Interview with Kaleb and Jordy in its Entirety
Emerick
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Welcome! You have entered [eUSA Lounge] at 12:57 pm
[Emerick] 1:09 pm: tg
[Emerick] 1:09 pm: kt
[Emerick] 1:18 pm: Where's Kaleb?
[eUSA Lounge]: Kaleb has entered at 1:38 pm
[Kaleb] 1:38 pm: hi
[eUSA Lounge]: Jordy Quinto has entered at 1:38 pm
[Kaleb] 1:39 pm: this is nice
[Jordy Quinto] 1:39 pm: Hello Emerick, Kaleb.
[Kaleb] 1:43 pm: emerick if you use msn add me
[Emerick] 1:45 pm: Oh hey
[Emerick] 1:45 pm: I don't use msn
[Emerick] 1:45 pm: I thought I wouldn't get ahold of you guys
[Kaleb] 1:46 pm: ih!
[Kaleb] 1:46 pm: great, we can start
[Kaleb] 1:46 pm: nice chat tool btw
[Jordy Quinto] 1:46 pm: I have 25 min to talk before I have to go.
[Kaleb] 1:46 pm: that should be enough
[Emerick] 1:46 pm: alright
[Emerick] 1:47 pm: I guess I'll start with the basics
[Kaleb] 1:47 pm: Emerick, there is a lot of false ideas going around about the UK-Belgium war
[Kaleb] 1:47 pm: so you'll have a chance to clear things up
[Emerick] 1:47 pm: Like what?
[Kaleb] 1:47 pm: I think some people think that the Belgium government are actually brits we sent over to take over and declare war on UK for free
[Kaleb] 1:47 pm: like the Swedes that took over Austria for example
[Emerick] 1:48 pm: Did they?
[Kaleb] 1:48 pm: or the turks in Ukraine, Americans in Poland etc
[Emerick] 1:48 pm: okay
[Kaleb] 1:48 pm: it wasn't backed by Swedish government, but a guy called Voxx stole 1000G from Austria's account
[Emerick] 1:48 pm: Well, how can you prove that isn't the case?
[Kaleb] 1:48 pm: prove what isn't the case?
[Emerick] 1:49 pm: That the British government hasn't taken over Belgium
[Jordy Quinto] 1:49 pm: Wel, zoals je ziet kan ik zeker Nederlands praten
[Emerick] 1:49 pm: what
[Kaleb] 1:49 pm: wiat a sec - shall we 'officially' start the interview first 🙂
[Jordy Quinto] 1:49 pm: Ik woon dus in België, meer bepaald het Vlaamse gedeelte.
[Emerick] 1:49 pm: I've already got it started
[Emerick] 1:50 pm: I thought that what you said @1:47 was a great opener
[Emerick] 1:50 pm: Oh wait Jordy, is that proof?
[Emerick] 1:50 pm: Is that Belgian?
[Jordy Quinto] 1:50 pm: I thought I'd prove that I can talk Dutch at a native level.
[Kaleb] 1:50 pm: the Belgians are all belgian
[Kaleb] 1:50 pm: no Brits there at all
[Emerick] 1:50 pm: Dutch, excuse me
[Emerick] 1:51 pm: Well that's good
[Kaleb] 1:51 pm: anyone can read the news in Belgium, or press releases, it's all in French or Belgian, very little in English
[Kaleb] 1:51 pm: of Flemish I mean
[Jordy Quinto] 1:52 pm: Yes, I wrote my latest press release about this merge in Dutch.
[Emerick] 1:52 pm: So, how did this union talk start?
[Emerick] 1:52 pm: Who started it?
[Emerick] 1:52 pm: And why?
[Kaleb] 1:52 pm: Jordy? care to explain?
[Jordy Quinto] 1:53 pm: Certainly
[Jordy Quinto] 1:54 pm: I had asked Kaleb for advice ever since I started about multiple things considering Belgium.
[Jordy Quinto] 1:54 pm: Like, at first for example I asked him what would be a good way to help my country. It was by becoming president, because you can do the most for a country then.
