If we take the peace treaty that means we can not attack them at all without what will probably be a severe hit to our reputation. If we can at all.
Incorrect.
If we take the +worthwhile concessions choice, then we can just declare the concessions are insufficiently worthwhile. It will be his breaking the oath and not us violating the peace treaty.
Any peace treaty will be with the northern lowlanders+Forluc warriors part, the southern Forluc part can still be attacked.
EDIT: also if relations drop, then we can attack without a casus belli.
Except the last battle was us getting wrecked by the double Genius combo. We can't afford to deal with multiple losses like that. So we are definitely beatable.
Yes, so?
Of course we cannot deal with multiple losses like that last battle. Of course we are beatable.
The Forluc cannot deal with a repeat of the losses we inflicted, the Forluc are beatable.
False. Nalnir actually loves the current system because turning the women into breeding stock and the resulting baby making industry gives him more followers. He encouraged and supported the changes and the upkeep of the system as a result.
You appear to have missed the immediately following: "Breeding quotas are unlikely to change,"
Nalnir does not "loves the current system". It is benefiting him so he is supporting it, if a new system offers more benefits he will happily betray the current system.
So, I'm going to be real here, I'm not sure how you could write "restoring gender equality" in the same space as "breeding quotas" here.
Forcing women to be brood mares is something Nalnir will never be against because it gives him a large amount of power through having more mortal worshipers.
That is a big reason as to why I don't trust any sort of long term reform Eredan could make, because the current status quo of their zealous nation is one that their God is totally fine with. Any change we would try to mandate would surely weaken Nalnir, so it's not going to last.
I did not write "restoring gender equality" in the same space as "breeding quotas". And I acknowledged that Nalnir approves of breeding quotas.
Rights are not all or nothing situations, just because all rights and total equality is unachievable does not make any reforms pointless.
What I wrote was "several reforms" & "many other rights (like the right to refuse sex, right to own property) can be restored to women"
A few steps towards equality is far better than none.
The Forluc are distant, making military conquest difficult. We have megaprojects and other things to do. Pushing a few rights now is a practical and ethical choice.
"Any change we would try to mandate would surely weaken Nalnir, so it's not going to last."
I strongly disagree, equality does not weaken nations. Increased rights and equality will strengthen the Forluc and Nalnir in the long term.
Nalnir has seen the benefits of Praden's methods and supported them. Many of Praden's reforms were necessary and let the Forluc survive, but many were not.
For example; restoring the right to property ownership to women will have economic benefits, and once Nalnir realises that then he will defend that right.
Except the qm have definitely said It is possible, if you choose the right options and everything went as planned
That in itself imply that there is a chance or are you arguing with a word of qm here??
And wdymn by building a colony? If we return it to the Colryd then we ARE not definitely gonna settle a colony there-_-
The exact word of QM was "It will be a potential outcome on how things turn out as
the right combination of choices will get that outcome."
Nothing was said about "and everything went as planned", only that it is a potential outcome depending on what choices are made.
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And wdymn by building a colony?" Somebodynobody10 originally stated "if we establish some sort of vassal state there, we will have control of it anyway" and did not say anything having the Colryd as a vassal.
The vote and arguments made by Somebodynobody10 was for having the city as a vassal state like the trade outpost choice.
