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[center][IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v476/darooman/GOPOWFBanner.png[/IMG] [b]July GOP Update[/b] [IMG]http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/8167/july11gopupdate.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/8211/july11gopupdate2.jpg[/IMG][/center] The GOP is ranked 9th, [URL=http://www.cybernations.net/allAlliances_display.asp?Page=1&Order=DESC&Field=Average_Strength]relative to average nation strength[/URL], amongst all alliances. Our average NS is up 3,287 since the [URL=http://z8.invisionfree.com/Green_Old_Party/index.php?showtopic=2620]April report[/URL], and we've down two spots in this ranking category. The GOP is ranked 48th, [URL=http://www.cybernations.net/allAlliances_display.asp?Page=2&Order=DESC&Field=Technology]relative to total technology[/URL], amongst all alliances - down eight spots since April. Total tech up 5,040 since April. The GOP is also ranked 51st [URL=http://www.cybernations.net/allAlliances_display.asp?Page=2&Order=DESC&Field=Strength]relative to total alliance strength[/URL], amongst all alliances - down seven spots since April. Total alliance strength has grown steadily almost every day this month, raising our total 4,556 to 2,539,254 cumulative NS. The GOP is ranked 54th, [URL=http://www.cybernations.net/allAlliances_display.asp?Page=2&Order=DESC&Field=Score]relative to alliance score[/URL] - down four spots since April. Our alliance score currently sits at 9.20 - up 0.08 from last report. The GOP is ranked 61st, [URL=http://www.cybernations.net/allAlliances_display.asp?Page=2&Order=DESC&Field=Nuclear]relative to total nuclear weapons[/URL], amongst all alliances - down seven spots spots since April. We have 45 less nukes than last report. The GOP is ranked 61st, [URL=http://www.cybernations.net/allAlliances_display.asp?Page=2&Order=DESC&Field=Infrastructure]relative to total infrastructure[/URL], amongst all alliances - down six spots since last report. [URL=http://www.cybernations.net/elect_senators_results.asp]The GOP has maintained a Green Sphere senator[/URL] since June 10, 2009. To date, the GOP senator is the second strongest senator in the game, and one of only three to pass the 200,000 NS mark. Of the six current Green Sphere sanctions, three were levied by the GOP senator (one for nuclear roguery, one for scamming aid partners, the other for attacking the GOP). Additional Green sphere news can be found [URL=http://z8.invisionfree.com/Green_Old_Party/index.php?showtopic=1974]here[/URL].

Noted your announcement in the [url=http://z8.invisionfree.com/Green_Old_Party/index.php?showtopic=1974]Green Sphere News thread[/url], Legacy Speaking of which... I need to update the OP in that thread...

[img]http://media.nj.com/njv_tom_moran/photo/chris-christie-moran-columnjpg-df4b077774083658_large.jpg[/img] *Chris Christie bumps*