[Jordy Quinto] 1:55 pm: I asked him about how I could stimulate our economy
[Kaleb] 1:55 pm: oh, and I remember you had a load of cheaters that tried to take over your party too - thankfully admins banned them
[Jordy Quinto] 1:55 pm: Yes, same with our general elections but they got banned too thankfully.
[Emerick] 1:56 pm: So it all started with you asking for advice?
[Jordy Quinto] 1:56 pm: Anyhow, at the time I became president there were only 2 active CEOs
[Kaleb] 1:56 pm: GMs you mean... 🙂
[Emerick] 1:56 pm: CEOs? General Managers?
[Emerick] 1:56 pm: ok
[Jordy Quinto] 1:56 pm: Yes, I mean that.
[Jordy Quinto] 1:57 pm: So I had to open up my own food company even, to decrease the insane prizes.
[Jordy Quinto] 1:57 pm: Kaleb then suggested me to open up a national bank like in the UK
[Emerick] 1:57 pm: Did you have a company for every market?
[Jordy Quinto] 1:57 pm: Nope, currently I only have one for food.
[Kaleb] 1:57 pm: I was explaining how to set up national food companies. - The National Bank in the UK is the Bank of England by the way.
[Emerick] 1:58 pm: ok
[Jordy Quinto] 1:58 pm: Yes, he suggested I create a bank for Belgium like that too.
[Emerick] 1:58 pm: And what was that for?
[Kaleb] 1:58 pm: it's a vehicle to more publically transfer funds out of the national account, instead of being done through the President's account
[Jordy Quinto] 1:59 pm: Yes.
[Kaleb] 1:59 pm: because then you get laid open to all sorts of corruption allegations as you can't see what money is the Presiden'ts personal money and what is the state's.
[Kaleb] 1:59 pm: Look at Koroush in Iran for example
[Kaleb] 1:59 pm: all sorts of accusations there
[Kaleb] 2:00 pm: A National Bank means it is clear that all funds through that account belong to the state, and not the person of the President
[Emerick] 2:00 pm: alright, so you got rid of cheaters, opened up some companies to drove down prices, and opened a bank to take some heat off of yourself?
[Kaleb] 2:01 pm: No, he was about to open the bank
[Kaleb] 2:01 pm: That's when we thought about a Union
[Emerick] 2:02 pm: why/
[Jordy Quinto] 2:02 pm: We kind of thought of the idea at the same time.
[Emerick] 2:02 pm: ?
[Emerick] 2:02 pm: And when was that?
[Jordy Quinto] 2:02 pm: It would be far easier to just have a political and economical union with the UK than trying to slowly build up our Belgian economy.
[Emerick] 2:03 pm: Ah
[Kaleb] 2:03 pm: expensive to start all those companies
[Emerick] 2:03 pm: And Belgium is pretty small?
[Kaleb] 2:03 pm: Not enough workers to produce everything
[Emerick] 2:03 pm: right
[Kaleb] 2:03 pm: workforce of like 30
[Kaleb] 2:04 pm: I have more than that in my company, K-Travel
[Emerick] 2:04 pm: Okay, so it was for economic reasons
[Kaleb] 2:04 pm: primarily
[Kaleb] 2:04 pm: many people were coming into Belgium and dying - it had a very high unemployment rate
[Emerick] 2:04 pm: as opposed to Romainia's pride
[Emerick] 2:04 pm: Well that makes sense
[Emerick] 2:05 pm: So when did the idea come up?
[Kaleb] 2:06 pm: not long ago
[Emerick] 2:06 pm: like a week?
[Emerick] 2:06 pm: ago?
[Kaleb] 2:06 pm: this week
[Emerick] 2:06 pm: really?
[Jordy Quinto] 2:06 pm: Yes
[Kaleb] 2:06 pm: yup
[Emerick] 2:06 pm: how many days before the war mod was relesed?
[Emerick] 2:07 pm: And compared to the Romainian-Moldovian union?
