' Wrote:You see Iran don't you? Venezuela, Cuba, Lebanon, Syria, Lybia. They're all nations that are ostensibly hated by the west and its allies, yet they get a voice too. It can't just be the good guys. Plus what constitutes a nation in Freelancer? Some small factions control as many systems as the houses did in vanilla. That and we could have some nations representing proxy concerns. We don't have the mollies or GC or Liberty Rogues there but we might have Outcast lawyers promoting their interests or maybe Bretonia defending the new 'freedom fighters' of Dublin since its in their national interest to delay any reaction to the Molly issues with their RP these days. Kusari is involved with Hogosha, Rheinland is probably the only virginal state politically.
Now we get to discuss an even BIGGER topic! "What is the difference between good and bad?"
Sure, Germany thought they were the big thing back in the 30's and 40's. (well, people who supported the Nazi party anyways). So calling countries "Good and Bad" really kills the whole purpose of a "World Court". Every Nation has their own opinion. Who put the President of Iran in power? The CIA. It is more of regret than anything else. The CIA funded those radical Islamic groups during the cold war, to oppose the spread of the Iron Curtain. The only regret that they have now is that they control the Oil fields. So they kicked off Operation Iraqi Liberation(OIL) but later changed the name...
Now, back to Imaginary land...
I was using Al Khieda and the Taliban as a reference certain organizations and millitary groups that do not auctually have a county, but they do operate within countrys. That is the whole point. The IMG operate in systems, but do they auctually Govern them? They are not an auctual government, but an organization. I don't think the houses would agree to recognize that. We can all Imagine that they are some vast civillization, but they are just a derelict group of miners that operate outside the reaches of any soverign government.
They have Millitary units. So do corporations that work in Iraq. They hire private contractors. Mercenaries.
