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For example, the requirement that independent observers must be present during all these procedures and events.

In the night from February 1st to 2nd, a group of officers broke into the ruler's bedroom and forced him to relinquish his powers. Alexander Cuza was exiled from Bucharest the next morning.

It is obvious that during this violent change of power, a large number of international observers were present in the bedroom. :rolleyes:

For example, the requirement that independent observers must be present during all these procedures and events.

That won't work. But I will take this into account.

In some bunker.
The Minister of Defense and head of the Mushroom armed forces, Fernando Sato, had been in a wonderful mood since morning, but after just a couple of minutes of conversation with Martin Leroy, his state shifted to the opposite.
"Stupid blue face! How dare she *** me!!!" he thought, but spoke differently aloud:
-- You're ***-ing me, Leroy!!! Do you realize that we are wasting precious minutes here for nothing?! While your chatter prevents me from launching nuclear missiles, Rex Ventorum is bringing his troops and ABM systems to combat readiness! They might launch warheads at us any second now!!!
-- Heh, dude, hold on. I'm telling you, the dude went to Kittypink. The dude who is Roger. He said he had to talk to a chick there. We need to know for sure that the chick will also launch her warheads when the time comes. Otherwise, ours won't be enough to completely bomb Ventorum.
-- Is that what Singleton told you?!?!
-- Like...
-- You ***, Leroy! What does this upstart Singleton even have to do with any of this? I am the Minister of Defense. I am the head of the armed forces. I make the decisions here and consult with allies. But this time I'm not going to consult with anyone—not that there's anyone worth consulting!!! Kittypink will support us, or it will be worse for them!
-- Dude, well, you can't make this decision without parliament approval. And for that, we first need to have a session, like... Roger said not to rush...
-- Roger this, Roger that! I don't give a damn about your Roger! And I don't give a damn about the parliament either!
-- But...
-- Parliament makes decisions on declaring war. War has already been declared on us. Therefore, now I am in command here! Launch! -- the last shout was addressed to the soldiers standing by the console. Actually, in Sato's terminology, this was likely an order rather than a shout; in any case, they began to execute it, removing the fool-proof protection systems (which, by the way, were not very complex).
A shot rang out. Immediately followed by another. Mushroom soldiers fell to the floor with distorted faces. Fernando Sato drew his pistol, but that was the last thing he managed to do in his life. An attacker in the uniform of the Mushroom armed forces (meaning without a uniform, but with a military bag) pressed a pistol to the forehead of the stunned Martin Leroy.
-- I advise you to stay silent.
Martin, seeing the muzzle right in front of him, opened his mouth and began to make a sound that was clearly meant to turn into a scream, but he didn't have time to scream: a bullet in the forehead stopped him.

An embassy led by the Minister of Extra-Mushroom Affairs, Roger Singleton, successfully arrived in Kittypink. Roger insisted on speaking personally with the ruler of this state, without witnesses (except for personal security, provided there was a non-disclosure agreement), and without cameras. In such an environment, Roger felt right at home.
An embassy led by the Minister of Extra-Mushroom Affairs, Roger Singleton, successfully arrived in Kittypink. Roger insisted on speaking personally with the ruler of this state, without witnesses (except for personal security, provided there was a non-disclosure agreement), and without cameras. In such an environment, Roger felt right at home.
-- I have several statements. First—Rex Ventorum are fools. I am very glad that adequate people like you and me still exist in Actea, but these naive idealists almost plunged us all into a global war. No, don't think I'm a pacifist, but if war is necessary, I would prefer to have trumps for it, rather than those... faces in parliament... How do you think the management in the Free Republic of Mushrooms is performing? Not at all; it simply doesn't exist. Unless we are talking about the pleasure of the parliamentarians.
-- In short, the situation has escalated. But I have a rescue plan... To implement it, I need troops, but I don't intend to incite war, no. We will pretend to obey this Pajama Council. You move troops into the Mushrooms, but they are met not with weapons in hand, but as an ally. The official pretext—the start of hostilities with Rex Ventorum, protection of borders and critical Mushroom sites from aggressors. In reality, you simply establish my power. This solves several problems at once: first, the formal pretext for an attack by Ventorum disappears due to a change in government, meaning they would need to put a new resolution to a vote; second, those idiots apparently didn't believe that Kittypink would stand up for us if given the chance, ignoring their agreements and the same good relations always shown to us, but now they will have clear proof to the contrary, so they will think twice; third, not immediately, but I will bring our troops to better readiness for any aggression, and change the country itself for the better, because it cannot continue like this; fourth, you will get a much more reliable, loyal, and reasonable ally than what was there before.
-- And yes, one more thing, more formal. I must be sure that everything goes smoothly. On my side, I have a small secret police, a group of brave guys from the "pirates" who have been absolutely loyal to me since the time I was governor of Freedom Island. But that is not enough. I trust you absolutely, but only you personally, and not your generals. You understand that in the event of troop deployment, I will have to deal specifically with them? And extremes are possible here: either they will be too soft, or they will be too harsh and civilians will suffer, or eventually they will constantly turn to you for further instructions, which will result in terrible slowness. Balance can only be found by a person who knows the Mushrooms and, moreover, has some influence to avoid all possible pitfalls -- Roger took out a piece of paper.
-- I have prepared everything legally. You will appoint me as your general and transfer some troops under my management. Kittypink troops will have every right to be under my command on Mushroom territory. I think we won't even need those fellows who guard the ABM bases in Mushroom territory. When it is all over, I will resign my general's powers and the Kittypinkers can go home. In fact, the document provides for their return. And yes, you don't have to worry about security; as your general, I will be subordinate to you militarily. For you, there is only one weak point—the hierarchy system and army regulations. I am not a citizen of Kittypink, so this is indeed a bit complicated, but I assume that if the Regulations are violated by you personally, it's not so bad. Besides, I could obtain citizenship of your country, but as you understand, my matter is urgent... No time for formalities.
-- Your plan is generally not bad, I must admit. But I hope you understand that I cannot make you my general. However, you will be able to influence the situation even without it—I will give my troops an order to accept your instructions as long as they do not directly contradict my interests. In particular, I don't want to hear about the destruction of civilians or provocations of other powers.
-- Fine, that is slightly worse, but fully consistent with my goals. The main thing for me is precision and fast communication.