[Kaleb] 2:07 pm: day before I think
[Kaleb] 2:07 pm: can't remember exactly
[Emerick] 2:07 pm: Okay
[Kaleb] 2:07 pm: we don't need a contract like Romania-Moldova because we are forming a constitution in the UK this month
[Kaleb] 2:07 pm: which will cover things like independence clauses
[Kaleb] 2:08 pm: Don't forget UK is already made up of 4 countries
[Emerick] 2:08 pm: Well, if I'm not mistaken(I can't check on eRep right now), one of you has some MMP's that are coming into affect
[Kaleb] 2:08 pm: Belgium 2
[Emerick] 2:08 pm: I knew about the UK, but not Belgium
[Jordy Quinto] 2:08 pm: It's actually two parts, not really countries.
[Emerick] 2:08 pm: Who's writing your constitution?
[Emerick] 2:09 pm: like states?
[Kaleb] 2:09 pm: We will be a "United Kingdom" of England, Flanders, Scotland, Wallonia, Wales and Northern Ireland
[Kaleb] 2:09 pm: congress and Mayors
[Jordy Quinto] 2:09 pm: Well, 3 if the Brussels capital area is counted.
[Kaleb] 2:09 pm: a bit like USA but more focussed on practical matters
[Emerick] 2:09 pm: oh cool, we have just one person writing ours, which I think isn't right
[Jordy Quinto] 2:10 pm: I have one more minute, then I have to go.
[Emerick] 2:10 pm: Will you answer the MMP question?
[Emerick] 2:10 pm: damnit
[Emerick] 2:10 pm: I'll have to pm some questions
[Kaleb] 2:10 pm: oh sorry
[Emerick] 2:10 pm: *you
[Kaleb] 2:10 pm: I'll still be here
[Emerick] 2:10 pm: good
[Kaleb] 2:10 pm: UK has MPPs with USA, Romania and Ireland
[Emerick] 2:10 pm: how kong?
[Emerick] 2:10 pm: *long lol
[Emerick] 2:11 pm: and Belgium is attacking you, right?
[Kaleb] 2:11 pm: we cancelled the MPP with Netherlands temporarily as it would have made Maastricht region a warzone because of a common border
[Kaleb] 2:11 pm: yes, it's less costly that way. Same reason Moldova is attacking Romania
[Emerick] 2:11 pm: but the other countries won't be involved because they're not bordering?
[Kaleb] 2:12 pm: Their citizens can fight but the country won't be affected.
[Kaleb] 2:12 pm: Just like when Moldova declars war on Moldova we will be at war with Moldova. Doesn't really matter.
[Kaleb] 2:13 pm: Shall I explain more practicalities about the Union?
[Emerick] 2:13 pm: So why didn't you cancel all MMP's?
[Emerick] 2:13 pm: Well let's finish this up first
[Kaleb] 2:13 pm: No need really, no harm done by having them.
[Jordy Quinto] 2:13 pm: Oh darn. My time is up.. Kaleb will answer further questions. If you still have any questions for me then I could answer them tomorrow morning.
[Kaleb] 2:14 pm: Thanks Jordy
[Emerick] 2:14 pm: I'll pm you some tonight
[Emerick] 2:14 pm: Thanks for coming
[Jordy Quinto] 2:14 pm: My pleasure. Good night Kaleb, Emerick.
[Kaleb] 2:14 pm: I can explain more about the merger, and other non-economic reasons for doing it.
[Kaleb] 2:14 pm: Night!
[Emerick] 2:14 pm: Alright
[eUSA Lounge]: Jordy Quinto has left at 2:14 pm
[Kaleb] 2:15 pm: We will be doing a monetary union. So all Belgians will be able to convert their BEF to GBP at an agreed rate
[Emerick] 2:15 pm: Which is....
[Kaleb] 2:15 pm: otherwise they would all be impoverished with a worthless currency!
[Kaleb] 2:15 pm: Haven't decided just yet
[Emerick] 2:16 pm: do you know how much hte BEF is compared to GBP?
