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[X] Plan: Sister Federations and Smaller Land Bribes
Guess they shouldn't have actively fought against us in a war. 🤷♀️77 votes for plans declining the Romanian request...
(Telltale Games meme) *Romania will remember that.*
So did Montenegro, and we gave them territory.
I don't really like giving vojvodina but its to late really argue now, and I understand why it was taken but it compromises our control over the Danube and he Serbians sure as he'll won't treat the many minority there well. (Also borders look better)
more to the point they're still ruled by a h*bsburg and thus we must never, ever give them an inchSo did Montenegro, and we gave them territory.
But we care little for the diplomatic technicalities. Romanian soldiers fought for the League, in their own bespoke units. Montenegrins did not.
The "modern" borders of Belgrade are from later, when it spread across the river; we should presumably control the entire bank. Even if not, it'd simply require a ~40 km long canal through flat ground. Far from difficult.The Serbs already control one side of the Danube with Belgrade. Nothing about our control of the river really changes by giving them Vojvodina.
The "modern" borders of Belgrade are from later, when it spread across the river; we should presumably control the entire bank. Even if not, it'd simply require a ~40 km long canal through flat ground. Far from difficult.
However, with this, we've increased the length of the detour by almost an order of magnitude; if Serbia's monarchy decides they like the Entente more than us, we're now cut off.
They would have been, had we not ended the war prematurely.And what of when the river reaches Wallachia? Are the Romanians and Bulgarians under our power too? What canal can be dug to the sea?
The "modern" borders of Belgrade are from later, when it spread across the river; we should presumably control the entire bank. Even if not, it'd simply require a ~40 km long canal through flat ground. Far from difficult.
However, with this, we've increased the length of the detour by almost an order of magnitude; if Serbia's monarchy decides they like the Entente more than us, we're now cut off.
That's only if you're in a shooting war. If the Serbians aren't shelling German ships travelling on our side of the river, there's nothing they can do to stop us. Meanwhile, there's a lot you can do in your own territorial waters - exorbiant tariffs, stop and seizure of prohibited goods (which, of course, is completely up to you to decide), and so on.I'm not even talking about the modern borders of Belgrade. they only need to control one side to make it imposssible for our boats to get through. Which they already do at this point. It's better to buy off Serbia's cooperation than risk them aligning with the Entente.