David Stilicho

This is true.

Congratulations, TOP. That's a good bunch of people.

A newish player misinterprets the purpose of the OWF and most of us just mock him, how classy. Independent is indeed under TSK's protection, we recently made the agreement but hadn't wanted to announce until Independent had had some time to stabilise and grow. Josh, Banned's advice was good: the OWF isn't really the place for asking advice, instead come talk to me or one of my government on IRC or by PM whenever you have issues or queries, we'll be happy to help.

I'm not sure that I like the idea of havoc in Westeros, but congratulations on the gov line-up.

Nice line-up. Congratulations especially to Zac and Iamthey. o/ TOP

I suppose it explains some of Torchwood's.... propensities.

They'd need a Royal Marriage first. Granted, my sister is unmarried but for some reason I am reluctant to marry her off... Can you really blame me?

I don't know whether the fact that you're also GoT-themed means we should treaty you or war you... :huh: Welcome to CN. Nice flag.

Orys and Aegon met at a brothel ~Preamble~ The Order of the Paradox and The Seven Kingdoms (henceforth TOP and TSK) both have central themes: TOP identifies with a phenomenal game studio and TSK with the world of Game of Thrones. The compatibility of these themes is great - there is already a great Crusader Kings 2 GoT mod - and so the leadership from both alliances played games long into the night. Somewhere after the third coordinated ‘accidental death and subsequent coronation’, it became clear that our paths were destined to cross for more than a short time, and so a friendship was forged. ~Article 1~ Sovereignty The Kingdom and The Order shall remain separate entities and shall respect each other’s rights to govern themselves independently of the outside pressures and influences of the world. ~Article 2~ Non Aggression There shall be no murdering of successors to gain a Casus Belli on any desirable territory. There shall be no Red, Black, Green or White Weddings. There will no intra-familial loving of any sort, except amongst the Lannisters, or if your sister is a strong genius. ~Article 3~ Intelligence The Seven Kingdoms and The Order of the Paradox are now in league with one another. There shall be no bankrolling of rebellions in each other’s lands, nor attempted coups/assassinations/other chicanery of each other’s governments. All intrigue, no matter how intriguing, is hereby set aside. ~Article 4~ Optional Defense We each reserve the right assist the other in the event of an attack. Assistance may be military or financial in nature, or simply words of sympathy. ~Article 5~ Optional Aggression If one party marches to war and the other finds the reasons acceptable (or the portion of glory agreeable), the other is welcome to join the march. Pillaging is encouraged, looting discouraged. ~Article 6~ Cancellation Should we decide to part ways the standard 72 hour notice shall be given and respected. Signed for The Order of the Paradox, iamthey, Grandmaster Centurius, Grand Chancellor Salajol, Grand Hospitaller Signed for The Seven Kingdoms, David Stilicho, King Kyte, Hand of the King Metalbot, Master of Arms Kesselring, Master of Laws Jache, Master of Whispers KnUk23, Master of Coin ZCKing, Grand Maester

Congratulations on the classy new line-up. o/ DT

Congratulations on peace to my allies in MI6 and Umbrella. It was clearly a well fought war by all involved with top quality combatants on both sides. I wonder whether it is a coincidence that MI6 peaced out a day after they (finally) overtook ODN on damage inflicted... :P

I would wish you another 7 but I like you guys too much for that. Congratulations. o/ Umbrella

Well deserved. Onwards to 1 million. o/ ASI

Glad to have this all sorted. Congratulations to our friends in ASI for successfully recreating themselves; we're happy to help for as long as you need us.

Congratulations; a milestone well deserved. o/ MI6

Congratulations, DT, happy birthday!

There are more cool houses than there are kingdoms. We couldn't self-respectingly leave out the Targaryen sigil... Thanks again, all.

We are actually The Seven Kingdoms; Jache has just forgotten to change the alliance name on his OWF account. :facepalm: Thank you to all for the congratulations.

You have lead presumably, and many people don't. It's true, though, that some things can make the cost of the policy less (or more, such as if you have nukes but don't have uranium... for some strange reason).

Presumably it was not this proposal that FAN took issue with, due to the fact that it basically just adds 3 income to everyone on yellow. The issue was likely with: FAN, I imagine, took that as being bad for nations with nuclear weapons, and good for those without. However I think they've done their maths wrong, as this second proposal is beneficial to nearly every nation on yellow (with a few exceptions): The cost of maintaining 25 nukes is a little over 400k, so let's call the 25% nuclear weapon upkeep cost a 100k cost. The benefit is 3 happiness, which translates to 6 income per person, which translates to (just under) 2 tax per person at a 30% tax rate (it's actually a bunch more than that due to +% income improvements and wonders, but let's keep it simple). That means that the benefit outweighs the cost once a nation has a civilian population over 50k or no nukes (or no HNMS, in which case more like 30/40k I guess), because 2*50,000 is 100,000. That all means that FAN has at most one or two nations who will not benefit from this proposal, while the other 85 will benefit. It may be that I've misunderstood the reasons for this war, but it is definitely the case that both of these proposals were beneficial to the vast majority of Yellow nations.

We've given a few slots to support our allies in DT.

You reap what you sow, RS. Good luck to AZTEC in rolling them nicely flat.

Congratulations MI6. When you're managing to maintain an absolutely disgusting 80% on aid slot usage, you deserve some impressive growth. o/

Really glad to see this happen. o/ Umbrella

I'm sad to see this happen but wish GATO nothing but the best.