Let's Play: SuperPower

[Bob The Mercenary]

Originally Posted by Geminex

And why the hell is propaganda so high? Can't you cut that in half and put whatever's left into education?

With all that's going on, we need at least some funding in propaganda so our population doesn't turn on us. It's what's been keeping our approval rating from imploding.

Originally Posted by Solid Snake

Well, it seems like the programmer of this game has some secret Neocon ties. Wouldn't be surprised to learn Dick Cheney had a hand in Superpower 2's creation process.

Believe it or not, it's actually 100% Canadian developed.

I prefer a North Africa strategy. Our meddling in North African regions seems to offend other countries the least, it's furthest from United States possessions, it's closest to the Netherlands, African countries can be gradually picked off with minimal casualties, and we can develop what we conquer. (Note: I've never actually played Superpower 2, so forgive me if all my assumptions are completely and utterly wrong.) In the end it's not my choice, but that's my two cents on the matter. If we slowly but surely built up Northern Africa to be an impenetrable fortress, we'd have an ideal staging ground for a double-pronged invasion of Mediterranean Europe, and the United States would be too busy worrying about enforcing its territory in Iraq and India to give a damn.

Can we trade territories for favors / increased relations / alliances? If so I'd consider outright "giving" the United States Venezuelan and/or maybe even Saudi Arabian territories in exchange for tons of financial and diplomatic support. At this point being the U.S.' lapdog may not be such a bad thing -- the apprentice can eventually betray the master, but for now, playing Darth Vader to the United States' Emperor would at least make for an exciting experience (and who the hell is going to fuck with the Netherlands if the threat of war against the U.S. runs implicit?)

I tend to agree with everything you just said. Except to give regions away we have to first annex the region into our nation, which could take some time. Especially since the world seems to loathe our very existence right now. But, I'm all for being the U.S.' lacky if it means momentary invulnerability.

Once we have the regions under our control, it really wouldn't take much giving to get people back on our side. I estimate we can get three, maybe four countries allied with us for those regions. And if we're lucky, some debt assumption. I've also drastically increased our foreign aid to get our relations going in the right direction again. We managed to get out of the war, but the U.S. is still formally engaged.

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Originally Posted by Wigmund

I guess at this point we need to start reclaiming the old colonies in the Caribbean along with Suriname and Guyana.

We can also eventually get started on that.