Blue Holt
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Blue Holt Day 718, 12:32

And the system works! \o/

 
Awrek
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Awrek Day 718, 12:33

second

 
Gaius Julius
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Gaius Julius Day 718, 12:33

\o/ for no more article fail!!!

 
Lieutenant Scheisskopf
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Lieutenant Scheisskopf Day 718, 12:33

There's the article!

Lt. Scheisskopf
<a href="http://www.erepublik.com/en/newspaper/stars-and-stripes-journal-191155/1" target="_blank">http://www.erepublik.com/en/newspaper/st[..]155/1</a>

 
Johnny Roberts
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Johnny Roberts Day 718, 12:33

deleted first article?
So hows the quiet life working for you Gaius?

 
JMatH
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JMatH Day 718, 12:34

woo!

 
Michael Porter
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Michael Porter Day 718, 12:36

The Swiss are cool guys. It's good to see Gaius retiring gracefully like some RL presidents do.

 
johnpauljones
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johnpauljones Day 718, 12:37

I had a swiss foreign exchange student once...

 
Gaius Julius
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Gaius Julius Day 718, 12:39

@Johnny: I sleep, I party and I actually do my work for college, so pretty awesome.

@Michael: Retired...pfff the fun is just getting started ;p

 
Afanasiy Drago
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Afanasiy Drago Day 718, 12:40

i like unicorns

 
Greene12
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Greene12 Day 718, 12:40

voted and donated

 
Lola Moreno
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Lola Moreno Day 718, 12:42

Voted

 
Oliverray
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Oliverray Day 718, 12:47

Disgusting lies...

 
DomiBoss
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DomiBoss Day 718, 12:51

LOL, Gaius, let's have a fight!

 
Fenrisulven
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Fenrisulven Day 718, 12:57

Hail Fenrisulven

 
George Armstrong Custer
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George Armstrong Custer Day 718, 13:11

done.. just donated all foreign currencies and eMerican cash to the Swiss.
think of it like Bank Of America's &quot;keep the change&quot; promotion, except this is &quot;give the change&quot; to Swizzerland.

 
Joe Lansing
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Joe Lansing Day 718, 14:39

Just donated foreign spare change to the Swiss =]

 
Bearsfan30
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Bearsfan30 Day 718, 14:41

HAIL SWITZERLAND

 
amir.organ
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amir.organ Day 718, 14:49

kiroux

 
Iamnameless
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Iamnameless Day 718, 14:59

Good enough for me.

Go eUSA!

 
Aurelius Ambrosius
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Aurelius Ambrosius Day 718, 15:27

For Switzerland!

 
JeepAmerica
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JeepAmerica Day 718, 15:30

Switzerland is cool, and I'm up for helping them.

 
Eugene Harlot
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Eugene Harlot Day 718, 15:31

Switzerland is a bro

 
White Shadow
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White Shadow Day 718, 15:41

&quot;cruel Hungarians&quot;

Cruel:-D Switzerland was in the hands of the Theocrats. They attacked our ally. We occupied them and the TheocRATs chose a new home. Now Switzerland has a real Swiss president. Win-win situation.

 
William Duncan
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William Duncan Day 718, 16:48

VOTE.

 
maple123
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maple123 Day 718, 17:06

Voted and donated

 
maple123
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maple123 Day 718, 17:08

Voted and donated

 
Jiosen
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Jiosen Day 718, 19:09

SWITZERLANDMAXX!

 
Repulsion Cronnery
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Repulsion Cronnery Day 718, 19:37

Aye, Switzerland citizens and Eleriel, I wish you luck, I am a new citizen, and I have yet to 'stabilize' my finances and such but when I do, expect me to try to help. I have yet to find out how to make articles, although I am pretty sure you got to buy a newspaper so I unfortunately cannot.. *Blushes* But hopefully, I will soon.
Hail Schweiz!

 
Hannibal2701
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Hannibal2701 Day 718, 21:02

Switzerland has my support.

 
Quicksilver
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Quicksilver Day 718, 22:26

DomiBoss is no Swiss.

 
Cadallion Quaide
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Cadallion Quaide Day 719, 07:53

I lived in Switzerland for four months this year!

HOP SCHWEIZ!

 
Ubiquity
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Ubiquity Day 719, 12:17

hot

 
Padraig_Pearse
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Padraig_Pearse Day 719, 12:22

Ireland supports Eden/ bro

 
JNArno
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JNArno Day 719, 12:32

Thanks a lot eUSA!
Long live to our friendship!!

 
Altarion
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Altarion Day 719, 15:22

just moved to Switzerland to help out, great article.

 
Mumbly
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Mumbly Day 719, 20:17

if i donate to Switzerland will all the switzerland women show me their boobies?

just sayin'

 
Blotto Badger
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Blotto Badger Day 719, 20:39

Donated and Voted.

 
Josh Nicholson
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Josh Nicholson Day 719, 21:02

Voted and donated.

 
Claudius Caesar
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Claudius Caesar Day 720, 03:22

PEACE propaganda.

 
wapu
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wapu Day 720, 06:18

Voted and bought me some CHF I will be holding for a long time with my Free Gold from the incentive program. I clicked Skip/pass/No Thanks 1,000 times so the Swiss can control their own destiny!

 
Joey the Redd
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Joey the Redd Day 720, 06:41

Donated all my money and gold

 
EddyMcK
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EddyMcK Day 720, 08:54

ANNEX SWITZERLAND

 
Liridona
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Liridona Day 740, 11:51

I can't wait to see what happens next!