(08-01-2015, 05:00 PM)Thunderer Wrote: I'm sorry if I clogged someone's throat with numbers, but what I tried to do here was to prove that Gallia is not as powerful as many people think, and when I am using arguments, I prefer them to be precise and correct.
Gallia is smaller than Liberty by population, and probably by economy as well, having emerged from isolation only recently and apparently still unready, having a totalitarian regime, a revolution going on, little remaining resources and a huge fleet to maintain. It is certainly inferior to Liberty and Bretonia together, being almost twice smaller by the number of its citizens.
Gallia can win the war if it blitzkriegs, but if the war drags on, the stronger economy is going to prevail. It has been raging for 4 years already, and I wonder if Liberty and Bretonia have already built an allied armada to rival that of the Gauls, or to surpass it.
I'd say you missed my point, but it's not that. The Bretonian agenda at work again, I see...fishing for self-justifications to continue moping around dejectedly claiming that what's happening to the House is 'illogical', eh? Some things never change.
Selective choosing of data to support your viewpoint will not get you anywhere. There's a million arguments to be made against it, Liberty unwilling to commit -that much- into saving a broken down, decrepit neighbor... it's own weakening trade relations with Kusari and a lack thereof with Rheinland as both houses align with Gallia, Liberty's own poverty in terms of resources (it relies on trade, this much is common fact). Growing war weariness at home in Bretonia as they continue fighting a war with no end in sight and no victory to be gained. War weariness in Liberty as the war with Rheinland dragged on for no apparent reason. Democracies tend to tire of war quicker as well, I'll remind you. The Powell administration could be voted out in favor of an anti-war government, who may very well negotiate out of the war with Gallia.
It's easy to dive into overcomplicated explanations to support one or the other agenda. I do not have time to waste on justifying Gallia, because I've always understood it's role as an antagonist. None of us are actual economists, tacticians, war leaders or politicians. Let's not pretend that we can equal them by creating a fictional narrative that'll match what the real world offers in terms of it's complexity.
Or you could continue with your agenda. Good luck to you.
^Not only does Gallia obliterate Bretonia in the game and in lore, but it appears that its supporters are taking this tradition to the forums as well.
Gallia shall win over Bretonia, and its glory will shine with the power of a thousands suns. And you know why? Because...
Deus Vult!