[Emerick] 2:16 pm: *the
[Kaleb] 2:16 pm: we'll do it according to relative wages and prices
[Emerick] 2:17 pm: So straight formula, like eRepublik sees it?
[Kaleb] 2:17 pm: Belgian political parties will be dissolved as a result of the war, so we will provide Gold to allow the leaders of the two main parties to reform their parties in the new UK.
[Kaleb] 2:17 pm: Based on RER yes, but also wages.
[Kaleb] 2:18 pm: I helped create the RER formula so I think I can handle the BEF:GBP rate
[Emerick] 2:18 pm: What's RER?
[Kaleb] 2:18 pm: Recommended Exchange Rate!
[Kaleb] 2:18 pm: Read my paper...
[Emerick] 2:18 pm: hey I have a test in 10 minutes, are you going to be here in 30 mins/
[Emerick] 2:19 pm: lol sorry
[Emerick] 2:19 pm: I think I am subscribed, actually
[Emerick] 2:19 pm: ?
[Kaleb] 2:20 pm: ooh, I might be
[Kaleb] 2:20 pm: email me if desperate, you've got all this saved right?
[Emerick] 2:20 pm: I will, yeah
[Emerick] 2:20 pm: I prefer this, though
[Emerick] 2:21 pm: I can be 30 mins late, actually, it's a short test, and we have an hour and a half to finish
[Kaleb] 2:21 pm: I mean email me to check when I am around
[Emerick] 2:21 pm: alright
[Emerick] 2:21 pm: So, back to the interview..............
[Emerick] 2:21 pm: You're giving political leaders Gold, exchanging currency
[Emerick] 2:22 pm: how will you know how much to give?
[Emerick] 2:22 pm: And won't you be losing money by doing that?
[Kaleb] 2:23 pm: only GBP which we print
[Kaleb] 2:23 pm: just like the Euro was printed
[Kaleb] 2:23 pm: and 80 Gold for the parties
[Emerick] 2:24 pm: Alright, I'll look up how much you guys have now(note to self)
[Kaleb] 2:24 pm: Belgians also get into the UK forum, which is the most active in Erepublik
[Kaleb] 2:24 pm: we nearly have more posts than erepublik.se which has many times our population
[Kaleb] 2:24 pm: and has been going longer
[Emerick] 2:24 pm: erepublik.se? What's that, Sweden?
[Kaleb] 2:24 pm: Belgians can have their own section of the forum if they want to talk in French or Flemish
[Kaleb] 2:25 pm: we already have a Croatian community quite happy in the UK
[Kaleb] 2:25 pm: yes
[Kaleb] 2:25 pm: This also gives an ideal way to test the war mod, before countries fight each other for real
[Kaleb] 2:25 pm: This morning we uncovered many bugs
[Emerick] 2:25 pm: Oh shit.
[Kaleb] 2:25 pm: so we'll try and speak later?
[Kaleb] 2:26 pm: probably won't be 30 mins though...
[Kaleb] 2:26 pm: ??
[Emerick] 2:26 pm: I'm losing this interview........don't post
[Emerick] 2:26 pm: Oh thank god
[Kaleb] 2:26 pm: just click save
[Emerick] 2:26 pm: It's alright
[Kaleb] 2:26 pm: got it?
[Emerick] 2:27 pm: No, I'm staying until 3
[Emerick] 2:27 pm: yeah
[Kaleb] 2:27 pm: I gotta go too for a bit
[Emerick] 2:27 pm: how long?
[Kaleb] 2:27 pm: don't know 🙁
[Kaleb] 2:27 pm: sry got to dash...
[eUSA Lounge]: Kaleb has left at 2:28 pm
...he left me there just like that....................
Article being written as we speak
Comments
Not as good as Garp\'s masterpiece.
are you going to do an edited version of this... might be a bit easier to read 🙂
well, at least the reason behind Indonesia Australia war is much simpler compared to this.
lol insu
Kaleb, the real article is up. There\'s no way in hell I\'m gonna go through the hell of editing this...