Kingdom_of_Napels:
Secondly though, it’s not so much about authorship and more about aiming our FA towards a concrete goal. Broad as it may be as a goal, influence in the World Assembly provides some guidance as to what we might actually want from our Foreign Affairs endeavours to accomplish. And secondly, whether or not we want to pass something is a bit besides the point - if we want to, great! If we do not, that is fine also, because if the people who do want to pass something recognise we have the strength and influence to either be of great help or a real pain in the ass they will be a great deal more incentivised to stay on our good side.
And thirdly, related to point #2 , any real FA influence in the game is currently tied to hard power, either WA votes or military endorsements. TNP is finding out the hard way right about now (and let’s be honest, has been finding that out for two years now) that being a Feeder does not earn you respect or consideration if you cannot back it up. We have an FA apparatus - I’m not proposing anything but setting it on a concrete course.
Hm, I see what you’re saying, but to play devil’s advocate here: Do we really need something to focus on? Do we need soft/hard power? We do just fine at the bottom of the foodchain, as long as we’re still able to run games and write RPs.