Its time too choose Ireland...
Day 710, 12:22
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by Mr aNiallator
About Brolliance
The term Brolliance refers to the close relationship between Canada and the United States, especially during World War III. The word "Brolliance" is a combination of both the words brother and alliance. Since then, it has been used many times and was solidified as an actual alliance by the contract below.
I doubt we can join this alliance but i thought i'd include it just so it can be put into context.
About Eden
The Erepublik Defense & Economy Network (EDEN) is a military Alliance in eRepublik, formed mainly out of former ATLANTIS members. It was, under the name European Defense & Economy Network, one of two proposed post-ATLANTIS alliances, the other being Fortis. However, the outbreak of World War III, specifically the PEACE invasion of North America, lead to the collapse of Fortis and the creation of EDEN as the one major anti-PEACE alliance. It was originally said to be a "brotherhood of nations"[1] and not a real military alliance, however the alliance was formally established in late September 2009 by the signing of the Treaty of EDEN[2]. The nation is still officially known under the short name the Brotherhood of EDEN or just the Brotherhood.
Relations with other Alliances
Eden is currently at war with PEACE and has helped liberate colonies of PEACE. It currently is allied with Brolliance and has just pushed PEACE out of north america. It has members in Sol who are observers.
Pros:
- Part of a big alliance
- Same alliance as our friends in Canada and the USA
- Better international relations
- More wars
Cons:
- Potential war between UK and Ireland because of being in opposing alliances. (The raelaigh treaty protects this unless we pay a fee for breaking it)
About neutrality
Neutrality has been something us Irish have been since the breakdown of ATLANTIS (the predecesor allaince to EDEN and Brolliance) it has been part of the makeup of Ireland for a long time now. Neutrality does little for the economy or relations but give us control. Control is a major factor of neutrality as you control what you want your country to be. Although this can make you a target, though Ireland has created treatys to protect ourselves.
Pros:
- No threat of invasion
- We call our own shots, were not being bossed around by the big countries.
Cons:
- Relations with other nations and allainces take alot of effort and work by the MOFA and there is only a limit to what can be achieved.
- We won't have a wartime economy so our businesses won't be successful
About the Neutral Nations Federation
The proposal of a neutral nations federations is for 8 or so nations to create a Defensive Federation that would not take sides of other Alliances. It would defend the nations in the federation and safeguard to self determination of other neutral countries. The aim of the federation is not to be influenced by the major alliances and safeguard and stimulate the countries and economies in the Federation. It also aims to build up international relations between the different nations in the Federation.
Pros:
- It would be on our terms
- We wouldn't compromise our relationships with the UK and USA and Canada
Cons:
- Hasn't been officially finished yet
- It could be dangerous and create a war as some of the nations are between PEACE and EDEN.
About Peace
"The PEACE Global Community is a worldwide military alliance consisting of all former FIST member nations as well as many former Mediterranean Alliance and PANAM members. Since its foundation, it has been the largestalliance in eRepublik History, ranging from a lower bound of fifteen members and its peak and current member count of twenty-five.
In keeping with its name, the PEACE Global Community is charged with establishing peace worldwide. Its mission is written into the Charter.
"The PEACE Global Community shall be established as a defensive alliance that will pursue peace in good faith." - Quote eRepublik wiki
Relations with other Alliances
At war with Eden/Bro after nearly the whole of america was taken over in ww3. They have just been kicked out of North America and are slowly losing colonies abroad. It has memebers in Sol who are observers.
Pros:
- Part of a huge alliance
- Same allaince as our friends the UK
- Better international relations
Cons:
- Being a small country we might get less of a say in what PEACE does.
- Potential start of a war between Ireland and the USA/Canada because of our borders crossing and being part of opposing alliances
About Sol
"Sol is a regional alliance for the Asia-Pacific region. It is currently composed of seven official members. Sol's objective is to integrate the Asia-Pacific countries to bring peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region and ensuring the security of member nations by forging a closer relations between the governments and the populations of the each member nations.
Sol is based on the real life United Nations; it is based in the Asia-Pacific region, but the inclusion of South Africa into the alliance on 10 September 2009 indicates a willingness to take members from other continents" - Quote eRepublik Wiki
Relations with other Alliances
Sol takes neutral position with other alliances, and does not limit its member nations from being involved in other alliances, as long as it does not interfere with the security and stability of Asia-Pacific region. As result some member nations of Sol are also members of other alliances.
Pros:
- A defensive alliance
- Wouldn't comprimise our situation being in between Uk which is PEACE and Canada and USA which is Brolliance
Cons:
- Most of the members are far way us in Asia
- Members of Peace and Eden/Broll are observers and could slow down how effective the alliance is.
In conclusion
To decide whether on which alliance we should join, we need to look at geography.
If you look at the current world situation you can see that in Europe there is a concentration of PEACE countries, Northern Europe EDEN, Asia Sol and North America Brolliance. We have to take in account the position of potential friendly and aggresive countries in the World by looking at the map. Now to look at Irelands situation...
As you can see, Ireland is covered on both sides by the opposing alliances, EDEN and PEACE. I feel that strikes those too alliances off the list in which we could join as that would mean we have more of a chance of losing our territories. In my opinion this only leaves Sol, the Neutral Nations Federation and Neutrality itself.
Leave comments below with your ideas, decisions
Niall H
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Grr it wont let me edit Too - to 😡
EDEN, i will never support PEACE, i would love to see Ireland part of EDEN
Sol and the Neutral Federation ..... or neutrality itself.
