Thoughts on the Treaty

Day 2,648, 17:34 • Published in Netherlands Canada • by Aries Prime


There has been some discussion of the treaty with Hungary, but little has been stated by and of the current or previous governments about why we actually have a treaty. Some say for regions while others say for political maneuvering. I’m going to discuss some of my own thoughts on the treaty and the blatant lack of transparency from the government on this issue. (If you are from abroad, skip to the "My Thoughts" section)



The Government Response

Execution of the NAP

Above is a link to the congress debate on the current treaty. Because the exact statements of members are reserved to NL citizens only, I urge you all to check it out.

First the government constantly dodges any direct response to my inquires. When I ask about the reasoning behind the treaty, it is suggested by a non-government player that it is possibly due to the strength of Hungary and our seeming inability to stop them. Next, I am told that the true reasons for the treaty are classified, again by a non-government player. It takes several days for a government member to respond and the response is this: I am told Hungary gets to keep two regions because they feel life it and I should be happy.

Well, that’s interesting. Hungary gets two regions because our government said so and I have to just deal with it? Flash-forward another few hours and I finally receive a response about some vague plan that we are pushing for a third region but Hungary requires an outpost in Netherlands and we are just going to let them do so because we don’t want to fight them.

Out of these vague responses I gathered this: 1. Our government is too afraid to challenge Hungary for our regions, whether it be through negotiation or resistance. 2. If there is some kind of plan in motion, it is hardly well planned and we are supposed to just hope as citizens that things fall into place. 3. Any notion of transparency or actual stance by our government on this issue is null. They are too afraid to step up and give us a real reason for the treaty, instead telling us to deal with it.



My Thoughts on the Treaty

To me it is instantly clear that we are too scared to challenge Hungary in any sense of the word. We are too afraid to speak up at the negotiation table, too afraid to garner support for a resistance war, too afraid to stand up for ourselves.

Of course, why shouldn’t we be afraid to stand up for ourselves? No government in many months has managed to gather real allies for Netherlands, allies that will actually fight for us and care about our freedom. In fact, the last time we even had allies fighting for us and supporting us was during our wars with Norway, primarily under NoTie112’s two CP terms, all under the North Sea Protection Pact. This alliance between the UK, Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, and Denmark quickly fell apart after our wars with Norway ended, and it was largely serving the purposes of UK and Germany for protection against Asgard. Even after Poland was forcibly removed by Serbia, Hungary quickly swooped in and any allies we seemed to have appeared to turn their backs on us. It’s sad to say that we don’t have any real allies.

Now perhaps our allies never helped us because we simply laid down all arms when Hungary invaded, showing them that we were a lost cause. Or perhaps they really did turn their backs on us because they cared nothing for us. I can’t say at this time. All I can say now is that we are very much alone.

This brings us back to the purpose of the treaty. What exactly is it? This treaty is our way of attempting to play both sides of the coin. It is no wonder no one cares about us. We attempt to cater to Hungary while being friendly to “allies” who don’t appear to care what happens to us one way or another. At the end of the day all we are doing is losing all allies we once had while being occupied by a stronger force that appears to have no intention of ever leaving.

The only way to combat this downward spiral is to pick a side and stick with it. But we can’t just pick any side. We need to pick a side where loyalty actually matters. We need a side where we will fight for our allies, even if that means we are occupied from time to time, and in return they fight for us when we most need it. We haven’t had allies like that in years. There are a few paths we can take to achieve this goal, but for now I’ll let you all mull over the idea.

Aries Prime