Rome vs. North Korea

[The Liberated Territories]

Only if Alexander the Great is leading the Romans.

[Islamic Meritocratic Transoxiana]

I was under the impression North Korean cinema was more concerned with twenty hour spy thrillers than adaptations of S.M. Stirling novels.

maybe

I doubt their movies are any good. Their policies encourage artistic repression.

They had to kidnap some poor South Korean director prisoner for decades to make movies for them. So you're probably right.

[The Empire of Pretantia]

I was under the impression North Korean cinema was more concerned with twenty hour spy thrillers than adaptations of S.M. Stirling novels.

maybe

I doubt their movies are any good. Their policies encourage artistic repression.

Encourage? They are artistic repression incarnate.

Although Pulgasari was better than Zilla 1998.

[The Empire of Pretantia]

maybe

I doubt their movies are any good. Their policies encourage artistic repression.

They had to kidnap some poor South Korean director prisoner for decades to make movies for them. So you're probably right.

Ironically, that director's story is probably better than most NK films'.

[Infected Mushroom]

Only if Alexander the Great is leading the Romans.

I think he's a bit over-rated.

What good will he do against the North Korean Empire?

[The Empire of Pretantia]

Only if Alexander the Great is leading the Romans.

I think he's a bit over-rated.

What good will he do against the North Korean Empire?

What North Korean empire?

[Infected Mushroom]

I think he's a bit over-rated.

What good will he do against the North Korean Empire?

What North Korean empire?

the one invading from France/England in this scenario

[The Empire of Pretantia]

What North Korean empire?

the one invading from France/England in this scenario

It's not an empire until after it conquers vast cuts of land.

[Infected Mushroom]

the one invading from France/England in this scenario

It's not an empire until after it conquers vast cuts of land.

I'd say intention is enough. If you intend to grab more land and you already have a lot of land (filled with subjects you at some point, recently or in the distant past used some form of force to subjugate), then you qualify in my book. You can have a tiny empire too.

Its quite lax I know.

[Napkiraly]

Only if Alexander the Great is leading the Romans.

I think he's a bit over-rated.

What do you think makes him overrated?

[Sistar]

North Korea, easily.

However, North Korea cannot beat any industrialized nation, because it uses archaic weapons during warfare.

[Infected Mushroom]

North Korea, easily.

However, North Korea cannot beat any industrialized nation, because it uses archaic weapons during warfare.

Cold War era is archaic?

[Infected Mushroom]

I think he's a bit over-rated.

What do you think makes him overrated?

all he did was conquer a ton of land from very disorganised enemies

[Sistar]

North Korea, easily.

However, North Korea cannot beat any industrialized nation, because it uses archaic weapons during warfare.

Cold War era is archaic?

Yes, its nuclear arsenal is even questionable.

[Russels Orbiting Teapot]

North Korea, easily.

However, North Korea cannot beat any industrialized nation, because it uses archaic weapons during warfare.

I don't know, they might be able to take on modern Greece, if no one else intervened.

[Meryuma]

But they have numbers.

So does Rome...

Not really. China has basically always been the most densely-populated area of the world.

[Sistar]

North Korea, easily.

However, North Korea cannot beat any industrialized nation, because it uses archaic weapons during warfare.

I don't know, they might be able to take on modern Greece, if no one else intervened.

Greece is industrialized, despite all that debt??

[Washington Resistance Army]

North Korea, easily.

However, North Korea cannot beat any industrialized nation, because it uses archaic weapons during warfare.

You are aware the KPA has been modernizing for the past 10 years right? I've gone in depth on it a number of times on the forums.

[Russels Orbiting Teapot]

Greece is industrialized, despite all that debt??

Yes. The debt is a recent issue.

[Sistar]

North Korea, easily.

However, North Korea cannot beat any industrialized nation, because it uses archaic weapons during warfare.

You are aware the KPA has been modernizing for the past 10 years right? I've gone in depth on it a number of times on the forums.

Their citizens have smartphones virtually without internet. They have surely modernized.

[Pandeeria]

North Korea literally has technology on the level of gods compared to Rome (Even their non-nuclear missiles would be considered god-like by the Romans). That doesn't take into account that North Korea actually has fire arms, while the Romans mostly have spears, swords, and bows. They didn't even have muskets.

North Korea would absolutely ruin Rome.

[Sistar]

North Korea literally has technology on the level of gods compared to Rome (Even their non-nuclear missiles would be considered god-like by the Romans). That doesn't take into account that North Korea actually has fire arms, while the Romans mostly have spears, swords, and bows. They didn't even have muskets.

North Korea would absolutely ruin Rome.

Of course, but I'm pretty sure Roman economy is better than that of North Korea.

[Pandeeria]

North Korea, easily.

However, North Korea cannot beat any industrialized nation, because it uses archaic weapons during warfare.

The North Koreans are quite a bit behind, but they're not as far behind as you'd think.

[Pandeeria]

North Korea literally has technology on the level of gods compared to Rome (Even their non-nuclear missiles would be considered god-like by the Romans). That doesn't take into account that North Korea actually has fire arms, while the Romans mostly have spears, swords, and bows. They didn't even have muskets.

North Korea would absolutely ruin Rome.

Of course, but I'm pretty sure Roman economy is better than that of North Korea.

Higher GDP, more stable currency.

Oh yeah, don't forget that the Romans have greater living standards.

[Sistar]

North Korea, easily.

However, North Korea cannot beat any industrialized nation, because it uses archaic weapons during warfare.

The North Koreans are quite a bit behind, but they're not as far behind as you'd think.

I don't think there is any conclusive evidence they are not that far behind. Nuclear arsenals are questionable.