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In a series the Ministry of Foreign Affairs likes to present foreign nations to the Norwegian public. After having dealt with Australia in our previous episode of the series, it is now time for a country which is not that different from Norway: Israel.
Flag of Israel

Society
On an international scale Israel is a small nation, however, they have about 2.5 times our population. Similarly to Norway the Isreali press is written in English which always is a hint for a diverse population.

Geography
Israel consists of 5 regions offering Fruit x2, Fish x2 and Salpeter which generates the same amounts of bonusses as they are generated in Norway. However the regions of Norway cover an area which is about 15 times bigger than that of Israel...
The coastline of Tel Aviv

Fiscal System
The Israeli standard tax income is about twice of that of Norway which is reasonable considering they have about twice our population. Work taxes are set to 3% while Value Added Tax and Import tax are generally held between 1% and 3% with the only exception being the import tax on moving tickets reaching 99%.
No seriously, it was listed in the Israel archive ...

We contacted the Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs (FreeGigi) and asked some questions about the relations between Norway, Asgard and Israel.

Could you introduce yourself to the Norwegian Community?
-Hello , my name is Alex 24 i was born in Romania and i am not a RL israeli and never been there yet , planning to go though.

Could you describe the community of Israel to the Norwegian audience?
-The community of israel is small but active and very friendly to outsiders , we are currently fighting off Pakistan to regain our territories , we managed after a long time to get all of our teritories back by diplomacy which i consider a very big accomplishment for a small country like Irael.

What is your political life like, in Israel?
-We are working all toghether for the supreme goal keepig israel on the map , no political tension at all.

Thinking of Israel a lot of armed conflicts come to our minds. Do these conflicts affect your community? I could imagine a lot of Israeli users cannot come online while serving in the army or have to go offline during missile attacks...
-Yes a lot of under 18 RL citizen play this game from israel when they go to the army they tend to leave the game and then come back 1-2 year after finishing the army so we have no oldies unfortunately they are scarce and rare to find.

Israel is currently under attack by Pakistan - could you give us the background of that war?
-Pakistan put another AS on us and like the first they will get pushed back i am fairly confident of that.

Israel is home to the MEK which even has its own party. What is the reception of that military unit in Israel and how much does it contribute to Israeli wars?
-Mek was invited to israel to help military and politcally Israel who at that time was battling with Cyprus for gaining congress, we changed that by managing to find a reason with Cyprus and get all territories back.

What are the relations of Isreal to its neighbors in this game?
-Our relationship are excellent no matter alliance or RL stuff, we are trying hard to maintain that with all our regional neighbours.

Norway isn't exactly a neighbor of Israel, but could you tell us what the Israeli society thinks about Norway and Asgard?
-Asgard is an alliance dear to my soul and I like Norway have a lot of friends from there including taulen and che kukaken, israel as community sees norway as a mirror image - a small country trying and battling to keep their integrity in the wake of the giants battling near our borders. I wish our communication will be even tighter we can always learn something from each other.

Do you have any wishes concerning the relations between Israel and Norway/Asgard?
-Maybe some joint strikes and a future MPP with Asgard and Norway.

Is there anything you would like to add?
-I would like to thank you for the opportunity of this interview

So do I, thanks for taking the time for answering the questions. It really seems our nations are not that different - and concerning the snow, I really think we have to come visit Israel to find out whether it is true...


noenting,
Directorate of Embassies
Ministry of Foreign Affairs