MSL: USA Merging With Canada?
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by SirEkim
Yes, you read the title right: I am talking about a merger with Canada. Think about it for a second, the endless benefits and few downsides. Our government is so much alike that we even elect our president on the same day! HAHA!
Now seriously, though. Think about the benefits to our country and to Canada if we were to merge:
Military
Canada has a population of around 3,000. With this size added to our own, we would be over twice as large (population-wise) as Indonesia, which is ranked #3 in total population. Power is in numbers, and Canada has a lot of numbers that could prove vital to both of our nations’ strength.
Also, in order to perform this merge, we would have to “invade” Canada, taking their regions and merging them with our own. While this may sound aggressive, it’s the only way that it can be done. Since we would have technically “invaded” and will be “occupying” it, we will be able to hold Resistance Wars in the Canadian territory which will give us more options for war games. If we happen to lose a war game, there won’t be a fuss over it. We just re-invade that region with no resistance, unlike if that were to happen in Mexico with Baja (although there still wouldn’t be much resistance).
Not only this, but there wouldn’t be any conflicts of interest between Canadian foreign relations and American foreign relations. We are both members of ATLANTIS and Canada’s only war is with France, which we currently share.
Economy
Canada is also a very wealthy country. Its current treasury (as of Midnight) is around 100 gold and 108,000 CAD, which after translating into gold, is around 3800 gold. This would be a major boost to our economy and give us enough gold to repair the accidental, but collateral, damage caused by the merger.
Canada also has a few High Diamond regions, which is one of the resources that we currently lack. Uncle Sam had mentioned a territory swap with Canada before the Mexican War, but that idea was sidelined due to… the Mexican War. So why swap when we can just merge?
Canada's Benefit
Now, it seems like most of my points have been to show how merging with Canada would benefit us, the United States, but there are many benefits for Canada as well. First of all, who wouldn’t want to merge with the largest country in the eWorld? While that was meant as a joke, it does have a serious base behind it – the eUSA is the largest nation in eRepublik, and merging with the US would give Canada great benefits – a much larger marketplace, a much larger military, and more political power in the world.
Also, due to a lack of major resources and buying power, Canada is a very protectionist country, with import taxes at least 50% on most products. After the merger with the Unites States, Canadian companies would have a larger marketplace, and the protectionist barrier would no longer be needed.
Just one Mountaineer’s point of view
-Ekim
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it would be so nice if there was some way it could work, but they sad thing is its almost impossible, it would take both are nations to let one or the other take over are country, or some other way to become one
one thing they should change about this is countries like they said its not like RL countries should be able to come together are one and make there own country, with whatever name they chose.
I would love to see this happen, but I dont think it will. Its not exceptionally difficult to do I just dont think Canada is all that interested in doing this.
@Enyar That's exactly what would have to happen. Look at Germany and Austria recently. That was a pre-negotiated merger of the two countries. All we would have to do is have Sam (or whoever is president at that time) and the Canadian president sign a contract and there you go!
Also, with a little admin magic, I'm sure that the country's name could be changed, but we would still be the "United States of America", they just happen to be American and Canadian states, haha.
@Shalmom Well, the new Canadian president is the ex-General of the Canadian army and he's wanting to grow Canada into a world superpower.
lol ya but canada is goona want its name in it
Why not let Canada invade and the USA merge into Canada? Exact same outcome but the country would be called Canada.
If you don't agree with that then your argument is void from an objective standpoint.
@Enyar Those are just some of the details to be worked out in the contract. For the time being, I'm just trying to get the general idea popular support.
@Michael Collins Yes, that would work, but since the US has more territories, it would take longer for the Canadians to take over the US than it would for the US to take over Canada. Our 54 regions (soon to be 55) vs. their 13. Do the math, it would require less battles and would be accomplished faster for the US to invade Canada.
As for the name thing, the "US of America" thing was a joke. With admin powers in the contract, the name would probably be changed to something like the "North American Union" or something to that extent.
I don't see the Canadians going for this. Their economy is stronger than ours, their taxes are lower, and I don't know if they want to fight in Mexico.
I think the best selling point is that marketplace for Canadian goods would... double? triple?
But while the market would get bigger, Canadian companies would also be exposed to direct competition from US companies.
I think we should just work on strengthening our alliance for the moment.
@Jon I see your point of view, but Indonesia is a growing power, and depending on the outcome of the Romania v. Indonesia conflict, someone is going to have to be there as a fail-safe to prevent Indonesia from completely taking over the world.
Also, like I said earlier, the new Canadian president talked about increasing Canada's military size. By merging their troops with our's, I believe that would increase their military, haha. Seriously though, by merging with Canada, we would be able to create an automatic stiff opposition to Indonesia without having to deal with NAPs and the like.
Oh, and as for fighting Mexico, they wouldn't have to if they didn't want to. Americans don't have to fight against Mexico if they don't want to - they simply don't click on the "Fight" button.
Sorry, but no. I'm not playing the game that way. Simple as that.
It won't fly in Canada. Sorry 🙁
The President can just retreat and then all of US would be in Canada's hands.
It's a good idea, and I'd love to see it happen, but it seems the largest problem would simply be pride.
Even if Indonesia won against Romania, there'll be no proof to say that Indonesia is that dangerous.
They are not invincible, and they need to be supported by many allies.
I urge the author to see that it's not NATION's power that matter but ALLIANCE that matter!
Kenshin pointed out exactly why this would never happen, I mean common would any american do less then that. Never any real canadian would vote for a proposition that would tie him up to another country will. While we would get stronger, we would lose complete control on who we want to elect, If you guys are 11000 and were only 3000, make the math and you can quickly see we would lose total control over the war and decisions that would take place. And beside we can all cooperate and keep enjoing the game. As for indonesia, If they become too much imperialist, some of their allies might turn up agaisnt her sometimes, but only time will tell...
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I think it is a great idea!
When should eCanada start invading so that we can commence this merger?
We could have the admins rename us:
Canadian/American Alliance
or CAA for short.
Travel with CAA!
PS - You made reference to the Canadian treasury, stating that 108000 CAD is equivalent to 3700 Gold. That is only valid if the merger does not exist. If people see a merger coming, they will try to dump all of their cad on the market. The flood will cause huge competition, everybody will lower their price, and the value of the CAD would plummet, respectively.
How do you plan on compensating all Canadians for their lost savings?
Unfortunately, the only way i see this working effectively is to adopt an imperialistic policy by which we conquer them against their will. While at the same time, not being as injurious as to create extreme rivalry. Regardless, ANY hard feelings over the matter would just lead to a resistance war after using up large amounts of resources. (See Bismarck's unification policy against Austria after the "failure" of the congress at Vienna)