[Voice of Asteria] A French Ordeal
Asteria HQ
Since the CODE demolition of France’s core regions, Asteria has always respected France’s neutral position. Whilst the trusted columns of Asterian power lay in ruins and planned their return from nothing, we acknowledged and accepted that not all countries could be expected to withstand the lure of security. Some may say that the price of such security was too much, but in the core of HQ we acknowledged and accepted that there would be friends who would succumb and leave us at our time of greatest need. To quote from a film, It wasn’t personal, it was just good business. Thanks to this change in allegiance, with the eWorld engulfed in war France enjoyed unthreatened territorial integrity and safe TW farming. However, this did not come without a price. CODE took advantage of this on several occasions, by using France to block Asterian movements on the map and thus protect CODE as the tide of battles started to change. The governments and soldiers of Asteria were coordinating. The governments of France were feigning ignorance and claiming neutrality.
Until this point, the overriding feeling within Asteria HQ was that the actions of the vocal few, should not change our feelings towards the many who had shared in our previous glory. This changed when French government officials fought against Asteria. Each time, these individuals were “fired” but magically reassigned to their positions the next month. In truth, ever since the referendum declaring neutrality, French government has been anything but neutral. CODE took advantage of positioning and movement on French cores for attacks towards Asteria - they used borders to get initiative via laws and invaded neighbouring countries. French officials were asked many times to refrain from allowing CODE countries on Asterian borders, yet they always allowed such movement when it served CODE agenda. In essence, the governments of France, tasked with serving the people of France, turned France into a CODE puppet state that would do the bidding of their masters. They used the “liberation” as a facade to enslave the nation. The neutrality that was meant to usher in an age of independence, made the country even more dependent. In truth, I assume that they actively allowed it, because the alternative, that a sovereign French government had no choice in the matter, would make this whole story even more depressing. Should that one day turn out to be the case, I think it will be a sad day for all in France.
We tried to maintain friendly relations with France, respect the choice of the people of France, and maintain at least cordial official relations. Whilst we were respecting their neutrality, and agreeing to some Asteria or pro-Asteria TWs for France to maintain the neutrality they claimed they wanted to uphold, the same core individuals went behind our backs and cooperated with CODE.
The same individuals organized several referendums, gleefully announced their allegiance to CODE, yet when they finally managed to get the result they wanted, they did not want to enter the alliance and left France in limbo - a pro-CODE puppet that has outlived its use. Asteria has never harbored hatred towards France. The current situation is a consequence of actions taken by the political elite that has been leading the country since the declaration of neutrality. Originally my plan was to say that things are never too late. Then, France completed the ultimate betrayal. They tanked hard against Bulgaria, and Macedonia, the biggest voices of French support within the proAsteria family. In fact, to see France fighting for Croatia, against Bulgaria, was personally one of the darkest of my days on eRepublik. Things may change again, who knows. But what I can say for now, is that the entrance of France into CODE is not a recent decision. This was a decision taken at the height of CODEs power, so that the same people who fought so hard against France’s oldest friends, could maintain their gold income.
Anyone who claims there was a genuine effort to remain neutral is lying.
Anyone who claims Asteria gave France no choice is lying.
I would hope that anyone who says France sold their history and friends in exchange for some gold and tuesday epics is also lying, but from my perspective, that is exactly what your core power base has done. Here is hoping that one day things can change.
Secretary of Foreign Affairs,
Emrace
Comments
No mercy for Fr!
traitors die alone
No, traitors are very welcomed in the game. See Italy, China, etc...
Italy switched to the then losing side after a long period of neutrality or at least ambivalence towards Asteria and Code.
France surrendered - nothing new under the sun - after two weeks of war for a bunch of TWs.
Italy neutral ? Oh I mist this period 🙁
France surrender after more than one month not 2 weeks one year ago 😃
Neutrality or ambivalence, indeed.
Wow, more than a month... you're really tough guys...but but Italy was wiped from July till November and didn't surrender. What this could possibly mean?
You know France loves NAP and farm :3
Well farm now.... Traitors die alone
I did not enjoy planning or fighting against France.
I did enjoy planning and helping to wipe the French government.
I enjoyed both things like a pig
but you fail in direct war :'(
I ranked and eFrance is wiped. I don't see any fail.
Oh you forgot the battle. No problem, I can understand your trauma after it :3
jajaja
Maybe you didn't understood the purpose of that battle :3
Hahaha you have a short memory !! battles against you were the funniest thing of the campaign, not because we win but because it was equilibrate, I prefer to lose against you in a fair fight than lose against serbia o7
@Panda.. I log in most days at least once to see what everyone is bitching abt.. 🙂
UwU
Prrrumm,, si te pillo por la cale dice.. prrummm prrumm prrumm xD
Hail allies o7
o7
hehe what does this salute mean? 🙂
Hito forever an Orion SG 🙂
Agree with some points 😃
And used to do that in Asteria article by the past 😁
Welcome to my alliance desu~ o/
There was a bug in the map, and it has been fixed.
just WOw!!!
You should be happy, we are not even in Code for the moment and we already created Boat People with the departure of South Korea. France is your Trojan Horse :3
Oh no 😮
You reveal the french devil plan 😮
France is not in code, but Ali and Koinmuniste have been for months 🙂
Not every Koinmuniste was/are pro-Code
Yes it's true, not all Koinmuniste but the all majority and the majority of French tanks. But the others FR politicians try to maintain the true neutrality (the top 3,4 and 5 parties)
from what I know about the situation in eFrance this is a very nice piece of (objective) journalism.
France has not sold anything, she has just made its choice. The fact that she joined an alliance at a difficult time for him doesn't deserve accusations, on the contrary, respect.
Maybe that should have been done in France's previous alliance 🤔
France wanted to be in Asteria some time ago, but she was sent to Hydra, I have always felt dissatisfied and invaluable in many French people
F off Akaga Traitor
In fact France became proCODE when they were dominating.
France does surely have a strange definition of "choice" 🙂
when thunder strikes, the echo fades ... it happens in the best of families
Ignores the fact that Asteria rejected France when they tried to join last year..
article mission: success. we bring colin back
When precisely last year ? I don't remember that
Asteria had more often discredited our country than the inverse. I wasn't in the FR gov but I give you my mind as a half-active player 🙂
well they write what they want 😁
I love the "We tried to maintain friendly relations with France, respect the choice of the people of France"
They maybe talk about titan and some other insulting us few day after leaving hydra 😃
just ignore them
You mean NoName's constant insults and Ali lying to my face all the time :? Yeah, I left fingerpointing for the comments section.
It was in 2017.
not only 2017, thx to remember that 😁 start in 2017 and the end when we vote neutrality 2019
Dunno why France even deserves such particular attention. In comparison to nations several times smaller their size that did not bow down to whoever happened to be the strongest for a few months and actually faced genuine threat of long-term wipe, there should be barely any remorse compared to anyone else. They are a relatively strong key player and betted on the wrong horse.
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Telling the story only partially is always funny :3
I am not in France-CODE channels, I can't know everything you're discussing there :>
Only this channel? Thanks for confession.
Asteria multis are present in our congress or in a political party.
Respect for french sovereignty and cordiality according to Asteria....
Funny accusations. We have no interest in your internal politics however watching the minority decide for the majority in your referendums was entertaining.