[Abrivianius] On Germany And Its Role In Future International Politics [ENG/DE]
Habraka Abrivianius
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Now with German translation! Many thanks to HuCard for providing the translation to this lengthy article 🙂
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Citizens of Germany,
We live in a time of turmoil. Chaos, uncertainty, civil strife, plundering and destruction. And we, the German people, are at the centre of this turmoil. Barely a month ago, our country was completely and utterly devastated and wiped from the face of the world by our treacherous neighbours and former allies Sweden and Poland. The hungry wolfs trying to devour innocent Germany in a seemingly endless flood of espionage, infiltration, manipulation, deceit, betrayal and aggression. Soon after the first blow was struck, the vultures that listen to the names Romania, Croatia, Finland and the United States smelled the sent of the dying carcass of our beloved country, and as soon as all hope seemed lost, and all attempts to save Germany from disaster faded, they came in and fed from our regions, our companies and our hope, till their wings could no longer carry them, as so fat they had become, their greed preventing them from stopping when they were full. They continued feeding as there was no tomorrow.
The wolfs and the vultures took a lot from us, Germans. They took our regions, they took our companies, they took our hospitals, they took our gold, they even took our President. All in an attempt to destroy the proud German spirit. Today, two months after the initial assaults on Mecklenburg, Schleswig-Holstein and Brandenburg, after the devastating defeat the 8th of June where no single German flag could be found on the world map, Germany is still here.
Despite overwhelming forces coming down to Schleswig-Holstein, Brandenburg and Bavaria, Germany has managed to regain their High Grain regions. Despite the numerous attempts to take over our Congress and Presidential Office, Germany has a strong and active Congress, with a President that managed to turn our country from a simple collection of wandering nomads with no place to call home, to the Germany that has regained almost all of it's original regions, and beyond. We have rebuild the Hospitals our enemies destroyed, we have regained most of our industrial capacity, we have regained our sense of pride and hope for a better and brighter future.
Off course, we owe a lot of this to our allies, Canada, Japan, Hungary, France, Italy, Brazil, Indonesia, the citizens of the United Kingdom and the citizens of the United States, the citizens of Spain, our friends in South Africa and Australia, and many others. Some say we could never have won on our own, and therefore, we are weak. They say we are weak because literally tens of thousands of citizens poured thousands of gold in the defence, recapture and rebuilding of the German Sovereign Republic.
I say this is our biggest strength! We have many friends, scattered in regions and countries all over the world, and our struggle has motivated them to unite for a single cause, the liberation of the German people. We have managed to motivate citizens, businessmen and soldiers alike, sometimes with support of their respective governments, sometimes against the wishes of their superiors, and we have managed to guide all their effort and energy into a cause which effects still linger on today.
The world has changed, since Sweden, Poland and their allies have invaded the fertile German farms. ATLANTIS, and to some degree, PEACE, have started to disappear, their influence waning, making place for smaller, regional alliances to flourish. But make no mistake, Sweden, Poland, the United States, Romania, and their allies are still here, all be it under another name. They are still a very real threat, and they have proven before they will stop at nothing to achieve their goals, so why would we assume that will be any different in the future?
Therefore, I suggest Germany takes a leading role in the creation of a defensive alliance between like-minded countries, where every country has an equal voice, no matter small or big, weak or strong, populous or not. An alliance that defends the sovereignity of all nations, an alliance that strives to maintain independence, not alone for member nations but for all nations of The New World. All around us, our enemies are gathering, uniting, organising, moves that threaten not only our sovereignity and security, but also that of old friends and enemies alike. I think of the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic, Denmark, The Netherlands, Austria, Ireland, Norway and the Baltic States. Most of us have the same goals in mind, and face the same threats, directly or indirectly.
Germany has the ability of helping establish and maintain a long lasting relation between a lot of European countries, not only due to our geographical location in the heart of the European continent, but also as probably the only country in the whole New World that has witnessed invasion, destruction and rebirth so many times in it's history. We know what it's like to be on the receiving end of superpowers, and we want to prevent this abuse happening from other small and weaker countries all around the world.
