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[DRAFT] (Oil) Well, That's Not Good

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[DRAFT] (Oil) Well, That's Not Good

Postby Socialist Macronesia » Mon Aug 03, 2020 6:59 am

Currently on: DRAFT III

DRAFT I

VALIDITY: None

DESCRIPTION:
Over the last week, over fifty terrorist attacks have occured on @@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ oil wells and refineries. Although the terrorists have been eliminated, this has caused a near-plummet of oil reserves, and will not be fixed for a year or two. With oil reserves and production almost halved, your government has called a meeting to discuss plans of action.

OPTION ONE
"There's no choice," says General @@RANDOMNAME@@, while playing with toy tanks, "We must invade. We have a list of nations here with high oil reserves and production, we'll attack them all. Now, we must let you know, we can only last for six months on what we have, but I assure you the civilians will be fine untill then." He smashes two tanks together, which shatter. "It's that easy."

OUTCOME
soldiers regularly kick down doors to confiscate kerosene lamps

"No need to be so harsh, General," says your lazy Minister of Foreign Affairs, as he opens a foreign aid box, "Just ask the international community for some aid. I'm sure they have something to give us, maybe some oil, maybe some food, who knows? Whatever it is, we could sure use it. Plus, we don't even have to do any work! It's a perfect plan!" He pulls out a sack of grain. "Who wants fresh bread?"

OUTCOME
houses are constructed using wood from foreign aid crates

OPTION THREE
VALIDITY: MUST BE IN WORLD ASSEMBLY
"You know, we could just ask the World Assembly for aid," says your suave Ambassador to the World Assembly, wearing a suit you estimate to cost more than your personal home. "We have helped them in the past, remember those Blackacre militants we helped eliminate? Now they owe us. It's only fair they repay us for our kindness, right?"

OUTCOME
@@NAME@@ is considered the "beggar of the World Assembly"

OPTION FOUR
VALIDITY: Must be Socialist
"You all are thinking about this wrong," calmly says your Minister of Energy, @@RANDOMNAME@@ who has @@HIS@@ feet kicked up on the table. "According to my calculations, as long as we build enough nuclear power plants, the oil we use for energy can be forwarded to things we really need, like the military, or the people. Just give the green light on this environment safety inspection and we can have the nation running in six months tops.

OUTCOME:
three-headed @@ANIMAL@@ corpses are a common sight

OPTION FIVE
VALIDITY: MUST BE CAPITALIST
"You all are thinking about this wrong," calmly says your Minister of Energy, @@RANDOMNAME@@ who has @@HIS@@ feet kicked up on the table. "According to my calculations, as long as we build enough nuclear power plants, the oil we use for energy can be forwarded to things we really need, like the military, or the people. Just give the green light on this environment safety inspection and hand out some big business subsidies and we can have the nation running in six months tops.

OUTCOME
green doesn't just mean cash anymore in the energy business


DRAFT II

VALIDITY: None

DESCRIPTION:
Over the last week, several terrorist attacks have occured on @@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ oil wells and refineries. Although the terrorists have been eliminated, this has caused a near-plummet of oil storage, and will not be fixed for a year or two. With oil supplies, reserves and production almost halved, your government has called a meeting to discuss plans of action.

OPTION ONE
"There's no choice," says General @@RANDOMNAME@@, while playing with toy tanks, "Who knows who might attack us in our weakened state? We must secure some oil, lest even Brancaland take advantage. We have a list of nations here with high oil reserves and production, we'll attack them all. Now, we must let you know, we can only last for six months on what we have, but I assure you the civilians will be fine until then." He smashes two tanks together, which shatter. "It's that easy."

OUTCOME
soldiers regularly kick down doors to confiscate kerosene lamps

"No need to be so harsh, General," says your lazy Minister of Foreign Affairs, as he opens a foreign aid box, "Just ask the international community for some aid. I'm sure they have something to give us, maybe they have some oil, who knows? Whatever they have, be it food, water, medicine, or sweet sweet hydrocarbons, we could sure use it. Plus, we don't even have to do any work! It's a perfect plan!"

