Foreign Affairs 101: Why Spain IS a boss
Brian Boru
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😨THE MILITARY STATE
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This is a critique of the article recently published by Death and Taxes on the situation of Spain within global geopolitics and within the TWO alliance.
Let's assume that the primary assertion of the article about international politics is true, namely this:
"In eRepublik, the true measure of a 'Boss' is to be able to gain and more importantly, retain 10/10 resources."
By that measure alone, Spain is boss. From a starting position that is not particularly advantageous, it has manoeuvred itself into having 10/10 resources while maintaining an empire and avoiding unnecessary conflicts. By Death and Taxes own definition, Spain is a boss.
The article asserts two reasons why this isn't the case, despite setting it up that Spain's objective has essentially been fulfilled by having 10/10 resources.
The first is Spain's alliances with Chile and Brazil.
A practical issue first of all with this criticism. At the moment, Spain doesn't have an MPP with Chile, and from what I've heard, the reason for that is TWO intervention. However, it retains the Brazilian MPP for another week or so, so we'll see if the ties have been entirely cut.
Aside from that, the assertion that Spain's position within TWO was weakened by having such alliances is not entirely true. On the contrary, its independent diplomatic strength allowed Spain to exercise far more weight that it should have by the mere ghost of their departure from the alliance. Furthermore, the very same alliance with Brazil helped give Spain a great excuse to stay out of the huge American war that kicked off recently, in which it had no real interest anyway. So while their South American alliances let TWO people bitch about Spain, they also allowed Spain room to manoeuvre where otherwise there would have been little.
The second reason according to Death and Taxes as to why Spain isn't "A Boss" is the occupation of Canada.
He asserts that the occupation is of no military, economic or political value. This is simply untrue. Spain clearly wishes to project its power into the Americas, and the Spanish people clearly want an empire. Towards these goals, the occupation of Canada is a very smart move. The eUnited States is insular, and is unlikely to go to war with the ally of an ally over Canada (again, the Brazilian friendship paying off for the Spanish).
Canada is isolated, not being part of a major alliance and being geographically remote from more strategically important areas. Canadian forces are also shrinking with every month of occupation, and are not capable of beating the Spanish in RWs consistently (contrast this with Irish RWs against Britain). The Spanish are perfectly capable of retaining the empire while maintaining a very capable level of military support for its allies. There is also a lack of cultural and social contact between the two peoples that makes a diplomatic solution very unlikely to work.
Canadian regions provide backup resources and regions in the event that some Spanish home regions are taken, much like Croatia's Indian colonies do for that country. Having such a redoubt removed from the home territories is a sound strategic move. As such, it is unlikely the Spanish will ever be removed from Canada save for a major offensive by a major alliance, and afterwards, Canada would probably require a garrison region by a major power as a guarantor of security. The seeming callousness of the eUnited States in particular to the plight of their northern neighbours prior to their own enemy occupation was stunning for its lack of foresight and grace.
Conclusion:
Regardless of the morality of Spain's leadership, which can be called dubious at best, the strategic analysis of their actions supports the idea that Spain is at the top table of international military and diplomatic affairs.
Like it or not, Spain is a boss.
Comments
Acá estaría tu POLE si tuvieras una!
Léalo antes de comentar: P
eso hice 😛
Espero
ahh, pero si son como tres ideas who cares xD
se lee de rápido xD
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Not an article on the morality of Spain's leadership and actions, merely their competency.
🙁
A smiley doesn't change the fact the Spanish are good at their jobs. Sorta.
sapin est bossu.
Tu sais que je peux comprendre le francais, oué?
et alors? tu as compris? 🙂
Malheureusement 😛
sinon, bon article quand même !
J'ai essayé de ne pas utiliser le mot "Vichy", pour vous.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTSA_sWGM44
et je vous en remercie, eConfrère 😉
my gift : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9MTGNaEXGM
enjoy 😛
Amazingly I can just about understand this, thanks to my 'O' level French 35 years ago.
