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For the last week, my country has been involved in an international incident after invading "Brasilistan" -- in our defense, our citizens were being kidnapped for some purpose I have forgotten. It turns out, so long as you have justification, the international community really will just sit back and grumble while you bomb a neighboring country's civilian centers into the stone age and then occupy them.

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Issue Series
“An International Incident”

The Story So Far

The problems in Brasilistan were mounting daily. So, when push came to shove, an advisor told you to just take it over. And you did.

The Issue

The dust has settled and, somehow, The Luxurious Beard of Odin is now the proud owner of a new colony! There are still some teething issues, however, and there are some cultural and societal conflicts between settlers and native peoples. It's up to you on how best to resolve these issues.

The Debate

"Obviously we need to remove the settlers", Steffan Leach, Chairperson of the The Luxurious Beard of Odin Council of Immigration Studies says frankly. "Pulling out completely and leaving the remaining populace to their own devices, however, would be detrimental and irresponsible. Ideally what needs to be done is to make Brasilistan a full part of The Luxurious Beard of Odin, and give the remaining Brasilistanis full citizenship. We'd all be part of the same country, with the same citizenship, and the same rights and responsibilities."

Accept

"Woah, hold on there, that's way too drastic, and way too fast", your Interior Minister chuckles. "That's not going to solve the issues they're facing today over there right now. We need to come up with some sort of initiative that slowly integrates the Brasilistanis into our culture. You should appoint panels of arbiters consisting of international experts to broker agreements between settlers and natives where necessary too. It'll work, definitely. Probably."

Accept

"It's our land now", your energy advisor says quietly. "It's ours. Our own. Our precious. Eh, where was I … oh yes, Brasilistan. Look, there's not that many Brasilistani left, let's just give them the useless pockets of land. Like those on mountain slopes or in bogland. All oil-rich and arable lands can be kept for ourselves. Sure, it's a little like segregation, but at least everyone will be happy, right?"

This is the position your government is preparing to adopt.

"All these options are valid, to be sure, but I have an easier way of settling this", Robin Chicago, head of the nation's nuclear program says in a matter-of-fact tone. "Can we please just nuke the place? Get our own guys out first, obviously but then just nuke it. We don't need a colony, but we do need a nuclear testing site. Our own citizens here are getting annoyed we're destroying good land in The Luxurious Beard of Odin when there's a perfectly good dump in the form of Brasilistan."

Accept

The Government Position

The government has indicated its intention to follow the recommendations of Option 3.

My only regret is that there was no option for genocide. I mean, good ol' fashioned genocide. I want lebensraum, not a piece of rock that glows at night.