OUTCOME
houses are constructed using wood from foreign aid crates

OPTION THREE
VALIDITY: MUST BE IN WORLD ASSEMBLY
"You know, we could just ask the World Assembly for aid," says your suave Ambassador to the World Assembly, wearing a suit you estimate to cost more than your personal home. "We have helped them in the past, remember those Blackacre militants we helped eliminate? Now they owe us. It's only fair they repay us for our kindness, right?"

OUTCOME
@@NAME@@ is considered the "beggar of the World Assembly"

OPTION FOUR
VALIDITY: Must be Socialist
"You all are thinking about this wrong," calmly says your Minister of Energy, @@RANDOMNAME@@ who has @@HIS@@ feet kicked up on the table. "According to my calculations, as long as we build enough nuclear power plants, the oil we use for energy can be forwarded to things we really need, like the military, or the people. Just give the green light on this environment safety inspection and we can have the nation running in six months tops.

OUTCOME:
three-headed @@ANIMAL@@ corpses are a common sight

OPTION FIVE
VALIDITY: MUST BE CAPITALIST
"You all are thinking about this wrong," calmly says your Minister of Energy, @@RANDOMNAME@@ who has @@HIS@@ feet kicked up on the table. "According to my calculations, as long as we build enough nuclear power plants, the oil we use for energy can be forwarded to things we really need, like the military, or the people. Just help us sell off the rights to open nuclear power plants and we can have the nation running in six months tops."

OUTCOME
green doesn't just mean cash anymore in the energy business


DRAFT III

VALIDITY: None

DESCRIPTION:
Over the last week, several terrorist attacks have occured on @@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ oil wells and refineries. Although the terrorists have been eliminated, this has caused a plummet of oil storage, which will not be repaired for a year or two. With oil supplies and reserves dwindling, and oil production almost halved, your government has called a meeting to discuss plans of action.

OPTION ONE
"There's no choice," says General @@RANDOMNAME@@, while playing with toy tanks, "Who knows who might attack us in our weakened state? We must secure some oil, lest even Brancaland take advantage. We have a list of nations here with high oil reserves and production, we'll attack them all. Now, we must let you know, we can only last for six months on what we have, but I assure you the civilians will be fine until then." He smashes two tanks together, which shatter. "It's that easy."

OUTCOME
soldiers regularly kick down doors to confiscate kerosene lamps

"No need to be so harsh, General," says your lazy Minister of Foreign Affairs, as he opens a foreign aid box, "Just ask the international community for some aid. I'm sure they have something to give us, maybe they have some oil, who knows? Whatever they have, be it food, water, medicine, or sweet, sweet hydrocarbons, we could sure use it. Not only do we get free resources, we don't even have to do any work! It's a perfect plan!"

OUTCOME
houses are constructed using wood from foreign aid crates

OPTION THREE
VALIDITY: MUST BE IN WORLD ASSEMBLY
"You know, we could just ask the World Assembly for aid," says your suave Ambassador to the World Assembly, wearing a suit you estimate to cost more than your personal home. "We have helped them in the past, remember those Blackacre militants we helped eliminate? Now they owe us. It's only fair they repay us for our kindness, right?"

OUTCOME
@@NAME@@ is considered the "beggar of the World Assembly"

OPTION FOUR
VALIDITY: Must be Socialist
"You all are thinking about this wrong," calmly says your Minister of Energy, @@RANDOMNAME@@ who has @@HIS@@ feet kicked up on the table. "According to my calculations, as long as we build enough nuclear power plants, the oil we use for energy can be forwarded to things we really need, like the military, or the people. Just give the green light on this environment safety inspection and we can have the nation running in six months, tops.

