Eklektikos
Eponymous
Having sat through two terms waiting for one of our leaders to lead proper discussion on this issue I've finally lost patience and decided to start it going myself - so apologies to next term's government if I'm treading on any toes, but I'm damned if this going to be allowed to slide any longer.
With our campaign against Egypt over for the time being and a change of government lurking just over the horizon, now is a very good time to be making the decision as to what kind of a nation we want to be. Do we plan to make war upon our neighbours on a regular basis and expand our empire that way? Or do we intend to turn our attention away from the battlefield and towards organic, settler driven expansion into the still unoccupied territories to the South and West, attempting to maintain friendly relations with our fellow nations as we do so?
This is not a discussion about victory conditions, although the choice made here will obviously have some impact on which type of victory we are best able to go for at the end. It is, rather, an attempt to render decision making an easier and smoother process for the terms to come - giving us a consistent guiding policy that will shape our responses to decisions and prevent fiascos like both the start and end of our recent Egyptian war from occuring. It will also make it much easier for our governors to decide what they should be building, and how many units should be built - rather than having to rely to a large extent on guess work regarding our nation's direction.
In short, it is time to make that choice again. The road to war, or the way of peace. Well, Fanatica? What is it to be?
With our campaign against Egypt over for the time being and a change of government lurking just over the horizon, now is a very good time to be making the decision as to what kind of a nation we want to be. Do we plan to make war upon our neighbours on a regular basis and expand our empire that way? Or do we intend to turn our attention away from the battlefield and towards organic, settler driven expansion into the still unoccupied territories to the South and West, attempting to maintain friendly relations with our fellow nations as we do so?
This is not a discussion about victory conditions, although the choice made here will obviously have some impact on which type of victory we are best able to go for at the end. It is, rather, an attempt to render decision making an easier and smoother process for the terms to come - giving us a consistent guiding policy that will shape our responses to decisions and prevent fiascos like both the start and end of our recent Egyptian war from occuring. It will also make it much easier for our governors to decide what they should be building, and how many units should be built - rather than having to rely to a large extent on guess work regarding our nation's direction.
In short, it is time to make that choice again. The road to war, or the way of peace. Well, Fanatica? What is it to be?