Forget the rotting cow: The elections are coming
After two days of intensive training, which unfortunately meant I could pay less attention to the game, I finally logged in properly today at 17:22. Expecting to see news about upcoming candidates, my "tender soul" instead read an article by our journalist https://app.warera.io/user/696e314a9fcc1dc99ed414a6regarding the https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d446e731854c7ac7a4 mission in Congo.
Let’s be honest: every country has its growth phases—growing pains, as they say. This matter is from long before our time, and despite what some claim, we have nothing to do with it.
After carefully reading the article and comments, I see only one thing: a wound that has never healed. For players who remain neutral, there is no judgment to be made here. If you want to judge for yourself, go ahead and read the article and the comments.
https://app.warera.io/article/69f053588df3341da8c7d4bd
With only two days left before the elections, I would have preferred a substantive debate about plans for the future. Instead, we were confronted with a political "old cow" that was actually just starting to rot in the ditch.
As of today, we know only one presidential candidate: https://app.warera.io/user/6914ff45cdf57cd0c13144f8. Although our opinions do not always align, we see several interesting points in his program:
The Pros
Professionalization: Creating actual departments (Economy, War, Tech) is a necessary step to govern a large nation efficiently.
https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d446e731854c7ac7a0 first: Recognizing the Netherlands as our "blood brother" and unconditional partner is a logical and strong choice.
Leadership: The ambition to no longer be a "junior partner" but to set the coalition's course based on our damage output shows real initiative. See this article: https://app.warera.io/article/69ee0e115c41c75ec4d1721e
The Cons
Territorial resignation: The proposal to stop fighting hard for current expansion territories (like UK/Ireland) feels like a premature surrender of valuable assets.
Passive strategy: Waiting for a promised "naval update" instead of acting now is a risky gamble on the future.
Budgetary Transparency and Oversight: The designation of the Intelligence Department as "Top Secret" presents a challenge for fiscal oversight.
During the current term, Belgium was engaged in three major conflicts: Portugal, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. An analysis of the candidate’s personal tracker data (totaling 19.2M damage) provides this insight:
National Allocation: 7.2M damage (approximately 37%) was directed toward Belgium.
International Fronts: A significant portion of the output was spent on foreign conflicts, specifically against Venezuela (2.9M) and Ukraine (2.3M).
Belgian War Fronts: On the core Belgian fronts, the allocation was 2.5M against Ireland, 1.6M against the UK and 1.5M against Portugal.
The first image illustrates the distribution of damage provided for various nations, while the second image specifies the total damage dealt against specific opposing countries.
There are no other candidates known today. We hope for more turnout with a clear program that goes beyond just "vote for me." We hope the future president will do more than just change the UI color.
Seed by seed.
Capitalism always wins.