We, the German people, the German businessmen, the German soldiers and German politicians, can achieve that goal. The goal of uniting the oppressed and abused into one single power to be reckoned with. A power, a coalition of many that can oppose superpowers like the United States or Romania.
People like me can provide the words, propaganda or motivational speeches, call it how you like, but it is up to each and every one of you who reads this to act. Make friends in other countries, talk to your local politicians, do business and work with people around you and abroad, in short, socialise, create bonds and start working together. Start building alliances from the ground up, lay the ground work for the politicians to work with.
And history will say this alliance is build by it's citizens, for it's citizens.
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Bürger Deutschlands,
Wir leben in einer unruhigen Zeit. Chaos, Unsicherheit, Plünderungen und Zerstörung. Und wir, das deutsche Volk, befinden uns im Zentrum dieses Aufruhrs. Vor nicht gerade einmal einem Monat war unser Land vollständig zerstört und von unseren verräterischen Nachbarn Schweden und Polen gnadenlos vom Antlitz der Welt entfernt. Die hungrigen Wölfe die versuchen, das unschuldige Deutschland in einer scheinbar endlosen Flut von Spionage, Infiltration, Manipulation, Verrat, Hintergehen und Aggression zu verschlingen. Kurz nachdem der erste Treffer landete, nahmen die Geier die auf die Namen Rumänien, Kroatien, Finnland und Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika hören den Gestank des sterbenden Leichnams unseres geliebten Staates auf, und als alle Hoffnung erloschen schien und alle Versuche Deutschland vor dem Untergang zu bewahren sich auflösten zogen sie an und fraßen von unseren Regionen, unseren Unternehmen, und unserer Hoffnung, bis ihre Flügel sie nicht mehr tragen konnten so fett wie sie geworden waren, da ihre Gier ihnen entsagte aufzuhören, wenn sie gesättigt waren. Sie fraßen fort als gäbe es kein Morgen.
Die Wölfe und die Geier nahmen viel von uns, Deutsche. Sie nahmen uns unsere Regionen, sie nahmen uns unsere Unternehmen, sie nahmen uns unsere Krankenhäuser, sie nahmen uns unser Gold, sie nahmen uns gar unseren Bundespräsidenten. All dies in der Absicht, den stolzen deutschen Geist zu vernichten. Heute, zwei Monate nach den ursprünglichen Übergriffen auf Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Schleswig-Holstein und Brandenburg, nach dem zerschmetternden Verlust am achten Juni, nachdem kein einziges deutsches Banner mehr auf dieser Welt wehte, war Deutschland dennoch immer noch da.
Den übermächtigen, von Schleswig-Holstein, Brandenburg, und Bayern strömenden Gewalten trotzend hat Deutschland es vollbracht, seine Kornkammern wieder zurück zu erobern. Obwohl vielmals versucht wurde, unseren Bundestag und unser Präsidentenamt zu übernehmen, hat Deutschland einen starken und aktiven Kongress, mit einem Präsidenten der es geschafft hat unser Land von einer einfachen Sammlung umherwandernder Nomaden, ohne einen Ort den sie ihr Zuhause nennen könnten, wieder in das Deutschland welches erneut im Besitz fast aller seiner Regionen (und mehr) ist zu verwandeln.
Wir haben die vom Feind zerstörten Krankenhäuser wiederaufgebaut, wir haben den Großteil unser industriellen Kapazität wiedergewonnen, und wir haben unseren Sinn für Stolz und Hoffnung auf eine bessere und prächtigere Zukunft zurückerlangt.
Natürlich verdanken wir viel davon unseren Verbündeten: Kanada, Japan, Ungarn, Frankreich, Italien, Brasilien, Indonesien, den Bürgern des Vereinigten Königreiches und den Bürgern der Vereinigten Staaten, den Bürgern Spaniens, unseren Freunden in Südafrika und Australien, und vielen weiteren. Manche behaupten, dass wir schwach sind da wir auf uns allein gestellt nie hätten gewinnen können. Sie sagen wir seien schwach, da wahrlich zehntausende unserer Bürger tausende Goldbarren in die Verteidigung, die Zurückeroberung und den Wiederaufbau der unabhängigen deutschen Republik investiert haben.
