[CP] What's Up Doc?
Derphoof
So what all has been going on in this administration? Well, it all mainly has to do with the Foreign Affairs front. It is the main point of my term to provide stable direction for Canada. I have been looking over every imaginable option and examining it accordingly. I have talked to various nations and I am happy to give you some news.
As of today, I am proud and glad to announce that Canada will be pursuing a Pro-EDEN route. After the last administration, other nations were wondering where we stood. If you have taken a look at our recently signed MPPs, I have already taken steps to make sure we are headed to EDEN. To take this step requires courage and dedication on the part of Canadians. By choosing this path, we are supporting our best allies and our trusted friends.
We could have easily taken the easy way out. Although we may not have had enough votes, I could have ensured our security by at least applying for CTRL-ALT. However, according to poll data, the nation did not support this and I could not fully get behind it either. By supporting our “traditional” allies, we do put ourselves at risk. We are surrounded by CTRL nations. We have economic bonuses that the USA could take. However, this risk is worth the bond between us and our allies. I will commit Canada to supporting our allies every day of the week before I resort to a “safe” option that betrays them. After all, if France can take long-term wipes and occupations, so can we.
While we may be going Pro-EDEN, we do not yet have an alliance to call home. Because we left EDEN on May 30th of this year, we cannot re-apply for EDEN until after November 30th, due to their charter. With this being the case, we can either join EDEN at a later date, remain independent, or join Asgard. For those of you who do not know, Asgard is an alliance that is fairly Pro-EDEN that is focused on non-Balkan conflicts. However, Asgard is only made up of Sweden and Finland. According to the Swedish CP, Wolf Heinrich von Helldorf, Asgard has received various inquiries about joining. I will be closely monitoring the situation as it unfolds in order to see if Canada should consider Asgard.
In financial news, taxes have been raised by Congress to 20% VAT on all goods to try and bring in more gov’t revenue. Congress has also passed a transfer of 99 gold to the Ministry of Finance. The gold, as it sits in the treasury, is quite useless and gathers dust in the vault. Upon transfer to the MoF, the gold will either be used for Mercenaries, in case of a pivotal war, or it will be spent on MU Infrastructure.
The training war with Poland, agreed to by Wally, is coming to a close. We will be able to RW all of our regions back and Canada will return to full strength. The only reason for this war was to provide citizens on both sides the ability to fulfill the new missions. Since the missions have expired, peace will be declared.
That’s about it! Expect more updates in the future as things begin to develop. Things are looking up for Canada, and I will continue to keep pushing Canada forward on a path for progress.
ElPatoDiablo
CP of Canada
En Français:
[CP] Quoi d'neuf docteur
Alors qu’est-ce qui s'est passé dans cette administration? Eh bien,c'est surtout sur les Affaires étrangères. C'est le point principal de mon mandat, fournir une orientation stable pour le Canada. J'ai regardé toutes les options imaginables et examiné conséquemment. J'ai parlé à plusieurs nations, et je suis heureux de vous donner quelques nouvelles.
En date d'aujourd'hui, je suis fier et heureux de vous annoncer que le Canada va poursuivre une voie pro-EDEN. Si vous avez jetez un coup d'oeil à nos MPPs récemment signés, j'ai déjà pris des mesures pour nous assurer que nous nous dirigeons dans cette direction. Pour aller vers cette étape ça requiert du courage et de dévouement de la part des Canadiens. En choisissant cette voie, nous soutenons nos meilleurs alliés et nos amis de confiance.
Nous aurions pu facilement prendre la voie facile. Bien que nous n'ayons pas eu assez de voix, j'aurais pu assurer notre sécurité avec au moins une demande de CTRL-ALT. Toutefois, selon les données du sondage, la nation n'a pas appuyer cette initiative et je ne pouvais pas me ranger derrière elle non plus. En soutenant nos alliés "traditionnels", nous nous mettons en danger. Nous sommes entourés par des nations CTRL. Nous avons des bonus économiques que les États-Unis pourrait venir prendre. Toutefois, ce risque vaut le lien que nous avons entre nous et nos alliés. Je vais engager le Canada à appuyer nos alliés tous les jours de la semaine avant que j’ai à recourir à une option "safe" qui les trahiraient. Après tout, si la France peut prendre des Wipes à long terme et des occupations, nous le pouvons aussi.
Bien que nous puissions aller Pro-EDEN, nous n'avons pas encore une alliance pouvant être nommer comme la nôtre. Parce que nous avons quitté EDEN le 30 mai de cette année, nous ne pouvons pas refaire une demande pour EDEN qu'après 30 Novembre en raison de leur charte. Ceci étant dit; on peut soit se joindre EDEN à une date ultérieure, rester indépendant, ou rejoindre Asgard. Pour ceux d'entre vous qui ne connaissent pas, Asgard est une alliance qui est assez pro-EDEN qui met l'accent sur les conflits non-Balkans. Cependant, Asgard est uniquement composée de la Suède et de la Finlande. Selon le CP suédois, Wolf Heinrich von Helldorf, Asgard a reçu diverses demandes de renseignements sur l'adhésion. Je vais suivre de près la situation telle qu'elle se déploie afin de voir si le Canada devrait envisager d' Asgard.