Whoa... this blows... Hate to see you guys leaving Green

Welcome back to the show

Yay peace

Good stuff guys, congrats

[center][IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v476/darooman/GOPOWFBanner.png[/IMG] [b]April GOP Update[/b] [IMG]http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/6298/aprilgopupdate.jpg[/IMG][/center] The GOP is ranked 7th, [URL=http://www.cybernations.net/allAlliances_display.asp?Page=1&Order=DESC&Field=Average_Strength]relative to average nation strength[/URL], amongst all alliances. Our average NS is up 6,216 since the [URL=http://z8.invisionfree.com/Green_Old_Party/index.php?showtopic=2580]February report[/URL], and we've moved up 1 spot in this ranking category. The GOP is ranked 40th, [URL=http://www.cybernations.net/allAlliances_display.asp?Page=2&Order=DESC&Field=Technology]relative to total technology[/URL], amongst all alliances - up five spots since December. Total tech up 9,115 since February. The GOP is also ranked 44th [URL=http://www.cybernations.net/allAlliances_display.asp?Page=2&Order=DESC&Field=Strength]relative to total alliance strength[/URL], amongst all alliances - up 1 spot since February. Total alliance strength has grown steadily almost every day this month, raising our total to 88,355 cumulative NS. The GOP is ranked 50th, [URL=http://www.cybernations.net/allAlliances_display.asp?Page=2&Order=DESC&Field=Score]relative to alliance score[/URL] - down 1 spot since February. Our alliance score currently sits at 9.12. The GOP is ranked 54th, [URL=http://www.cybernations.net/allAlliances_display.asp?Page=2&Order=DESC&Field=Nuclear]relative to total nuclear weapons[/URL], amongst all alliances - down three spots spots since December. We've acquired 14 additional nukes since the last report. The GOP is ranked 55th, [URL=http://www.cybernations.net/allAlliances_display.asp?Page=2&Order=DESC&Field=Infrastructure]relative to total infrastructure[/URL], amongst all alliances - the same as in February. [URL=http://uevil.maybe.net/new/2011-03-07_MEGAMD.html]Amongst the top 80 alliances in the game the GOP is...[/URL][LIST][*][b]1st[/b] overall in terms of avg. Soldier count per nation - (46,543 soldier avg.) [*]Tied for [b]1st[/b] in the total % of our nations in war mode - (100%!) [*]Tied for [b]1st[/b] in total % of our nations in anarchy - (0%!) [*][b]2nd[/b] in avg. ships per nation - (35 ship avg.) [*]Tied for [b]7th[/b] in avg. aircraft per nation - (62 aircraft avg. - but we don't let our folks have aircraft unless they qualify for all level 9s) [*][b]Last[/b] in avg tanks per nation (which is great, because we aren't at war, so we shouldn't have ANY tanks on hand - though we had an avg. of 58 tanks per nation as of the last military stat crunch).[/LIST][url=http://www.cybernations.net/elect_senators_results.asp]The GOP has maintained a Green Sphere senator[/url] since June 10, 2009. To date, the GOP senator is the second strongest senator in the game, and only the second to pass the 200,000 NS mark. Of the five current Green Sphere sanctions, two were levied by the GOP senator (one for nuclear roguery, the other for aid theft). [url=http://z8.invisionfree.com/Green_Old_Party/index.php?showtopic=201&view=findpost&p=5922366]The GOP also now lays claim to a Top 10 nation[/url], and is one of just seven alliances who can lay stake to such a claim. Additional Green sphere news can be found [URL=http://z8.invisionfree.com/Green_Old_Party/index.php?showtopic=1974]here[/URL].

Hope he hasn't bailed on us...

And, as of today, we have one of the game's top 10 strongest nations

The GOP passed 2.5 million NS the other day, and is sitting at 7th amongst all alliances relative to average nation strength. We've got a Green team senator, a great batch of alliance leaders, and we have a lot of fun political discussions on our forums. Give the Green Old party a closer look if you're looking for a new place to call home

Awesome as always!

Congrats to our friends in GC! o/ Neutrality!

Congrats to all winners

Still reading this, still appreciating it

[center][IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v476/darooman/GOPOWFBanner.png[/IMG] [b]February GOP Update[/b] [IMG]http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/1608/febgopupdate.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/7901/febgopupdate1.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/9543/febgopupdate2.jpg[/IMG][/center] The GOP is ranked 8th, [URL=http://www.cybernations.net/allAlliances_display.asp?Page=1&Order=DESC&Field=Average_Strength]relative to average nation strength[/URL], amongst all alliances. Our average NS is up 5,682 since the [URL=http://z8.invisionfree.com/Green_Old_Party/index.php?showtopic=2480]December report[/URL], and we've moved up 13 spots in this ranking category. The GOP is ranked 45th, [URL=http://www.cybernations.net/allAlliances_display.asp?Page=2&Order=DESC&Field=Technology]relative to total technology[/URL], amongst all alliances - up seven spots since December. Total tech up 2,301 since December. The GOP is also ranked 45th [URL=http://www.cybernations.net/allAlliances_display.asp?Page=2&Order=DESC&Field=Strength]relative to total alliance strength[/URL], amongst all alliances - up 13 spots since December. Total alliance strength has grown steadily almost every day this month, raising our total to 2,442,213 cumulative NS. The GOP is ranked 49th, [URL=http://www.cybernations.net/allAlliances_display.asp?Page=2&Order=DESC&Field=Score]relative to alliance score[/URL] - up 10 spots since December. Our alliance score currently sits at 8.85. The GOP is ranked 51st, [URL=http://www.cybernations.net/allAlliances_display.asp?Page=2&Order=DESC&Field=Nuclear]relative to total nuclear weapons[/URL], amongst all alliances - up 16 spots since December. We've acquired 29 additional nukes since the last report. The GOP is ranked 55th, [URL=http://www.cybernations.net/allAlliances_display.asp?Page=2&Order=DESC&Field=Infrastructure]relative to total infrastructure[/URL], amongst all alliances - up 17 spots since Dec. [URL=http://uevil.maybe.net/new/2011-02-23_MEGAMD.html]Amongst the top 80 alliances in the game the GOP is...[/URL][LIST] [*][b]3rd[/b] overall in terms of avg. Soldier count per nation - (44,088 soldier avg.) [*][b]Last[/b] in avg tanks per nation (which is great, because we aren't at war, so we shouldn't have ANY tanks on hand - though we had an avg. of 58 tanks per nation as of this last report [*]Tied for [b]7th[/b] in avg. aircraft per nation - (62 aircraft avg. - but we don't let our folks have aircraft unless they qualify for all level 9s) [*][b]3rd[/b] in avg. ships per nation - (35 ship avg.) [*]Tied for [b]1st[/b] in the total % of our nations in war mode - (100%!) [*]Tied for [b]1st[/b] in total % of our nations in anarchy - (0%!) [/LIST]Additional Green sphere news can be found [URL=http://z8.invisionfree.com/Green_Old_Party/index.php?showtopic=1974]here[/URL].

