Norway and Sweden sign treaty
Day 98, 17:48
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by Veritas Aequitas
On February 25th, 97th Erepublik day, Sweden and Norway signed a non-aggression treaty. Norway parts from the Northern Alliance (NA)
The presidents of the two scandinavian countries, Carradine and Kim, signed the pact late, monday night. Right after the treaty was signed Norway officially left the NA, turning their back against nations such as England, Russia and Ireland, to mention a few.
It's a mutual non-acression pact, but rumor has it, the bond between the two might grow stronger in the near future. The alliance partners in NA dismissed the act, stating it's a sign of Norway's submissive stance toward Sweden, something the norwegian government strongly denies. A treaty based on reciprocal respect, are the guiding principles between the two powerful nations.
The general opinon in Sweden is pro-alliance with Norway, but opponents raise their voices as well. At 'Pro Deo et Rege' we welcome a future unification between the two nations. We also honor Norways resignation from the loathsome Northern Alliance.
We bid you welcome, norwegian brothers and sisters.
The presidents of the two scandinavian countries, Carradine and Kim, signed the pact late, monday night. Right after the treaty was signed Norway officially left the NA, turning their back against nations such as England, Russia and Ireland, to mention a few.
It's a mutual non-acression pact, but rumor has it, the bond between the two might grow stronger in the near future. The alliance partners in NA dismissed the act, stating it's a sign of Norway's submissive stance toward Sweden, something the norwegian government strongly denies. A treaty based on reciprocal respect, are the guiding principles between the two powerful nations.
The general opinon in Sweden is pro-alliance with Norway, but opponents raise their voices as well. At 'Pro Deo et Rege' we welcome a future unification between the two nations. We also honor Norways resignation from the loathsome Northern Alliance.
We bid you welcome, norwegian brothers and sisters.
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Blir nog bra,
Well, Norway did drive a wedge into the NA by leaving the alliance.
\"We also honor Norways resignation from the loathsome Northern Alliance\" - ??? what was loathsome about the NA?
The alliance, in itself, constitute a threat against the Erepublik of Sweden. Indeed, as a balance of power in Europe, it could reduce the risk of small nations falling under the control of more powerful ones but the immediate threat of a full scale war on different fronts, that would be devastating to our nation, was imminent.
The NA was never popular or trusted by the general public and the alliance was described as \"a conspiracy against Sweden\". A quote from you that circulated the in the press was \"...we\'ll have a much better chance of taking Sweden down together\" and, as you may understand, it didn\'t make it hard for us to form our opinion about the NA.
On top of this intelligence reports also reported that the NA considered offensive stance agains other european nations.
Maybe the word \'loathsome\' is a bit rich, but from our point of view not completely a statement that is pure invention.
Well, the NA was mainly formed in response to the aggressive noises being made several Swedish citizens. Whilst no aggressive actions have been made by your government I work on the principle that we should hope for the best but be prepared for the worst. Given your size and proximity \'the worst\' meant an invasion by Sweden. If Sweden did decide to invade Norway then our best hope of helping Norway would be to join the fight against Sweden rather than waiting for Norway to fall and then us being next. Whoever your \'spies\' are in our forums they are being very selective about what bits they choose to release to the wider population, a more accurate reference to what I\'ve said would have been \"IF Sweden attacks Norway we have a much better chance...\"
But what your \'spies\' are doing makes sense, if you want to stoke up a war rhetoric then being selective about what I\'ve said in various hypothetical scenarios is an easy way to make it look like there is a conspiracy against Sweden. We\'ve looked through various \'what if\' scenarios and if you wanted to take snap-shots of those conversations you could make it look like we have any kind of \'conspiracy\' you want.
And if the NA has considered an offensive stance against other nations then that\'s news to me! But then perhaps you know more about our intentions than we do!
\"the immediate threat of a full scale war on different fronts, that would be devastating to our nation, was imminent\" only if that war was STARTED BY YOU!
In the UK our only objective has been to try and find ways to protect countries from being overwhelmed by nations far stronger than they are. We\'ll do what is in our power to stand up to bullies! (not that I\'m saying you ARE a bully but you could be if you want to be)
No, Kaleb. I do not intend to stir up a conversation based on war rhetoric. You definately have a point when it comes to the \'cut-n-paste\' quotes being handed out to the public. Of course we\'re under some form of propaganda, that\'s inevitable. We live in the pre-war times and the nations haven\'t shown their real faces yet.
Due to the noise created by all the newspaper spammers it hard to find all relevant information that is released but is there a official statement from the NA about Norway\'s resignation and your thoughts about it?
Well I think it\'s far from \'honourable\' as you\'ve said in your article. The main purpose and activity of the NA over the last month has been trying to find ways in which we could protect NORWAY from a *potential* attack from Sweden. It\'s not that we were expecting an attack just that Sweden was the only country we needed to worry about. Despite all these effort to HELP Norway Kim never even bothered to join the NA forum and take part in discussions. When he finally made his one post this was what he said about the vote were having on Sweden joining: \"Norway votes no. We can\'t trust Sweden and we need a factor of fear to keep our military growing to defend ourselves.\"
A week later they quit the NA and make an alliance with Sweden. This after previously threatening to leave the NA if the rest of us accepted Sweden in the alliance.
Honourable you say? Don\'t make me laugh. Oh well, in about 3 days Norway will have a new government of more trustworthy types I hope (who don\'t have 70 clones in their party for a start). We won\'t hold the actions of the past government against any new government that might win in Norway.
As the President of Russia I have consistently stated that Russia wants peace, and I have even expressed that to President Carradine and other representatives of the Swedish Press. We joined the the Northern Alliance in hopes that it would serve as a deterent to the vocal minority of Swedish warmongers. We even considered allowing Sweden to join the Northern Alliance, but Sweden\'s admission was held up primarily by their new allies -- Norway who threatened to pull out of the alliance if Sweden was admitted, and voted \"no\" to Sweden\'s admission. My advice to Sweden is \"watch your back.\" After how Norway acted in regards to the Northern Alliance, I doubt that Sweden can completely trust Norway.