GMG as a Corporation or Sovereign House

[BaconSoda]

May I ask one thing?

If we are to continue this debate, could we move it into another thread? As this is starting to tread on GMG as a vanilla faction and not GMG| as a player faction.

Done and done, sir.

At any rate, Orin, please look to your own Guildmaster Blodo on the 80-Years-War theory. He came up with it, as demonstrated here:

[2/3/2009 9:02:33 PM] Chris (BaconSoda) says: Blodo, you are the one with the theory about how the GMG won the 80-years-war, right?
[6:27:26 PM] Blodo says: yupo

Now, then, the debate is not simply whether or not the GMG depend on the KNF, but, rather, the fact that they do and therefore do not hold the sovereignty to be called an independent state and claim Sigma-13 as it's own. Looking at the four basic characteristics of a sovereign state, we can determine this.

Territory: Debatable, really. You have areas that you police, that you hold military independence over, but on the other side, your headquarters is located within another sovereign state that holds authority over you. I would say, yes, you hold territory.

Government: For the sake of your operation, I'll assume you have a government that tells others what to do and prohibits you from doing things generally considered immoral.

Sovereignty: No. You don't have it. You are headquartered in a sovereign house's territory, and you submit to them, fully. You do not hold sovereignty where your "capital" is located, and have no wishes of making it so. Sovereignty, the most important feature, is something you do not have.

Internal Economy: You mine gas, and sell it. You have no manufacturing (I don't believe those Military Vehicles are of your manufacture), agriculture, or, well, any other staples of a classical economy besides imports (food/waterght arms), and exports (Gas/Plutonium). Internal economy is something you lack.

Now, then, by those grounds, you are not a state, and, thus, have no right to claim complete and total sovereignty over an independent system.

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[12:49:19 AM] Elgatodiablo: You know its nice that you have all that proof and all, Bacon... but I just don't believe you.