Lazarus

Renea wrote:

You can just... play with it and live with the fact that you're disadvantaged in this area. So what? You're already playing one of the most resource-rich nations in the world. Not every country is the best at everything - having limitations is what facilitates this kind of roleplay. Fueling a future nuclear industry is the exact kind of motivation that gets countries to be active in diplomacy and war. It forces you to play the game. There is nothing inherently wrong with playing a weak nation, a lot of fun can be had in that, much less a nation that is by all means advantaged in just about every way except this particular thing.

I am simply pointing out that it makes no sense that the ACPS would be competitive in nuclear technology. It's a logical consequence of how the alliances were laid out from the start - you could also, y'know, roleplay wrangling trade arrangements for the resources you lack. Alliances are not static; the way they started simply implied that the ACPS would lack the means of being a dominant nuclear power. Given the tensions in the Americas that is pressuring the UN, you could import thorium from Venezuela, for example - that, of course, requires effort on your part, but that is only one of a few ways you could fix your issues.

I also only pointed out that you offered a bad deal. Producers of uranium and thorium are already rich in all sorts of metals; the geography that facilitates large deposits of heavy elements also facilitate large deposits of lighter metals. You could simply offer something else that they don't have.

Aligned City-States of South America wrote:

Venezuelan gov message
Attestaltarragaby (USA), Stellarian Confederation and Calption. Today I ask for my fellow latins to support the freedom of Cuba. And to the Americans we ask of you to free them. Give them self rule. This is a request from your southern friends. Your southern friends who give you a LOT of oil. Be smart.