NationStates Jolt Archive

As stated, this is the OOC thread for the "Oil Cartel" RP.

The current list of invitees are:

Lamoni
Zongguo
Ixania
Gun Manufacturers
Starblaydia
Monavia
Skyland Mt
Damirez

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The idea for the RP came from this article: http://www.nextnature.net/?p=2495

Another article on the same idea is here: http://www.popsci.com/environment/article/2008-04/breeding-oil-bug

I really like the idea. To say the least, I find this notion that crude oil can be produced by living organisms, such as bacteria, to be within the realm of near-future chnology, and look forward to seeing oil prices drop around the world. Just don't let any of the NS nations that are obsessed with oil know for a while...

That is part of the reason behind the 'cartel.' Most people are smart enough to avoid a dogpile.

I agree. Now, there is an interesting question: when will we get another post?

Coming up. Trying to get the invited nations to post that they are actually coming, first.

And if anyone is wondering, this is what the Lamonian Presidential Palace looks like from the outside: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/AmboiseChateau.jpg/180px-AmboiseChateau.jpg

I'm in, just figuring out precisely how to play turning up at the palace of one of my nation's historical deadliest enemies, hehe.

You might try playing up an attempt to improve the relations between Lamoni and Starblaydia as a start. Or, your delegation could propose that once you ICly find out what the meeting is for. Your choice.

I'm bugging the others into at least making a post.

I'm bugging the others into at least making a post.

I hope that it works. If not, we will have to continue the thread without them.

Those are my thoughts as well, though Zongguo has at least been finally able to post after technical troubles with Jolt which delayed him.

I'm going to open the meeting just a minute before the Zongguoese Princess shows up... mostly just saying that everyone who attends should address her as "Your Highness." That way, everyone gets to hear about what i'm ICly doing at the same time.

I'm writing our entrance as we speak, hehe

I've probably taken a couple of liberties with Lady Jansen's arrival, but only for dramatic effect to show off the historical Starblaydi/Lamonian tension.

Whether or not she would arrive at the same time, or shortly before or after, as the Zongguoese Princess I haven't factored in, just in case.

Better late than never!

I'm sure that it will all work out.

The reaction to Lady Jansen's exit, though understandable ICly, is actually irritating me, as no-one has appeared to have seen or heard any of the multiple insults directed at Starblaydia, while everything she has said about Lamoni has been picked apart in every detail:

"The group walked past sculptures and pieces of art that were done mostly by Lamonian artists and sculptors, but the foreign gifts were to be seen as well. Most of the Lamonian artwork depicted scenes from Lamoni's past, including a painting of a single Lamonian Soldier standing up to ten Starblaydi T-7 Gilgamesh Main Battle Tanks."

Wow, so the very route into the chamber has artwork depicting us as the bad guys. No wonder she was pissed by the time she entered the room. There's an insult before anyone has opened their mouths.

This technology buys our nations the time needed to find new sources of energy. Especially since at least one of the nations represented here has an acute shortage of Crude Oil at present. I leave it up to all of you to guess which one; and all that I will say is that it is not Lamoni. This same nation also led a war.

Sneaky, snivelling gossip. I wouldn't expect reality TV show contestants to take digs at each other so poorly, never mind a nation's President.

Instead, we are taking the honorable; and admittedly safer, approach of first selling the technology to nations that we can trust, and a nation that is so far showing itself to be arrogantly unworthy OF that trust.

We have provided this 'bounty' as a means of goodwill. What has Starblaydia done to match this except be arrogant when their nation is running out of oil, and their old enemies are the ones holding out the key to the survival of their modern state?"

Accepting a diplomatic visit to your most bitter rivals and then writing a cheque with (almost) no questions asked, being incredibly enthusiastic about it and then leaving as politely as possible when repeatedly provoked is unworthy arrogance? Funny definition.

One was not supposed to verbally attack the host nation during diplomatic negotiations. ESPECIALLY when they held the key to your national survival.

Whereas doing that to your guests is obviously perfectly reasonable in Lamoni. And, as you well know both ICly and OOCly, Starblaydia is managing the transition just fine with a little tax increase, thankyou very much.


Aside from that little (ok not so little) complaint that I had to get off my chest because it was bugging me so much...


I've pulled Lady Jansen out partly for the sheer mass of poor reaction she was getting, and partly because Tiberius' entrance would make for a more-fun, more-important and smoother RP all round. He will, of course, make quite an impact on his entrance because he is without doubt the most famous man (probably ever) in the region of Atlantian Oceania, the one that Lamoni and Starblaydia are arguably the two biggest players in. His entrance would be akin, in RL politics, to John F Kennedy flying to Moscow just after the Cuban Missile Crisis and saying "Right, Nikita, let's sort this thing between us out".

Lamoni and Starblaydia have had a long (around a century by my calendar, though that would make our middle-aged leaders actually in their eighties - hurrah fluid time and aging) rivalry in AO - politics, economics, sport, and even a war which - technically - Lamoni's side started, though no-one ICly really believes it and thinks Starblaydia actually kicked it off under false pretences. This visit alone - even before the 'hissy fit' (hate that description of it, btw) - was historic, now doubly so with Tiberius' imminent arrival.

EDIT: Presuming he's travelling at speeds in excess of Mach 3 (at least 2,000mph or so), it would still take a fairly long time to get diagonally across AO in any reasonable time. Unless, of course, he'd planned for something like this to happen all along and was in the air already - unlikely as that is, he's a good manipulator of the people around and who work for him, but not that good!

Let's get the IC Thread back up and running.

Good idea.

TG, Lamoni. :tongue:

I'll take a look, Ix.

Perhaps it would be a good idea for us to RP the export of the new technology at a later time, but maybe again that would require a seperate thread.

Also, considering that there is the issue of regulating the oil Cartel system, a charter or multilateral trade treaty should be drawn up.

Then let us begin work on that, shall we?

Then let us begin work on that, shall we?

Here is a simple idea I have:

ARTICLE I: MEMBERSHIP

ARTICLE II: MEMBER OBLIGATIONS

ARTICLE III: SECURITY AND SECRECY

ARTICLE IV: ADMISSION OF NEW MEMBERS

ARTICLE V: EXPORT REGULATIONS (this is about how we would share the technology with the outside world)

ARTICLE VI: FINANCES

ARTICLE VII: AMENDING THESE ARTICLES

ARTICLE VIII: RATIFICATION

Feel free to take this and tweak it how you want it.

Done. Anyone with a better suggestion for the Cartel's name should feel free to offer it up.

Done. Anyone with a better suggestion for the Cartel's name should feel free to offer it up.

How about the "Union of Petroleum Exporting States" (UPES).

Hmmmm... that could work

Hmmmm... that could work

Okay. I will go with whatever you choose for the name.

I'm bringing this thread back upo because I would rather discuss OOC matters related to the Cartel here rather than use the IC Thread for such discussion.