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Would anyone be interested in an Alliance of Pacifist Societies? A group of nations willing open their borders and trade between members while avoiding armed conflict.

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Yes... If we didn't like war...

~S.Rousse
High Commander of the NPAF

Yes, many countries like war. I'm certain if there was a Alliance of Nations that Want to Bomb the Hell out of one another for all Eternity, 90% of the countries out there would join.

I'm just wondering if there are those who aren't interested in war.

Yes, many countries like war. I'm certain if there was a Alliance of Nations that Want to Bomb the Hell out of one another for all Eternity, 90% of the countries out there would join.

I'm just wondering if there are those who aren't interested in war.

[ Yes. They tend to get conquered quickly, however. ]

[ Yes. They tend to get conquered quickly, however. ]

This is because they role-play with the 90% who love war games.

The idea is to get a list of nations one can interact with without this happening -
Nation A: And we have recently made polygomy legal.
Nation B: Polygomy is evil. We demand you end this policy at once!
Nation A: Um, no.
Nation B: I send 16 x Death Ships, 6 x Super support ships, and 32 x big, impressive fighter carriers to your coast. How is your MDS?
Nation A: What? I don't have a missile defense system.
Nation B: Great! I am raining death upon all your major cities! Die furfag, er, socialist, er, polygamist scum!

The idea is to get a list of nations one can interact with without this happening -
Nation A: And we have recently made polygomy legal.
Nation B: Polygomy is evil. We demand you end this policy at once!
Nation A: Um, no.
Nation B: I send 16 x Death Ships, 6 x Super support ships, and 32 x big, impressive fighter carriers to your coast. How is your MDS?
Nation A: What? I don't have a missile defense system.
Nation B: Great! I am raining death upon all your major cities! Die furfag, er, socialist, er, polygamist scum!

Well, that often leads to situations like

Nation C: National sovereignty!
Nation B: What?
Nation C: I fire 728392 43058 348589 n00ks at you!
Nation B: I shoot them down and call in my allies!
Nations D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K & L: We send insane amount of ships to attack Nation C!
Nations M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, & Z: We send insane amount of ships to defend Nation C!
Nation B: Hey, what about Nation A?
Nations C through Z: What Nation A?

But, granted. Still, an alliance of pacifists wouldn't be all too effective: if they're all pacifists, and someone attacks a member state, how exactly are they going to defend it without violating their pacifism? Building up a sufficiently deterrent military seems to kind of defeat the purpose, after all.

I'd be interested in a peaceful free-trade alliance to encourage commercial opportunities between peaceful nations... Of coarse it might go like this:

Nation A - Since we're pals, have a billion wobbly headed dogs for a fraction of the RRP!

Nation B - Mega cheers, we're best buddies!

Nation A - Oh, nooz! I'm gunna have to stop making wobbly things because Nation C has committed mass whoop-ass in my lands!

Nation B - (man those dogs we're good, and made me rich! Surely it would be cheaper to fund an war to keep getting them super-cheap than to not get them at all...) Ahem, Nation A, we're chums! We'll help!

[Replace wobbly-headed dogs with, say, oil = WAR!]

Sometimes its unavoidable is my point.