Board Thread:The Last Sovereign Discussion/@comment-31113156-20170212105313/@comment-31113156-20170215101849

I dont really see the OZL as an oppresive regime though, they've merely overstayed their welcome due to political stagnation, not incompetence or abuse of power.

As for everyone else being smaller than the OZL, this is somewhat true but the NAP and PAP are getting a lot of momentum which is one of the main issues and reasons why you get invited over to Zirantia in the first place, as the embassador tells you the OZL is trying to accomodate the ideologies that give the NAP and PAP so much support in an effort to stay in control. As long as the people that support them stay at large, and the sentiments that allow them to succeed remain prevalent parties like the NUP won't really gain any traction.

Zirantia getting involved in a war is actually a great way for reform, even taking a mere glance at WW2 can show how much war can do for national unity (see America and the great depression for example, or France again for another)

More importantly though, I have my doubts about the NUP supporting Simon with his war against the Incubus Emperor. Simply put; why would they? Their agenda revolves around less strict traditionalism and more equal opportunities for female Zirantians, supporting a foreign warmonger doesn't seem remotely related to their goals or ideals. Meanwhile the Ardford summit shows that the OZL is more than willing to engage the Incubus Emperor, and the more traditional and militaristic Zirantians are in fact more likely to be in support of this war as well.

An unstable Zirantia would be too busy dealing with their own troubles, a stable Zirantia (even tenuously so) would be more capable of commiting to war. The big downside here is that such conflict might actually bolster the Zirantians to maybe then also attack Yhilin and get rid of the corrupted bastards once and for all and end the threat to their great nation, with the threat of the Incubus Emperor gone and the threat of the Doom King bigger than ever they will have little trouble getting the support of Ardoheim etc.

Much of it will also come down to the question of whether Aram or the Incubus Emperor makes the first move.