Quelye

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Hi, welcome.

You want to allow texting but not social media? I'd say either go all out with something like an iPod touch or simply a smart phone without cellular data, or something like an iPod nano. I guess you could get an old brick phone that lets you text and make calls but also has music playing capabilities (albeit poor ones).

It's always great to see new players, especially ones posting actively on the forums. Welcome!

Looks like the current leader is Morgan's flag. Phiney's is a close second, though.

Nation Name: Taissaugh Alliance Name: Umbra Credit References: N/A Guarantor(s): Umbra Daily After-Cost Revenue: $430,278.58 Did Someone Refer You To Us? If so, Who: N/A Amount you would like to borrow: $3,000,000 What Is Your Investment Plan: Planning on using this money to invest in our alliance, and increase our tax rate temporarily to pay it off over time. I, Taissaugh, agree to the following if I choose to accept a loan from the Cirrus Bank: -Pay all interest associated -Repay the principal -Act in good faith to repay all my debts and refrain from misrepresenting my intentions or history. I also give the Cirrus Bank, or whoever may hold my debt in the future, the right to reclaim my debt through the use of force. I agree to inform any alliance I may join while holding this debt of this arrangement.

A few popular options are: freeforums.org forumotion.com zetaboards.com zifboards.com Though I've only ever used the first one.

I'll send you an offer for the oil.

I don't really think they're comparable since they don't fight together? At least not the same way that tanks and soldiers are, right?

Gasoline definitely had it's price spike, and has since come down, but it's held steady at about twice the level it was before the war. I don't imagine it'll drop a whole lot lower now that people really appreciate the value of it during wartime.

Exciting to see Umbra in the rankings now!

I think part of it is that when you're at war, your soldiers consume more food. There's a lot of wars going on, so I'm sure the demand for food has spiked a bit.

You don't have to be in an alliance to get the color bonus, though, do you? Why would you need to create a "colony" alliance when you could just switch to a different color for the increased bonus. I mean, obviously it would appear that you weren't in an alliance, but even if alliances did immediately have a negative impact people could still do this -- leave their alliance and just switch to a color with a good bonus.

Thanks!

Welcome to the party!

I agree that it would be near impossible to get everyone to cooperate. I think Sheepy proposed a trade union idea where nations that joined a union would have a minimum cap when selling resources, but no one seemed to think it would be a good idea. To really control the market for a resource I imagine you'd have to spend a lot of money to buy out everyone who undercut you and then sell at your price, but that would be an awful lot of micromanaging and take an awful lot of money to buy everyone out.

You are correct, I was tracking them in order of price. I've been too busy unfortunately though to keep up, so thanks for stepping in and posting an update Athanasios! Keep doing the updates if you'd like

I sure hope so! Thanks!

First, I just want to say thank you to all of you who had nice things to say about this DoE. I'm glad to see this much support and positive thoughts! Thanks! I considered asking a larger alliance about a protectorate, but alas I did not want to be drug into one side or another in this conflict. I have no qualms with either side specifically, but simply wish to be on my own, neutral side. That said, my nation is pretty bulked up militarily so I'm prepared to fight anyone that might think I'm an easy target, and I'll work on aiding new members so they can defend themselves as well. My philosophy has always been that there if there are going to be spies, (which there will be) there shouldn't be anything "secret" that they could find. I think a very open, transparent alliance government is the way to, and that way a spy wouldn't find out anything that everyone else didn't already know.

Thank you for the kind words!

I understand that, however seeing as I was just a member I did not have the power to follow through with my ideas. In any case, what's done is done, and as I stated on SI forums I wish to leave on good terms and have cordial relations with SI in the future.

I just formed a brand new alliance based on the principles of economy, autonomy, and democracy. If you want to learn more about us, check out the DoE I just posted, here: http://politicsandwar.com/forums/index.php?/topic/3104-umbra-doe/

While off topic, I did make several forum posts during my time at SI that went nowhere. My proposal to start an embargo list to deal with raiders, while received well initially was ultimately ignored, as well as my request to lower the alliance resource tax rate. Ultimately I did not wish to build my nation in the way that I would've been forced to at SI (or lost half my profits) and quite frankly I was unhappy about the decision to treaty EoS (which I expressed days ago on the alliance forums).

Thanks! I find simple is often the best. Thank you!

Until this point, I have not been a very active participant in the global community. I have lurked in the shadows (pun intended) while others lead. Now, I find myself unhappy with the state of the alliances in the community, and cannot find an alliance that represents the core values that I think are most important. For these reasons I am creating my own, new alliance based on the principles of economy, autonomy, and democracy. Umbra: The Shadow Alliance Umbra is going to be different from other alliances for a few very important reasons. First of all, the economy of our nations will be as laissez-faire as possible, meaning that aside from providing basic knowledge on how the game works and how you might want to build your economies, it will be ultimately up to the members themselves to decide how they want to make money. This also means that our tax rate will be as minimal as possible to ensure that each nation can keep and reinvest their profits how they see fit. We will still use money to give aid to smaller nations, but in the more traditional way where larger nations give donations to smaller ones as acts of charity. Secondly, we shall focus on autonomy as an alliance. Umbra will be as neutral as possible without being a neutral alliance. This means we will sign very few, if any, treaties and during most conflicts (like the one currently happening) we shall remain neutral. Unless our alliance is attacked directly, or we have a very close ally that we are treatied with who is attacked, we do not intend to fight in meaningless wars. Thirdly, and this part is probably the least unique, we shall focus on democracy. This means that we will hold regular elections where all members shall have a vote and be eligible for every position, including our Commander (top executive) position. This will ensure that Umbra will be an eternal alliance. For all of these reasons I am forming this alliance, and yes, at this point I am the sole member. However I am hoping that there may be others who seek similar principles as I've outlined who will join me, and soon we'll grow far beyond just my nation. Our forum link is: http://umbra.freeforums.org/ Feel free to drop by and apply to join or become a diplomat. Umbra Charter