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Hello. I'm here today to explain the idea of adding more land to the country of Mitron. Now before you say no, and before you see the map, let me tell you a few reasons why this should get passed.
a) It does not effect any current borders. All changes occurring are within the boundaries of what may be considered Mitron's "sphere of influence". All changes are occurring in Le Bae De Pioneers (Pioneers' Bay), or at the mouth of the bay.
b) Mitron is already a puny country. Generous, generous estimates currently put it at ~200,000 square km (~77,000 square miles). These new additions would not put it even above ~300,000 square km (~115,000 square miles). My former country was well past 550,000 square km (212,000 square miles). As Mike said in my app, he thought it nice I was taking a smaller country. This still makes me plenty weaker than I was before, plus I'm locked in a bay and landlocked everywhere else. No real power gain.
c) This will help me make a more interesting history. This way, I can spend more time expanding out my timeline and creating more time spent settling the land. This is very important to me, as it enables Mitron to not be settled overnight.
d) The added land won't turn into metropolitan areas that will increase my population, wealth, power, etc. Most of it is farmland anyways. Outside of my metropolitan areas, there isn't a lot of highly populated, highly developed areas.
e) When I reapplied, and I claimed Lansay, I actually decreased much of the coastline. Even though Jonota Island was added, in my opinion it is still smaller than it was before. This would, in my eyes, be putting this country back to the level of power it was before, even though that level of power was little.
e) The GAW action can greatly increase with this. If the Invasion of Jonota is agreed upon, we can spend much more time in western Euphemia defending the island against invasion. Much more "interesting" RP can be created with this addition, not just with the GAW but with my own national history, as stated in c.
Now, to the actual proposal. Please read this before looking at the map, although I'm sure you most likely have looked at it by now. I would like to attempt to persuade you before you look at the map and scream various obscenities such as, "Unrealistic!" "Ugly!" "Bleh!" There are 3 main parts, really, to this proposal.
1) Jonota Island is more than doubling in size. Realize, that this will help my history, because there will be more time spent colonizing Jonota before colonizing Osatta Island & mainland Mitron. Also, I'm sure Jack will help me pretty this up; I merely did this in paint to get the point across. I realize that shape may change, but I like having a bigger Jonota.
2) Alcantara increases in size. Alcantara is a state in southern Mitron, along the Follandan border. It's northern border is right about where that inlet ends, near the south of Mitron. The peninsula greatly expands; however, it expands into what was already, arguably, Mitronan waters in Le Bae de Pioneers. This allows more mainland exploration in the history of Mitron.
3) The third part is merely several small, unnoticable changes to coastlines, giving me slightly more land. Nothing really to get worried about.
Thank you for your time. I ask you to yourself these 2 questions.
> Is anything really, legitimately wrong with this proposal? Does it infringe upon any rules set up against land changes?
> If this proposal increases the level of enjoyment a member gets from being in the union of the United Sovereign Nations of the World, and there are no legal issues with it, then why should I reject it?
I just ask you to look in the kindness of your hearts, and to remember that we are all in this union for the fun of it.
a) It does not effect any current borders. All changes occurring are within the boundaries of what may be considered Mitron's "sphere of influence". All changes are occurring in Le Bae De Pioneers (Pioneers' Bay), or at the mouth of the bay.
b) Mitron is already a puny country. Generous, generous estimates currently put it at ~200,000 square km (~77,000 square miles). These new additions would not put it even above ~300,000 square km (~115,000 square miles). My former country was well past 550,000 square km (212,000 square miles). As Mike said in my app, he thought it nice I was taking a smaller country. This still makes me plenty weaker than I was before, plus I'm locked in a bay and landlocked everywhere else. No real power gain.
c) This will help me make a more interesting history. This way, I can spend more time expanding out my timeline and creating more time spent settling the land. This is very important to me, as it enables Mitron to not be settled overnight.
d) The added land won't turn into metropolitan areas that will increase my population, wealth, power, etc. Most of it is farmland anyways. Outside of my metropolitan areas, there isn't a lot of highly populated, highly developed areas.
e) When I reapplied, and I claimed Lansay, I actually decreased much of the coastline. Even though Jonota Island was added, in my opinion it is still smaller than it was before. This would, in my eyes, be putting this country back to the level of power it was before, even though that level of power was little.
e) The GAW action can greatly increase with this. If the Invasion of Jonota is agreed upon, we can spend much more time in western Euphemia defending the island against invasion. Much more "interesting" RP can be created with this addition, not just with the GAW but with my own national history, as stated in c.
Now, to the actual proposal. Please read this before looking at the map, although I'm sure you most likely have looked at it by now. I would like to attempt to persuade you before you look at the map and scream various obscenities such as, "Unrealistic!" "Ugly!" "Bleh!" There are 3 main parts, really, to this proposal.
1) Jonota Island is more than doubling in size. Realize, that this will help my history, because there will be more time spent colonizing Jonota before colonizing Osatta Island & mainland Mitron. Also, I'm sure Jack will help me pretty this up; I merely did this in paint to get the point across. I realize that shape may change, but I like having a bigger Jonota.
2) Alcantara increases in size. Alcantara is a state in southern Mitron, along the Follandan border. It's northern border is right about where that inlet ends, near the south of Mitron. The peninsula greatly expands; however, it expands into what was already, arguably, Mitronan waters in Le Bae de Pioneers. This allows more mainland exploration in the history of Mitron.
3) The third part is merely several small, unnoticable changes to coastlines, giving me slightly more land. Nothing really to get worried about.
Thank you for your time. I ask you to yourself these 2 questions.
> Is anything really, legitimately wrong with this proposal? Does it infringe upon any rules set up against land changes?
> If this proposal increases the level of enjoyment a member gets from being in the union of the United Sovereign Nations of the World, and there are no legal issues with it, then why should I reject it?
I just ask you to look in the kindness of your hearts, and to remember that we are all in this union for the fun of it.
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