OUTCOME:
three-headed @@ANIMAL@@ corpses are a common sight

OPTION FIVE
VALIDITY: MUST BE CAPITALIST
"You all are thinking about this wrong," calmly says your Minister of Energy, @@RANDOMNAME@@ who has @@HIS@@ feet kicked up on the table. "According to my calculations, as long as we build enough nuclear power plants, the oil we use for energy can be forwarded to things we really need, like the military, or the people. Just help us sell off the rights to open nuclear power plants and we can have the nation running in six months, tops."

OUTCOME
green doesn't just mean cash anymore in the energy business


DRAFT IV

VALIDITY: Must have cars, low to moderate eco-friendliness

DESCRIPTION:
Over the last week, several terrorist attacks have occurred on @@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ oil wells and refineries. Although the terrorists have been eliminated, this has caused a plummet of oil storage, which will not be repaired for a year or two. With oil supplies and reserves dwindling, and oil production almost halved, your government has called a meeting to discuss plans of action.

OPTION ONE
"There's no choice," says General @@RANDOMNAME@@, while playing with toy tanks, "Who knows who might attack us in our weakened state? We must secure some oil, lest even Brancaland take advantage. We have a list of nations here with high oil reserves and production, we'll attack them all. Now, we must let you know, we can only last for six months on what we have, but I assure you the civilians will be fine until then." He smashes two tanks together, which shatter. "It's that easy."

OUTCOME
soldiers regularly kick down doors to confiscate kerosene lamps

"No need to be so harsh, General," says your lazy Minister of Foreign Affairs, as he opens a foreign aid box, "Just ask the international community for some aid. I'm sure they have something to give us, maybe they have some oil, who knows? Whatever they have, be it food, water, medicine, or sweet, sweet hydrocarbons, we could sure use it. Not only do we get free resources, we don't even have to do any work! It's a perfect plan!"

OUTCOME
houses are constructed using wood from foreign aid crates

OPTION THREE
VALIDITY: MUST BE IN WORLD ASSEMBLY
"You know, we could just ask the World Assembly for aid," says your suave Ambassador to the World Assembly, wearing a suit you estimate to cost more than your personal home. "We have helped them in the past, remember those Blackacre militants we helped eliminate? Now they owe us. It's only fair they repay us for our kindness, right?"

OUTCOME
@@NAME@@ is considered the "beggar of the World Assembly"

OPTION FOUR
VALIDITY: Must be Socialist
"You all are thinking about this wrong," calmly says your Minister of Energy, @@RANDOMNAME@@ who has @@HIS@@ feet kicked up on the table. "According to my calculations, as long as we build enough nuclear power plants, the oil we use for energy can be forwarded to things we really need, like the military, or the people. Just give the green light on this environment safety inspection and we can have the nation running in six months, tops.

OUTCOME:
three-headed @@ANIMAL@@ corpses are a common sight

OPTION FIVE
VALIDITY: MUST BE CAPITALIST
"You all are thinking about this wrong," calmly says your Minister of Energy, @@RANDOMNAME@@ who has @@HIS@@ feet kicked up on the table. "According to my calculations, as long as we build enough nuclear power plants, the oil we use for energy can be forwarded to things we really need, like the military, or the people. Just help us sell off the rights to open nuclear power plants and we can have the nation running in six months, tops."

OUTCOME
green doesn't just mean cash anymore in the energy business

OPTION SIX
"Or, just buy some oil," asks your fifteen year old nephew, after receiving one hundred @@CURRENCY@@ for his birthday. "How much could it possibly cost? Sure, you'll probably see people heavily upping the prices on you, and maybe the logistics will be a nightmare, but think about the upsides: you won't have to worry about invading anyone or building nuclear power plants. Oh, and you won't have to look poor in front of the whole world."

OUTCOME
black gold costs just as much as actual gold
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Postby Comfed » Mon Aug 03, 2020 7:25 am

Fifty terrorist attacks in a week? That’s too many. One or two should do it, 50 is insane.