Ich behaupte, dies ist unsere größte Stärke! Wir haben viele Freunde verteilt in Regionen und Ländern überall auf der Welt, und unser Kampf trieb sie dazu sich für einen Zweck zu vereinen - die Befreiung des deutschen Volkes. Wir haben es geschafft, Bürger wie Unternehmer und Soldaten gleichsam zu motivieren, manchmal mit der Unterstützung ihrer jeweiligen Regierungen, manchmal gegen die Wünsche ihrer Vorgesetzten, und wir haben es vollbracht, all ihre Bemühungen und Energie zu einem Ziel zusammenzuführen, einem Zweck, dessen Effekte bis heute spürbar sind.
Die Welt hat sich verändert seit Schweden, Polen, und ihre Verbündeten die fruchtbaren deutschen Bauernhöfe überfallen haben. ATLANTIS, und zu einem gewissen Grad auch PEACE, haben angefangen zu verschwinden; und mir dem Schwächeln ihres Einflusses haben sie so einen Platz geschaffen, an dem kleinere, regionale Allianzen aufblühen können. Aber macht keinen Fehler; Schweden, Polen, die Vereinigten Staaten, Rumänien, und ihre Verbündeten sind immer noch da, sei es auch unter anderen Namen. Sie sind immer noch eine ernst zunehmende Bedrohung, und sie haben bewiesen, dass sie vor nichts halt machen um ihre Ziele zu erreichen; warum sollen wir also annehmen, dass es in Zukunft anders sei?
Darum schlage ich vor, dass Deutschland eine führende Rolle in der Schaffung einer defensiven Allianz zwischen gleichgesinnten Ländern einnimmt, in der alle Staaten eine gleichwertige Stimme besitzen, ungeachtet ihrer Größe oder Kleinheit, Stärke oder Schwäche, oder des Umfangs ihrer Bevölkerung. Eine Allianz, die die Unabhängigkeit aller Nationen verteidigt; nicht nur die der Mitgliedstaaten, sondern die aller Nationen der Neuen Welt. Überall um uns herum sammeln sich die Feinde, vereinigen und organisieren sich - Züge, die nicht nur unsere Unabhängigkeit und Sicherheit bedrohen, sondern auch die alter Freunde und Feinde gleichermaßen. Ich denke da an Großbritannien, Tschechien, Dänemark, die Niederlande, Österreich, Irland, Norwegen, und die baltischen Staaten. Die meisten von uns haben die gleichen Ziele vor Augen und schauen ins Antlitz derselben Bedrohungen, direkt oder indirekt.
Deutschland hat die Möglichkeit, eine lang anhaltende Beziehung zwischen vielen europäischen Staaten zu knüpfen, nicht nur aufgrund unserer geografischen Lage im Herz des europäischen Kontinents, sondern auch als wahrscheinlich das einzige Land in der gesamten neuen Welt, das Invasion, Zerstörung, und Wiedergeburt so oft in seiner Geschichte erlebt hat. Wir wissen wie es ist auf der einsteckenden Seite von Großmächten zu stehen, und wir möchten, dass diese Misshandlung anderen kleinen und schwachen Ländern überall auf der Welt erspart bleibt.
Wir, das deutsche Volk, die deutschen Unternehmer, die deutschen Soldaten und die deutschen Politiker können dieses Ziel erreichen. Das Ziel, die Unterdrückten und Misshandelten zu einer ernst zunehmenden Kraft zu vereinen. Eine Macht, eine Koalition vieler, die Großmächten wie den USA oder Rumänien trotzen kann.
