Oh, but AN is. Excluding the weaker parties in Parliament will increase their willingness to use solutions that further their goals that don't involve parliament. That can range from protests over strikes to revolution, if it festers long enough. Of course if the parties in power take actions that allign with the weaker parties goals that willingness is reduced.
Which as we've seen, is happening a lot.
Also remember minor parties will gain power from social changes. All the Railway lines we're spamming are going to produce a Workers' party with their own PW very soon, because these workers run critical industries and span multiple cities in coordination.
Okay, wait, I admit I may have missed it among all the thread discussion but can someone explain to me what we possibly gain by taking the Kielmyr marriage offer now instead of waiting to see other options? 'cause that choice is doing shockingly well for no reason apparent to me.
@Wiadi
Tagging so you can see it amidst the other discussion
Main points:
Kielmyr - In association with the Sketch, the Kielmyr have begun construction of a naval facility specifically intended for the outfitting of ships with steam engines and motive drives.
-The Sketch have
no bloody clue we're about to marry the Kielmyr. They think they're giving a minor, isolated power proto-ironclads for the steel they need to make them.
--If we marry them before the Sketch realize what the shit is going on, theres a chance of sniping ironclad tech progress from the wedding gifts.
--Furthermore, the Sketch need a vast amount of steel
right now to rearm their fleet and a Gylmaryn-Kielmyr alliance can jack the price up so they need to pick rearmament or economic stability.
-It's already been laid out how the other candidates are dead in the water, but here it goes again:
--Black Sheep - Too on fire. Alliance does not need reinforcement at present. Specifically noted to cause domestic stress by AN.
--Khemetri - Alliance does not need reinforcement at present. Specifically noted to cause domestic stress by AN.
--Behyvar - Tortun clusterfuck. Will trigger Ochruhr panic.
--Hung - Probably should avoid that first cousin marriage.
--Styrmyn - Tortun clusterfuck. Too small to matter.
Hespranxer, Sketch and Vortuga won't offer. Ochruhr will upset Behyvar and Kielmyr.
I mean, again, how do you want to plan it in thread? Cause I really don't think you get how difficult it is to make these plans...
The plans put in thread can be changed, you know? If you want something added or removed, ask and people will work to accommodate. But these things have people on google spreadsheets working to balance the plans. It's not something that you can really plan out in thread.
Like, I spent a fair chunk of yesterday advocating various tweaks and enough of them were taken up that I'm satisfied.
Also speaking as a PoC I Planmaker, doing it in thread is utter chaos that had led to economic suicide at least twice due to the sheer noise of the method.
