[description]Your government was very pleased when the Socialist Party was elected in the tropical island nation of Haptu. Three weeks later, however, a coalition of capitalist nations led by the United Federation installed an ideologically similar dictator in a brutal coup. Your advisors now speak, each allotted an exactly equal amount of time as measured by an hourglass.
[validity]must be socialist, must have some foreign aid
[option]"They stole it from us, those bourgeois pigs!" exclaims Sandy Nista, your Minister of Proletarian Liberation, while flipping the hourglass on your desk. "It might be different if these soulless capitalists were the legitimate government, but it isn't fair that they can just overthrow the Socialist Party! @@LEADER@@, we need to act in the best interests of @@NAME@@ and its allies, and that means militarily and economically! Down with the bourgeoisie!
[fallout]the nation claims that socialist parties that lose elections in foreign countries had the elections stolen
[option]"That seems like a very dangerous idea," supposes your Minister of Caution, Calculation, and Catastrophe Prevention, @@RANDOMNAME@@, accidentally knocking the hourglass over, smashing it into pieces. "Oh, whoops! Anyway, it's probably not advisable to start a war with the United Federation. It has a powerful economy and an even more powerful military, so it isn't a good idea to anger them more than we need. To appease those who will be displeased, add a bit of funding to the welfare budget, and they'll forget in due time."
[fallout]the nation regards the wars of its allies as "their own damn business"
[option]"The minister makes a fair point," asserts @@RANDOMNAME@@, @@HIS@@ hands bleeding profusely from the small shard of the hourglass @@HE@@ stole. "It's probably best not to anger the more powerful 'first world' countries, but we should be advancing the socialist cause. Let's just secretly supply the resistance with weapons while publicly remaining neutral. Hopefully no one will catch us. If they do, well then, that's another problem. Let’s hope it doesn't come to that."
[fallout]the nation is suspiciously calm when its allies are conquered
[option]"Forget it!" cries pessimist @@RANDOMNAME@@, staying as far as possible from the mess of glass on the floor. "It's not worth it! We're next on the United Federation's list! We may as well just give up and get rid of the command economy. I'm not saying we can't regulate, but maybe if we give the fat cats their private businesses back, just maybe, their probable trade partners in the United Federation won't go after us next. It's probably just best if we plead for our lives, though."
[fallout]the nation finds it difficult to be ideologically similar to every nation with a larger GDP than it
