World 1999 Restart?

[Geography Dan]

how about this:

-Baltic Countries (lithuania, Latvia, Estonia)
-Germany
-Poland (I don't want Poland but if I don't have it then my nation will be seperated in two)
-Ukraine


Is that acceptable???

[Mao]

Again Dan, that's basically central Europe?

But in the spirit of The World 1999 originally, you were allowed to claim two medium countries or one medium country and sattelites (ie: Germany, Denmark, Austria) but Germany, Ukraine, and Poland? c'mon, that's pretty big and would probably be too powerful. I mean, you get western weapons and a great economy from Germany, and eastern bloc weapons and a great fleet from Ukraine.

Oh, and it'd be nice if people came up with stories about how these countries united.

[Geography Dan]

what if I left out Poland?
[This message has been edited by Geography Dan (edited June 29, 2000).]

[Geography Dan]

aarg, I guess you're right. ok then. how 'bout:

Germany
Italy
Austria
Switzerland
Croatia
Slovenia
and, if allowed, Hungary


most of those are tiny sattelite countries

is this ok, Mao??

[Geography Dan]

Mao, if that, too is unacceptable, then could you advise me as to what nations to pick??? I don't want to get stuck witha few tiny little countries like I did in the last thread. I also want some countries I can relate to, which means Europe.

[Mao]

First off, let's leave Switzerland completely NPC, since that's where most people make their transactions, and a player controlling those banks would really screw people.

Germany-OK (I'm assuming this is the main country)
Italy-Italy has a potential to be a great nation by itself, it's not a small satellite
Austria-OK
Switzerland-look above.
Croatia-I guess it's OK, but I don't know why you'd want it
Slovenia-same as above.
Hungary-Let's leave that alone.

If Germany's the main country you want, how about what Scott always does:

Germany
Denmark
Austria

Not huge, but all first world. I mean, if you take a country like Slovenia and/or Croatia, you're really putting a burden on your economy as you have to take care of them.

[Mao]

I mean, you could take just Germany and feasible expand into the countries you listed within 3 years thread-time (of course, with help from allies)

[Bearcat]

If GeoDan doesn't want it and Scott doesn't either I've got Germany.

[Geography Dan]

AAAAAGGGGHHHH!!!!!

Now I'm very confused and have absolutely no idea what countries I want to pick! OY VEY!!!

thinking... thinking...

[Geography Dan]

hrmmm... could I do Germany, with Austria, the Czech Republic, and the three Baltic Countries?

[Bearcat]

Take Italy, Slovenia, and Croatia. Than you can drive further into the Balkans.

[Geography Dan]

nah, forget the Baltic countries. How about Germany, the Low Countries (Benelux), Czech Republic, and Austria?

[Geography Dan]

ok, I think I'm sure about it this time:

Germany
Benelux (or Low Countries, call it whatever you want)
Austria
Czech Republic

[Bearcat]

Italy, please take Italy or Austria. Pleeeeease!

[Geography Dan]

you want Germany that muc, Bearcat? aarg..


well, I have a rather insane idea that might be a bit of a compromise


Bearcat and I could be co-rulers of Germany and Italy and their sattelite nations. This would allow for a larger country, and for us both to hae Germany. However, Bearcat would have to get AIM so we couild communicate on strategy (I have tried sevveral times to download ICQ but the parental controls block it.)


Otherwise, I still want Germany, but I think the co-ruler thing might be a good idea