The press and the commission watched as Amelia and Roger shook hands with smiles on their faces. Then Roger gave an interview in his own right.
-- We had to go along with the Not Quite Fully Functional Security Council for the sake of preserving peace in Actea, which we have always strived for and continue to strive for, unlike some other, less prudent countries. In the near future, early elections will be held in the Free Republic of Mushrooms. Naturally, with all preliminary formal procedures. Kittypink will facilitate them and ensure that the elections are fair, without violations or bribes, without payoffs. Such are our plans at this moment.

-- Citizens of the Free Republic of Mushrooms, I have an emergency message for you. Today, spies sent by Rex Ventorum committed a series of own same crimes and murders. They brutally dealt with members of parliament, the prime minister, and the minister of defense of the Free Republic of Mushrooms. The criminals have been caught and will be punished for their crimes by death penalty.
-- In connection with the aggression of Rex Ventorum, the murder of our government, and a possible war, a state of emergency is introduced in the country. Our loyal allies from Kittypink have provided us with their troops to protect the borders from Ventorumites and other potential aggressors. I, Roger Singleton, your humble servant, temporarily take the burden of governing the country into my hands: until the situation ceases to be so tense. I pledge to do everything possible to preserve peace, so that none of you die from Ventorum's aggression, so that all of you, each and every one of you, can live and enjoy life in the Free Republic of Mushrooms, the freest state in the world, where everyone is allowed everything.
Be free! Be happy!

How cunning, especially if it was Alpha’s mission?

What a sly one, but what if this was Alpha’s mission?

:smile32:

You ruined our expedition by wiping out your own government. Now we have to organize a wargame because of you.

Let's pretend we listened.

The essence of this entire text. It's as if the decision wasn't made at a security council meeting, but in a school teacher's lounge regarding a problematic student. I'm done; you can play politics yourselves from now on.

first, they block websites. and the second, what about the shield?

And the second continues your current policy.

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The essence of all this text. It's as if the decision wasn't made at the Security Council, but in a school teacher's lounge regarding a problematic student. I'm done, you guys can play politics yourselves.

Come on, Revan, what's with you? Look:
1) A resolution on the forced change of power in the Mushroom Kingdom.
2) Kittypink states that as a neighbor and long-time partner of this country, he can resolve the situation more "delicately."
3) Kittypink infiltrates the Mushroom Kingdom with troops, occupies the capital, and the old leadership dies under mysterious circumstances.
4) A normal person is chosen from the old political elite to lead the country.
It's all quite normal, Revan. I was just as annoyed by the old Mushroom Kingdom as you were, but we need to give Mentu a chance to play, and not force him to be a puppet.

Actually, hmm, it was quite obvious that under such conditions of equal players and a neutral GM, nothing good would come of it, because everyone would try to come up with sophisticated ways to get out of any situation. If there was a full-fledged wargame and diplomacy mode in the game, everything would be much simpler. In short, it's roughly like an expansion where all players are simultaneously the main characters - "ha, your character was shot by a sniper!", "nothing like that, he has damage-reflecting armor, so it's fine." But I don't think that this actually had such a big impact in this case; the main thing is that the government changed. And you can ignore the Imperial fleet... oh, sorry, the Kittypink fleet. Silver explained it correctly.

I’m not forcing anyone to be a puppet, Siever. My whole thing with the Mushrooms was solely about not wanting to see moments with barbarians, drug addicts, naked soldiers, and similar things in the politics thread. From my point of view, the essence of all this is exactly the same as in that message when you responded to Shaman regarding telepathy and what "realism enthusiasts" get as a result. It’s not about whether it influenced or didn’t influence, but about the overall picture of what’s happening – I have absolutely no desire to participate in, let alone lead, such a charade.
If you think everything is fine, who am I to argue? I won’t impose my opinion on anyone, and I won’t delve into the reasons why I don’t like such things.

Well, I understood it as follows: Mент won’t be giggling anymore. After all, the giggler was shot, and his successor communicates perfectly normally. Or did I misunderstand you, Mент?

As far as I remember from the country description, it's just a regular socialist, so everything will be alright.

If you think everything is fine, who am I to argue? I won't impose my opinion on anyone, and especially not delve into the reasons why I don't like these things.

It's as if the decision wasn't made by the security council, but in a school teacher's lounge regarding a problematic student.

As you can tell from this quote, I was talking about this in a "long post." Anyway, do whatever you want.

Revan, let's put it this way. Roger prevented a war, right? To be honest, the initial plan for the "people vote" scenario involved pressing the nuclear button. Because, given the government in power at the time, I didn't see any other reasonable way out. Just admit that your plan wasn't well thought out. The way I managed to resolve the situation was essentially the only way, in the current circumstances, to prevent a nuclear war. Do you think I'm wrong?
Regarding drug addiction and other issues, you haven't heard the country's new political course yet; it's very different. I'll give you a spoiler: the things you dislike the most are actually improving. So, I don't see a problem.
Regarding the Security Council, Roger has repeatedly emphasized that he does not recognize it. Besides, I have doubts that the Security Council has the authority to remove a government with the justification of "incompetence." If they were committing genocide or something like that...