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Postby Ko-oren » Mon Aug 03, 2020 7:44 am

That 50 is far too high. Just 1 would still be an earth-shattering event. Also, I don't know if oil reserves are diminished by that much within a week or so - rather, it's oil supply that's a problem.

I feel that the order of options is odd. Military before a peaceful option? Would the international community really not react to one (if not several) attacks on a (possibly) allied nation?

"He pulls out a sack of grain. "Who wants fresh bread?" has no role to play in option 2 - the issue is about oil, not about food shortages.

I like the options 4 and 5, great choices!

"hand out some big business subsidies and we can have the nation running in six months tops." should probably be something like "sell off the rights to open nuclear power plants and we can have the nation running in six months tops."
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Postby Socialist Macronesia » Mon Aug 03, 2020 10:28 am

Ko-oren wrote:That 50 is far too high. Just 1 would still be an earth-shattering event. Also, I don't know if oil reserves are diminished by that much within a week or so - rather, it's oil supply that's a problem.

I feel that the order of options is odd. Military before a peaceful option? Would the international community really not react to one (if not several) attacks on a (possibly) allied nation?

"He pulls out a sack of grain. "Who wants fresh bread?" has no role to play in option 2 - the issue is about oil, not about food shortages.

I like the options 4 and 5, great choices!

"hand out some big business subsidies and we can have the nation running in six months tops." should probably be something like "sell off the rights to open nuclear power plants and we can have the nation running in six months tops."


The Option 1 is that the military is concerned the international community would take advantage of their weakness and attack

Made a few changes, DRAFT III is ready.
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Postby Australian rePublic » Mon Aug 03, 2020 3:16 pm

Just buy oil from other countries, why would anyone do anything which isn't that?
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Postby Socialist Macronesia » Mon Aug 03, 2020 3:41 pm

Australian rePublic wrote:Just buy oil from other countries, why would anyone do anything which isn't that?


While I will make that an option, it might cost your government a ton of money, especially if the sellers realize they can mark up the prices of the oil and you can't do anything.
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Postby Daarwyrth » Tue Aug 04, 2020 11:27 am

to discuss plans of action.


Consider changing this to "to discuss a plan of action", as that sounds somewhat more natural to me than in its current plural form.

"No need to be so harsh, General," says your lazy Minister of Foreign Affairs, as he opens a foreign aid box, "Just ask the international community for some aid. I'm sure they have something to give us, maybe they have some oil, who knows? Whatever they have, be it food, water, medicine, or sweet, sweet hydrocarbons, we could sure use it. Not only do we get free resources, we don't even have to do any work! It's a perfect plan!"


I feel this option shouldn't present itself to be as perfect as that. Of course, getting foreign aid is all fine and good, however, it also creates a dependency on that aid. A foreign power - with an opportunistic mindset - might take advantage of the situation and provide aid, for exorbitant prices. If you don't want to mention this in the option itself, I'd suggest you mention @@NAME@@ being severely taken advantage of in the effect line.

green doesn't just mean cash anymore in the energy businessp


I am not entirely sure about this effect line, I feel this could be sharper in its humour.
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Postby Minskiev » Tue Aug 04, 2020 11:30 am

Well, this is kind of assuming that @@NAME@@ uses oil. Perhaps a moderate and under eco-friendliness validity?

Oh, and they likely shouldn’t have the policy “No Cars”.
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Postby Socialist Macronesia » Tue Aug 04, 2020 12:05 pm

Minskiev wrote:Well, this is kind of assuming that @@NAME@@ uses oil. Perhaps a moderate and under eco-friendliness validity?

Oh, and they likely shouldn’t have the policy “No Cars”.


I was thinking about something like that, didn't know if there was a no oil policy (there isn't), planning on making the next draft before tomorrow morning.
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Postby Socialist Macronesia » Wed Aug 12, 2020 1:59 pm

DRAFT IV complete.
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