(07-16-2014, 12:16 PM)Absinthe Wrote: I think this opinion falls into military strategy rather than economy.
And therein lies your problem. The reason why Rheinland would never make this move is because of economic reasons.
Let's take a look at some of Rheinland's more recent economic activities.
Nomad War: military fleet essentially decimated. Economy focuses on rebuilding military power
Default on IC debt: recession/depression of economy due to loss of borrowing ability and downgrading of credit-worthiness
Nationalization of Bonn: takeover of a trans-Sirius corporation's assets in house space. Such a thing would give all other non-Rheinland based companies pause at increasing activity there
Loss of trading partners in Bretonia and Liberty: Gallic War draining Bretonia's resources and well Liberty is obvious
Now let's add in the takeover of *another* foreign company's *legally obtained* assets by the government. This would be the second time in less than 5(?) years that Rheinland has unilaterally seized rather large-scale holdings of non-Rheinland based companies.
There is no way that another company (Bretonian, Liberty, Kusari, or even Gallia) would expand significantly into Rheinland space again because of the risk of completely losing their assets at a moment's notice. If you believe that this won't cause another downturn in Rheinland's already relatively tanked economy, then I would suggest going to your local library, checking out a few books on macro and micro economics, and set aside some reading time.
Also as Ryummel posted, the Sirius economy is based on a 21st century model. You can't look back at the actions of wars from the past because that was a radically different economic situation than the current one. Yes, Synth Foods is based in Liberty, but they have significant market presence in the other houses. It's closer to the idea of modern companies such as British Petroleum (a British owned/based company) is found in many nations across the world.
Finally, please stop saying "our" and "us" in reference to Rheinland. It shows a clear bias in your thinking. When you're looking at topics in this mod, you have to be as impartial as possible. Having a favorite faction(s) is great, but when you let your affection for a specific faction drive all of your thinking, that's when problems occur.
You need to learn that the characters you play on the server are separate from your player identity. Their interests are not your OORP interests.
If you believe that Rheinland has been slighted by the mod (which they have but are in no way the only ones to have it happen to), then bring that up as a topic for discussion by itself. Proposing a large change like this because it would better "you" is the wrong way to do things.