From a General’s Perspective

We have seen recently quite a few newer players that are curious as to how the US/Canadian war came about and how it played out. Here’s a personal account, which doesnt represent anyone or anything else that I may be associated with. I am leaving out name’s of almost everyone, since I can’t remember everyone all the time. I surely do not nor will not forget those that I have both faced and sided with on the battlefield, but unfortunately my memory isnt what it once was. This was previously classified information in my eyes, and some of it remains that way. The parts you can’t read have been covered in black Sharpie.

Pre-Game

I awoke to a rather rude noise this morning. It was the third week of March, and for some reason I couldnt get back to sleep. Suddenly, the red light above the basement door started to light up. My heart jumped a little, in anticipation and fear at the same time. It meant that my secure SAT-line was ringing. I walked through the living room in my Quality 4 house and over to the basement door.

The house itself was nice, almost too nice. It was purchased with a lot of blood sweat and tears in mind. I could remember all the hard work and time I had spent creating structure where there was none, amassing resources and budgets, lobbying for support in every community I could find. Back in early January, I was charged with a large duty: I was expected to create organized Chaos. It was expected that the end result would strike fear into even the bravest men. I wasnt so sure of that, as great things have to begin somewhere, but usually the seeds of anything are much less noticeable than the end result. I knew that I would certainly not be around for the end result. I had been contemplating retirement from my post for some time, as my heart yearned for different things, beyond that which I already had control. Part of me didnt even want to answer this phone call, yet it was my duty. As any good soldier would, I began the descent into the secured basement fortress which was build specifically for Departmental purposes.

As I turned my COM-system on, there it read like a spotlight into a dark Russian night. One line, simply stated: We are going to war. Prepare your troops for an attack on Canada. My attention span was short, as my mind started to turn. Why would we attack Canada? We had briefly talked about it, as possible targets. What had happened that would create such a rash reaction? While I knew that I probably wouldnt have a complete answer for a day or two, I began thinking strategy. We were as unprepared as ever for a complete invasion, we would have to divide and conquer. First we had to procure hospitals, as all our local infirmaries were simply gift stores masquerading as hospitals. I contacted a good friend of mine, Joseph Salute, who ran the largest hospital producer in the US at the time (which still holds true). We had been talking a couple of weeks ago about stock that he was having a hard time getting rid of, so I reserved two. One was readily available and on the market. I asked him to remove it and contacted the current Mayor of St Paul as well as the President and requested funds. Within a day we had a hospital in St Paul which became our base of operations for the assault. I contacted our commanders for our mobile action teams, and proceeded to mobilize them and get them moved. We also knew that we needed more members for those teams, as they would be our main assault force. We readily recruited anyone who would join. They didnt know for what they were being mobilized, just location.

The message was simple: You’re being mobilized. Please move to St Paul and report to your commander.

All in all, I wondered what our troops thought of the situation. Eventually, we couldnt keep quiet that we were about to increase the population in a single city four hundred percent. Certainly someone would notice. We discusses the possibility, and soon our counts were high enough that we formed four divisions. Three were mobilized to St Paul and one to Albany. We decided it would better disguise our actions, and would concentrate our attacks on singling out their capital, Ontario, for final assault. We knew that once we took Winnipeg, our initial target, and Quebec that it would cripple their ability to react.

Pure speed, plain and simple. Attack in the night, take no prisoners, divide and conquer. Once we took those three provinces our units would then move in two directions. Albany to the East, One out of St Paul (the largest one) to the North, and Two to the West to conquer their remaining territories. Quick and simple. Initial agreements were made on one to two weeks to conquer the whole country.

Then the problems started to arise.

First Quarter

The problems with our war plans arose almost instantaneously. Our original date of proposal was pushed almost two weeks due to the National elections (originally scheduled March 28th, pushed to April 7th). It actually helped as membership into the Mobile Squads rose 30 percent during that time (rough estimate).

We awoke the morning of April 7th as any other morning. We had all been training diligently, awaiting this day. Finally, it arrived.

Surprisingly enough, there was another war declared that day as well. Pakistan had declared on China. Maybe that will take some of the attention off of us, I thought. Then I looked through some Canadian media, which I had been paying attention to for the last few weeks, and I was wrong. One simple article had appeared:

Canadians: Please report to the National forums for matters of National Security.

They were onto us, apparently. They had all seen our announcement, and were doing what they could to draw forces together. No matter, I thought. We had operatives for several weeks moving into Canada and buying all their resources. At final count, they hadnt a single moving ticket, gift, or weapon on their market. They would pop one in their occasionally, but it certainly wasnt enough to win a war. They didnt have enough time to organize a full defense.

