OH NOOOOOO!!!!! WHA HAPPENED? (ie You should really read this)
Gates Schellinger
WAIT, I CAN EXPLAIN.
The US now holds Southern Thailand and Eastern Thailand.
Simply put, Southern Thailand is a region of significant strategic value in the Indos quest for High Iron in India, or in the eUS' ability to hold the high Iron region in India.
As you've noticed, there has been a long string of alerts on the page regarding Southern Thailand, and people attacking it or it being Resistance Warred back to us. It's been attacked 7 times by 4 different countries within the last month, 6 of those attacks came within the last week.
Due to our small population size there is simply no way we can defend Southern Thailand, and it makes us a target for Take-over attempts. With the US holding Southern Thailand, it creates a physical barrier between us and Indonesia, and removes any strategic value that we have.
Ok, but why Eastern Thailand too?
Just because we're no longer of strategic importance, that doesn't mean we still aren't at risk for a Take Over, sometimes a takeover is just for getting gold from winning elections, nothing more. With the US holding Eastern Thailand, it now makes it easier for us to defend ourselves from a political takeover.
This Wiki entry breaks down the Congress to Region ratio. Having only 4 regions doesn't decrease the amount of Candidates that can win, but having only 3 regions drops the amount of congressmen by 10. Since having fewer seats means we need fewer congressmen for a majority, it makes it easier to defend.
Ok, but why the US? Why not Malaysia or the Philippines, since they're our allies
Well, Malaysia has the MPPs that they can use to defeat Indonesia, however, they unfortunately cannot defend against RWs started by Indonesia. So we had to look outside Sol (with Sol's and Malays' approval). Luckily for us the eUS was a region away from us, and because of the Strategic value of Southern Thailand, have an interest in holding it. The eUS can defend against Indonesian RWs, and thus makes the productive occupation more permanent.
Can the eUS take more Regions if they decide they want to?
No, not without opening a war, which costs gold, and takes time. They were only able to get Southern Thailand and Eastern Thailand via Philippines, whom we had an open war with.
Does this mean we're no longer Sol, and a part of Eden?
No, we're still Sol, not Eden. In fact, as strange as this sounds, it allows us to retain Sol's underlying goal of neutrality. This is a win/win for both the eUS and eThailand, and to an extent Malaysia and the Philippines. We'll not be signing MPPs with Eden countries, we've essentially reduced our strategic value to nothing so we can go about improving our country to the point where we can stand on our own, and reasonably defend ourselves, without fear of being molested.
I hope this makes sense to you, we did this because it benefits us and Sol, the fact that it benefits the US is a byproduct. If you have questions or concerns, feel free to message me personally so I can address them.
This is just the first step to a stronger, active Thailand. I hope you stick around for the ride and are willing to get out and help push once in a while. The reconstruction of Thailand will be a team effort.
Thanks for your time.
Also:
Crochet Underwear. For or against? y/n
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Voted, Gates knows his sh*t!
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Good move. Back when we recreated Thailand, I wanted it to be in the size of only one or two regions, exactly for these reasons. It was Indonesia who "liberated" the other regions that we then had to defend for the last couple of months.
I would however like to see a contract between Thailand and the US that defines their right to hold Southern and Eastern, together with a long-term non-aggression pact defining a high penalty.
Voted.
"Crochet Underwear. For or against?" Against. Sounds scratchy.
Thanks for the explication I didn't understand the USA attack
You will soon be under Danish government. You might already be. Mwaha!
So good luck then eThailand
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eIndo and eUS are the same...
Thank god your here to explain it for me and make my blood stop-a-boiling.
get em Gates. If I ever leave the military on here, I'll move to Thailand with you
nice goin' goat!
see how them underwears feels
lol,,, welcoming the eUS in your country to PTO anyways, what's the different??? lolmaxxxxx
wkwkwkwk
😒 Gratulation for that... When will we get this regions back?
I too would like to see a contract between Thailand and the US in accordance with what Thingol outlines in his post over here.
Could this be arranged?
> lol,,, welcoming the eUS in your country to PTO anyways, what's the different??? lolmaxxxxx
The funny thing is that half of us are ex-eUS citizens. Is our government not legit enough?
And yeah, make a contract. 😛
http://www.erepublik.com/en/forum/topic/174459/make-lana-better/1"> About Lana to the Admins
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Hans we're discussing the contract, I'm looking at the Sol charter to figure out what needs to be done to stay within the guidelines.
@ Muhamad Girl: Respectfully, they're not. Indonesia has had a long history of screwing with us, either for their cause or for no cause. eUS has just ignored us.
@Ripo coming from an Indo that's p. funny. They have what they need from us, they're not the one making new accounts. (wink)
Is there any real Thais in eThai? i believe not
excellent decision. maybe us being occupied will lead to a small baby boom as well
@ Kingpiw You guys are certainly not doing anything to help the situation so don't try to act like it doesn't matter, Malaysia, India and China have RL Chinese, Indians, and Malaysians, yet you still pester and try to impose your will on them just the same. We've contacted your government about leaving us be, and to having ST, yet their response was "screw you, we'll take it if we want". So if it's going to be that treatment we can expect, why would we just sit back and accept it?
And as far as RL Thais, we do have them, but not as many as we'd like.
Good explanation Mr. President
Approved. We this isn't casting our lot with EDEN, it is simple expediency. We cannot continue to impose the battle costs on our allies Malaysia and the Philippines, and we must secure our borders. This is merely the easiest way.
Good plan though..
If it puts Indonesia in it's place I'm happy
i'm against the american presence!
we should chase them out!
Yes, you would be since you're a Brazilian.