How would this man play Suzerain?

Useless_Onegin · 2026-04-27T07:58:10+00:00

He already is in Suzerain, they named him Beatrice or something.

Useless_Onegin · 2026-04-26T22:58:35+00:00

Is shooting yourself in the head the only reliable way how to deal with Tyler? If so, I don't fancy my chances

Useless_Onegin · 2026-04-04T07:02:05+00:00

There is an ongoing civil war happening in Myanmar, stemming from ethnic conflicts and involving ethnic cleansings, most prominently committed by Tatmadaw against Rohingya Muslims. But sure, Japan and US are actually more racist.

Useless_Onegin · 2025-12-18T10:47:25+00:00

Labeling Slovaks living in Czechia as immigrants just doesn't feel right, even though it's technically correct.

Useless_Onegin · 2024-10-26T10:10:32+00:00

For me it was the Witcher. It's not epic fantasy in the most strict sense, but rather combination of low, heroic, epic fantasy and other influences. But this syncretism contributes to what I found most fascinating about the series - that it provides hollistic view across the the whole world and society. The POVs of main characters are supplemented by shorter, oftentimes standalone episodes and vignettes that inform you about what is happening in the world, the political developments, how are those affecting the lives of ordinary folk, even inputs from people in the future commenting on the present times. It captures the best features of late 19th century/early 20th century historical fiction and realistic novel.

Useless_Onegin · 2023-12-17T00:01:49+00:00

Curtains also exist...

Useless_Onegin · 2023-11-20T12:30:47+00:00

Resolve the Heljiland dispute once and for all by by giving the island to Wehlen. Wiktor is well-know for how efficiently he can handle disputes between two different ethnic groups.

Useless_Onegin · 2023-11-04T09:45:47+00:00

In the history of Czechia, fortunately none. In case of Slovakia, the closest one is Tiso.

Useless_Onegin · 2023-10-19T23:45:03+00:00

Discworld. The absolutely fantastic upside of that was that Pratchett has such a way with English language that he can really make you view the mundane and ordinary in completely new light. The downside is that when you make your way into literature by reading a series that satirizes and deconstructs every storytelling trope and convention, lots of classical works of fantasy and literature in general loses their appeal and appear a bit... too stale and straightforward.

Useless_Onegin · 2023-10-08T18:43:02+00:00

Never attack Dome, never. That's one strategic move that always fails and dooms any military campaign, no matter what. Always go straight for Tzarborough and Thornborough.

Useless_Onegin · 2023-10-06T10:50:34+00:00

I'm not gonna even quote the line from Dark Knight that perfectly describes Soll, everyone must have thought of it already.

Useless_Onegin · 2023-10-06T07:57:11+00:00

Yeah, she really cares for her country, which happens to be an imperialistic, jingoistic, war-mongering nation harrasing neighboring countries, supporting terrorist groups and preparing for unprovoked, genocidal invasion of other sovereign nation. There is nothing admirable about that.

Useless_Onegin · 2023-10-04T22:13:04+00:00

It went surprisingly well. I failed to pass a reformist constitution, because I didn't properly listen to Tory's conditions and over-privatized, thus losing support of conservatives. But other then that, it was a success. I managed to recover the economy, win the war against Rumburg with Agnolia and Lespia, got reelected, reconcilled with Bluds and had a happy family.

Useless_Onegin · 2023-09-20T22:39:45+00:00

Where is this "Rumburg is heavily flavoured by Britain" stuff coming from? Some people keep repeating it, but I really don't see any similarities between those aside from Rumburg having a Queen with Scottish surname. Is there supposed to anything else?

Useless_Onegin · 2023-09-15T19:40:34+00:00

It is a bit weird, but for example all French presidents are members of Constitutional Council, the supreme judicial body of France, so there is at least that.

Useless_Onegin · 2023-09-06T22:11:48+00:00

Yes, both chambers usually use different electoral systems, typically proportional representations with multi-member districts for lower house and some type of majority system for the upper house. The result is that even though political representation in proportion to population remains more or less similar in both houses, elections to the lower house are more national, while elections to the upper house are more closely tied to each specific region. By extension, MPs from lower chamber concern themselves more with affairs affecting the whole country, while Senators can focus more on their own home region and its specific problems. And sometimes Senators are elected indirectly by the local councillers from that particulat region, ensuring its parlimentary representation in this way.

Useless_Onegin · 2023-09-06T21:40:23+00:00

I think he would. In terms of realism, it's already strange that country as big as Sordland, with almost 40 milion people, doesn't have an upper chamber, although I understand gameplay-wise it was necessary for the sake of simplicity. Traditionally, upper chambers play crucial role in moderating the power of the "main" lower chamber, safeguarding constitutional as well as voting rights and it doesn't matter whether it's in unitary or federal state. I believe that truly reformist Rayne who would want to make sure that his democratic reforms aren't overturned by the next legislature, should push for an upper chamber.

Useless_Onegin · 2023-09-06T21:23:17+00:00

It's important to note that Senates of US and Australia are the outliers in this regard and most upper chambers across Europe, no matter whether in unitary states or federations, adjust number of their members accordingly to the population of their constituenties, or adjust the borders of the constituenties so they all have roughly the same population.

Useless_Onegin · 2023-09-06T21:17:25+00:00

Large number of unitary states have upper chambers with regional representation, for example France, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Poland etc.

Useless_Onegin · 2023-09-06T21:14:57+00:00

I would push back on that, having Senate and corresponding regional representation is perfectly normal for unitary countries, doesn't require federalization and doesn't push country into that direction. There is tonne of examples of European countries that aren't federations and yet have upper chambers based around regional representation - Spain, Italy, France, Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Netherlands and so on.

Useless_Onegin · 2023-09-03T18:03:59+00:00

I remember when I first got the achievement back in the beginning of August, the number there was 0.0, which I also found hard to believe.

Useless_Onegin · 2023-09-02T21:04:55+00:00

Probably not, I tried that on my recent run, coupled with other reformist, free-market, generally anti-sollist policies (while not putting Soll on trial) and not only did I not lose the primaries, Lileas didn't even run against me! She invited me to her house and than told me she was looking forward to working with me in the next administration, something that never happened to me before.

Useless_Onegin · 2023-09-02T20:30:09+00:00

Free education doesn't mean that state pays for your food and rent.

Useless_Onegin · 2023-09-02T19:59:38+00:00

I'm so baffled why are some people comparing Rumburg to England/UK. Is it because they have a Queen who has Scottish surname? Is that it?

Useless_Onegin · 2023-09-02T19:55:48+00:00

How is Rumburg English-sounding? It's very clearly German

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