As I turned the page in my paper, looking at the military section, I found something that was new: Canada was showing a Protection Pact with Sweden. When had this happened? I immediately fired up my Comsat system and messaged our President. If we were going to war, it could not be with Sweden. We were not nearly big enough in size, nor was I ignorant enough to think we’d last two days.

President Saikiliah immediately got to work. It turns out China had received most of the support internationally to fend off the Pakistani threat, and with Sweden’s support of Canada both President Saikiliah and God Emperor Brando decided to cancel their war proposals. To me, it was more of a let down, until Nave called me and told me that the Protection Pact was a mis-print.

Let me tell you how this angered me. It was like someone stole my firstborne child. We discussed the possibility of re-proposal, and the President decided to push forward with the invasion. All in all, it took three days, which were the longest in my eLife. I saw the population of Canada double in those three days. As I sat at my post in the Watchtower looking at the Canadian border to Winnipeg I saw more and more soldiers digging in for the long fight. This was going to last some time. The delay had cost us three weeks of planning, money spent, and orders sent out. It made the last three weeks of preparation useless. I got up from my comfortable armchair in the Watchtower and three my coffee across the room. General Lilac had to restrain me, otherwise I probably would have damaged expensive comms equipment. Esoom and Benn ran upstairs to figure out what was going on. All in all, we ended up completely regrouping. All commanders moved troops to different locations, and we ran around in circles for more than a day.

Second Quarter

The International support that Canada received during the war was overwhelming. Sweden, France, Portugal, Spain, and quite a few independant fighters flew in. The war began on a Friday morning. We all went to war, and soon found how hard it was initially to take land. The Canadian forces were dug in well, and their defenses were held tight. American troops standing side by side with foreign troops of our own looked over the border, almost as if we were looking into a mirror. The blank stares on our faces told the story. We were carrying out orders we knew came from other places, fighting battles that couldnt be won.

Then something else happened: Our hospitals were due to heal our troops, something in which we had a clear advantage over the Canadians in. Each soldier was set to receive a checkup once per day. When we reported for our physicals after battle, and began receiving medication, we found that our nurses and doctors had been replaced my machines. We immediately began using those machines countless times. We had a mission after all, myself included. I needed to lead by example, and lead my troops into battle. When it was discovered that those robots had been cruel plants and were mistakenly installed in our new Q3 hospital in Honolulu, they were immediately removed and our nurses and doctors were sent home while they retrofitted the hospital the way it should have been. Immediately, I reported my findings to President Saikiliah and we took hold of 9 provinces. I was put on immediate suspension of duty while the investigation took place. I went home and relaxed, heading communication operations on inactive duty. At least I was allowed to do my part in that area. The more I sat in the basement of my house, communicating from a distance the more I realized that this was not what I wanted for myself. As desolate as the battlefield was, it was a crowded room compared to the empty basement I now occupied.

Third Quarter

Canada retook those 9 territories in a planned ceasefire, and opened our Northern States for attack. During that time another Ceasefire was called, and all fighting was stopped for well over a week. Things were awkward in the respect that verbally we all fought over who was more Patriotic than the other, and why yet none of us could prove it on the battlefield. Media flurry, and an estimated 100 articles in a 2 day span over the reemergence of the war occured when talks ceased. I was reinstated the minute our homes were open for attack, and remained until the final days of the war. I had had enough. I was tired, growing more weary by the moment. The troops I had fought with bravery and courage, as did the Canadian forces. They were all to be commended but I could no longer keep my eyes open in that Watchtower (which I had moved to Honolulu) and delegate, distribute, and coordinate. I was replaced by Benn Dover, and immediately went on R and R. Our efforts were ruined on several ends. The President started negotiations for peace while we bled carrying out the orders we were given. Many of us stayed on the front lines while we had no business in doing so. Dissention started amongst the troops who wanted to go back to their lives.

Fourth Quarter

Here, we draw attention to Nave’s last stand. In the last day of the war, the Canadian forces were focusing on Manitoba, the only territory we still had control over. They expressed no official desire for control over US Territory by force, and Nave was determined to use Manitoba as collateral. Nave personally went through soldier after Canadian soldier in those front lines, fighting well over 40 times on the final day. He spent more time ensuring Canada’s wellness overall was as poor as ours to make sure that treaty was signed. Eventually Faltnor gave in, and a treaty was signed. It was during this process that the talk of an Independant Hawaii came about. There was a large press conference in the open air and balmy weather by Korbin King, and his Lieutenant Platonic as to their disagreements with official US policies and actions during the war. There began the outcry for change.

