tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1582882317444419527.post6736703361055564605..comments2023-09-30T07:42:47.236-07:00Comments on Emperor vs Elector: An Official Announcement from Monte-CristoMurdocKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08693711825249632305noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1582882317444419527.post-63835650863522333792007-07-23T01:19:00.000-07:002007-07-23T01:19:00.000-07:00As "Owner" (so called) of "Emperor vs Elector" I t...As "Owner" (so called) of "Emperor vs Elector" I try to keep a very "hands off" approach.<BR/><BR/>There's nothing wrong with an 18th century "Switzerland-equivalent" as far as I can see.<BR/><BR/>One of the reasons that Saxe-Bearstein has been (and most likely will continue) sitting on the fence as far as the Gallia / Germania war is that I don't wish to appear to "take sides".<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, Stagonia is pretty much vile toward everyone . . . but I try to keep it amorphous enough so as not to cause any permanent damage.<BR/><BR/>Jean-Louis, keep right on posting, I've no problems with it . . . except that I will encourage you to add blank lines between paragraphs to make it easier for my old eyes to read.<BR/><BR/><BR/>-- JeffBluebear Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07595975572873838050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1582882317444419527.post-19436678255062174222007-07-22T14:13:00.000-07:002007-07-22T14:13:00.000-07:00BIRTH OF A NATION Currently without blog or we...BIRTH OF A NATION<BR/> Currently without blog or website, I take the liberty to, exceptionally, transgess the rules of the EvE blog to shortly describe why and how I devised this micro-country (Jeff, feel free to delete this ‘comment’ if you think it sets a dangerous precedent!).<BR/> Monte-Cristo is not intented to be an ‘active’ member of the Emperor vs Elector campaign, merely to provide a setting where agents (official, unofficial and officially denied) of the ‘real’ countries can occasionally meet and interact in any way (overt or covert, from mutually beneficial exchanges to assassination). Perhaps some umpire-controlled free lancers could perturbate the Game?<BR/> Real world models were: –the Bahamas (memories of James Bond movie[s]) with a sprinkling of Caiman Islands; –Liechtenstein as a miniature version of Switzerland, where the secret preliminary meetings can take place before any official Geneva conference; –Monaco for the climate and general location, the Casino and the fruitfull ‘warmly friend to all belligerents’ type of neutrality. That all three models are fiscal havens and industrial dirty money laundries is more than coincidental.<BR/> The peculiar mores and laws of Monte-Cristo (the constitution, the casual nudity of the youth) come straight from a ‘frivolous’ novel «Les aventures du Roi Pausole» published in 1901 by french writer Pierre Louÿs – an ode to freedom and an humorous but fierce attack against excessive prudishness, puritanism and bigotry. I omitted some particulars such as the ruler’s 366 wives (because of leap years).<BR/> The word ‘Presipality’ come from the french satiric TV series « Groland ».<BR/> I posted a preliminary description of the recent history, economics and politics of Monte-Cristo (the Casino & smoking herb not included yet) on the SOCDAISY group.abdul666https://www.blogger.com/profile/16172686098173637906noreply@blogger.com