Shweeeeet http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ktbhw0v186Q
lol 😁
to wake up with smile : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNyG-xu-7SQ
Nice paid for article. I always feel that articles get into the top 5 on merit, even though you may need to shout a lot. To pay for an article though, implies a weakness in the author even though in this case, a counter argument has merit and it's a good perspective.
Give it a go Brian, as I am happy to vote for all Irish media articles, except the RPG kind.
In relation to this. TWO wants influence in South America. Nominally this would be through Spain herself as she already has a presence there. However, Spain can't go a-conquering in SA because she can barely hold onto her pointless empire in Canada.
If you don't believe me, talk to the Canadian MoD about how Poland scuppered the last scrap between the two nations.
So if Spain can't go a-conquering in SA, then the next easy option is to use a proxy like Argentina. Now TWO are perfectly aware that Argentina is the worst kind of bed-hopping, manipulating, back-stabbing country you want in an alliance, but needs must eh?
Except that Spain not only refuses to assist CUA, but her citizens happily fight against them. Meaning that having an SA extension to the TWO empire remains an impossibility barring an AS.
So no, Spain is not a boss. Poland is signing a NAP with USA because she doesn't need their regions, even though I'm sure its citizens like the idea of having an empire in the US. Poland knows that holding territory there is pointless and could represent a serious drain on military resources at a critical time.
Just ask Serbia.
So once again, Spain should relinquish a section of Canada, sign a NAP, and extract a monthly ransom. That's what a boss would do. That's what Poland does all over Europe. That means that when Poland needs to flex its muscles like in France recently, it can. But Spain can't do that, because they're clueless twits.
So once again, Spain is not a boss.
but Canada will never, ever sign an agreement that takes away THERE FREEDOM! which means it will never happen. 🙂
Then Canada are no better than Spain in not being game realistic. However, I don't think that is the case. They have to get some regions back, look at their influence compared to ours....
Its fun when kunts fight between eachother.....trouble in paradise?
Does kunts do not pay you enough to shield their thefts Malbekh?
You are St.Malbekh..Patron of douchebags...that is your level.
Do you crave so much for acceptance of humans you write cheap shit articles aiming for approval of people who hate spain or poland?
Patron of douchebags Malbekh...defending cheap thiefs like conway is your level...
You are so creepy m8
Much worst m8...much worst...
Malbekh is right about one thing...there are sinister reasons why i play this game......
The question is...sinster for who?
"Nice paid for article. I always feel that articles get into the top 5 on merit, even though you may need to shout a lot. To pay for an article though, implies a weakness in the author even though in this case, a counter argument has merit and it's a good perspective."
Utter tripe, whether or not the article is paid or not has zero bearing on the content.
It does, because the author does not have the confidence that the article will get in the top 5, either by relevance or by value. It shows that you lack confidence in your ability which surprises me to be honest Brian. Why is that?
" However, Spain can't go a-conquering in SA because she can barely hold onto her pointless empire in Canada."
If Spain wanted an empire in SA, she could easily hold on to Canada why doing it. Again, barring intervention by far more major military forces. Remember, Spain can afford to lose RWs provided the counterattack comes soon afterwards.
TWO has no interest in a SA empire, it already has a pan-Eurasian empire and the occupation of the 51 regions of the US to be concerned with. The latter is even somewhat optional for them, as the Polish NAP deal demonstrates.
Not every region represents the same level of damage drain. Whereas US regions are inevitably large drains, they are the home regions of a major military power. Canada was a regional power, and has seen its power drop considerably as the result of long occupation. The drain effect of its regions is far smaller.
Spain is not overextended at all from the occupation. If it was, there would have been a lot more success at RWing than there has been. Canada has how many extra regions? Compared with Poland holding what? Pretty much all of Western Europe? And even Poland isn't at its limit as to how many regions it could hold on to barring coordinated counterattacks by major powers.
