Consequences Schmonsequences
Validity: 206.3, WMD sales policy flag, not autarky, nuclear power.
Description
Your government's made a killing charging other nations to build nuclear power plants in @@NAME@@, charging them even more to dispose of the waste from those plants, and then discreetly selling the waste to very respectable third parties in no way affiliated with international terrorist organizations. However, foreign inspectors have increasingly been sniffing around the plants, and your third party contacts have started making themselves scarce.
Option 1
"It's game over, man! Game over!" squeals strategic advisor @@RANDOMNAME@@, before realizing that the Foreign Minister of the United Federation is still in the room after an earlier meeting to discuss ongoing counterterrorism operations. "Uhh… this cabinet @@ANIMAL@@ball game is definitely over. Because the other team's onto us. So let's cash in and take the goals we have while we're still ahead, even if we can't keep scoring touchdowns with the infield puck before our tee time runs out."
Effect: terrorist groups collapsing as the deficit increases is taught to students as an example of correlation not implying causation
Option 2
"I think we can still have our cake and eat it too," says 'international agricultural consultant' @@RANDOMNAME@@, nervously glancing at the Foreign Minister as he surreptitiously turns on a recording device. "There are plenty of mouths who want to eat, and we can sandwich our options with additional layers to throw the regulators off our scent. It'll cut into our slice of the pie, but this way we can keep our meat and potatoes going while the rest of them keep drinking the kool-aid."
Effect: the government's shady dealings are funneled through dozens of actual laundromats
Option 3
"Sorry ta' interrupt, but can we talk 'bout them nook-yoo-lar deals y'all been doing?" asks the Foreign Minister, covering up his recorder with a copy of the United Federation constitution. "We took one look at yer work and thought 'hey, that's just the sorta thang we do!' Tell ya what. You sign an exclusive 'construction' contract with us, an' we keep them regulatory folks off yer backs an' cut you in on a tidy share of the profits. Whaddaya say, pardner?"
Effect: @@LEADER@@'s staffers are paid in foreign currency and barbeque sauce