Soldiers began moving home, disobeying orders, treasonous by definition, noble by suggestion. Once I resigned, I officially became just another citizen and could finally express my own opinions, although we must all remember that hindsight will always be 20/20. It is the job of any leader to make the correct decision as he or she sees it, and not the popular one. All in all, it’s a delicate balance as to how things are run. It must be for the people, but better defined as in their best interests. Canada managed to retake all their territories and stopped attacking US soil. The war officially ended with the signing of a treaty by both Presidents. With the signing of a treaty, I had several of my former mates over for celebration. It was a grand evening, with it ending as we raised our glasses to the end of one chapter, and the beginning of another. From there, we decided we were going to refocus our energies on domestic issues, and rebuilding what was lost. Store fronts had been destroyed, homes obliterated, there was work to be done.

Post Game Press Conference

All in all there was much that happened during the war efforts. Both sides of battle used foreign troops to supplement their numbers, along with extreme Patriotism to fight for what they believed. I was taught that an enlisted man never thinks, only does. Thats how our armed forces were made up, and while they certainly can improve you can’t say that seeds were sown to show success. Success stories came to the forefront of people that took opportunity and siezed the day. They were and still are the reason I see the US as having the potential to lead the world in many aspects. Personally, I can say that there are many Canadian men and women that I would stand shoulder to shoulder with on the battlefield because of the courage and bravery they showed during the conflict. In a short three days they managed to organize a counterdefense and worldwide relief efforts both on a domestic and International level. Certainly, our hats are off to them for that.

As for us, while there are still progressions to be made, we certainly have come along way in both the eyes of others and our own opinions as to who we really are. We are not a country that wishes to be involved in every crisis and situation in the world. We are a country that minds our own, takes care of our friends, and needs to allow the problems of others to be worked out by them until they become problems of our own. On an International scale, we certainly are not the first phone call to make when calling for help, but we have the capabilities to be that. We just need to tweak our systems to do so. Change is constant, and with those changes we need to adapt to them to be successful.

Editors Note: This is not an attempt to bash anyone, anything, or whatnot. It is a simple first person account of things. If you have your own, then I would encourage you to record it for history purposes.

Thanks

Dishmcds
Vice President of the United States

http://www.erepublik.com/article-298051.html

Benn Dover US presidential candidate retires

” As shocking and contradicting as this may sound, I have decided to resign my presidential candidacy. It has become apparent to me that there are better individuals out there for the job; here are the outlined reasons why:

Endorsements for Dishmcds

Let’s face facts, Dish is a brilliant individual and extremely active — not only in eRepublik, but through external forums as well. Not many others in eRepublik can say they’ve written 112 articles. Dish is a much more experienced person in real life as well. Everything simply lines up to him being elected, and if I were to spend a lot of his time with arguments and discussions, then it would be counter-productive, as Dish is known to be a very productive person when given a fair amount of time. As he is the vice-president of the US, I fully endorse Dishmcds for President of the United States.

My activity

I hope there is no conclusion that since it is the summer, I will have little time given to eRepublik, because that is not true. However, I am a regular human being and I do want to allow myself freedom in the summer (in real life). If I were to be elected president, then I could easily distribute my time equally, but judging by how Dish has been doing this consistently, he can be GUARANTEED to be an active president. If anybody is upset with Nave’s final mandate, please realize that he is a very contributive president, but sometimes very soft-spoken in eRepublik as well.

June for me

I will not allow any individual to run cold in this presidential campaign. I am the third most powerful politician in the United States next only to Nave and Dish. If I feel as though I cannot get the job done, then I should have the right to withhold others from running too.
Come June 1st, I am going to become an official mercenary. As many of you know, congressman cannot move, and party presidents are automatically congressmen. Because of this, and the fact that I will not let others run this presidential election (see above), I am going to resign from both the presidential campaign and Democratic Party before the election day ends so that I don’t become a congressman. I will follow countries that enter war and contribute to their fights. By that time my strength will be nearing 6, one of the highest in eRepublik, and since I own a thriving Q4 weapons company, I have a great supply of Q4 weapons. This brings me to my next point…

Contributing to America overseas

When I leave America, I will have my Stimulated Organization, Harrisburg Bank account hold both of my companies, thus allowing me to legally maintain them and supply America with both Q1 moving tickets and Q4 weapons =). Alongside that, I will be keeping a large stock of moving tickets in my inventory to allow easy access into and out of America. I want it to be known that since I am not going be considered an American “resident” in foreign countries, that my citizenship here should be constantly valid until I live for more than 30 days in another country (see Platonics proposed US Constitution).

