Quick map for the new EU members.

[axi]

And why hasn't Norway ever bothered to join? No real loss I suppose

Hmm, let me see, how do Norwegians make a living nowdays? They are the only nation in the world that is still hunting whales and seals and they are also pumping oil out of the North Sea like crazy. I guess that EU regulations would bring an abrupt end to this, so here a big motive not to join.

[Dauphin]

Switzerland and Norway will join the EU by default soon enough, official membership is unimportant.

[Provost Harrison]

Originally posted by Gangerolf


Then we would have no choice but to invade and shut down Brussels.

You and who's army?

Oh, America's?

Drat.

[Gangerolf]

I think that could be arranged...
Or maybe Russia's... I don't think they would mind seeing the EU dissolved.

[Gangerolf]

Originally posted by axi


Hmm, let me see, how do Norwegians make a living nowdays? They are the only nation in the world that is still hunting whales and seals and they are also pumping oil out of the North Sea like crazy. I guess that EU regulations would bring an abrupt end to this, so here a big motive not to join.

There are plenty of seals and mink whales. There are actually way to many seals, they eat all the cods.
There are no reasons not to hunt them, except that som people think they are cute and/or intelligent. Blame Hollywood.

Norway is kind of a banana republic I guess, oil monarchy would be a better description.
I don't think EU regulations would stop oil production though, Britain pumps out oil too you know

[VetLegion]

**** EU we can live without it

albania after ww2 is the model of sovereign, proud and independant state we should follow

[axi]

Yet Britain, Holland and Germany who have oil rigs in the North Sea are forced to abide by strict regulations, which you don't.

Norwegians respect nothing, they're not even in OPEC...

As for the seals, even if there's plenty of them to go around, they are brutally massacred to provide a luxury. Nothing justifies that.

Anyway, Norway is #1 in the world in quality of life. They do not need the EU to give them money...

[axi]

albania after ww2 is the model of sovereign, proud and independant state we should follow

Long live Emver Hoxcha! Long live the Party!

[VetLegion]

Enver Hoxa

and at least they were truly independant. had diplomatic relations only with china but broke them when china strayed from the Path

at least they looked to world and said **** you. how many states can say that? even taliban were more integrated.

and what was wrong with albania? nothing. all they do is fuck all the time

[Gangerolf]

Originally posted by axi
Norwegians respect nothing, they're not even in OPEC...

Neither are the US or Russia... OPEC is a third-world country club.

As for the seals, even if there's plenty of them to go around, they are brutally massacred to provide a luxury. Nothing justifies that.

They are not hunted just for the fur. They've got excellent meat and blubber. And as I said they threaten fishing because there are so many of the little monsters.

[Provost Harrison]

VetLegion, the difference is between the translation between alphabets. axi isn't wrong about the spelling of Enver Hoxha, just that he has used a direct character translation. So don't get smug

[VetLegion]

and here is a new, emerging alliance

a new player on the world scene

a new kid on the block

...so poor greece is rich by comparison

...so economicaly ****ed great depression would be the golden age (what, 30% unemployment? that must be the decade low point)

...so politicaly impotent we cant get basic stuff right
elections? like politics will change anything

...so corrupt, that well in civ terms, capital is somwhere on saturn

...so desperate that NATO is a great thing to join

I present you ... the Loosers Union (in white)




I put croatia in because we are the supreme loosers who almost had it and ****ed up

I put serbia in because they made self-****ging an art which will be hard to imitate

I put bosnia in because it is so fake and ****ed it has a governor

I put bjelorusia in because they are sad ****ers who get ****ed by that idiot lukasenko and whatnot

I put macedonia in because they are neigbour of greece, what makes them an automatic looser

I put albania in because they are loosers and they dont care they just fuck the day away...

[Gangerolf]

bitter?

[VetLegion]

oh yeah, two more

I put moldavia because they are such loosers they their export women fooking loosers, that is too low even for the LU. we have some strict criteria who can join and this is a big no-no

It they dont stop that they will get kicked out


.. which brings me to Norway. they are loosers because they have no sun, so they kill baby-whales and drill for oil to entertain themselves.


if any EU members want to deflect to us, weeeell, I m not so sure you fit the criteria, call us back in ten years we ll see what we can do

[VetLegion]

I just realised loser is spelled with one 'o'.