[quote=@ClocktowerEchos] How it works is that they have to fly the Ryukyuan flag under their own flag and will have to carry seals of approval on board. The pirates and bandits are will informed. [hr] As for a war between Ryukyu and Oxfreight, its probably in the best interest for everyone that it doesn't happen, especially with alliances. Both Ryukyu and Oxfreight have well-trained, highly motivated and well armed troops plus lots of backup man power. The war would destroy lands of both nations and the lands between them, plus thousands of civilian causalities. It will probably end up with one side exhausting all their resources or the creation of a new super weapon (like that greek fire/napalm stuff [@Sini] was talking about). Even after the war, the side who "won" will still not be in any position to be superpower like they currently have the capacity to be. Some other nation(s) will have to pick up the title of "super power" and the arms races that ensues for the greek napalm will result in a spy and information war. And that has the possibility of throwing Tannis into another war, this time with greek napalm. So in the name of not destroying the land before we find new lands to colonize, I suggest people to join Ryukyu for tea ceremony and trade agreements :P [/quote] As I had stated before, it is beneficial for Oxfrieght, and, by extension, [i]everyone[/i] on the island to avoid war. Conflict's exciting, sure, but I suspect it'll get real old real fast, both narrative-wise and RP-wise. I am, however, advocating for tensions and small conflicts between nations to keep the game more exciting (e.g. Israeli-Palestinian Conflict). Assuming the low-risk, low-cost arrangement of "all trade ships to your nation must have your nation's flag" will be kept that way, I don't see any problems with anyone around here. Besides, why drag ourselves to war? Should your trade agreement require more demands that Oxfrieght (or any other nation, for that matter) refuse to accept, it'll cause an embargo on your nation, as no one would want to trade with a nation that has many demands, when other nations have less, if any, demands for trade[b]*[/b]. [i]* This argument is somewhat flawed, as we don't know each other's trade policies yet since the game hasn't even started, and we're just passing ideas.[/i]