[CanGov] On Poland and Regions

Day 1,796, 09:14 • Published in Canada Canada • by Jacobi

There was a game called Top Gear once, on the SNES, that had a nitro button if you were either falling too far behind or wanted to ensure your lead. The thing I remember about the nitro in the fog that I have of my memory, is that you only wanted to use it at just the right time. Using it just when you got to a corner was a waste of something that could help you immeasurably. Honestly, I think the same of Erepublik’s NE. A great tool (though nerfed now) that has to be used at just the right time.


Eat my dust, indeed Top Gear

Some have suggested that we NE Poland, so in response I’d like to give you a sense of the strategy being employed by the current Executive and why an NE would not fit into that plan at this time.

So what’s the plan?

Canada, generally speaking, has effectively used a RW/diplomatic strategy when dealing with foreign invasions since August. The key to the release of our regions does not lie in one on one battles against a country with 7 times our active fighters and dozens of times more gold and currency at their disposal. No, our goal is to win Resistance wars while Poland is too busy fighting against other battles since, ultimately, they have no interest in Canada while diplomatically attempting to ensure that we will be able to have a Congress by the 25th.

Poland has signaled to us no specific desire to deprive us of a Congress, so our diplomatic efforts to not be tools have certainly yielded some fruits. We will keep Congress and citizens updated on these actions once the Polish NE has run its course.

Why did Poland NE us anyway?

Because we attacked their ally Spain, and it was the easiest and most direct way of preventing us from doing so. There’s no animosity or hidden agenda on either side. We attacked Spain to help Portugal, Poland helped Spain by attacking us. Nothing epic, and glad that’s the case.

As to specifically the reason why we’re not going to NE Polan😛

Because NE’s require 7 days of battles before an NE can be stopped, any NE of Poland would guarantee a wipe. That’s not to say that a wipe won’t happen without that, just that it would take the possibility of a wipe to a certainty. In return, Canadians get nothing. No significant chance to halt Polish progress, no bonus to rank points, I suppose it might help slightly for TP medals but even then I’m unsure. With such a great strategic cost with the potential ramifications of preventing a Canadian congress, the benefits of an NE proposal are far outweighed.

So what can you do? I would suggest a number of things:

1. Move to Poland. There you can fight in resistance wars, and also buy products if they’re significantly cheaper than their Canadian counterparts

2. Conserve energy bars and bazookas until/unless the Congressional situation becomes more critical.

3. Join and be involved in a Canadian government funded MU. These MUs are far more likely to be involved in coordinated efforts to have a region for Congressionals, and your chance of participating in the liberation of a Canadian region becomes higher.

Doing these things greatly increases our odds of having a Congress on the 26th which is certainly our minimum goal.

I was about to write “It’s never fun to have to deal with Poland” but I don’t think that’s necessarily true for most people. I mean, the sequence of events that we’re currently engaged in was seen not only a possible but likely occurrence so there must be a Canadian gene that makes us put ourselves in harms way for our allies.

Have to say though, that I’m glad I’m in that sort of country again. The one where fighting the good fight, trying to stay on the map in a fight for survival, using our resources and pluck to insert ourselves into world politics is noble, and can certainly be fun. Well, for me at least as long as it’s done planned and with a clear objective in mind.

We could sit up here, being innocuous, never bothering a fly, retreat behind our walls and hope and pray that none of our much larger much richer much stronger neighbors come looking our way.

I’m glad we don’t.