OOC: There was a space. Also, Smith doesn’t know that you don’t want him to also moderate. Not that he cares.
“Excuses, you say? You’re just not reasonable. There is no evidence of riots. Stop denying that we are also perfectly reasonable. And you don’t want to look like warmongers do you? Other nations will condemn you.”
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“What excuses? I don’t believe I’ve said anything about excuses. And who said anything about riots? How would you know anything about riots if they didn’t happen? Are you suggesting that they did and trying to deny it at the same time? Also, if there were no riots, like you claim, how would you know that they’re “hostile?” Hostile by definition means taking violence against something or someone. Violence. Violence. We’re not warmongers. We came, we saw, and after we saw atrocities committed by you because of our arrival, we conquer. And are you sure other nations will condemn us? If you want to go on with this diatribe, then go ahead. But we have a solution.”
Kyle Richards finished his rant and pulls out a huge foam board map.
“We surveyed the area by square precincts, sections, and townships and decided that these should go to your “confederacy,” and this will go to us.”
"Absolutely not. You seem to have drawn the line arbitrarily. You have not shown any polls, and what I believe you have done is just drawn the line without taking people’s concerns. You also happen to cut us from the lake on the southwest corner.
What we have done, however, was split the “territory” into 50-50 km squares (called townships), and surveyed the people living in every one of the townships. Those living near the border with Cascade were overwhelmingly in support of annexation, because the increasingly unstable dictatorship is very likely to affect them in some way, and appeal for a strong central government.
You say, “I don’t support having exclaves.” But the point is not what “you” say. You are not the cartographer, nor the leader, nor the census taker. If the people wish to be annexed, you do not go, and say: “Oh, I don’t support having an exclave,” and taking territory along with it. We polled them, and this is the map of their responses:"
OOC: Another map. This one took 30 minutes, Mex.
OOC2: Confederation, Confederacy, whatever. I’ll tell Tuv that when I submit.
“Forgive me for thinking so, ‘Ambassador,’ because it seems that you contradicted yourself there. Earlier, you said that if we were the aggressor, others would regard us as ‘warmongers.’ If we are to be labeled ‘warmongers,’ then why would you be worried about a siege? It seems that militaries can mobilize and attack quickly these days.”
“Since you surround the city, you could stage an attack on all sides.”
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If only you had half a brain, he thought. "Forgive me for thinking so, Mr. Wright, but these three ‘city-states’ are ‘city-states,’ are they not? And as city-states, they can build walls, defenses, and can forge military alliances. I do believe that they can set up their defenses.
As for security risk, here is a letter that you promised to us. We trusted you to uphold those promises that these negotiations are based off of. We showed you the polls. We made decisions off of those polls. The friendly regions go to us, the “strangely-hostile-but-not-retaliating” regions go to your “confederation.” We trust you to take these decisions, as they are based off the promises that you peddled.
— Begin quote from ____
To: King Calvin I
From: Lester Paul
Dear Calvin I,
Hello,
I am tired of your attempted annexation of Northern Atlantia. I would like to negotiate something to end the annexation. I am fine with cities being annexed, but only if they are loyal to you. Any cities that are hostile may not be included. We will not stand for the annexation of hostile territories, and will be no short of oppression.
Lester Paul
— End quote
If you do not uphold these promises, then this negotiation is missing a fundamental cornerstone.