Serbia's recent losses can be attributed to its diplomatic failings and coordinated efforts by larger military powers. You can't use it as an example where Canada's occupation is concerned, as their land bridge was through the territories or near the territories of military forces that were more than capable of taking the fight to Serbia alone.
Now that is garbage. Serbia's issue is down to a lousy starting bonus and a lot of very strong neighbours. It's nearly impossible for them to have 10/10 on a consistent basis. Spain has no such excuse. Let's take an example, during Serbia's recent losses Spain were found doing what exactly? Was it a) spending all their resources for their allies or b) spending all their resources protecting their useless unproductive empire in Canada.
We all know what the answer is on that.
What I don't know the answer to is why the MoFA is spending his own money writing articles in favour of Spain, our life-long opponent and a clear and present danger, and not writing articles supporting Canada our life-long friend.
It's not an article in favour of Spain, it's an analysis of Spain's strength.
Serbia lost its resource bridge because every military power from France to the Balkans teamed up on them, and Spoland had no wish to aid them.
And Spain can hold Canada with a single MU at this stage....
Like I said, talk to the Canadian MoD and find out what Poland had to drop in the last conflict, it shows the lie that Spain can hold Canada by itself. I am worried that the MoFA decided to use his funds as a knee-jerk reaction to a simple article that a simple citizen writes mildly critical of a known foe. I believe the current government - which includes you - refuse to RW back Cork even though the NAP allows us to because you fear a common border with Spain. In essence, you don't trust this country not to attack us even though we have a NAP with their ally.
I think that says it all really. I am very concerned with what is happening in the background here.
"I am worried that the MoFA decided to use his funds"
LOLOLOL
What is it to you what he uses his money for?
The fact you are going on about buying votes proves Brian was right with his article.
Oh look, can it be a coincidence? Conway starts to write an article and then as if by magic the greatest traitor of them all appears at the same time. Well then, you little cockroach, can you give back the million you stole from government orgs? Course you can't cause you spent it all and gave it away. Back to the UK with you cockroach
You aren't being critical of a known foe, you're GRAVELY underestimating a known foe.
Did you read the article? Obviously not. What the article is actually about is criticising Spain for historical baggage (SA alliances) and poor game mechanics (Canada is no material benefit) at the expense of her alliance.
I'm not underestimating what Spain can do on a battlefield, far from it. I'm just mildly pointing out that at a future time when alliances change TWO may find that Spain is missing in action at a critical time.
Ofc it is!
Hail Spain
The thing is this. If for example im of the oppinion that Poland s**** then i am of that oppinion (You are not going to change that).
True. I'm not saying Spain are great, I'm saying Spain are acting within a good strategy towards their own goals.
spain are wee pussies
No shit, they failed to leave TWO.
If you go by how much fear our leaderships lives in, while on their collective knees, then eSpain is a boss.
Paddy, you do realise that if the Spanish came in, we would have no chance of removing them and eIreland would essentially cease to exist, right?
Yes, doesn't mean I agree with the way our egovernment is acting. I understand my protest is futile, but that doesn't mean that I will not protest.
Understand that your protest is in favour of a huge risk to the country's security for the sake of a region that would be the first to fall.
It's already fallen, and there will be no attempt to regain it. I contemplate this as I look out my window at a thug urinating in my roses. I'm sharpening a knife and plan to go express my thoughts on the matter in a very personal way.
Both definitions of what a 'boss' is are wrong. Poland are boss, they subdue a country but still allow them to play the game so long as they respect the agreement. On the other hand, Spain have constantly held down Canada, strangling any chance their community has of playing the game and effectively killing any future hope of Canadian fun. That is not the act of a 'boss'
I'm not sure how much fun the Dutch are currently having.
The Dutch have broken numerous treaties.
No, it's the act of a psychopath. But it is slowly reducing the resistance to occupation by sheer attrition. So one can't describe it as a strategically unsound move.
Compared with Poland, which forces huge monetary repayments, it's a more long term strategy for permanent occupation.