War

Day 4,867, 20:36 Published in USA USA by Herr Vootsman

My fellow Americans,

It with great seriousness that I write you today. I have proposed an airstrike on Croatia. I do this not out of a desire for conquest or revenge or even lulz. I had hoped, when I ran for Country President, to rule over a country at peace. I wanted to focus on player engagement. I wanted to strengthen relations with our neighbors. I wanted to grow our role in Apollo, having only recently been accepted as full members.


Things changed prior to the election, and I knew that this month was going be dramatically different than I had hoped or expected. As I mentioned in my campaign, recent events have shifted the global balance in favor of CODE. It did not take long for CODE to act. Italy is gone, Romania cores are conquered, various allied bases (for training wars) were destroyed. Our allies are slowly being picked apart. It’s not just Asteria; they interfered on our soil and without provocation booted Paraguayan training war allies. Now Russia is under attack and we are next.

I’ll be honest: I wish our side was stronger. I wish we were stronger. I wish my account were stronger.

We must make do with what we have.


This entire term, I have been mulling over various defensive strategies. It quickly became obvious that what may have seemed a good idea on paper would not work well in reality. We will be invaded and wiped if we do nothing. When our allies asked if I would be interested in assisting in their counterattack with a preemptive strike, I considered our options and realized this was the only choice with a chance for us to come out on top. Even if we lose, this is an opportunity to show the world that we are good allies.


Whether you like the plan or not, I am asking for your help tomorrow. Everyone’s damage counts. Read the country feed or better yet, join discord. There are instructions here:
https://www.erepublik.com/en/article/-education-how-to-use-discord--2648058/1/20