I realize that many of you are questioning “what will happen to our Chief of Staff”. Well, keep in mind that it doesn’t take citizenship to contribute to our country. I will continue being Chief of Staff when I become a mercenary and, if our next president feels as though I will be better suited being someone with more power (Vice-President?), or less (FIA Chairman?) then I will respect his decision and follow my orders. Consumer’s Digest, this newspaper, will too be held by Harrisburg Bank when I take leave.

Future of the Democratic Party

I may decide to write this in further detail in a press release , but here is what I want to see happen in the DeP:

-Party presidential advisory team: A group of individuals that talk to the party president on a regular basis. This group will be there to both facilitate things for the DeP party pres., but also keep them on the right track.

-Opening message: I want the party president to send each new party member a standard introductory message that helps them on their way and points them towards the welcome committee. This has worked in the past with individuals such as Caius, Jmatic, and Olu Dara (even though the latter two are no longer active).

-Welcome committee: This will branch off the ‘opening message’. As aforementioned, the opening message will point new members towards the veteran players (or at least those who are more established in the party). The welcome committee will give advice, suggestions, and answer the questions of new members.

-Vice Presidents: Currently, the VP of the DeP is Uncle Sam. That means he will become the president of the Dems come June 1st. I know Uncle Sam (most of you know him as Ryan) personally. He is a great person, EXTREMELY innovative, filled with new ideas, and will make for the perfect fill-in president of the Democratic Party. There is no doubt in my mind that he can lead the party to success. The new VP of the DeP will be Archibald. Even though he is somewhat new to the party, he is a highly intelligent individual, capable of fulfilling a leadership role. If Uncle Sam wants to, he can change who the VP is, but that is how I would want things to happen. Vice-presidents should be trusted individuals, trusted enough to substitute as president if something were to ever happen to presidents like myself or Uncle Sam.

I’m sorry to the Dems that may be disappointed in my lack of presidential candidacy. Here is a list of the most active citizens in the DeP of which I make my fullest apologies out to:

Uncle Sam
Archibald
Robert Harding
Caius
Olu Dara
Justinious McWalburgson III
Gillz
Method
Cj Will Win
Jyles
Etarip
MidWestern
Keogh
naruto kun10 “

http://www.erepublik.com/article-295802.html

E-UK president speech about War

Dear countrymen, dear countrywoman, dear soldiers and dear para\\\'s,



E-UK has always been a beacon of light in this E-world. Every time a country was in danger of being oppressed or invaded, we stood at its side (just look at SA, Australia,..). Each time we had a call for help, we answered it and fought for the freedom of others, because we feel that there is nothing more important in this E-world then freedom.


The Mediterranean Alliance has started a war against Switzerland. A helpless small country. Why did they do to deserve that war you might ask? Simply because Switzerland wanted to sign a MPP treaty with Sweden, their neighbour. Isn\\\'t it the right of all country\\\'s make a pact with their neighbours and thus securing their borders? Isn\\\'t safety a universal right? \\\"no\\\" said the MA, and so they have started a war.

The MA wanted to make a puppet out Switzerland by forcing it to join to the MA under the terms that can be found here . The Swiss are a proud ppl and naturally they do not sign this ridiculous contract. (www.erepublik.com/forum-topic-29232.html) This is pure arrogance from the part of the MA. No country should ever pay for security, and we will make sure it stays that way. We must put an end to this.

Norway has reacted immediately to this great injustice and annexation and will sent troops, just as Sweden and many other countries. Since we are part of the northern alliance, I feel that we must not stay behind. When we signed the Northern Alliance treaty we chose to receive all the benefits, now it’s time to fulfil our duties and obligations as well, helping the weak.

We will start with sending in the para’s. Our military officers are preparing Operation Toblerone Shield as we speak and the selected para’s will get their orders from the officers.


Good luck troops and raise some hell over there. And remember: “though I walk trough the valley of shadows, I shall fear no evil…. For I am the most evil motherf*cker in the whole damm valley!!!!!!”


Greetings
Shadowukcs
President of E-UK


PS: to prevent scenario\\\'s like in the past I would like to ask the gift, travel and weapons GM\\\'s to not increase their prices the following month. I usually am against government intervention, but all companies trying to gain enormous profits from this situation by asking ridiculously prices for their good will be punished and I guarantee them now, we have found the ways to do that and you will lose more money then you will earn.

