1. I believe in a policy of extending the power and influence of the region through whatever means available, be they military or cultural or some other alternative (colonialism could fall under this.)
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2. Each region has the right to the pursuit of power and greatness. Even if that greatness conflicts with localized interests.
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3. Practical Politics should be the region's main concern. All other considerations are secondary.
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4. Choices of battles and targets, allies and enemies should all be driven by the region’s foreign policy objectives. Ideological or moralistic issues should never enter into a regional decision.
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5. Every community deserves sovereignty. By virtue of its very existence, a community, no matter how small, is imbued with the right to continue that existence without interference from outside agents.
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6. “Tagging regions”, “taking delegacies”, “clearing RMBs”, and “spreading influence” are all convenient, euphemistic ways of saying the same thing: “disrupting communities”.
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7. I am dedicated to preserving the independence of any region and its native community from outside aggression. The only time anyone may safely say a region no longer has a community is when that region ceases to exist.
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8. Dominions or colonies established by a region are an extension of the sovereignty of their mother, but dominions stolen by force from a pre-existing community, are not legitimate. They may, and should, be liberated from their occupier.
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9. No region has the sovereign right to violate another region’s own sovereignty.
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10. Imperialism is simply an extension of my region’s foreign policy, if your politics jeopardizes my region's(and allies) stability and power, your 'sovereignty' is forfeit.
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11. I advocate a policy that is based on mutual defense given the understanding that most regions should be protected from invasion.
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12. I believe that every community in every region has the right to make its own choices and decide its own future, and oppose imperialism in all its forms - whether it be the direct methods of raiders and Imperialists or the less direct methods used by many regions and organizations to exert influence in places they don’t belong.
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13. Generally speaking, every community deserves its independence. The only people that should guide a community are those that call it home. Anyone else is infringing upon their sovereignty.
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14. The region should have a strong and vibrant internal community with a political system that encourages stability, participation and growth. Regional life and identity are driven primarily by the political and cultural elements of the region, and not by a focus on military activity for its own sake.
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15. I fundamentally reject the Raider/Defender dichotomy and do not simply take a position in the middle of the spectrum. Instead, we should maximize other arenas of gameplay, such as: maximizing regional activity and stability; increasing the region’s influence and impact in the interregional stage; developing strong ties with like-minded communities and regions; and protecting the sovereignty of friendly and aligned regions.
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16. Imperialism helps spread ideas, increase activity in regions, build communities, increase stability, and overall are a force of progress in NationStates.
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17. Policy should be decided by the rational evaluation of decisions on an issue-by-issue basis, based on how they serve the regional interests. Dogma should have no place in foreign policy.
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18. My region has a vested interest in pursuing an active and prolific foreign policy, staying at the forefront of the interregional diplomatic scene. My region does not a priori or universally favor neutral or moderate positions, and does not shy away from engaging in interregional events.
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19. I am not averse to collaborating with Raider, Defender, or other regions that do not subscribe to my ideology. However, such collaboration must exist on the basis of shared mutually beneficial interests, and on the condition that the other parties will acknowledge and respect my region’s freedom to act in any capacity its self-interests dictate, and will not try to impose their own ideology on me, or my region.
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20. I do not recognize any external and universal moralistic elements as dictating military policy. The military is an instrument of foreign policy, at the disposal of the government, not an instrument of dogmatism.
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21. The military should never a priori and universally take a position against any type of military operations for external moralistic reasons, nor does it commit to conducting a single type of military operations for its own sake. The Military should always be used for practical political objectives.
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22. I believe that every region has a fundamental right to conquest. Be it economical, ideological, cultural, political, or military.
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23. My region's policy of exerting influence on the interregional stage is simply region-building. It may at times conflict with local interests, but in the long-run will benefit both our regions as a whole by providing protection from invaders, increasing interregional cooperation, and providing a stable system of political discourse.
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24. My region's hegemony actually helps communities collaborate, cooperate, and ultimately creates a more dynamic atmosphere in gameplay.
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Just for fun , predict what your #1 result will be. Your prediction will not influence your results.
Predict Your Result Imperialism
Anti-Imperialism
Regional Sovereigntism
Anti-Sovereigntism
Independentism
Anti-Independentism