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Following recent economic developments, I am pleased to announce that Sweden and The Evenstar are now allies. >inb4 I secretly orchestrated Zafrizackery's death to make this happen.

Honestly, it's full of junkies and white trash. It probably should be wiped off the map. :/

Okay, so despite the ridiculous shortness and lack of context of the OP, this can actually be a fun one. Bear with me, though, because it's a long one. A story that I've always wanted to write would be a first-hand account of an anti-government militiaman, turn officer, in a hypothetical Second American Civil War (although it's not so hypothetical now that the Texan Republican Party is wanting to secede and could possibly take a few other states with it). In this scenario, most of the fighting occurs between the United State Military and pro-government militias against various rebel militias and military deserters in the northeast (where the government is most concentrated), Texas (where the heart of the rebellion is located), and California (simply due to it's large population). Eventually, the rebellion organizes a full fledged army, and begin their first major campaigns in Kentucky (no bias here) to seize the South to tip the balance in their favor. After Kentucky is liberated, the protagonist of the story goes on to become a Major General, and leads a 1,500-man force to take over Lafollete/Jacksboro: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaFollette,_Tennessee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacksboro,_Tennessee These two cities are picked because I visited them a lot a few years ago when I went with my mother to her out-of-state workplace over the summer or Fall/Spring/Christmas break. As such, I'm very familiar with them (and the mountain terrain makes for some interesting, well terrain, for combat situations). Going into Lafollette the normal way, you pass by an opening in the treeline by the side of the road on the highway that puts a large section of one of those two cities in view. In the story, the protagonist orders his artillery batteries to set up where the opening in the treeline is, and having help from an anti-government militia inside the city, the artillery batteries attack government structures (because Lafollette/Jacksboro has a loyalist government) and Tennessee State Guard positions. The end result is that the anti-government forces swarm into the two cities and force the pro-government forces to surrender due to the speed and strength of the unexpected attack (greatly helped by accurate artillery attacks, of course). Now, in the story, there was a lot of factors in favor of the attackers regarding the artillery: They had good intel, there was no pressure or rush, the artillery could clearly see their targets even without coordinates, the weather was cooperative, and the enemy had no air support nor artillery of their own. In a real world situation in which mass artillery is used, it's unlikely that the factors would be so stacked like that. So what happens is that the possibly for civilian causalities goes up for one reason or another. Lafollette/Jacksboro does not have a large population, and it's quite spread out. There was also only a handful of batteries used in the shelling. So, naturally, if one or both of those factories increase, then so do the number of civilian causalities. So, to answer the OP plainly, it would be a war crime. That being said, In this scenario presented in this post, I wouldn't mind ordering the shelling of a metropolitan area if there was an abundance of enemy personnel or war materials that needed to be taken out. Collateral damage will always be a part of warfare. However, there is a line in which civilian causalities and ethics do overtake strategy, and so the situation OP presents in very particular. Just for fun, I'm also going to present pictures of the area I'm talking about. I think the first picture may actually be the area in the treeline I was talking about, but I could be wrong. The second picture gives a better view of just how in the country the city actually is (when I was there, you'd frequently hear coyotes making all sorts of noise). The location in the second picture is also very close to where the house is I lived in whenever I was down there. I can tell because you can see the airport on the left, and the airport was very close to where I lived (enough so that we regularly had low flying planes pass over our house during takeoff, and we'd see the airport lights forming pillars of light at night like the lights at drive-ins).

I don't think Texan independence is important enough to many Texans that they'll fight an insurgency over it. Regardless, considering that Texas is rightful American soil, I think the lives lost in such a counter-insurgency would be worth it.

Nope, the soldier count is separate from population. You could have 10,000,000 soldiers die, replace them, have them die again, and your population would still remain the same.

I'm afraid to report that Matterswork has been hit by a 12-foot tsunami. The confirmed deathtoll has reached 34, and there are 116 reports of missing persons.

That's what I thought may happen to. All the more reason why if Texas does secede, the United States should use their full military to restore order.

The international community should come together to decide what to do about these users of magic all across Orbis. The misuse of magic, particularly when used violently, as already shown it's destructive potential.

I just checked Ace, the most populated nation so far, and he doesn't seem to have that issue.

Recycling Centers + Hospitals = No people dying We don't really need anything else for pollution/disease

Is that a subtle hint of anti-human speciesism? Regardless, not wearing clothing at all doesn't really constitute fashion- quite the opposite, really.

She also isn't wearing any pants.

The Evenstar congratulates Lelouch Vi of Britannia on his victory over Arabia! We wish we could've participated ourselves, but...international law prohibits it.

>Trump is vile and hateful to Russia ''Trump is going to get us into a nuclear war!'' >Trump is respectful and cooperative ''Trump is being soft on tyrants!'' Holy SHIT there's no pleasing you guys.

''Hurr durr, Trump is going to get us into so many different wars.'' Trump, going by his comments, has been the most non-aggressive President when it comes to foreign policy- even more so than Clinton, who wanted to established a no-fly zone over Syria, thus putting us at odds with Russia. Speaking of Russia, Trump has been very respectful when speaking of Putin, and Putin has been the same to him.

What are you talking about? Can you provide a source so I can read more about this? Not that I doubt you or anything, but that certainly does sound interesting.

Why? Texas gives more to the federal government in taxes than it receives in aid. It also has a lot of natural resources.

So, extradite them outside Velika.

I never said it wasn't...? Generally, though, I do believe state governments aren't as corrupt as the federal government is. Furthermore, the ordinances of the state government is more likely to directly affect someone than something from the federal government- which is something that played hugely into the American Civil War. And, given how much support the Texan Nationalist Movement as, it seems that a lot of Texans trust their government,

You make it sound like it's a bad thing.

Sources: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/05/texas-republicans-gop-secession-resolution http://www.inquisitr.com/3088435/republican-party-of-texas-secession-gop-convention-votes-in-favor-of-texas-leaving-the-united-states/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington's_Farewell_Address#Unity_and_sectionalism _______ I can understand the desire to break off from the Union if the federal government became really tyrannical. I mean, hell, we're already halfway there: Most members of Congress just want to fill their own pockets or have their names in the history books, and the different agencies of the federal government have become terribly inefficient and bloated. But at the same time, though, I believe in the preservation of the Union. George Washington himself, in his farewell address, made this a point: Plus, what was the sacrifice of the hundreds of thousands of lives in the American Civil War for if we just let states leave the Union because they feel like it? Nevermind the fact that an independent Texas would have the same result has the American Civil War did- a federal victory. So, what does the P&W community think? Should Texas have the right to be independent? Personally, I think not. I think if Texas does declare independence, that it would only be fair that the United States Armed Forces came crashing down on their heads. Rather or not that means immediate capitulation and the subsequent restoration of Constitutional order, or a few weeks of fighting followed by a decisive victory, would be up to the Texas State Guard.

The Evenstar strongly condemns Velika for the injustice of arresting people for violating a law that wasn't in place at the time of the crime committed- nevermind that the crime itself wasn't a concrete act and just ''exploitation of the masses'' - whatever that means! The Evenstar also requests that we receive the members of royalty held in Velikan prisons.

Ahh, my bad, I merely skimmed over the first clause and thought it was something else.

Aren't they inherently violating this term by paying alliance taxes, or is that considered an ''indirect'' form of aid and isn't considered?

Not just leak weather reports or something, but give out secret giving out classified information. They could be charged with treason under US law.