The Train Is Leaving the Station - By VD Hanson.

[Joe]

You need to scrap that mentality fucking quick, excuse my french. This kind of mentality can cripple a nation. And with sheep and dairy you dont have a competitive advantage, NZ would blow your nation out of the water when it comes to Dairy and sheep {I dont mean to sound like I am gloating here, but we are damn good at it.}

Protectionism causes wars. I'll keep my anti-protectionist mentality, thank you very much.

I know, thats why I suggest you scrap it like we have...

Oh, I must have misunderstood you, I thought you were suggesting that protectionism is a good mentality to have.

[Stuart Mackey]

Oh, I must have misunderstood you, I thought you were suggesting that protectionism is a good mentality to have.

no worrys, we dont much like protectionism, it fucks up our ability to survive as a nation

[Stuart Mackey]

There are some pretty big Duchies - Silesia, for instance, or Milan - the later of which was usually independent and wielded notable influence. The USA would not need an Emperor or a King. The position of President will simply become hereditary, and by virtue of our great power, imitated. "President" will eventually be the equivlant of "Uber-Emperor"! Muwahahaha! *grins* After all, "Imperator" is just a Roman Republican military title, and "Prince" is just a corruption of the latin for "First Citizen"....

I said Typically small
President, King or Emperor, the power is what counts.

[Stormbringer]

Removed the "If Marina ruled the US" stuff and sent it to Off Topic.

[XPViking]

But that doesn't change the fact that a country can look out for it's own interests with out being unethical about it.

Perhaps you have an example?

XPViking