Dans des nouvelles financières, les taxes ont été augmenté par le Congrès sur la VAT à 20% sur tous les produits pour essayer d’apporter plus de revenu au gouvernement. Le Congrès a également adopté un transfert de 99 d'or au ministère des Finances. L'or, qui est dans la trésorerie, est tout à fait inutile et prend la poussière dans les coffres. Après le transfert au ministère des Finances, l'or sera soit utilisé pour des Mercenaires, dans le cas d'une guerre pivot, ou il sera consacré à l'infrastructure des MU.
La guerre de formation avec la Pologne, accepté par Wally, arrive à sa fin. Nous serons en mesure de RW toutes nos régions et au Canada sera de retourné à pleine puissance. La seule raison de cette guerre était d'offrir aux citoyens des deux côtés la capacité de compléter les nouvelles missions. Depuis les missions ont expiré, la paix sera déclarée.
C’est à peu près tout! Attendez-vous à plus de mises à jour à l'avenir à mesure que les choses commencent à se développer. Les choses vont pour le mieux pour le Canada, et je vais continuer à pousser le Canada vers l'avant sur la voie du progrès.
ElPatoDiablo
CP du Canada
Thanks to Weezo for the French Translation!
Comments
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Great first few days EPD!
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Hope the CP seat is comfy!
the taxes suck
Well, that was a Congressional proposal, not mine. I was thinking about lowering the taxes.
Been waiting for this article, it's good to see that we are heading in a positive direction. Better to be a reliable ally in the long term, than to take short term advantages based on our current situation, this game is too fluid for that to be a wise policy.
As one wiseman said, " But for God's sake people, we WILL grow a spine. We will have a backbone and stick up for our allies. Grow a backbone. Canada needs to fight for what it believes in. We need to fight for our allies. We will make a clear distinction upon where we lie. We will support them, when they call upon us. It is not the easy way. Take a stand. Make our intentions clear. We will stick with our allies, through good times and bad."
Being Good Allies FTW!
Would we still be able to ally with the US? Most of our allies are the same. Aside from that nice read and glad to see you are committed to our allies!
Good work bossman...
Zappie, it takes two to tango! : ). Time will tell.
good work there EPD.
Why would we want to end the training war?
Loving it keep up da good work
joerokocoko, we would've continue it, but Poland doesn't want to play with us anymore 🙁 http://www.erepublik.com/en/main/law/Poland/117170
Zappie: The truth of the matter is that half of the US likes us, and half of the US doesn't. Spain, we most certainly do NOT like, and Poland is not too far behind them.
There will always be Bro's in eUS that will fight for us if we really needed them.
"In financial news, taxes have been raised by Congress to 20% VAT on all goods to try and bring in more gov’t revenue"
This should be an interesting test, I have a good baseline at the 17% rates and my theory is that raising prices reduces volume.
Why does every congress feel the need to mess around with taxes?! Has the meta-game really become that boring?
GOL😨 MU Infrastructure please.
Prophet of Mitos
Zappie: The truth of the matter is that half of the US likes us, and half of the US doesn't.
Half the US hates the other half so take that FWIW.
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ElPato o7
CTRL too will pass - it's just based on who's on top this month, and it could come apart just as fast as it came together.
CTRL Charter: "The alliance also seeks to reduce the game’s current focus on Balkan-centric conflicts."
http://www.erepublik.com/en/main/law/Poland/117184
http://www.erepublik.com/en/main/law/Poland/116962
Poland getting another treaty with Serbia? Rejects a treaty with ALT member, Venezuela? Let's see how long this alliance really lasts...
Glad to see you taking the EDEN route, voted.
o7 A great CP for a great country! 😉
I kind of like the idea of Asgard, EDEN friendly so we can help traditional allies and if Russia comes along we circle the northern hemisphere. Northcomm!
Can someone remind me why we left EDEN in the first place?
GOL😨 MU Infrastructure please x2
Mercs don't seem the best investment for a non-renewable stockpile of gold...
Things are looking better on the foreign affairs front. Can't wait to see how our new relations pan out. Keep up the hard work in that area, EPD!
Xzar:Can someone remind me why we left EDEN in the first place?
Our command structure was split between Terra and EDEN, and both HQs were putting lots of red tape in the way of wars we wanted to pursue. As well, people had issues with certain EDEN members like Ireland back in the Spring. A draft of a new EDEN Treaty was presented for our approval/suggested edits~we held a poll to accept or reject the draft. Instead, a third option was added to a CDC poll and Congress rejected membership
Or simply put. We left Eden because they said "NO" to every plan we could come up with to have a direct war with anyone other then the UK occasionally. Also juggling two alliances was not working because one or the other always had a reason to stop us from doing anything.
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Even though I am 16 days old and I'm just getting used to this new world, I like the way EPD runs the Country. Glad to have voted for him. I'm excited to see where these actions take us.
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Really I don't think raising the tax would bring more money to the treasury. With this high tax, it only pushes more and more people to buy foreign product or trade personally.
We'll be checking over the coming days to see how the market's revenue is going. If nothing is happening, the idea could be to cut VAT practically in half to try to bring in more people.
When we raised taxes from 12% to 17%, it didn't seem to do very much. From 17% to 20% I don't expect a huge difference. So perhaps we may need to lower the tax rate and see what happens.
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