Leute wie ich können die Worte, Propaganda, oder motivierenden Ansprachen, wie immer ihr es auch nennen mögt, liefern, aber es ist in der Hand von jedem einzelnen von euch der dies hier liest zu handeln. Knüpft Freundschaften in anderen Ländern, sprecht mit euren lokalen Politikern, macht Geschäften und arbeitet mit Leuten um euch herum und weiter weg; kurz, seid sozial, formt Bande, und fangt an, zusammenzuarbeiten. Beginnt, Allianzen von Grund auf aufzubauen, legt den Grundstein, auf dem Politiker weiter aufbauen können.
Und die Geschichte wird niederschreiben, dass diese Allianz bei ihren Bürgern für ihre Bürger geschaffen wurde.
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Comments
much ado about nothing
Get out
In all seriousness though a regional alliance set up similarly to AHA and under the dominion (afaik) of PEACE is already being discussed, but I have only heard bits and pieces about this.
A noble vision, but I suspect it shall be obscured by the coming war.
@ Jim Beam
Who are you again?
@ Justin Tyme
A regional alliance, where? Europe? Central-Europe? From reading your comment, I assume Germany hasn't got much to do with it, otherwise you as Minister of Foreign Affairs would certainly know about it, I think.
@ Franz Kafka
There has been talk for such an alliance for at least four months, and I do not expect it to be formed and fully establish in one day. The process of forming a strong and lasting alliance takes a long while, especially if you want it to be fully operational on all levels. Everyone has to do his/her part, and with time and patience we will get there.
Yes, they are indeed Justin. @Habraka... A moment later today please?
@habraka - don't disagree with you. I was simply pointing out that it ain't gonna be easy.
We've already tried this before with the ESA, as you're aware of Habraka. It never took off despite having a couple meetings with representatives from like a dozen European nations. The current power structure is fine the way it is, and people are fine being a part of it. I would personally like Germany to join PEACE.
very interesting article, Ive voted and subscribed.
There are too many players in eGermany who are content being somebody's doormat, Habraka. And, given the community's small size it probably can't aspire to much more at this point anyway. Aside from growing the total number of German players it would be a good idea to try to unite eGermans. However, the opposite has been happening since we went out a few weeks ago. The community is more divided and fractured than ever before. And, sadly, not only do I expect this trend to continue but I think it is, to a fair extent, actually irreversible.
P.S. Voted, of course. The effort alone going into an article like this deserves a vote, and some of the one liners posted here are sadly disrespectful of this.
Remember you have a friend in eSweden.
Also, pay attention to the Danes, they might rally support rally support to throw you out from their home land, eGermany is an occupation nation. Occupying more regions on foreign ground than Sweden and Poland combined.
Virginity
Cuteness
Innocence
eSWEDEN!
A lot of talk coming from someone who fled your people to join the US Marines.
directed @chicco
@Justin Time, the ESA was not realistic. It was suposed to fail.
Zhe ESA was based on getting members were was in ATLANTIS and PEACE too. This cant work. Only ONE Membership. No more no less. Everything else is not realistic and cant work.
@Misho: löl
@JT: My departure is a mere symptom of the disease. And fortunately you can't censor these threads the way you censor the IRC, as I'm sure you would if you could.
Well Rotfuchs this new alliance that is being discussed will supposedly all have either neutral or PEACE nations, so it should have a better shot.
@Chicco, what are you even talking about, I don't even have op in the IRC.
@JT: Well I am talking about you as part of this government. No offense intended to you personally.
AGE - Alliance of Greater Europe.
Someday.. someday..
Swedish Air force
German Tanks
British Navy
Well today people in eSweden can't say British without spit twice afterwards but things use to change with time. Just look at me, I had hair on my head and a cigar my mouth before. Now I'm bold and have quit smoking.
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/-peace-the-future-of-the-usa-855017/1/all" target="_blank">http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/-pea[..]1/all VOTE VOTE VOTE PEACE !
Reading ur comments I have a feeling that u ppl are teared between Erep on one and the RL on the other side. Get a grip, forget about the RL otherwise ull never be able to practice creative and open minded politics here. It's sad to see fellow countrymen so disunited without a clear vision. Unite urself first, don't worry about ur friends, they'll be ready when u are.
Interesting idea, but we can't do it yet.
