Ogaden

This isn't really the place to discuss the aid system of the NPO.

I think if all the anti-NPO nations in all of Cybernations banded together they could probably take us down, but the exact same reason why they hate us also means that they would never agree to such a centralized and hierarchical entity necessary to do so. I would disagree with the argument that it's all about numbers, but rather all about having those numbers together and organized.

Mogar, I'm not sure what would happen if the NPO was really badly beaten up in a war, but I don't see it as an impossibility. I can think of a few unlikely scenarios that could destroy the NPO off the top of my head, which for obvious reasons I won't share with the world at large. I like to think that the community spirit would hold most of us together. What made you leave the NPO?

I never said I couldn't have accessed aid, it was never offered to me, personally, but then again I wasn't destroyed. I probably could have gotten enough to rebuild, but I got enough to rebuild from tech dealing too, so I chose not to.

I never considered it necessary really, though I've urged others to ask for it. Tech dealing always gave me more than enough money to rebuild.

Margrave, I wasn't making a threat, and I apologize if it was construed in such a way. I have removed the offending sentence, I realize it was a bit threateningly ambiguous. I was trying to make the point that I am prepared for the day that the NPO's fortunes are reversed.

I have never been offered reconstruction aid, and I've only ever seen it given to NPO nations that were absolutely destroyed. I've been in brutal wars where it really would have helped as well. I'm sure that day will come eventually, when we fight a war that we lose. When that happens I'll know exactly how to fight a brutal guerrilla insurgency, thanks to FAN. There isn't just this massive entity called "the NPO", it's made up of individual nations. Sometimes people lose sight of that.

The lower echelons of NPO are the victims of the higher echelon's successes, but this is by and large a good thing. By the time an NPO nation is large enough to get involved in inter-alliance wars, they usually have several months worth of combat experience. What's been going on for the last 9 months is "low intensity" warfare, like in the jungles of Congo. If you think it's any less bloody and vicious than "high intensity" warfare, then I suggest you try it sometime.

There are no guarantees of victory. Ever. NPO help each other, this is true, and we look out for each other, but you have no idea how many nations fight us on a daily basis.

Being in the lower echelons of the NPO is not a safe place to be, due to FAN. I fought FAN nations for most of my first month in NPO. Them and also Vox Populi and lately Jarheads makes newbies to NPO get a heck of a lot of combat time. The only breaks in fighting I've had for the last 2 months I spent rebuilding my warchest for the next series of wars.

I have been analyzing the existing structure as well as the opposition to the existing structure and the conflicts between the existing structure and it's aforementioned opponents and it really comes down to the desire of many to say whatever they want and do whatever they want to whomever they want, and those opposed to this brand of anarchy in general or at least when it comes to their own alliance. Both sides to this debate have their benefits and drawbacks. While those fighting for law and order such as my alliance the NPO tend to be much better organized than our opponents, and therefore have strong economic and military structures in which to grow and fight, those favoring freedom and liberty tend to be able to recruit new members more successfully, and have fewer problems with discipline, but cannot grow as quickly or fight as effectively due to the lack of structure. It is my belief that the "free" alliances will always grow very quickly, but are inevitably doomed to fall before the "ordered" alliances.

The irony of Vox Populi is that they complain that Moo has created this "stagnant" world without conflict, then call him a warmonger when he attacks someone. You guys don't want more or less war, you just chafe under all these "rules" we enforce. Such as common decency. We're the "dicks", from Team America: World Police. You all know the quote.