1. Offensive Nuclear Policy?
I don't think there's moral high ground to be had by condemning nukes. The chances of us initiating nukes in an offensive war are low, but we will initiate the use of nukes if necessary.
2. Defensive Nuclear Policy?
Yes, we will retaliate in kind to nuclear weapons.
3. Does your alliance endorse tech raiding?
No.
4. (Answer to #3) Why?
Because it's not profitable to any of our members, and we prefer to destroy antagonists, not bystanders.
5. Why did your alliance choose your color?
N/A, People can go wherever they find the best trades.
6. Are NAPs useless?
Pretty much.
7. Do you believe in MADPs? (Meaning, why not just have MDoAPS just in case if you do not believe in the cause)
They exist, but we don't see ourselves signing any.
8. Do you believe in the use of sanctioning during war?
I believe people use sanctions during war, I'm not convinced it's a good idea.
9. Can you provide me a link to your flag?
Yes.
11. What small alliances do you feel will be major political players in the long run?
I don't know.
12. Do you consider TDO neutral?
Yes, same for anyone else we are neither allied to or at war with.
14. Current recruitment? (Open-door? Applicant interviews? Invite-only?)
Anyone may apply but we are rather selective. We don't actively recruit.
15. Does your alliance believe in preemptive strikes?
We're not going to declare war on someone just because we think they might attack us.
16. Current view concerning NPO?
Neutral
17. Who are the alliances you are closest to who you do not have a treaty with?
Hard to say,
18. Do you believe/support in NPO's Revenge Doctrine?
We have no interest in supporting or violating the Revenge Doctrine.
19. Rate 1-5 (1 being lowest) for which how well your alliance has each of the following: Military, diplomacy, economical, internal organization, stability.
5,3,4,3,4
21. What are your alliance's strengths?
experience and solidarity
22. What are your alliance's weaknesses?
boredom between wars
23. What alliances do typically the majority of your alliance descend from?
Most of our membership has at some point been in MCXA, though there are those who hail from elsewhere.
25. Alliance A declare war on Alliance B. You have MADPs with both. Morally, you agree with Alliance A and feel they have a good enough reason for attacking alliance B, how do you go about handling this situation?
Not applicable, we don't have any MADPs, and even if we did it would take staggering amounts of incompetence by both allies to get to a DoW with both treaties intact. If we did have two MDP+ partners out for each other's blood, we we would try to negotiate a fair peace, and may cancel a treaty with whatever party refuses to deal reasonably.
26. Do you believe in Perma-ZI?
Nothing is permanent but some things are indefinite. People that actually want peace can get it.
27. An alliance called The Fookheads has a MADP with The Asgards. The Asgards decide to declare war on an alliance called Icantbelieveitsnotbutter alliance. Asgards reasoning for attacking is simply because they want dominant control over the silver senate, and they feel this is the only way possible. The Fookheads, whom have an MADP with The Asgards, feel the reasoning is both unethical and illogical, thus canceling their MADP. Are The Fookheads dishonorable for standing up for what they believe in and canceling the MADP? No, canceling the treaty is not dishonorable, refusing to honor the agreement before canceling it, however.....
30. Thoughts concerning...
30.1 ...Citadel?
Cool people.
30.2 ...Frostbite?
Cold people.
30.3 ...Superfriends?
I like pie.
30.4 ...Complaints and Greviances?
Where's the beef?
30.5 ...Common Defense Treaty?
Purple skin is good for masking bruises.
33. Do you ever censor your members?
Well, there is some information we'd prefer be kept within the alliance, such as war plans, and baiting trolls is frowned upon, but a member can express ideas to the rest of the alliance.
34. Are coups ever justifiable?
People try to justify coups all the time, whether they succeed is a matter of perspective.
36. I respectively tell you I dislike your alliance, I feel your leaders are disrespectful who feed on power and power only. I also state I feel the general membership has no respect and constantly flame. What would your response/actions be?
I'd tell you we await your DoW, but won't hold our breath.
38. State the results of any wars you have been in.
Victorious in Karma war.
44. Your members wish for a new government, they don't like it and feel a different kind would be better. What do you do?
I'd give whichever member that thinks something can be done better a chance to prove it.
45. What traits make a good alliance?
Activity solidarity and competence
46. Current Government type?
trium with delegation of certain responsibilities to other government members.
47. What are your alliance's ideals?
Bacon is awesome, just ask Rah.
48. Did you support GGA's doctrine concerning the Green team, stating an alliance needs permission from the to form on GGA and no alliances other than GPA can vote for senate? If a senator from any other team has more than 20+ votes, they will be attacked.
I wasn't aware of it, but it sounds amusing.
49. Do you believe in moral police?
no
50. What treaties do you have?
MDoAP with TOP
ODPs with TFD and BTO
55. Do you feel you will ever be sanctioned?
Probably not, we don't spend much effort recruiting new members.
56. How many members must be in an alliance before you consider them an actual alliance? 1? 5? 10? 20? 30+?
Doesn't really matter, an individual can have influence and AAs of 30+ people can be completely insignificant.
60. Age range most of your members are?
20 ± 5
61. Where do most of your members live?
We have members all across the world, including Australia, Germany, Great Britain, and the United States.
