The Economist ~ State of the Nation
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by Spite313
To those of you reading this in Sweden, or around the world, consider this a somewhat enlightening look into the UK’s internal affairs. For those of you in the UK itself, or rather those of you with UK citizenship (thanks for that Terra) read on and comment. There won't be pictures, or fancy graphics. Just the truth.
Dear friends,
Six months ago the UK embarked on a war against Ireland. At the time it was declared as an endless war, and despite multiple invasions of the UK- some from Ireland and some from Canada- it didn’t end until a week ago when we were finally wiped.
That war brought us fun, resources, activity and a natural enemy bonus. It drained Terra, it frustrated EDEN and it drove a wedge between Canada and their allies. It served its purpose, and it is a purpose it still serves. The UK must be freed, but the war will not end then. It will never end.
We are a small but strong community. I hope that, despite the squabbling, we are a realistic group. We knew that a three way invasion would end in defeat for us, but we didn’t just lie down and take it. We fought on three fronts and scored victories against all the odds. We moved to the countries of the enemy and we took their gains from them via RW. We attacked their economy, their colonies, we did everything we could to ruin them more than they could ruin us.
We did our best, and even our enemies recognise that our fight has been a valiant one.
This war and this occupation has taught us many things. It’s taught us about the value of an active forum community, and the value of IRC. Many new citizens have signed up to our offsite forums in the past weeks. The truth we learned here is that we can lose regions, but the forums and IRC rooms which actually form the backbone of our community can’t be attacked. They link every eBrit in the world, however far they might wander, and call them home.
We learned as well that our armed forces were not up to scratch. Not because we lost, but because our supply lines and organisations- stretched already- were breaking under the strain of too much organisation with too few organisers. Rather than moaning about indiduals, we need to find solutions. Thos solutions will not be easy for some but they will, over time, deliver results.
The UK Special Forces, an elite unit of fifty men, will be supplied to the eyeballs with weapons and will become a super-mobile elite force. They’ll be the sword of the new UK. The rest of our population cannot be managed in one huge monolithic organisation any longer. The skills needed to do so are better managed locally by small, self-financing groups responsible to and supplemented by the Military High Command.
These new armies which will emerge will provide community, damage and organisation by combining the central financial power of the nation with the individual wealth of our people. We will supply more, we will supply better and we will supply more frequently than we could do as one large national army.
The private wealth of the UK is one thing which has never been harnessed by successive governments. However the game is slowly changing to be one where the individual is far more important than the state in financial terms, and we have to come to accept this change or fall behind. As such, there will no longer be a nanny state which recruits you at birth, trains and supplies you until you die. You will need to find or be found by your own regiment.
In the face of these changes, I have stepped up to begin the formation of a unit. With others of like mind, I hope to create a military unit unmatched in UK history. In time it will form three distinct battalions to cater to all players. The super elite unit, which will be open to all allied citizens, will supply 20 Q6 weapons each day, plus top ups available on IRC up to a maximum of whatever you’re willing to tank. The middle regiment will be open to UK citizens and will provide weapons and food comparable to the old Army/Navy organisation. The last regiment will act as a community for citizens without the time or who are uninterested in the other two units. It will also be a recruiting ground.
The future of the UK has never been more in your hands. Will you join with me and make the changes we need to survive, or will we fall into inactivity and death? Now more than ever we need to be united in our stand.
We have an enemy to kill.
Iain
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Sounds lovely. However, it doesn't really bode well when the people you expect to replace the government, have not been given any knowledge or even prior warning about whats going on.
BUT WHAT DO I KNOW I JUST FUND LEGION TO BEAT UKAF TO DESTROY THE UK etc
You're not replacing anything that hasn't been missing for months now. Part of the reason UKAF died is because organisations like Legion took over. If you didn't want that job, you shouldn't have started that process. Deal with it!
Punish all those who dare to offer an alternative with having to run everything. Sounds like good government to me.
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ONE renamed to SOS ( slaves of serbia )
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Go UK
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20 q6's? YOU NAUGHTY BOY.
>We learned as well that our armed forces were not up to scratch.
They haven't ever been, to be fair.
They were never strong because of the limitations of being a small country, but they were a lot better than the USA's when it came to organisation and finance.
It wasn't all that long ago that the USA bought all its weapons from the market. I guess someone had to explain the concept of a commune to you. Quite slowly I'd imagine.
America was, and still is, far too focused on nonsensical RL parallels instead of having fun.
interesting read
eUK doesnt belong on the world map
and happy new years!
But what will become of TUP Family 🙁
>They were a lot better than the USA's when it came to organisation and finance.
[citation needed]. I'm not sure of a good way to compare the two, really. I'd argue that our tax system is more efficient, we did a better job of managing the peg (before the bot), we have suffered less theft, that we're stronger on a per soldier basis, and that we are better at directing our damage.
>It wasn't all that long ago that the USA bought all its weapons from the market.
It really was. While the eUS did commune late (compared to, say, eRomania), the eUS has been communing since long before V2. V2 was 1.5 years ago.
>America was, and still is, far too focused on nonsensical RL parallels instead of having fun.
RL parallels are the way that many of our soldiers have fun, but we have a range of military units that vary in their casualness. If you want, we can compare our e-congresses and see who is more focused on RL parallels and nonsensical roleplaying, but it won't be even close.
admins add UK in eRep
Lol our congress is focused on role play? Get real!
We had 600 people in state companies back when you still thought communes were for people with long hair and bongo drums.
And less theft? I can think of half a dozen major thefts against the USA- and your usual response was to elect the thieves as CP a few months later 😛 We've had two - and both times we got nearly everything back.
As for tax and all that nonsense, the USA's constant wrangling over that crap (as well as loads of RL nonsense) has made you the laughing stock of the world since beta. Only Ireland was possibly more faggy about RL stuff.
Sounds like a good idea
*gets popcorn*
"We have an enemy to kill."
Who is that enemy? Is it the elite? The oldfags that steered UK into this mess? Who is the enemy to be killed?
It's certainly not the man regarded by his own side as a total idiot 😛
Its a plesure to read your work lain Keers, if only every nation had one of you.
Long live the king, oh wait....another elitist society? So you want to fix the fall of an elitist society with the building of a super elitist society?
Better solution for the elite, that has been ruining the country for 3 years, is to step aside and let fresh people give it a shot. There will be failures along the way, but if you do not try and fail, you'll never succeed.
Otherwise you'll never grow as a country as the majority feed a few chosen ones to play kings and it never works in an internet game. The alternative is the Polish/Serbian model, automated : P
The King is in this society, dw
Keers thinks USA and Ireland are the 2 worst countries for rl stuff. This just shows how accurate his views are on the game. There are at least 10 countries other than USA and Ireland who have high populations because of rl stuff. In fact, UK feel the need to have a monarchy like they do irl, that's p faggy.
And btw if I was to praise any country in this game for ignoring rl stuff it would be USA. Silly brit.
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ITT: People don't realise the UK ingame monarchy is a UK in-joke
ITT: Brits don't realise the e-UK is a complete joke, worldwide.