[IRE] Small is not bad!
Max Blue
I have read Edana Savage's article and I have read John Jay's.
The fact that Ireland is unhappy and divided is because of what has been made of this nation and its potential.
Nothing.
To get Ireland moving in the right direction a purpose is needed. This purpose does not have to be Sol, Entente, EDEN, Phoenix or whatever group you wish to lump Ireland in. Ireland can be awesome without being dumped into any category.
How can progress be made?
Get people on the forum ( http://ieforums.hobbittown.com/default.aspx?g=forum )
Get people on the IRC channel ( http://widget.mibbit.com/?settings=823d60fbf0d13057732cd50d73a0c3fc&server=irc.rizon.net&channel=%23ireland )
Get people into the military ( http://www.eidf.netii.net/index.html )
Its easier said than done. But if it not done...
And I don't mean doing any of these things on a little scale. The ministries should get working. The beauty of such small nations is that they are easier to organise, and everyone can be trained, kept informed, PMed (private messaged) and grow easier, as the network of communications is smaller.
But I don't have experience
Everyone can play a role in a country. Have a look at the Sweden their average strength is 5.21 and they ranked 17th in the world despite being 24th in population size.
Also neighbours like the UK. While the UK is ranked 12th today it has not always been this way. I remember not so long ago when the UK was 16 or 17th. Recently a massive forum, and military recruitment drive has taken place. Granted there have been rolling wars, but Ireland can do as well if not better.
How can this be done?
You don't have to be in an alliance to get the benefits of war. You do however have to have an organised military that can be stationed in either a country that is in need of help against attackers or where you can gather RM's for weapons to be used by the Irish Army.
China and Ukraine are two of the most neutral nations that have high Iron regions. Having RM workers there cutting out the middle-man in the production of weapons (gathering of Iron to make them) is important as you can spread funds further.
This all sounds a like a good idea for the military but what about average Joe in Ireland who wants to fight!?
Well average Joe should be recruited to the military. Furthermore it would be a good idea to have a MPP with a nation or nations with real wars going on.
As an honourable, neutral nation efforts should be made to help nations currently under threat such as South Africa, France, Slovenia or China. Ireland should not be afraid to aid oppressed nations, remember one side of Ireland is a mighty EDEN nation, the other side a powerful Phoenix one. If either side should attack Ireland the other side can always be called to Irelands aid.
Is Ireland going to have some balls, or wimper off to an alliance?
I also see it that if Ireland is sticking up for 'invaded nation x' I imagen after 'invaded nation x' is liberated (which it will be in time as all regions eventually return to the origional owner) they are going to want to be friends with Ireland.
To conclude,
- Ireland needs large scale military action.
- Ireland does not need Sol, Entente, EDEN or Phoenix.
- What is needed is hard recruiting.
and
- Clear direction.
Thank you all for reading. I hope you can see logic in at least some of my ideas.
Comments
Really Good 😉
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Nice article mate, Agree with it all.
Whatever!?!
If ireland were to join an alliance it should be Entente, it is a neutral alliance in the grand scheme of things and offers protection (although keeping lies open with neighbours would be crucial).
However i agree with the article completly, the eUK wouldnt of gotten anywhere without the hard work of all its recent CPs and their cabinets and the military.
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totaly agreed
it's not the size that matters, its how you use it
'it's not the size that matters, its how you use it'
XD
is that what she said? 🙂
hmm, but being in a real war and alliance is more fun no?
China - yer they kinda neutral except for letting the US throught to attack Hungary and Attacking Russia!
@uk's
nah she said it mattered, she left shortly after thatg
but feck her, bitches be crazy!
Through much discussion and realization, I whole-heartedly agree with you.
Yes, more activity by citizens leads to more strength. Getting them active is the problem.
I agree completely. Look at how much Poland has grown in the past month. A large recruitment drive needs to take place and also we need to do more to keep people interested.
i would see a baby boom as a problem
just cause everyone on this thing have no life there is no need to hijack the online activities of others and turn them on to erepublik which ultimately makes life worthless
just my two cents
How do you have conlfict if conflict only occurs between alliances? Stupid idea is stupid.
'How do you have conlfict if conflict only occurs between alliances? Stupid idea is stupid.'
So you turn down Ireland friendship because said nation is not in your alliance? You can GTFO my internets.
Sounds good lets be the nation that deploys military abroad without a alliance
Good article.
frankly....Joining the military seems necessary, but quite mal-organised 🙁. I have found 2 websites to register for the IDF i believe (I havent heard back from those 2 in 1 week now).
Military yes, but then organise it like the Military (Or at least try) 😛
I attempted to join the military over a week ago - never heard anything back. Guess my services aren't required 😛