We need the navy spread out a bit. I feel quite alone most of the time when patroling Texas. Had to fight a pair of cruisers on my own near Houston last night and could get no support from the fleets in New York. Just barely made it.
I keep my ships in Texas 90% of the time unless pirates are rampaging New York and noone else is there to stop them.
And yes, the SA does indeed eat babies, kill puppies for Satan, and worship a false idol. Thus my Texas patrol path.
A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship.