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[Josiah Allen]

On 5/3/06, Alex Davies <the1exile at hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
> The Federation option is NOT like merging realms, nor do I think it was
> designed to be like it. You still have charges for foreign banks taking your
> bonds, you can't recruit in confederate capitals, etc. If anything it's only
> a way to ensure that alliances can't be changed whenver the realm feels like
> it; its a security issue, if they get turned on by everyone as a guarantee.
>
> The1exile (AKA Sniperchief)
>
> Never assume malice when stupidity will suffice.
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> >From: "Josiah Allen" <josiahallen at gmail.com>
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> >To: "BattleMaster general discussion list" <discuss at news.battlemaster.org>
> >Subject: Re: [Discuss] Re: Discuss post from
> >nathan.olberding at gmail.comrequires approval
> >Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 15:52:22 -0400
> >
> >On 5/3/06, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > What if someone has a great, IC reason for doing this? What if, by the
> >> > way things play out IC, merging makes sense? Why can't people do it
> >> > then?
> >>
> >>You could try asking in advance.  Worst that can happen is Tom says
> >>no, if it's a good reason though, he might make an exception. (I would
> >>imagine it would need to be an exceptionally good reason to make it
> >>worth setting a precendant, though.)
> >>
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> >The federaton option is close to merging realms, but is more realistic
> >because nationalities rarely dissapear overnight.
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Well, was the Holy Roman Empire a nation or a federation?  A
federation is not a centralized nation, but you can still consider it
one nation made up of smaller nations.  Use your imagination.

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"Growth in wisdom may be exactly measured by decrease in bitterness"