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It's a massive cop out to be both brutally oppressive and pampering.
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There is the carrot and the stick as such a method, which many nations used. While it does build up a list of supporters, these are generally still a minority and require government support for suppression. There are exceptions, of course. British support was high in some colonies to the point some who gained independence didn't have a majority show wanted it (one of these non-majority states resulted in an embarrassing incident for the decolonisation committee when an independent country had a revolution to rejoin the British), the Romans managed to keep control of the eastern lands through loyalists and actually sort of assimilated with them to form the Byzantine Empire while the west fell into chaos, the Chinese in the current day keep control by having support in the built up, rich cities even though the peasants in the country almost invariably live in poverty.

Of course, your mileage may vary on whether it succeeds or not, I don't see many people jumping in favour of the nazi party, and they just loved this tactic. You have to combine fear and the carrot, and even then it eventually fails and you end up with some form of rebellion. (Examples: American revolution, Operation Valkyrie, etc)

Getting support is hard, your Loyalists are almost invariably a minority, at least at first. It would take some generations to get a loyalist majority (And you have to have given them a tonne of very, very good reasons to be loyal), and even then your mileage may vary yet again. It also depends on what you did to take them over. If you invaded and destroyed their government they will likely be pissed. If you invaded, destroyed their government, outlawed their culture, killed their civilians, burnt their towns and pillaged their coffers, they will be very, very pissed
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South America Blows Things up and Enables the Sons of Liberty to Commence With its Land War: The Novelization; The Collaborative Post; The Musical; The Experience.



TAKE THAT, MARTIAN SCUM. OOHRAH.









THESE COLORS DON'T RUN.
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Here lies OOC, put down by The Captain after years of abuse.
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The Great Nahman Jayden said
Here lies OOC, put down by The Captain after years of abuse.


OOC had a hard life.
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Jesus Christ, senor that was the longest post ever.
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Eh. 42,000 odd characters with spaces, 35,000 without. I'm sure there's been bigger. It's fiiiiine. IT'S FIIIIIIIINE.
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Senor Herp said
Eh. 42,000 odd characters with spaces, 35,000 without. I'm sure there's been bigger. It's fiiiiine. IT'S FIIIIIIIINE.


That's about 33,000 more characters than my longest post. I'm gonna have to step up my game.

Let's see... I think this word will do.

Aww... not enough room.
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Keyguyperson said
Look, Wilson, you're good at writing. The problem is, you immediately quit whenever anyone says anything about you being the slightest bit OP. We simply can't function with you ragequitting every time that happens. If you could simply stand the constructive criticism, then we would be happy to let you say. The problem is, you never learn. I fully understand if these rage sessions you go through are part of something else IRL (like all of my more preachy than usual posts), but we just can't function with them. We simply have no choice.You see, you don't need to be the most powerful by any means. I once played a nation that could be crushed in seconds, but it never was. Why? Because nobody really wanted to. They didn't see any point in attacking because the gain just wasn't worth the pain. That makes perfect sense in space. There's no reason to fight someone when you need to use spacesuits and stuff to get to them, exposing yourself completely. Blowing them up doesn't make sense either, because they're not attacking you, so why attack them? Had you focused on economic power instead of turning it into an RTS, then this would have never happened.


I can't stand to be ganged up on by a group of people. I can deal with constructive critism if only a couple people do it. I ask, "What should I change?" and I get a bunch of sarcastic asshole-replies in return, and essentially just someone beating me with a stick.

If you want me to change, send a PM and I'll change based on a discussion. Not a gang-up against one kid.
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I can't stand to be ganged up on by a group of people. I can deal with constructive critism if only a couple people do it. I ask, "What should I change?" and I get a bunch of sarcastic asshole-replies in return, and essentially just someone beating me with a stick.If you want me to change, send a PM and I'll change based on a discussion. Not a gang-up against one kid.


You stated that you were completely invincible, a PM would be a waste of time because everyone would be sending you a separate one about it, thus causing the same outcome.

Also, Duck has said he just doesn't give a shit about UE anymore. I can't roleplay two opposing sides, so if anyone is willing to play as the Empire of America, then speak up.
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I hereby give Keyguy GMship of UE
And as for Yugoslavia, i will act like it intergerated with Germany, so enjoy your new massive empire Fox.
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for what purpose
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o-okay.
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Uh??? My emotions are so mixed.

Why you leaving duck? I mean don't get me wrong all dis new land is cool but that's not important.
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MrFoxNews said
Uh??? My emotions are so mixed. Why you leaving duck? I mean don't get me wrong all dis new land is cool but that's not important.


He told me he just lost interest in the setting.
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I have no motivation at the moment, sorry for inactivity.
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It is a nice setting, but not for those hardcore Sci-Fi fans that seem to make up the majority of nation RP. Seriously, the majority of NRP's get a [Sci-fi] tag.
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This is meant to be semi sci-fi. Like a nice, chewy cookie. Doesn't hurt your teeth or fall apart in your mouth, it's just right.

Cookies: Exactly the same as Sci-Fi
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I feel like this Rp is withering away???
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Christ, a lull in activity is not 'the RP withering away.' One person with a slightly bland (no offense intended) ultramilitarist bloc gets folded over into the other ultramilitarist bloc and some gommies have trouble thinking out a post and everybody thinks the sky is falling! I mean, really.
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