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I think the ejapan comment is being taken out of context now. It was obviously a joke. I know Vikta's demeanor in IRC and forums. He is sarcastic and witty.

This reeks of an attempt from the opposing side to air out some dirty laundry.

Vikta is a strong leader and would serve this union in a great capacity. He is responsible for much of it's growth which is jokingly being cast aside like it is no big deal.

I honestly did not expect such an article from a standing PM that would stoop to levels of calling ideas a "grand vision" as in a fear tactic to scare people into voting the other way.

Reminds me of the politics I see in the real US.

This isn't just about the eJapan comment, but if you want to make it so, yes, I realize that was a joke. However, I also engaged in talks with Vikta (as well as multiple others) for pretty much all of yesterday. I don't have the logs to undoubtedly prove anything, and he was obviously very hesitant to make any definite statements due to the election situation, but I can say with a fair amount of confidence that if he was in my shoes there is a good chance he would have made the decision to invade quickly and without doing sufficient analyzation of the situation. The crux of this assertion was that he, in all seriousness, asked Nagyzee and I what the alternative to invading eJapan was. Logically, if you cannot see the alternative to something, you will not consider it as a choice. Consider this a fear tactic with no evidence if you would like, Nagyzee and I can both attest that this actually happened. Vikta would hopefully surround himself with good advisors in that situation, because if he did not, we would frankly be making an unnecessarily rushed decision.

If you think this is airing dirty laundry, we haven't even gotten though a sizable portion yet, and I quite frankly don't even want to go there. I call his platform a "grand vision" because it is a grand vision. That is the way it's set up, and that's not necessarily a bad thing, as long as he is aware of what he can and can't do in so much time. Yes, he is responsible for much of our growth with the baby booms, but that's no reason to just hand him the keys by default, and that's the point of this article. I really don't want things to get ugly, and I was trying to be graceful about this, but if we want to send this to Hell and back then I'm along for the ride.

Knowing Vikta as I do, I find him to be a rational person. I can say undoubtedly, that he would not get this union into a situation where we would regret being there.

The fact you will go into a rant about further "dirty laundry" you have, only to leave a lingering wonder in the air about what it could be, shows such unbecoming behavior of a leader of a country.

Belittling achievements is not a way to make yourself look better.

I'm not belittling anything Vikta has done. Vikta has done a lot for the union, is immensely likeable, and garners a lot of respect from me and other members of the DAP. Just because Vikta has done all this, however, does not mean I am totally blind to his flaws, as you seem to be. Yes, Vikta is usually rational, but he can also be fairly impulsive and an outside observer can wonder what the hell just happened. I have also gotten a few complaints that he has left people hanging for days waiting for moving tickets as MoD, and recently his job-related capacities have somewhat blown to the wayside. If you don't understand the difference between an honest concern and a personal attack then I'm not sure what I can say other than drop out and hail Vikta that will please you.

I'm not asking you to drop out or hail Vikta. Obviously, no one is perfect or even close to so. But to go on the defensive and negative stance as the standing PM instead of a positive run against a worthy opponent makes things look bad for our country as a whole.

As I said before, reminds me of RL US politics, where candidates are working for voters who are voting for who is the least dangerous to have in office. I don't want to see this turn into an election about who is least harmful to FRoSEA because all that tells me is that we don't plan on growing, we plan on defending what we already have. Against who? I am not sure.

"I don't want to see this turn into an election about who is least harmful to FRoSEA because all that tells me is that we don't plan on growing, we plan on defending what we already have. Against who? I am not sure."

I honestly appreciate this statement, and I thank you for bringing up a true and legitimate point. I expressed this very sentiment myself with my advisors yesterday.

I believe that when you get too eager to grow and get more people, the needed infrastructure for the nation changes too quickly to adapt with sufficient fidelity to keep us ahead of the pack. Our government structures are too good for me to consider busting out of them by growing too fast. I have considered it a top priority to maintain our excellent government structures created by the Nagyzee and first Vikta admins, while making little changes along the way as necessitated by our rapid growth. We have already grown considerably above average in my administration, and I as well as many others are personally concerned Vikta wants too much too soon. To some degree, I am frustrated by the prospect that all this hard work we have built up over many months can be destroyed in the attempt to grow even faster than we have already been growing (which is not bad at all). I am not anti-growth, I just think Vikta is frankly too obsessed with the concept and things will be sacrificed for no reason as a result. I would rather be in a country of 1,300 with awesome government than 4,000 with crappy government. After all, there are still plenty of countries bigger than that.

To be honest I was not satisfied with the reactions of virtually any leaders of the union in this Alfagrem RW crisis with very few exceptions (Thingol and Gustavius but he then ruined it by going open with things he shouldn't have). Altogether it was one big disappointment.

I'd like to see people in leadership:
- who are cool headed and are not taken away by emotions
- who can assess situations realistically and decide pragmatically
- who think through carefully each alternative's short and long term possible consequences
- and who understand the importance of secrecy (!!)

@ Badlands

I can understand the hesitation in wanting to grow too quickly as it could burst open the seams of our current government in the attempts to keep order and flow.

As we have been seeing, the newcomers, although large in numbers are not large in voice. We have not gotten many new faces in the media or articles. I think efforts to assimilate them into the social aspect of the country should be a major effort. I am not sure of the current program to reduce attrition but I think that if we are going to slow the flow of new people we should be bringing up efforts to maintain and increase our "active" numbers.

@Nagyzee

I think that in some ways the whole situation was blown out of proportion. In addition there was a lack of candor reception and everything was taken all too seriously.

The points you make are correct. We do need someone in charge who is able to assess and react instead of reacting and then assessing.

I absolutely agree that eFRoSEA should elect a leader that is cool and not taken away by emotions while making decisions and statements.

Invading eJapan is a nono. Even though we would win, it's just not nice 😛 Also, I think that Vikta would just run out of money. I agree with you on that 4000 is too much. GL on the elections, Badlands