There simply isn't the need for a new alliance right now. Mind, I would love a new alliance for protection, but if we do it now, it comes down to two options:
(1) We become a client alliance of PEACE, which would be pointless overall (If we want to do that, then joining PEACE outright makes more sense)
(2) We make an alliance that is not part of PEACE. Without PEACE support, we would doubtless be attacked by the forces of Eden, and we would have a very hard fight without PEACE helping and without the MPPs ready (If Estonia and Latvia and maybe the UK and Canada/USA helped, we would have a chance of MAYBE winning), we would be stomped.
voted. erepublik is supposed to be a social interaction game; building networks of friends should be the norm.
Sounds weird, I don't see how this could work. I'd just vote for joining PEACE instead. (When we *finally* join their wargames, I'll also return to Germany. It is just awful to not have training battles, so I stay in Argentinia until then.)
Hmm. Well from the way it looks, I think PEACE may split into some European subdivision and the current AHA, with perhaps Indonesia added on. Either way, the European segment would be dominated by Hungary and perhaps Serbia, and the AHA would be dominated by Indonesia(?) and Brazil.
Sadly, the hopes of an alliance where all are equals is sadly unrealizable even in a game. Unless every nation is equally powerless, one will dominate. I mean, Look at NATO (U.S.A Dominated) or look at the former Warsaw Pact (Obviously U.S.S.R dominated). Its a good purpose, but I doubt it will happen.
However, if we get a babyboom, we could be in a dominating position...? 😃
Now with German translation, thanks to HuCard 😉.
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Oops, I noticed I made a mistake: "und die Geschichte wir niederschreiben" should be "und die Geschichte wird niederschreiben". Sorry, I've got a slight cold and don't function perfectly today. 😛
Voted.
I disagree that the USA is a superpower. It's a moderate power country with loads of citizens, and it only has a say as people think 'The USA is the most powerful country in the real world [questionable in this decade, the UK, Russia, France and China all have a big say due to their interests in global politics] so they're automatically a power here.' It tanks weak citizens.
Otherwise, this is an excellent article.
Only in Germany is claiming back the homeland apparently conquering the whole world, since when was Jutland part of the German empire, this seems like we got those fantastic natzies back again and Im wondering what we will hear next, is it maby lebensraum to the east thats gonna be shouted by der fuhrer next time and do we have another ultimate solution comming up?
@ Sigmatico
Since you only joined the New World just today, I do not expect for you to possibly understand or know the series of events that go back since the introduction of the war module, that have lead us to this specific moment in time. I suggest you read up on Germany's and Central Europe's history on the eRepublik wiki, and the wiki pages of the people involved over the past year or so. Only then you will begin to understand the delicate differences of what you think is happening, and what has really transpired.
Also, I would like to remind you that this is a game, and not real life. Any events or the history surrounding those events that have occurred in real life, have nothing to do with what happens here, in this game. Therefore, anything related to subjects as 'lebensraum' or 'final solution' have absolutely no meaning here, and only prove your in game youth.
One important feature of this game is the ability for countries to expand their territory due to warfare. A lot of countries, ranging from Brazil, Indonesia, Romania, Sweden, Poland, the US, Spain, the UK, Portugal, Italy, Hungary, Croatia, Turkey, Pakistan, and many others are engaged in a daily struggle to conquer regions from their enemies, and thus expand their own power and influence in the international political scene. If we were to allow to have real life history influence the 'morality' of expanding one's territory, not many countries would be allowed to expand following your logic.
In real life, many countries have committed atrocities towards their neighbours and/or enemies. The very reason a lot of us are playing eRepublik, a game, is to try and write our own history, make up our own destiny and that of our country, without having to suffer the consequences of the mistakes our ancestors made in the past.
This is truly a New World, let us treat it like that.
Go home brainwashed German! Shoo!
@ Lackfi
That player is new, and has no clue what he is talking about. We were all like that when we first started, we all made mistakes, and we all had to learn from them. Many months from now, that player might very well become President of Germany, or be very important or influential in this game. Let us try our best to educate the younger ones, and nourish their potential 😉.