HM Leopold I

EDIT: Newsflash! The tentative acceptance has, unfortunately, been revoked as the nation of Belgium has chosen to align itself with the alliance of Zenith. Thanks again, all, for your time, patience, and interest.

I am looking for a new alliance and I'd like to have some specific offers, if they are available. I've seen threads like this before, and they always annoyed me because they were so demanding, asking for invitations with a "what can you give me?" attitude, a very unnerving one. So, taking a tip from John F. Kennedy, I've decided to list my qualifications first, then my requirements. In that order, here they are: dedication: I will provide everything I can to support a healthy, functioning alliance; ambition: I am interested in holding an executive office and I will work hard to prove myself; tenacity: ask any of my friends and they will tell you that I am a vicious enemy and I enjoy fights-to-the-death, so even if I must take on six nations for your just war, I'll be there until the end; aggression: I want to see something done, be it diplomatically or militarily -- give me orders and I'll get them done to the best of my ability; loyalty: this should speak for itself; military intelligence: my speciality. I am extremely experienced in warfare and I love creating tactical battle plans, so if you want to put me at the head of a team that is willing to take orders, I will make you proud. Next, my expectations from you: fat sign-up bonus: big surprise, right? But I'm not just greedy, as I have specific goals (building a navy and completing my air force); consistency: a little drama is fun and makes for good internal politicking, but when it starts wars and leaves people abandoned, it's gone too far; smart foreign policy: I don't care if you're tech raiders, but my loyalty won't turn into stupidity if I have to personally uncover the reason you attacked a 5,000,000-man alliance; forum sexiness: I know this sounds weird, but if your forum isn't at least mildly pimped-out and if it is unorganized (bad grammar in the board descriptions, etc.), then I will be frustrated. Do my qualifications satisfy you? If so, let me see what you got to offer! Sincerely, H.M. Leopold I Roi du Belges

I have lead but not aluminum. I presume you need a nation with both?

Greece and Vatican City have just joined the ECS!

Passing along wisdom in a criterium? Isn't that a rather clumsy way of saying "advise"? Besides, what else is there in this game about which one can be advised (or granted wisdom)?

le Bump.

Bump to a fellow European.

European Community Summit Our cyberverse is a gigantic place, filled with nations and alliances eager to make it to the top of the proverbial pile. Among these nations are the nations of Europe, who share a unique heritage and (hopefully) a unique destiny. The revelation of this destiny lies in the cooperation of European states; in their willingness to work towards a common end; in their ability to forget differences and forge a pool of resources, a pool from which any one European nation may draw in time of need. That is why I've created the European Community Summit a temporary organization designed to promote the interaction of European or Europe-oriented nations. We plan to discuss ways to improve our efficiency and cooperation in military and financial affairs; to find ways to benefit ourselves through trade discrimination and non-aggression pacts, regardless of alliance affiliation. This is not an attempt at recruitment (although the possibility of a purely European alliance will hopefully be discussed); rather, this is merely an attempt at bringing ourselves to the point of forging an non-aggression pact that binds us together, an attempt at pooling our resources to help one another. What countries are registered to attend on April 1? Albania Belgium France Hungary Slovakia Switzerland It is best described as a friendly gathering to which I would like to invite any Europe-oriented nation. If you are named after a real country in Europe, you're automatically welcome; if you use the name of a real European country in your nation's name, you're more than welcome; if your nation's ruler is the same as a real European country's ruler and you have an interest, then you are welcome. To see our forums (the minimal design is intentional, to emphasize the fact that this planning stage of our development is not permanent), simply click on the picture below: European? Interested in completing the puzzle? Come speak and be heard at the European Community Summit today! Sincerely, His Majesty King Leopold I