EDEN, for a more interestig game play
eden or bromance \o/
EDEN: No, because Hungary and the UK
PEACE: No, we need a say and we don't need war right now.
Sol: Allies are too far and they aren't in anything like our situation (pressed between two alliances).
Neutral Federation: Yes, because we have protection and are less likely to be completely rolled in war.
After reading your very interesting, well written and informative article I would say the Neutral Nations Federation would be the best choice but then again there could be a problem with it starting wars as you said.
And this article is missing 'neutrality', the most important option of all. You could go on to outline the many pro's of a fully functioning neutrality, and the few con's for a nation like Ireland.
The question always needs to be asked, what is the end goal here?
there are no pros to neutraility except boredom
Considering the only other neutral nations in the world are Estonia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Switzerland, India and ourselves ...
And Sol is only a regional alliance.
Is this discussion about increasing war or diplomatic relations? If it's war, we will now have 24/7 war games, and if you want to fight in a real war, there is nothing stopping you heading off to fight. Ireland is not an imperialist nation at heart, so we would only be fighting defensive wars. Which means we can do that whether or not we are involved in any alliance.
To improve diplomatic relations, believe it or not, alliances are not the way to go. Alliances are an "us versus them" type of thing. We shouldnt be so restrictive in our foreign policy. we shouldn't favour Croatia over Hungary, or France over Malaysia or ... or ... or. Treat everybody equally, and you will receive the same treatment back. And if you don't receive that treatment back, then you have the moral force behind you. Becoming part of a makeshift alliance will not magic diplomatic relations between countries. That is achieved by hard work, selflessness, gratitude and openness and common purpose, all of the things that friendship requires. Because at the end of the day, thats all alliances, political parties and other groups are here: a group of friends.
It is a natural human tendency to want to be one of many. But it is not always the best solution.
Hi everybody!My opinion is that you should be part of EDEN/FORTIS.That would be more interesting,there will be a war between eIreland and eGB and you will have more new players because of that war.
Good luck!Regards from Serbia!
Neutral Federation because it would make a huge differnce in our politics and make things a lot more fun also increseing defence , friendship and trade between the members
Neutrality, our nation as a singularity, is not boring so long as we have a clear Objective or Goal for our citizens to have a great sense of purpose.
EDEN
EDEN!
Right now, I see Eden as the most prosperous for our country. Not only is it a peacful alliance (not trying to dominate the world), but it is a strong one. As all of you have heard, Eden has recently helped Australia become whole again, which takes a lot to do. Eden is the best one for Ireland, and if anyone has a problem with it, then we have new-found allies. 😃
eBIH isn't neutral, we are EDEN, but eGobba does not color us, so we are not NNF.
Join to EDEN 🙂
Join EDEN/Brolliance
Remember Nunavut? Manitoba? Alaska?
We. Kick. Butt.
Federation of neutral states of neutrality itself.
We simply shouldn't stand for the strongest, nor apply for structured alliance.
Either we do it our way, or we just stay apart.
Hmm, i here you digits but you asked me to outline the Pro's and Con's of each alliance. I didn't include neutrality as its not a alliance. I will add it if its needed.
People need to know their options. Neutrality is one of them.
I don't understand why people want to be neutral. Its a game. You don't need to fear for your lives... Neutrality also stagnates the economy and makes it impossible for baby booms. Boring as hell too. I feel like eIreland's been the shy kid a the big dance sitting in the corner. Get out there are have some fun guys! 🙂
neutral alliance i don't want to deal with peace or eden/brolliance
Isn't it funny. Not so long ago, articles were being greeted with "PEACE FTW". Now suddenly its "EDEN FTW".
EDEN
Time to stand up and fight for something
EDEN
Nice article...stating the....complete obvious..... 🙂
Cheers
"The question always needs to be asked, what is the end goal here?"
(Digits)
"fun"
(Rollo)
"To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women"
(Conan)
oh, and hopefully EDEN.
Thank you for pointing out those obvious points. I will say AGAIN, I support NO alliance. I don't want to join an alliance for the sake of joining an alliance.
Regarding what I believe it was Turd said, if I want to play a game to be scared, I won't play a game that focuses heavily on things like the government and the economy, I will go play Resident Evil or such where I can actually give a shotgun blast to the face at close range.
Neutrality FTW!!!
War = Production
Although we are bordering alot of PEACE countries, EDEN does have a presence in Europe as well. Wouldn't be steamrolled I don't think with the right MPPs.
EDEN.
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD DO NOT JOIN PEACE
@Nith and others - It may be obvious for you but as we all can see your a very old player and know the ins and the outs. This is mainly for the younger players and digits requested it 😉
Soon we shall see what is truly the best decision for Ireland. Don't expect it to be a simple one either.
we are already a observer of SOL i think which has members of PEACE in it so I think we should join PEACE becuase it is bigger than EDEN and might make the deciders in SOL be more likely to accept us as members
I did fight PEACE in USA but now I am ready to join them
ii peace will just use us so at least in eden/bro we'd be respected BUT i still support the league of neutral nations
Ireland is p cool, so that means they couldn't join PEACE. Look at Australia, their economy is going to boom soon with the addition of WA, and they are protected completely from the Indos. The only nation that could invade you is the eUK, and they are worthless.
Mind you, I'm American and this is just my opinion.
Texas, you still in Ireland? Why so?
Join Eden/Bro!!
Go EDEN!!
Go eIreland!!
I would have to say EDEN.