Rutthenia wrote:Albul wrote:OOC: *cough* It's really only Bolkanian-Tornikian military. Slovsko has an immense paucity of military resources.
Also, Sardinia is not defended by you... dammit. I already claimed it and there was no issue about it. If you're going to bring up issues, I will bring up the damn issue of land-grabbing that's been going on here. It's as if "Look, I moved in troops and they settled" is a reasonable enough claim to just take over a land... completely disregarding any potential sedition, any potential defenses, any potential hardships. This RP would have been three times more interesting if people would invade land in more than one post, like my invasion of Sardinia and France. Then, people would have a chance to react and maybe intervene, as usually happens. However, since Hetalia completely left out my "invasion" rule and pretty much disregarded the most updated version of the rules (which are currently being modified), all this stuff is legal. :/
So, perhaps landing subs is suicide. That's pretty much what my nation needs in this RP, where anyone can claim land with a one-liner. "Hetalia annexes this", "Rutthenia conquers that", "Rototornik expands"... these all resonate with another RP where everyone was "claiming land like Albanians" (ie, "Honeydew expands"), which is the reason we had restrictions on invasions and annexations in the first place.
This RP has gone past ridiculous, where even Bloodia, the least "corrupt" in our group, followed suit with the rest and annexed lands in Canada. Somehow, the people with strong militaries post as if their militaries were always at war (I am guilty of this, too, but I keep my nation at war and wait a while before posting numbers). I suppose it would be practical to have 5 million troops defending an island if 1) the island was a strategic position, 2) you were at war with someone who can easily mobilize their forces to that position, 3) you shifted your nation to a wartime government and economy, 4) had sufficient military resources to pull it off, and 5) had an efficient mobilization system.
Again, I agree that I, too, am guilty of oversizing a practical military force (10 or 100 million to invade a peaceful France), but I redeem myself, I believe, by providing a step-by-step invasion of France, even gaining allies and whatnot. This last nuke post, you can either react to it or take it as a grain of salt. I overkilled, and I did so deliberately. Now, to challenge this foolish notion that "Oh, my population is growing and I need to expand, even though I have a really weak military"Albul Forces Rutthenia Into Alliance
BERLIN, RUTTHENIA [19:00 AST]: For the first time in Albul, a mobster is revered. Don Alfred Caecilius himself went to Jana Vielkas, in an attempt to persuade her to join the Albuli alliance. In the meeting, the Don claims to have seen several men guard the Chancellor, but the Don had several more, including private bodyguards, private assassins,black op soldiers,and government intelligence operatives. The conditions were simple... "I made her an offer that she couldn't refuse," claimed Don Caecilius. He asked her while she was at gunpoint, "Either join with Albul and give up Western lands to allied jurisdiction, or join the ranks of the dead, along with most of Rutthenia, capisce?" His stark and dark offer has gained the respect from the Albuli community, despite Don's origins as a mobster. The Albuli Council has now given Don Caecilius legal immunity from punishment. It is thought that Don Caecilius has ties with Commander Caecilius. (OOC: Those are just the things he said in public )
At the time of this clandestine meeting, Albuli troops dashed further to the northeast, using the same tactics used in France to conquer Germanic Rutthenia. Only this time, with more dire "persuasive techniques" that are classified.
IN ALBUL
Lastly, after the attack on Rutthenia, and with the classy mobster becoming a national celebrity, an old song has come to capture the Albuli spirit. Everyone, from the elderly, who recall the song from their youth, to the youth, who hear the song from their peers and parents, is singing this song with great joy as they sing the refrain, "Non, Je ne regrette rien."
OOC: Albul, what the hell do want from me? I claimed unwanted, ignored land, with all of the natives' support and once I claimed it, you have been acting like a five year old. Me claiming this land is NONE of your business, considering you are based in North America. Stop this nonsense and let us get on with other stuff to do.
OOC:I was planning to invade the Netherlands and Belgium but you annexed it.