Interview with the President of Romania

Jakarta – After I spent my time in Argentina’s castle, eRNews then flights directly to Romania in order to investigate the issue more deeper that related to this country. It has been reported by Francis from TDF, with his article over here: http://www.erepublik.com/article-268682.html, it was said that Romania on preparation to war with Ukraina. And it said about the relation with MA, and many things. In order to make it clear, we then contacting Alex Craciun the president of Romania for an interview.

eRNews:
Based on the article made by Francis Hunyadi at http://www.erepublik.com/article-268682.html, he said that Romania are all preparing for the battle.
What preparations actually that your country has done? Is there any preparation for this incoming war?

Alex:
We are indeed preparing for war, I already proposed the war to the congress. We had a lot of discussions before going to war and we took this decision after we analyzed all the implications.

eRNews:
He said that Ukraine is not the target, but it was Hungary, is that true?

Alex:
I think this kind of articles are made by troublemakers. They seek trouble and they love it when they find trouble. Ukraine is our target and I explained in my last article why, the main problem is that we don't need weak neighbours and whenever Ukraine will be up and going they will be free, for now Ukraine is ruled by expats that want only the gold.

eRNews:
And why you change your target?

Alex:
As I already stated an attack against Hungary is not on my list of objectives, so we didn't change any target.

eRNews:
Care to share the reason of this invasion?

Alex:
We will invade Ukraine because of national safety, we don't want an eventual war on our land. We proposed to the ukrainian president 320 gold to start the war and also 330 to be invested in hospitals and houses for every ukrainian, but he refused. It will be hard to strengthen Ukraine because of the wasted gold, but the real ukrainians will thank us for that.

eRNews:
It was said that Romania wish to join MA, is that true? Or MA who want you to join them? And who is the man behind it? :)

Alex:
As Romania is part of Europe it would be normal to join the MA. But in these days there are some problems inside this alliance and we are also preparing the war, so it's not our main objective. We are checking every possibility and we will have an answer this month.

eRNews:
And one last question is that what do you expect from his MA?

Alex:
We expect from MA to be functional. If we will enter an alliance it will be with a written contract and there we will have penalties for not helping each other, in my opinion it's the best way to make it work.

We really grateful to Mr. President who willing to spare his time for us to make clarification on some news that currenly spread all over the world.

That is true that there are many people currently see that MA has potential risk of problems. Spain currently got problem with their money’s scandal where the treasury money has been taken by governor of Spain Bank because his idea is not accepted by government. And there are some weirdness too from some citizens on why only Franch and Italy who declare war to Swiss, and another possibility of the problem is there is no official contract in this MA, so the next president of a country can break relation with MA anytime
But only time can tell which fact is true behind many prejudices

Actual States' Presidents

1st of May - General elections coverage
Dear Citizens,
The 7th general elections in Erepublik are near. Here are the actual elected Presidents in each country:
Argentina - Juan Ignacio (30votes)
Austria – nejcman (90votes)
Brazil - Joacy (55votes)
Bulgaria - KARDAM2008 (4votes)
Canada - Derick Braham (40votes)
China - Gyro_Zeppeli (16votes)
Czech Republic - Reine (4votes)
France - meza (30votes)
Germany - Sulla (33votes)
Greece - Capelli King (28votes)
Hungary - Prinz Eugen (61votes)
Indonesia - blink-az (163votes)
Iran - Pasdar (49votes)
Ireland - ImaNewbie (44votes)
Italy - Rocco_Marcelli (206votes)
Japan - Origineel.NL (23votes)
Mexico – JackPink (34votes)
Netherlands - Jazar (22votes)
Norway - Forconin (102votes)
Pakistan - Falcon (119votes)
Poland - Alex-Rod (16votes)
Portugal - PHuSiOn9 (62votes)
Romania - Alex Craciun (108votes)
Russia - Manifesto (29votes)
South Africa - mamangbakso (58votes)
South Korea - quizterr (1vote)
Spain - MVerslayer (288votes)
Sweden - Ziggyzag (377votes)
Switzerland - Antonio Fonti (12votes)
Thailand - Don Ado (11votes)
Turkey - nevugila (105votes)
Ukraine- somethingclever (11votes)
United Kingdom - shadowukcs (70votes)
USA - Nave Saikliah (69votes)
Venezuela - Jesus Hernandez (65votes)
We are looking forward to the new elections on eRepublik.
Regards,
eRepublik Live team