[img]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PlJTNgrwPpY/Rz8p7CkUaZI/AAAAAAAABDk/twPSG_tqfUg/s400/peggy_noonan.jpg[/img] *Peggy Noonan bumps*

Congrats on an outstanding milestone GPA! Five years of true success, that is to be sure.

The Green Old Party's soft-line neutrality also dictates that if a neutral alliance is hit because someone thinks they're a juicy, easy target, we reserve the right to combat that attack on neutrality. Not in defense of the GPA, per say, but in defense of neutrality's right to exist.

Very pleased to see our friends in NoR and WF reach a peace settlement

Happy to see a new alliance that embraces the approach of detaching itself from arbitrary treaty webs. Best of luck to you!

We just want to formally thank everyone who responded here for both their support and mature consideration of our announcement. o/ GOP

[quote name='Bob Ilyani' timestamp='1296453730' post='2612492'] Neutrality.... how very [s]cowardly[/s] [i]Conservative [/i]of you. Congrats on 2 years and best of luck moving forward. [/quote] Abstaining from war is only cowardly if you presume we share the same values as you. We don't. Thank you for the well wishes

I'll say this for the NSO: you guys never cease to make me want to read your announcements. You always think out of the box.

[quote name='Batallion' timestamp='1296449975' post='2612082'] You say that GOP is an alliance which fights for what it believes in, yet you are not in this current war. In fact, you've never been in any war. Two years and you haven't fought, so when exactly are you guys going to enter a war to fight for what you believe in?[/quote] As we said when we issued our DTOM doctrine, we'll fight when someone tries to deny a neutral alliance its right to be neutral, a green alliance its right to be Green, or a conservative alliance its right to be Conservative. Since our inception, no one has declared on a neutral alliance just because it's neutral. No one's declared on a self-proclaimed conservative alliance just because it's conservative. And no one's tried to push any green alliance off our sphere (though we've had debates with other alliances in our sphere about the wisdom of supporting certain green alliances' inclusion into the UJA). If we'd been around during the War on Peace, we most certainly would have jumped into the fray (and been butchered, but still would have gone). With regard to the current war, we've been watching closely looking to see if any of our spheres of interest were coming under unwarranted attack. They haven't yet. Specifically, we were watching to see if INT was going to prolong their hostilities with TCU simply because the INT is chalked full of commies and TCU is, obviously, conservative. But INT peaced out with all of TCU's other attackers. They were also careful, in their DoW, to say that they were going to war because of their treaty obligations - not because of ideological motivations. So, we had no role in that conflict. MK's declaration on the CCC also raised some eyebrows, but Christianity is not tantamount to conservatism. What's more, despite the fiery rhetoric in that MK DoW, they still said they were declaring because of a treaty obligation - making the nature of the DoW relative to CN politics. But had someone posted a similar DoW on TCU or CPAC or maybe even NoR without the justification of doing it to honor a treaty, it would likely make us want to get involved. We're also diligently watching out for anyone who might take the opportunity in this mayhem to start picking on any neutral alliances. Should someone decide now would be the perfect time to hit the Grey council, for example, we'd be all over that - defending neutrality's right to exist. Similarly, by way of example, if VE surrendered (which I know won't happen) and NpO tried to make one of the terms "you must join the Blue sphere," we'd involve ourselves at that point. In short, we don't meddle in the political affairs of other alliances. We think treaties are arbitrary, and that an alliance (as evidenced by Doomhouse) has the capacity to declare war (or not) for whatever reason it wants. You don't need a treaty to go to war, or to bring friends with you. We do, however, keep a watchful eye over the Green Old Party's spheres of interests. In the event that someone decides to make life rough for neutrality, conservatism or the Green sphere - we'll be all over that like white on rice. But we're simply not interested in being chained down by the politics of other people. Treaties are too easily dropped or picked up and the leadership and membership of any given alliance is too amorphous to base a sound foreign policy upon them. Suffice it to say, we're defensive in nature. We only go to war to defend ourselves or our way of life (our spheres of interest). That's our approach any way. It's been working thus far. Our not having gone to war in two years, in our minds, is evidence of a successful foreign policy.