Despite the fact that @@NAME@@ and Núi Và Sông were involved in one of the bloodiest conflicts in history, there has been talk of opening trade and diplomatic relations with them.
"The Sôngamese are sincere," states @@RANDOMNAME@@, your Minister of State, "Normalization can lead all manner of benefits for us."
Any country acting sincere gets @@NAME@@'s attention
"Gah!" screams your military adviser, snapping out of a thousand-yard stare. "We can't trust 'em! Bomb 'em! When I was in Gam-"
Tourists asking for instructions are threatened with assault rifles.
"Wait, they can make stuff cheap, right?" says @@RANDOMNAME@@ your Commerce Minister. "We can hardly pay them anything- I mean, give them jobs!" [Must be capitalist]
Jobs are hard to come by/
"Our great brethen in socialism threw off the pigs before we did" states your Minister for the Economy. "We must stand with them! Down with the bourgeois!" [Must be socialist]
Red is the new orange.
"Agreements? Foreign policy?" whimpers noted isolationist @@RANDOMNAME@@, while hiding under a blanket. "Get rid of all that! We must be self sufficient in all things."
Foreign goods are a sought after commodity.