62. What crisis's have your alliance overcome?
Our DoE, and various threats of war.
63. (#62) Did you become weaker or stronger because of them?
The threat of war makes us stronger.
64. What were some of the most important steps your alliance have made in its history?
The decision to exist.
66. What are your alliance's plans internally for the future?
Twiddle our thumbs until someone starts some drama
67. What are your alliance's plans externally for the future?
Buy tech until someone starts some drama.
68. GPA wants a MDP, do you accept?
No, GPA is a neutral alliance.
69. The Hydra Clan enter a war you do not agree with, you have a MADP with them. You are seriously against it and it is against your morals, though, if you do not comply, you can be seen as traitors. What do you do?
We cancel the MADP, and enter the war if asked.
70. What is honor? How is an alliance honorable, what makes an alliance honorable, and what makes an alliance dishonorable in your opinion?
Honor is being straightforward with your allies.
Dishonor is lying to yourself.
71. A GOONS member flames you, and you respond back, publicly, with harsh words as well. Who is wrong?
Factual correctness is irrelevant in a flamewar, and it's usually pointless to get involved.
73. What is more beneficial in the long run, diplomacy or war experience?
War experience is typically more useful.
75. Which alliances would you sign an MDP with if you had free choice?
I'm in no hurry to sign a bunch of treaties.
76. What makes a effective fighting alliance?
Activity, preparation(wonders, warchest, tech, nukes), Command Efficiency, and strategy(war guides, waves, and staggers).
77. In a war against a much bigger opponent against who you could not win, would you use the alliance nukes to go down fighting (to take as many of them down with us as possible - FAN style) or disband the alliance?
We would go down fighting, the damage we deal far exceeding the damage we take.
78. Might makes right. True or false?
True, you have every right that you have the will to assert and the power to enforce, everything else is privilege.
79. About the Unjust War: which side do you think was in the right, if either, and are you happy with the result?
Don't really care.
80. Do you think that CN politics and diplomacy bear much of a similarity to diplomacy in real life? How are they similar or different, and why do you think this is? Does the diplomacy of CN more closely resemble that of any particular time period in human history, and would you change anything about the way it is generally conducted?
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
81. Does the majority of your alliance sell tech or buy tech? For what price?
We typically buy tech for 3m/100, but reliable sellers may get bonuses.
82. Does the majority of your alliance buy donations or sell tech? For what price?
I don't think so, if any do their slots should already be full.
83. What was the cause of the Unjust War? (note: not the actual casus belli but the wider interrelation)
Boredom, it's easy to come by a CB when you have a jerk protectorate to provoke an attack for you.
84. Do you have any ideas about where the next major tension or war might be?
I'm guessing it will involve at least 2 of citadel, frostbite, and C&G
85. What do you think the effect of an alliance sanction is? Is it a good thing or a bad thing for most alliances?
It's good for recruiting inactive noobs and ghosts, not much else.
90. Would your alliance ever spy on an alliance if you felt threatened? (Not in-game spying)
No, unnecessary and counterproductive. Why the hell would I just hand a CB to someone I thought wanted to attack me?
91. The Fookheads have a NAP with TheMenHuggers. You have a MADP with The Fookheads, who break their NAP and attack TheMenHuggers. What do you do?
Depends on circumstances, anything from declaring war on themenhuggers to canceling the MADP with the Fookheads. If it was a conflict of interest I'd expect the fookheads to have the decency to cancel the treaty first.
93. You send a member 15 Million Aid. 2 weeks later, the member leaves. Do you make the member pay 15 Million back? Or more?
I've never seen an aid scammer get through our apps process, the motivation for leaving would probably matter most(so probably not).
94. Is there such thing as respectful freedom of speech over the CN forums?
I have no idea what you mean by that, so no.
95. Should an entire alliance pay the price for one member's actions? (Non-government)
If the alliance supports the member in his or her actions, yes, if the member is expelled, no.
96. Should an entire alliance pay the price for one member's actions? (Government)
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97. Quality or Quantity?
Quality, unless you're talking about nukes(then it's BOTH).
98. The Fookheads, who you have a MADP with, are forced to cancel all treaties to avoid war with the ILovePooNuggets Alliance. The ILovePooNuggets alliance finds a questionable cassus belli, do you help your ally even though they were forced to cancel the treaty?
This makes no sense, we'd support rolling whatever party was pressuring them to drop the treaty BEFORE they canceled it.
99. Will alliances like NADC/WTF ever do anything? Are they isolationists?
If they do something they do it, if you're concerned about something more specific, say so.
100. Your member sends aid to Mangina, who is on NPO's ZI list. (Not really, theoretical situation), who they never announced. There was no way for your alliance to know Mangina was on the list. NPO then attacks your member's nation. How do you handle this situation? What if it leads to a potential war, what will you do?
The consequences for aiding a rogue depend on circumstances, if the member that aided the ZId nation knew about the ZI listing and aided anyway he would be asked to pay a suitable reparation to whatever nation is fighting mangina. This said, attacking a member of TSO without talking to us is grounds for war. We would ask for reparations equivalent to damage(rounded to a full aid slot), or the expulsion and destruction of whichever party was responsible for ordering the attack. We will fight to ZI to defend one member that has done nothing wrong.
