Today I’ve got this Issue on my Nationstates (nationstates.net)
Jolly Roger Sighted Off The Port Bow!
NATIONSNAME’s merchant navy has seen increasing attacks from swashbuckling pirates in recent months, devastating NATIONSNAME’s foreign trade.
I’ve encountered with 4 choices
1. “We should blow them out of the water!” says First Lord Admiral Josh Mistletoe. “These waterlogged vagabonds have been plundering our ships for far too long! All our exports from the Tourism industry are going straight into their hands! It’s downright dangerous for us to let this continue! All we require is some funding for coastal patrol boats, fleet carriers, and nuclear submarines and a free hand to show these freebooters what’s what.”
2. “Hello,” says a grog-swilling, peg-legged scurvy dog entering your office. “I’m Megan Clinton, a mighty pirate. I’d like to suggest that instead of wasting all that money on attacking pirates you simply buy them off with barrels of bullion, jewels and Maxtopian gold! There’ll still be pirates around, sure, but as long as everyone’s paid off, they won’t hinder your trade. Not much anyway.”
3. “That’s the second biggest load of bilge I’ve ever seen!” says Captain Grapnel, CFO of Hispaniola Shipping Insurance, LLC. “Shiver me timbers, if these scurvy dogs don’t be cutting into me profit margin! Me comprehensive coverage has to pay out for victims o’ illegality, and of course theft be illegal in this country, bu’ that be giving me an idea – what if we were to have privateers? That is to say, if ye were to make piracy legal but with a quotar o’ sorts, like huntin’? That way me and mine can stay in business and ye can get a fine cut o’ th’ booty from licence fees! Savvy?”
4. “Come now, that’s hardly fair,” argues ‘gentleman pirate’ Taupebeard de Gauche with a bow and flourish. “There is an ancient tradition of actively redistributing wealth on the high seas, and we active redistributors serve an important role in the global economy. You would not keep a family-run bookstore from handing down its business from generation to generation, would you? We simply ask, nay, demand the same right! And get rid of the word ‘pirate’. It’s a slur. We are corsairs – not common sea-faring thugs.”
5. Dismiss the issue
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Option 4 sounds unique so I choose it.
The result saids ‘Piracy is the nation’s most popular pastime.‘
In result, my nation get a boost of this qualities.
Economic Freedom
Civil Rights
Wealth Gaps
Recreational Drug Use
Welfare
Public Transport
Public Healthcare
Public Education
Business Subsidization
Eco-Friendliness
Foreign Aid
Crime
Charmlessness
Taxation
Economy
Human Development Index
Nudity
Obesity
Environmental Beauty
Lifespan
And decline in this qualities
Intelligence
Tourism
Ideological Radicality
Pacifism
Economic Output
Average Income
Income Equality
Social Conservatism
Authoritarianism
Sector: Manufacturing
Industry: Insurance
This choice is nice in result.
